Weekly podcast spilling the tea on pop culture, politics, and social issues and what happens when all these things intersect, all through the lens of identity. Join Josh & Zino every Friday to sip on some tea while they spill the tea. So pour yourself a cuppa!
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Spilling The Tee is a verbal record of the life of Tina Paul, by way of hourlong conversations over tea. Gabriel Perez, her son, came up with the idea of using a podcast to fully learn who his mom is (because she's a pretty amazing woman with a lot of great stories) for himself, but also to have a way for future generations to find out about who she is. Feel free to join in.
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Your hosts are Ben Slinger (father of a 2 year old boy and twin 9 month old girls) and Trevor Scott (father of a 3 year old boy). Together they discuss the vagaries of fatherhood in Australia, tell stories of joy and frustration, and go off on tangents that don't involve their children at all (because not everything is about being a Dad). Topics include the trouble with toilet training, the fun of sharing hobbies with your kids (and when not to), those funny little things that kids do, and p ...
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Tina and Gabriel sit down with a cup of . Gabriel really likes this one. This then leads them to talk about Tina's volunteer experiences, including ones she and Gabriel did together. Gabriel shares some of his volunteer experiences as well. Note: the show is taking a brief hiatus while he figures out some health stuff.…
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It's a new season of Spilling the Tee! For Easter! Tina and Gabriel sit down with a cup of Pomegranate Rosehip Ceylon. Tina loves it, Gabriel doesn't but it grows on him. They then talk about Easters past both from Tina's childhood and from Gabriel's. Gabriel keeps bringing up Greek Easter.
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Island Coconut Black Tea - Tea Time 23
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Tina and Gabriel sit down with a cup of Island Coconut Black Tea. It's not their favorite. The coconut is strong but also a little like perfume. This leads them to talk about a time Tina was in Barbados and the large centipedes that live there. She went with her ex husband, and the highlights and lowlights of that relationship become the topics of …
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310. The tea with chicken shop girl Amelia Demoldenberg
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Josh & Zino sip green tea and lemon and ginger tea to discuss getting COVID in 2023, Gwyneth Paltrow and her bone broth encouraging eating disorders, chicken shop girl Amelia Demoldenberg attending the Vanity Fair after party, criquing privilege, removing midwives from hospital and the struggle with snow in spring. Pour yourself some tea and come s…
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Irish Breakfast Tea Twinings - Tea Time 22
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Happy St. Patrick's Day from Tina and Gabriel! They sit down with a basic Irish Breakfast Tea from Twinings. It is a black tea. Not too bitter. Not too exciting. It serves. They then talk about St. Patrick's Days from Tina's childhood, but that leads to talking about her family summers in Wells, Maine. A light episode with lots of laughs. Never tak…
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309. The tea with small small mental health crisis
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Josh & Zino sip pomegranate juice and lemon and ginger tea to discuss eggs bacon grits sausage, seats for Lizzo, a new study finds the mental health crisis impact from COVID-19 was “minimal”, the worst date because of the extra cheese, OSCAR season, and Rihanna’s performance. Pour yourself some tea and come sit down with Josh & Zino. Visit us on ou…
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Nonsuch Estate Black Tea - Tea Time 21
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Tina and Gabriel sit down with a cup of Nonsuch Estate Black Tea. It's delicate and lightly sweet, making for a less strong tasting black tea. It's delightful. This leads Tina to talk about her experiences in Boston's combat zone while working as a go go dancer. There is also a brief derailment to talk about her time in Castle, Germany.…
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Josh & Zino sip jasmine tea and mint tea to discuss the finale of Real Housewives of Potomac, Juan Dixon’s affair, straight men moving through the world, the problems with social media activism, the rising costs of meal deals, Suella Braverman's being all kind of a mess, and women on TikTok doing the most. Pour yourself some tea and come sit down w…
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Wild Berry Zinger & Black Cherry - Tea Time 20
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Tina got a coupon for Celestial Seasonings tea and got a fruit tea sampler! Gabriel has a hot Mixed Berry Zinger while she sips an iced mix of Black Cherry and Mixed Berry Zinger. They taste like low sugar Kool-Aids. Very delightful. This leads to a less structured conversation about Tina getting rid of her accent, parenting advice, and the trappin…
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307. The tea with separating Chris Brown from his art
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Josh & Zino sip berry tea and ginger tea to discuss people attending Chris Brown concerts, separating the art from the artist, Chris Brown defending himself online, describing your partner to other people, and people not sharing office equipment. Pour yourself some tea and come sit down with Josh & Zino. Visit us on our Instagram and Twitter: @coco…
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Night at the Iguana Chocolate Chai - Tea Time 19
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Tina and Gabriel sit down with a divisive cup of Night at the Iguana Chocolate Chai. Gabriel enjoys it, Tina absolutely hates it. Even now, writing this description she is giving Gabriel the rest of the tea leaves because she did not enjoy it. This leads to conversation about Tina's Broadway history, including a lot of information about different s…
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Josh & Zino sip green tea and three mint tea to discuss the I’ve Had It podcast, newborn babies, spending money as adults, being romantic and spontaneous, how media has shaped people’s fantasies, investment crypto bros, and language learning. Pour yourself some tea and come sit down with Josh & Zino. Visit us on our Instagram and Twitter: @coconutp…
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Josh & Zino sip berry tea and ginger tea to discuss Valentine’s Day plans, the fallout from Love Island: One Year After, SK cheating on Raven, our take on the rest of the couples, Rihanna performing at the Superbowl, this woman who decided to disown her son, and people pretending Pfizer vaccines are attacking them. Pour yourself some tea and come s…
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Tina and Gabriel sit down with a delightful cup of Blood Orange tea. It's a black tea full of orange. It's highly aromatic but delicate to taste. Tina then continues talking about her musical theater history, including her first Broadway show, stories about auditions (both giving and auditioning) and getting cast in a fashion show/musical theater m…
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304. The tea with fighting for Beyoncé tickets
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Josh & Zino sip ginger tea and vanilla tea to discuss toilet paper habits, Netflix ending password sharing, celebrations for securing Renaissance tickets, the failure of O2 priority, Harry Styles winning Album of the Year, the problem with men, and Zino rants about Married At First Sight Australia. Pour yourself some tea and come sit down with Josh…
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Tina and Gabriel enjoy a cup of Golden Glow, a healthy tea for the skin. With ginger, turmeric, carrots, beets and pineapple it's a fruity, spicy blend. This leads to conversation about the sports Tina participated in growing up, including skiing, skating and track. After, she shares stories about the insane asylum near her house growing up, and th…
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303. The tea with filming strangers in public
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Josh & Zino sip orange juice and lemon and ginger tea to discuss strangers filming strangers in public, the mad moves influencers are makings, understanding personal space, mascara-gate, the FTC coming after Mikayla, and the fall of Nadhim Zahawi because of not paying his taxes. Pour yourself some tea and come sit down with Josh & Zino. Visit us on…
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Gabriel and Tina sit down with a cup of Blue Lady, a black tea blend with fruity, citrusy and tropical notes. But she's not too sweet. It's an elegant and refreshing, with hints of citrusy lemon and orange, with curious tropical notes from passionfruit and hibiscus. They then have a very intimate conversation about the times in Tina's life when she…
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302. The tea with our obsession with serial killers
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Josh & Zino sip jasmine tea and cardamon tea to discuss the cultural obsession with serial killers, Dahmer making big wins during awards season, social media comments taking it too far, the new Amy Winehouse biopic, the problems with Love Island on its sloppy casting, and terrible workplace cultures. Pour yourself some tea and come sit down with Jo…
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Ayurverdic Total Body - Tea Time 15
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Tina and Gabriel drink some wellness tea! It's full of ginger, rose and peppermint to revitalize the body and spirit. Mostly it tastes good though, very herbal. This leads into the topic of Tina's accidents, injuries, and agonies. Many involve ice fishing! Including some tangents about penance at church and family afflictions, like David getting a …
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Josh & Zino sip jasmine tea and ginger tea to discuss kicking off season 3, men moving mad in the streets, Jamie Lee Curtis defending nepo babies, Hailey Bieber wanting people to know she’s a nepo baby, Prince Harry and the release of his new book Spare, the reasons for talking about his todger, the impact on the Royal Family and “The Firm”, the pr…
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Tina and Gabriel sit down with a delightful cup of Lover's Leap tea. It's a seasonal black tea blend that is delicate and fragrant, and is named for cliffs where spurned lovers would fling themselves off in desperation. Gabriel considers it the best tea he's ever tasted. Tina then finishes telling stories about A Chorus Line, ending the A Chorus Li…
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Tina and Gabriel get far too caffeinated sharing cups of morning thunder tea. It's a lightly sweet and fragrant mix of black tea and maté, giving it four times the caffeine as regular tea. All perked up, they then continue The Chorus Line saga, Tina's second national tour Topics include the backstage environment, technical details, and a special ve…
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Tina and Gabriel sit down with a less delicious Mim Estate Darjeeling. It has a distinctive muscatel flavor, and it is one that neither mother nor son enjoyed particularly. Gabriel finished his. This leads them into discussion about Tina's first shows as a New York performer, including national tours of both Hello Dolly and A Chorus Line. The two s…
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Happy holidays from Tina and Gabriel! They sit down with some robust holiday spice tea and tell stories about Christmases both when Tina was a child and the parties she would host when Gabriel was young.
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Tina and Gabriel sit down with a cup of sweet Formosa Oolong, a darker style oolong tea from Taiwan. With a deep raisiny and ripe fruit aroma, the sweet flavor blends with the end of autumn. This leads them to talk more about Tina's upbringing, including some stories both hilarious and devastating. John wins a puppy at the circus.…
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Look out, it's the spicy episode! Tina and Gabriel sit down with a deliciously herbal Spiced Chai from Sri Lanka. Its intensely melodic flavors incite some spicier conversation about Tina's life including STDs, gross men, and other people who have tried to take advantage of her.
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Tina and Gabriel sit down with a tea out of Gabriel's stash, Dragonwell. It's a fine Chinese green tea, lightly sweet and buttery with a delicately dry finish. Tina then goes into much more detail about her college days, including dieting, odd jobs, and growing as a dancer through school and before New York.…
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This week, Tina and Gabriel sit down with a classic Irish Breakfast Tea. This leads to conversation about the Irish side of the family that immigrated to America during the potato famine, as well as their adventures in the Yukon. From there conversation turns to Tina and Gabriel's shared Ireland experience and finally to Tina's travels through Euro…
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Tina and Gabriel sit down with a delicate glass of Angel's Dream, or a homemade version of the blend. Tina chose this tea because this episode centers on Gabriel's birthday, and the name of the tea is very apropos for their first shared story. Tina goes into more personal stories including both angels and demons.…
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This week Tina and Gabriel sit down with a robust cup of Dorian Grey Blend Black Tea. It's a decadent mix of Earl Grey, Spearmint and Irish Breakfast tea. This episode was recorded on Election Day, so Dorian Grey was an inspiration based on our politicians of the day. This leads to conversation about major political moments and figures that have en…
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Tina and Gabriel sit down with a fragrantly rich green and chai tea, Kashmiri Kahwa, from Kashmir, India. This leads to conversation about Tina's many personal humanitarian acts both current and in the past, then she shares the story of her first Broadway show.
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Tina and Gabriel enjoy delicious herbal glasses of Othrys Farms tea, and share real life ghost stories from Tina and Gabriel's past, with more ghost stories of TIna's own to come
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Tina and Gabriel enjoy a cup of Margaret's Hope, a tea with a spooky story behind it. Over sips of the slightly bitter black tea, they continue to talk about Tina's childhood and family, as well as why this podcast is called Spilling the Tee.
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Spilling The Tee is a verbal record of the life of Tina Paul, by way of hourlong conversations over tea. Gabriel Perez, her son, came up with the idea of using a podcast to fully learn who his mom is (because she's a pretty amazing woman with a lot of great stories) for himself, but also to have a way for future generations to find out about who sh…
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222. The tea with people of colour in fantasy shows?!
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Josh & Zino sip green tea and nighttime tea to discuss live-action remakes, House Of The Dragon, Halle Bailey getting one million dislikes for The Little Mermaid, black people in Rings Of Power, John Boyega in Star Wars, the period uh period ah girl tiktok girl, people randomly taking videos of other people. Pour yourself some tea and come sit down…
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Josh & Zino sip green tea and water to discuss walking around the house naked, the UK flop era, 90 Day Fiancé, Ray J exposing the Kardashians, shock at finding out his Brandy’s brother, Nick Cannon shooting out sperm, and Nicki Minaj continuing her problematic streak. Pour yourself some tea and come sit down with Josh & Zino. Visit us on our Instag…
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TRIGGER WARNING: Abuse and Violence. Josh & Zino sip orange juice and tea (builders/PG tips) to discuss Queen Elizabeth II’s passing, Jennette McCurdy’s new book “I’m Glad My Mom Died”, the Red Table Talk interview, the relationship between abuse, motherhood, and fame. Pour yourself some tea and come sit down with Josh & Zino. Visit us on our Insta…
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219. The tea with choosing to trust people
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Josh & Zino sip green tea (with honey, lemon, and turmeric) to discuss African-American Vernacular English being appropriated, the intersectionality of queer culture and black culture, Josh’s birthday month celebrations, white women getting too comfortable in the club, the intricacies of trusting people – do you trust someone or wait for them to br…
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218. The tea with Blac Chyna’s Sunday School
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Josh & Zino sip Pepsi Max and water to discuss Zino’s birthday celebrations, boob tape, the problems with our stomach, Blac Chyna tweeting out that she’s a single-mum, Rob Kardashian and Tyga clapping back, celebrities co-opting narratives of struggle, catching up on the Will Smith saga, Nadine Dorries pursuing the privatisation of Channel 4, fitne…
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Josh & Zino sip jasmine tea and “make it on the stove” coffee to discuss the 94th Academy Awards, Will Smith slapping Chris Rock, the reactions to it, the lack of focus on Jada Pinkett Smith, the disproportionate response from people, the take on Will Smith’s first Academy Award, Zino’s relationship with her mother, and Matt Hancock continuing bein…
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216. The tea with interracial relationships
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Josh & Zino sip cranberry juice and peppermint tea to discuss the update on health kicks, Jamaica declaring a republic, uncoupling from the mentality of colonialism, the bond of countries through shared colonial trauma, the deal with interracial relationships, the mental journey of being in one, sacrificing parental expectation for the self-happine…
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215. The tea with werking with Kim Kardashian
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Josh & Zino sip coffee and lemon and ginger tea to discuss the gigantic mugs culture, lessening liver fat by drinking coffee, random health tips from social media, the return of the Kardashians, Kim telling everyone to get up off your a** and work, the motivational advice from rich people, the tribulations of Wordle, the chokehold life strategist h…
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214. The tea with Kanye West v Pete Davidson
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Josh & Zino sip jasmine tea and lemon and ginger tea to discuss no one narrating trailers anymore, the issue surrounding the beginning of spring, Kanye West’s new single Eazy (ft The Game), the violent scenes of the music video, his social media rants against Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson, the controlling relationship of KimYe. Doja Cat not goin…
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213. The tea with AnnaLynne McCord's slam poetry
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Josh & Zino sip jasmine tea and night-time tea to discuss the suffering happening in the Ukrainian war, AnnaLynne McCord offering slam poetry, woke activism, the purpose of celebrities, the performativeness on social media, the hot takes for Love is Blind season finale, the walking methods of Gigi Hadid, the decline of modeling, and the ruin of pop…
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Josh & Zino sip jasmine tea and rooibos tea to discuss the new Netflix shows The Tinder Swindler, Inventing Anna, whether we’ve become a generation of scammers, Love Is Blind Season 2, the deal with Shaina, and the new government plans to stop students from going to universities. Pour yourself some tea and come sit down with Josh & Zino. Visit us o…
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211. The tea with setting boundaries with friends
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Josh & Zino sip jasmine tea and camomile tea to discuss G-A-Y getting poor hygiene ratings, Zino opening up about her dating life, the meaning and management of friendships, how to deal with needy friends, Whoopi Goldberg saying that the holocaust was not about race, Thandiwe Newton crying that she is the chosen one. Pour yourself some tea and come…
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210. The tea with dealing through work stress
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Josh & Zino sip jasmine tea (extra hot!) and Postcode Lottery tea to discuss cancelling Netflix subscriptions to save money, breathing through work stress, shutting down because you feel overwhelmed, suffering from main character syndrome, Rihanna building an empire for her child so no new music dropping, Apple AirTags helping stalkers, and recruit…
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209. The tea with Tasha K selling her soul
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Josh & Zino sip pineapple and rum (Wray & Nephew) and salted caramel green tea to discuss the new iPhone 13, Tasha K being sued by Cardi B, vloggers selling their souls for the views, who to blame for the culture of clickbait, YouTubers being all about drama (note: Gabbie Hanna and Trisha Paytas), societal obsession with sensationalism, boring cele…
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Josh & Zino sip jasmine tea and salted caramel tea to discuss Harry Styles being on everything, men with their podcasts, Jennie Nguyen being exposed as MAGA, white people having to be the focal point of celebration in culture, and the problems with And Just Like That. Pour yourself some tea and come sit down with Josh & Zino. Visit us on our Instag…
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