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Beyond The HorizonFormer Diddy Back Up Dancer Tanika Ray Describes Her Time Working With DiddyTanika Ray, a former backup dancer for Sean "Diddy" Combs, has recently shared insights into her experiences working with him during the 1990s. In a March 2024 Instagram post, Ray revealed that she had a "horrific" personal encounter with Diddy, leading her to consciously avoid him thereafter. She stated, "I just knew to avoid him at all costs," and mentioned that while she danced for him and conducted interviews related to his projects, she maintained her distance.Ray chose not to disclose specific details of the incident, citing the trauma associated with revisiting such experiences. She emphasized the challenges...
2025-12-0611 min
The Diddy DiariesFormer Diddy Back Up Dancer Tanika Ray Describes Her Time Working With DiddyTanika Ray, a former backup dancer for Sean "Diddy" Combs, has recently shared insights into her experiences working with him during the 1990s. In a March 2024 Instagram post, Ray revealed that she had a "horrific" personal encounter with Diddy, leading her to consciously avoid him thereafter. She stated, "I just knew to avoid him at all costs," and mentioned that while she danced for him and conducted interviews related to his projects, she maintained her distance.Ray chose not to disclose specific details of the incident, citing the trauma associated with revisiting such experiences. She emphasized the challenges...
2025-12-0511 min
The Breakin Bread Radio showNew Music Show - 2025 First Half - Skeg & Steve The SleeveSkeg and Steve The Sleeve with the best new releases and re-issues of 2025 so far. The boys have sifted hard to bring you the cream of the crop of the best soul, funk, hip-hop, disco, jazz and more. Pure quality all the way, enjoy the ride thru top notch new music. The Golstain-Nosov Quintet - Rosinent in ToledoJimi Tenor with Cold Diamond & Mink - TsicroxeEzra Collective - Body Language (feat Sasha Keable)The Sure Fire Soul Ensemble - GeminiBADBADNOTGOOD - Found A Light
2025-06-242h 07iCatTapesPlaylist: Cançons amablesNoves melodies pop per sentir-se ben acompanyat.
01 Lucy Dacus - "Best guess"
02 Rikas - "Strangers"
03 Sarah Klang - "Beautiful woman"
04 Roserona - "Potser som (feat. Socunbohemio)"
05 Amistat - "Stranger"
06 Aurehl - "Yellow shoe ghost"
07 Winona Oak - "It's not my fault"
08 Fluke Faction - "WDSK"
09 Victor Ray - "Hearts break and people change"
10 Valerie June - "Joy, joy!
11 Tanika Charles - "Don't like you anymore"
12 Elton John & Brandi Carlile - "Who believes in angels?"
13 Jessica Winter - "L.O.V.E."
14 SYML - "Heartbreakdown"
15 Gessamí Boada - "Surto de mi"
16 Léa Sen - "Home alone"
17 Jessie Reyez - "Goliath"
18 Ra...
2025-02-191h 00
The Vault with Monica & AmirExtra TV Host Tanika RayIn this riveting episode, Tanika Ray takes listeners on a journey through her dynamic career, from professional dancer to beloved host of Extra (2004–2009). She opens up about the highs and lows of covering Hollywood, sharing her discomfort with the superficiality of celebrity gossip and reflecting on controversial moments, including a tense interview with Halle Berry and a stressful encounter with Barbara Walters.Ray doesn’t hold back as she critiques the media’s sensationalism around celebrity deaths and the lack of accountability for powerful figures like Diddy. She passionately emphasizes the need for authenticity and building commun...
2024-12-2650 min
The LovecastOctober 19 2024 - The Lovecast with Dave O Rama - CIUT FM - Hole-O-HopeThe Lovecast with Dave O Rama - CIUT FM - Hole-O-Hope
On this edition of The Lovecast Dave O Rama mixes up a selection of Canadian roots, soul, and jazz that takes you on a ride deeper into your hole in order to show you the light at the end of the tunnel. Darker songs with hopeful intentions to help you shake off the pesky nagging demons scuttling around in your head.
The Lovecast is a two hour broad spectrum music exploration program hosted by Dave O Rama, airing Saturdays from 4PM to 6PM EST on...
2024-10-201h 58
The Parenting CipherTransforming Motherhood: From Overwhelm to Self-Care and Inner JoyHave you ever felt completely overwhelmed in your parenting journey, wondering if your dedication to your children is also causing you to lose touch with yourself? In this episode, Tanika Ray and Genie Dawkins dive deep into the balance of self-care and motherhood, the concept of invisible labor, and how conscious parenting can save lives.Episode Summary:Genie Dawkins opens up about feeling disconnected from herself during a challenging period as a parent and emphasizes the importance of self-care. Tanika Ray discusses the impact of mothers giving their all to their children, often...
2024-07-2457 min
Messy & Magnificent with Karlee FainGoing Deeper, Not Faster |A Culmination Episode to Bolster Your Wits, Wisdom, and “Enoughness”🌟 Click to Send Karlee a Text - We Want To Hear Your Thoughts About This Episode 🌟The concept of enough is a loaded one.It’s full of our own high expectations. And then, it’s weighed down further by the expectations of a society that’s built around the rungs of achievement.Do more. Be more. Repeat.But when we take a step back and reflect upon what has been done already, the shift in perspective can be quite sobering.Who decides when you’ve done enough...
2024-03-3129 min
The Ugly TruthP Diddy - The Epstein of RapBREAKING NEWS: One of Diddy’s back-up dancers, Tanika Ray, just revealed his circle was so “horrific” that girls quickly learned to “avoid him at all costs”
VERY POWERFUL PEOPLE INVOLVED!
Diddy is accused of running a pedo sex trafficking ring with the Hollywood elites.
2024-03-3130 min
20 Minute Morning ShowA Back up dancer for P diddy and Toure Speak on his characterDiddy's former backup dancer, Tanika Ray, andTouré, Creative Director at TheGrio, speak out about P diddy's character
2024-03-2901 min
The Yay - A Bay Area Theatre PodcastEpisode 269: Richard Jennings, Greg Beattie And Ray ChristensenThe Musical Café has come to the Yay! If you remember, we had Jamie Greenblatt and Richard Jennings on for Episode 173 back in November of 2020. Richard Jennings is back, Greg Beattie (writer of The Very Last One and Only Highly Endangered Mountain Lion in Pennsylvania) and Ray Christensen (writer of Legend of the Werewolf), who are very excited about their featured musicals. The other two musicals to be featured are: Jewish Boys, the Musical, by Joshua Gilstein; and Mirabai, the Barefoot Princess, written by Leah Sirkin. We talk about all four projects, the process of creating musical theatre, and where t...
2023-10-221h 10The Yay - A Bay Area Theatre PodcastEpisode 266: Adrian Deane & Cynthia LagodzinskiThe Yay welcomes back Adrian Deane, who was on Episode 82, five years ago. Since then, she’s lived overseas and has just gotten off stage, performing the title role of Anna Christie, the Pulitzer Prize winning play by Eugene O’Neill. Anna Christie is a play written in 1921, but the play has so many issues that are relevant today: the judgement society has on women, women’s independence and a re-examination of what is family. Our guest host is Cynthia Lagodzinski (previously on the show – Episode 96), who finished directing the all woman show King Lear at Silicon Valley Shakes. We talk abo...
2023-09-301h 19
SheVenturesTanika Ray's Candid and Explicit Convo About Her Divorce, Motherhood, and Hollywood's Gender and Race BiasIn the cutthroat world of Hollywood, Tanika Ray — a renowned TV personality who appeared on networks such as NBC, HGTV, VH1, Lifetime, and is perhaps best known for covering red carpet events such as the the Oscars, MTV Music Awards, and the Golden Globes, to name a few — is refreshingly candid about her public and acrimonious divorce with her co-star and now former husband and the soul-searching required to pivot forward and focus on her passions. Ray, 51, describes her newish podcast Mamaste with Tanika Ray as "celebrating mommying AF while bossing like a queen." We marked this episo...
2023-09-1945 minThe Yay - A Bay Area Theatre PodcastEpisode 265: Jessica Mele & May LiangNorman and I host two very talented ladies: Jessica Mele, who has a one-woman show called Eat the Mama, at Z Space this weekend only – Sept 14-17, and her director, May Liang, who is also a resident artist at Crowded Fire. We talk about the show, what motivated Jessica to write it, the careers of both ladies and where they see themselves in the future.
You can learn more about Eat The Mama via this press release here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vyYbkbSsKU79ChVuhC0VMXABvFxiYb-0NWVz_1R2Ou0/edit
You can learn more about Jessica Mele through her we...
2023-09-171h 15The Yay - A Bay Area Theatre PodcastEpisode 264: Aaron HenneOur next guest is the incredibly talented Aaron Henne, the artistic director of Theatre Dybbuk, a Jewish based theatre company in Los Angeles, who will be performing at the Oshman Family JCC in Palo Alto (performing the Merchant of Venice) today at 6:30pm; the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco (also performing the Merchant of Venice, and exploring the subject: The Villany You Teach) tomorrow at 2pm; and finally at the Cutting Ball Theatre in SF, where Aaron will teach a master class on “Heritage, History and Humanity” (on September 11). Aaron will talk about his upbringing, his work while he was...
2023-09-091h 19The Yay - A Bay Area Theatre PodcastEpisode 263: Joseph LeonardiThe Yay is back, and Norman is back! A couple of weeks removed from his Much Ado About Nothing and my doing Radio Golf, we’re back in the saddle ;) And we have a great guest – Joseph Leonardi, a veteran actor whom I worked with when we were a part of Eastenders Repertory Theatre, where I last saw him on stage in Melissa James Gibson’s [sic]. Joe talks about what it was like doing theatre in the 90’s and the aughts, his current projects working with Craig Souza, and what he’ll be doing in the future.
Joe has written a...
2023-09-021h 16
Music is My DopeDopecast#31-Drum n Bass by Nesia1. Logistics - Together 2. JonLogistics - Together 3. Jonny L - Back To Your Roots (Friction and K Tee Remix)4. Brookes Brothers- Tear You Down 5. Fred V & Grafix - Stay Here 6. Elevate This Sound - Calyx & Teebee 7. Ember (Noisia Remix) 8. Camo & Krooked /Cause 'n' Effect (Calyx & TeeBee Remix) - Concept 2 9. Acid Generation – Grafix 10. Bump the Sound - Document One 11. SMPL (Mefjus Remix) – Emperor 12. Rudeboy – Sigma13. Roly-Poly – Smooth14. Lockdown - Tantrum Desire 15. Get Down Low – TC 16. Dead Limit (Noisia's 'Outer Edges' Remix) - Noisia & The...
2023-04-301h 04
Messy & Magnificent with Karlee FainMy Community Runneth Over | Why “self-care” isn’t only about you with Tanika Ray🌟 Click to Send Karlee a Text - We Want To Hear Your Thoughts About This Episode 🌟When you think about self-care, the term itself implies that it’s just about one person...you. But actually, that doesn’t tell the whole story. As we move through our lives, we’re supported by stilts. Like a house on the water, you might not always see them holding you up, but you couldn’t be there without them. Those stilts are the hands of your community. Friends, family, partners, and pets, some are just ships passin...
2023-01-2938 min
The Truth PrescriptionTanika Ray | The Truth About Being MomGood People, Today I'm joined by the talented and beautiful Tanika Ray, mother, TV host, creator and producer, and host of the Mamaste with Tanika Ray podcast. The former host of TV shows like Ready To Love, Ladies Who List, and Extra joins us to reveal the truth that changed her life once she embraced it, talk about the biggest fallacy of motherhood, and how to manage stress. Tanika's truth was to realize that being somebody else for somebody else wasn't enough anymore. After seven years of living the dream, being famous, and "be...
2023-01-2341 min
Messy & Magnificent with Karlee FainA Roadmap to REST | How high achievers recalibrate their busy life and replace perfection with purpose🌟 Click to Send Karlee a Text - We Want To Hear Your Thoughts About This Episode 🌟This season, we’re RECLAIMING REST: why we don’t make it a priority, why we feel guilty about needing it, and most importantly, how to personalize our rest and make it achievable on a micro level. When you’re living in a perpetual state of exhaustion, it’s time to ask yourself how much self-sacrifice you’re engaging in, and whose values you’re living by. All of this busyness and exhaustion is an invitation to r...
2023-01-0138 min
Messy & Magnificent with Karlee FainTrailer | Join Us for a Season of Rest🌟 Click to Send Karlee a Text - We Want To Hear Your Thoughts About This Episode 🌟Does the combination of your career success and your “always available” devotion to friends, family, and community often leave you feeling like you’re left with nothing but energetic scraps for yourself?In other words, how rested are you?If you’re feeling like you’ve put yourself and your right to rest on the backburner for too long, then this is your invitation to recalibrate.This week, Karlee launches the 12th season of Messy...
2022-12-2505 min
PodPops : Daily Drops of Podcasting News, Tips and Entertainment straight from the PodSphere!PodStars: Bringing Tough Issues to LightEpisode 52 of Ginni Media pod “Mamaste with Tanika Ray” tackles issues surrounding postpartum depression. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2022-11-1001 min
Cocktails with QueensJenifer Lewis Milestone, JLo Gets Married, Tanika Ray & MORE! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2022-07-1953 min
While They NapLet's Get Real About Conscious Parenting In today's episode, we chat with the hostess of Mamaste w/ Tanika Ray. We dive all in and learn more about conscious parenting and how to take an audit of your upbringing. You don't want to miss this great episode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2022-06-241h 40
Red Table TalkHow Mothers Can Damage Their Daughters: Could This Be You?Did you know there are THREE CRITICAL NEEDS every daughter requires from her mother? If they aren’t met, the effects can be devastating. "Mother Hunger" author and trauma psychotherapist Kelly McDaniel joins the table as Jada, Gammy and Willow open up about how their mothers affected them. Entertainment reporter Tanika Ray discovers how her destructive behaviors are linked to a strained relationship. A 25-year-old woman is anxious about passing along unresolved trauma to her children. A motherless mother shares how devastating losses have affected her own parenting. Don’t miss this unforgettable RTT full of life-changing wisdom!Se...
2022-06-0735 min
Red Table TalkHow Destructive Mothers Damage Their Daughters: Could This Be You?Did you know there are THREE CRITICAL NEEDS every daughter requires from her mother? If they aren’t met, the effects can be devastating. "Mother Hunger" author and trauma psychotherapist Kelly McDaniel joins the table as Jada, Gammy and Willow open up about how their mothers affected them. Entertainment reporter Tanika Ray discovers how her destructive behaviors are linked to a strained relationship. A 25-year-old woman is anxious about passing along unresolved trauma to her children. A motherless mother shares how devastating losses have affected her own parenting. Don’t miss this unforgettable RTT full of life-changing wisdom!
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2022-06-0235 min
Sistas"Colorism"J Rose interviews TV personality, Tanika Ray about colorism in the television industry. Aisha Cunningham of "The Path to Wholeness, LLC" in Detroit, Michigan joins the conversation to offer words of wisdom from a mental health counselor's perspective.
2022-04-0538 min
No Hipsters PodInterview with Tanika RayActress, dancer and TV host Tanika Ray stopped by to discuss her career, her upbringing, her apprehensions about motherhood, and her new podcast, ‘Mamaste.’
(Note: This episode was recorded on Instagram Live and can be watched on YouTube.)
2021-10-3059 min
The Forbes Factor - Your Secret to health, wealth & happiness!Carve A New Path with Tanika RayToday, Tanika talks about how she is currently carving a new path in creating content that inspires & unites. As talent, it utilizes her secret sauce of connecting with people and sharing their stories. She produced 2 mini films for TVOne's award winning Black History Month salute titled, Change Agents. She continues to amplify the voice of Women and inspire them to harness their power through her platform Mandalaray Media. Now that Tanika is a mom, she feels even closer to her ultimate goal than ever. Her daughter inspires her everyday to reflect all the nuances of being a black woman standing...
2021-03-2455 min
Growing Big People with PS.PS. In Conversation With Ray PanthakiYou're going to love this conversation I had with a great guy called Ray Panthaki.
More about Ray -
Ray is a British Actor/Producer/Writer/Director has made waves across the Film industry in all of the above disciplines and was awarded BAFTA 'Breakthrough Brit'.
An accomplished actor in both Theatre and Film, Ray achieved the prestige of undertaking a lead at the Royal Shakespeare Company in Tanika Gupta's 'The Empress'.
Recent years have seen the release of both ‘Colette’, directed by Oscar winning ‘Still Alice’ Director Wash Westmoreland in which Ray...
2020-08-1249 min
Tropical HeatReggae Rules The Beach MixtapeHere's a mixtape I made a few weeks ago for Reggae Rules The Beach in Goa, India. I tried to choose tunes that represented the vibe when I played in Goa earlier this year. There is some nice Roots Reggae, some new Dancehall tunes inna bit of vintage style, and even a few Drum & Bass/Jungle selections. Enjoy.
Tunes:
Busy Signal - Great Men
Blackout JA - Equal Rights
Idris Alba ft. Kranium & Tanika - Stand By Me
Koffee - Raggamuffin
Mr. Vegas - Wake Up
Pressure - Sensi
Vanessa Bongo & Notis - Sensimilia State Of Mind
Madd Again! ft...
2019-05-2646 min
GONES PODCASTGhettoBlasterShow #292-060517Tracks from :
Anderson .Paak feat. Snoop - Dj Quik - Tom Browne - Rose Royce - Brooklyn Express - David Joseph - Ziggy Funk - Bobbito García - The Monstars - Monsalve Y Los Forajidos - Tanika Charles - Ray Lugo - Awa Band feat. Tony Allen - Bosq feat. Evan Laflamme - Thornato feat. Grupo Taribo - Benjamin & The Dreamdancers - Curtis Mayfield
2017-05-0600 min
DJ UZOπροτίμηση - predilectionπροτίμηση (Greek) = Predilection
A preference or special liking for something; a bias in favour of something.
Tracklist:
Fred Katz and His Jammers - The Blow Is to Know
Shawn Christopher - Don't Lose The Magic [David Morales Club Mix]
La Tuerie- Jenny (Original Mix)
Cheryl Lynn - You Saved My Day (Classic Dance Mix)
Barbara Tucker - I Get Lifted (The Underground Network Mix)
Saison - Do You
Teenage Mutants, Purple Disco Machine - The Path (Original Mix)
Ashford and Simpson - Found a Cure (Funk Hunk Edit)
Don Ray - Got To Have Loving (1978)
Purple Disco Machine - DRUMATIC (Original Mix)
Catz...
2016-11-251h 04