Talofaz My Alofaz It is your girl AfroTeine and after a long hiatus I am back with a long awaited podcast. Tune in and find out why it took so dayum long to get back to you folks!

The Real Tautala 

The Real Tautala Episode #35 Talofa My Alofaz

It is my birthday today ya'll!!!! Fair warning... there is quite a bit of cussing in this episode but I don't care...It's My Birthday! I give you my leai sou feau, my thoughts on the media coverage of "Stop Asian Hate" and get to drag ya'll for the take you have on Quavo and Saweetie.

The Real Tautala  Episode #36: It's My Birthday

A perspective on how some of us islanders assimilate when we move from the island to America.

Big and Beautiful Truth - I just Got Here

This podcast episode will be giving you a little ASMR as I drink wine and discuss my feelings on my job mandating the covid-19 vaccine, GMO mosquitoes being released in Florida, my overall  thoughts on the conviction of Derek Chauvin and my 2021 motto for API Month.

The Real Tautala

The Real Tautala Episode #37: Don't be a BOO- AYE- AYE

Why is it that Samoans only get the concept of cultural appropriation when it happens to them but not when they are doing it to others? Click and listen to why I think the problem of "outsiders" getting traditional Samoan tattoos is a problem for only Samoans to solve.

The Real Tautala Episode #38: The Tired Debate of Polys and Tattoos.

Scratchy voice and all, I take ja short time to catch up with you and share a technique I use to jumpstart self-forgiveness inspired by the traditional practice call Ifoga.

Ending song: Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!):
https://uppbeat.io/t/walz/misguided

The Real Tautala Episode #39 Ifoga: Finding Forgiveness Within Yourself

Stop asking Black folks to carry the burden of teaching you about Black History.

Big Beautiful Truth : Black History Month

It's You (ft Sef)

Welcome to the Real Tautala Podcast. Here are a couple things you should expect.

Talofa To The Podcast

Stop looking for your better half and start working on being a better whole!

Big and Beautiful Truth of The Day: Your "Better Half"

Online Dating IT IS JUST HOW PEOPLE MEET! These are some of my tips for Pasifika people trying to FIKA out these new apps and dating scene.

RealTautala #1: Online Dating Tips For Pasifika Peeps New To It

Tips for those who are living in a home that don't have a job or aren't paying towards rent!

Real Tautala #2: When You Don't Have a Job the Home Is Your Job!

Sometimes we have to pursue our purpose in life even if our family will not approve of it!

It is Foolish to Hope for Blessings From People Who Have None to Give!

Big And Beautiful Truth Of The Day : Don't Hope for Blessings From People Who Have None to Give!

We travel across the world to help the "less fortunate" while we ignore the people in our own backyards.

Big and Beauiful Truth of the Day 

Big and Beautiful Truth of the Day: Spread Your Wings Like a Maxi-Pad and Stay Put!

This is a small kine rant for the people bashing my aunt and her beautiful neck tattoo inspired by the malu design. People are apply Traditional Outrage to Contemporary Tattoos and that ain't right.

The Real Tautala #3: My Aunt Bexx's Tattoo

Just because you are family doesn't mean you an escape accountability!

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Big and Beautiful Truth of the Day: You Have to Love Justice and Fairness More than Your Family Ties

Before we can talk about solutions, we have to be able to first identify the problem. In this episode, I give a couple examples of what colorism can look like in our Samoan culture. Have a listen and then share with me your experiences with it!

The Real Tautala Episode #4: Recognizing Colorism in Samoan Culture

An honest rant about what it means to be Fat and some of the stuff that comes with it.

Ramblings of a Fat Black Samoan Girl 

The Real Tautala Episode #5: The Ramblings of a Fat Black and Samoan Woman

The annoying crap Samoans do with money and reasons why fa'alavelaves are causing people to fall into unnecessary debt!

The Real Tautala Episode #6 : The Bad Habits We Have with Money and Fa'alavelaves

People are stealing your culture and selling it back to you ! This is an honest conversation about cultural appropriation all started by a wack ass kava bar claiming they taught the world how to drink kava...seh KEFE!

The Real Tautala Episode #7: Always Buy From A Samoan

Some of the greatest people in this world are just ordinary people who were met with tremendous adversity and in a moment of bravery chose to seek ways to overcome them. Let us choose today to not mope but mobilize.

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Big and Beautiful Truth of the Day: If Life Gives You Lemons Throw Those Bitches Back

I called the police Saturday night Sept 14, 2019 for a domestic dispute my neighbors had outside my home and ended up having a shotgun pointed at me.

Real Tautala Episode #10: We Have No Use For Scared Police

Black bodies in Samoan spaces. Unless you are an Afro-Pasifikan or an Afro Poly, you've probably  never had to think about how your magically melanated presence would be received. This episode is for my Afro-Poly Babes and the things we go through or should expect when we enter into spaces where the way we look isn't the norm.

The Real Tautala Episode #11: Being Black in Pasifika Spaces

Amber Guyger gets a soft sentencing of 10 years after murdering someone who was just relaxing in his own home! A courtroom full of Black folks treat her as if she was a victim as Christians think forgiveness comes with the absence of accountability.

The Real Tautala Episode # 12 : Amber Aikae-Ger

When are people considered adults? IT SUCKS that the only time Samoan people are considered adults is when they give birth or get married. Things have got to change! Listen to a rant that was sparked by my uncle asking me to participate in Kids Sunday!

The Real Tautala Episode #13: I'm 32! Stop Expecting Me to Participate in White Sundays

People who are controlling and inflexible often find themselves frustrated because the rest of the world doesn't live by their rules and expectations. Instead of being rigid in your pursuit of a fantasy standard, get flexible!

Big and Beautiful Truth of the Day : You Can Do Everything Right and Things Can Still Go "Left".

Just a quarantine check-in with my older sister Salaia Salave'a and talk about speaking to the King in the men we date even though they act like peasants ...ue'e LOL

The Real Tautala Episode #20: Quarantine Check-In with My Sister Salaia Salave'a

This is a Story Time folks! Listen as a Samoan girl who cannot see saves her family by weaving an impossibly beautiful ie for a Matai on a rampage!

The Real Tautala Episode #22: StoryTime- The Girl and the Impossibly Beautiful Ie

This big and beautiful truth is a poem about how I would want someone to respond to me when I am having a bad day.

Big and Beautiful Truth of the Day: Keige Fa'ali'i Moment

This is an episode with Tone Va'i and how he used love and tenderness to address his friends and family on the topic of anti-Blackness and "The N-Word". This conversation is important because it gives people one of many ways to talk to their circle of people.

The Real Tautala #27: Tone Va'i on Approaching Family About Anti-Blackness and "The N Word"

I don't know if it is the shut down or just this season of my life but I haven't been feeling myself. In any case, this is my truth and musical form. 

Big and Beautiful Truth of the Day: Covid-19 Depression

My breakdown of the money situation Asuelu and Kalani from "90 Day Fiance" on TLC go through as a Samoan couple.

The Real Tautala Episode #29: Asuelu I Need Some Money!

Big girls are for all seasons, not just when you're cold.

Big And Beautiful Truth of the Day : All Season Round

When you've been through so many things your heart tends to be jaded and you start not to trust people.... to protect yourself. We get so used to fighting and mistrusting that we don't know a good thing when we see it. Teine quit you're talking and you're worrying... You're in good hands.

Big and Beautiful Truth of the Day: You're in Good Hands

It's a new year and a new way of doing things!! I invited David Utuone to the fala to share his Big and Beautiful Truth.  Take a listen! 

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