The following podcast contains explicit language.

Hello and welcome to our national conversation about conversations about race, the bi-weekly,

multiracial podcast where we discuss the ways we can't talk, don't talk, would rather not talk,

but intermittently, fitfully, embarrassingly

do talk about culture, identity, politics, power, and privilege in our pre-post-yet-still-

very racial America. You could say all that, or you can just call the show about race. I'm

Raquel Sepeda, and here with me in the Palantley Studios in New York is my co-discussant,

Tanner. Hello. What up, Tanner? Hello. And as you and here with me in the Palakley Studios in New York is my co-discussant Tanner Colby

What up, Tanner?

Hello.

And as you may have heard,

our regular co-discussant, Baratunday Thurston,

has landed an amazing new gig

as supervising producer and content boss

overseeing the creation and production

of original digital content for the daily show

with Trevor Noah.

A big shout out and congrats to Barra TV Tunday.

Don't fret kind people.

Baratunday will not be leaving us, but he will be taking a few weeks off to settle into his new gig.

So we have two very special guests this week.

Before we introduce our first guests, we wanted to extend a

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