#311: Foster The Person (@MonroeMartinIII)

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🗓️ 25 December 2017

⏱️ 151 minutes

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Summary

Monroe Martin came to my apartment to talk about his life as a foster kid. Monroe spent most of his childhood in and out of foster homes. He filled me in on what it was like in this fun conversation. Merry Christmas, everyone!

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0:00.0	Many times that I've moved have been like an overnight thing.
0:05.1	Like I'll come home from school and my social worker is there
0:08.8	and they got, and then they're like,
0:12.0	yo, you gotta go.
0:13.6	What?
0:14.4	This is, there's this term called trash bag kids
0:18.0	and that's where that comes from.
0:19.2	Like we would have to move so quickly
0:22.0	that we would just throw all our shit into the trash bag,
0:24.9	toss it in the van and then go turn next spot.
0:27.5	And that was my life for a long time.
0:30.3	I ain't got no home, I'm just a Roman round.
0:34.4	Just wandering worker, I go from town to town
0:38.3	and the police make it hard wherever I may go
0:42.1	and I ain't got no home in this world anymore.
0:51.7	Merry Christmas.
0:54.0	Welcome to R.E. Shaffir's Skeptic Tank.
0:56.0	I'm R.E. Shaffir.
0:57.6	If you're listening today on Christmas Day 2017,
1:04.8	it's no doubt because you have gotten sick of your family.
1:08.4	You thought it was gonna be a good idea?
1:10.2	You went home, you're like mama, papa,
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