Hey, everybody. I have an important one today. You know, for a change. My guests are Robert

Saniels and Tulu Olu-Ranipa. The authors of his name is George Floyd. Samuels and

Olu-Rinipa are reporters for the Washington Post, and their book is about

George Floyd, about his life and death, but mainly about his life and who he was. And he was a good

man. He was a good-hearted man who loved his family, loved his friends. He had his false. He spent

time in prison. Sometimes for things he didn't do, loved his friends. He had his false. He spent time in prison. Sometimes for things

he didn't do. He was arrested by cops who later were proved to have made false arrests and planted

drugs on people, black people. And in a Texas system where there were no public defenders.

He was given advice and probably not actually bad advice to plead guilty to something he didn't

do to take two years in prison rather than risking 20.

This is a book about systemic racism.

If you ever had any question about whether there is systemic racism in this country

and a history of systemic racism and it still exists, read this book or listen to this podcast.

It's a great one today, you know, for a change.

I have to tell you, his name is George Floyd is a book that is, it's just an important book because it gives life to someone who everybody saw die. And he turns out

was a wonderful person with some weaknesses and flaws. But the book to me just talks about

systemic racism and the history of it.

And because this became kind of a racial reckoning, which has maybe had a bit of a backlash.

I want to talk all about that.

But the portrait you paint of him is a very, very important

one. Thank you guys for this, for joining me. Thanks so much for reading it, and thanks for having

us here. Yeah, it's great. It's great to talk to you. Looking forward to the discussion.

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