Hey there, it's Martine. I hope you're having a great weekend.

So a few weeks ago, I was on this pop culture podcast that I love.

It's for Colored Nerds from Stitcher.

I was there to talk about my obsession with period pieces,

like the Regency Jane Austen style movies and TV shows with the costumes and the carriages and

the ballroom dances. And we were talking about the new ways that we're starting to see people

of color reflected on these shows, shows like the Guilrd Age and Bridgerton.

I had so much fun talking about this with Eric and Brittany, the host of the show.

And it was this fascinating, funny conversation that I think other folks will enjoy too.

So if you want to listen, check out that episode of For Colored Nerds.

It's called Black in Time. We'll also put a link to it in our show notes and today's episode page

at postreports.com. But for now, we are going to play a bit of that conversation here.

So I hope you enjoy and check out the rest.

Well, Martine, thank you so much for joining us today. We are so excited to talk to you.

Thank you for having me.

Okay, so we know, Eric and I know that in addition to being a journalist

and hosting the Washington Post's Daily News Show, that you're a big fan of period films and TV

shows, but what makes you love them so much as much as you do?

That's a really good question because it does feel like the thing that I'm still a little bit

embarrassed about because I think that Eric pieces get a bad rap because sometimes they can be

pretty extra in certain ways. But I do think that like one of the reasons why I have always

loved period pieces and I think where it was maybe a little bit predisposed to them is because of my

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