Thank you for tuning in to another episode of the Bakari Sellers podcast.

2020 is nearly done. I hope everybody has a very very special holiday season

for those of my friends who were served just

celebrating Hanukkah or in the words of the the legend Smoky Robinson Chinooka I

don't know if you all saw that viral cameo video but to all my Jewish brothers and sisters who are celebrating wishing you a happy Hanukkah season to everyone celebrating Christmas coming up.

Merry Christmas. Happy Kwanza. celebrating Christmas,

Happy Kwanza, and I think that we're already for a very new year.

Today I'll be joined by my sister and friend, producer, director, writer Lee Davenport.

I've known Lee for a very long period of time

and we are professional enough to not tell secrets

about each other in public platforms and settings but just know I

love Lee Davenport with all my heart she's one of the dopest kindest

sweetest individuals you'll ever meet plus she's Uber talented but before we get to, I wanted to talk about this COVID spending deal that came

together this past weekend because I think it's important to understand what it is, what

it's not, what it tells us about the road ahead in terms of what kind of help we can expect from

Washington in 2021 as we continue to battle COVID.

So here's what's in the package.

A whopping $600 stimulus check for people making less than $75,000.

Eh, I think $600 is a funny number.

It's kind of, for me it's the number that I guess rich people think

that the rest of us think is a lot of money. Well we'll have to deal with that.

We have an historic expansion of Pell Grants which is actually a very

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