Hello and welcome to another episode of Iway with Jamila Jamil. I hope you are well. I'm feeling

fucking great. I know that we are not out of trouble when it comes to politics and the United

States of America, but Christ I feel hopeful in a way that I haven't in four years.

And I cannot tell you the impact that has had on my mental health for the better. I feel as though

I've finally been able to exhale and I wonder if you feel the same way and it's okay to

bask in that for a second and just enjoy that and allow ourselves just a moment of peace and respite

before we take on the challenge of making sure that justice actually comes from this decision

that has been made just about by the American public. Yeah, I feel I feel good. I can't believe it.

I've been so stressed all year and this has been, God, it was a magical weekend. I was in New

York City and I was going on a walk and I suddenly started hearing pots and pans being hit to

like a rhythm and I looked up and you know they have all these apartment blocks in Manhattan.

There were people on their balconies playing their pots and pans and dancing and then other people

on different balconies across the street so I did also playing their pots and pans in rhythm

to the other people's, I don't know, dishware and suddenly you had people singing in the street

and dancing and I thought what the hell is going on this is Saturday afternoon. I checked my phone,

find out that they've called the Biden win and I cannot stress enough that I I'm not saying that

I align with Biden or Harris's past but I do feel hopeful for their futures.

But it felt like this magical moment where people were smiling which in New York is not terribly

common. Someone even told me to have a nice day when I bought a coffee which was very shocking and if

you've ever been to a coffee shop in New York you'll know what I mean and I love New Yorkers

but it's definitely a kind of get your shit and go keep moving kind of place.

And to be here with everyone full of so much love and community and joy I saw the best of New York

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