Was good, y'all. This is Gene. And it's that time of the year again, the time of the year when you're thinking about giving.

You know, getting something nice for your moms or your uncle or your little ones or for Bay.

Oh, I just felt sweet.

Well, since you're in that spirit right now of giving, consider this a little nudge to give to your local public radio station.

If you rock with us at Code Switch, you know how often we turn to the tweets you send us, and we turn them into whole segments.

You know how often we respond directly to the emails that you send our way.

The concerns you have, the questions you want answered, that's all the stuff we want to know too.

That's part of the mission of public radio. It's in the DNA of it.

Thoughtful community oriented journalism. So when you support your local public radio member station,

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All right, Joe. On with the show.

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Oh my God.

I'm a little worried.

This is code switch. I'm shearing Marisol Maraji.

And I'm Karen Grigsby-Bates in Virginia.

This episode goes out to all our listeners who are always asking us for book recommendations.

We've got a bunch of recommendations from some badass folks of color.

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