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I love, like enjoying a latte on the bus with some music or on a walk with a friend. My

only resolution is to enjoy more of what I love, like switching up my usual with oat,

soy, almond or coconut. All delicious non-dairy alternatives available at Starbucks for no extra

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Hey slow burn listeners, we've got something different for you this time out. This week,

you'll get to hear a preview of our bonus episodes for Slate Plus members. Special shows

where we go deeper into our story. Stay tuned for excerpts from my conversations with Ann

Levy, the Holocaust survivor who confronted David Duke in 1989. Eli Sasslow, who wrote a

great book about the modern white nationalist movement, and Toefer Grace, who played Duke

in the Spike Lee film Black Clansman. But first, I want to introduce you to someone you've

probably never heard of. Her name is Joanna Burnett, and I've been thinking about her a

lot as I've been working on this season of slow burn. Joanna is three years older than

I am, and like me, she grew up in New Orleans.

In 1989, when she was 12, she did something really gutsy. It all started when she noticed

that one particular story was dominating the local news.

I remember it was almost every single day. There was coverage on this former Ku Klux

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