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The Bakari Sellers Podcast

Eboni K. Williams and Betting on Black

The Bakari Sellers Podcast

The Ringer

Politics, News

4.8966 Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2023

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Bakari Sellers is joined by attorney and TV host Eboni K. Williams to discuss her work with Byron Allen at TheGrio (1:13), break down chapters of her new book, 'Bet on Black: The Good News About Being Black in America Today' (6:44), and talk about how she centered her Blackness on 'The Real Housewives of New York City' (14:29). Host: Bakari Sellers Guest: Eboni K. Williams Producer: Donnie Beacham Jr. Executive Producer: Jarrod Loadholt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

I won't tell you that it's gonna be okay.

0:07.0

I won't tell you that it's going to be okay.

0:15.0

Welcome to another episode of the Bakari Celles podcast.

0:17.0

Today we have my good friend.

0:19.0

I'm actually traveling today.

0:20.0

I'm in the big city of Atlanta, Georgia, but the A-town, there you go.

0:25.0

But my homie, my sister, somebody who I love and adore, Ebony K Williams is doing.

0:31.2

What is the K for, Ebony? It is for Kiana, attorney sellers.

0:35.2

Ebony, Kiana Williams, which I have to say must be one of the blackest names

0:39.2

in television and broadcasting.

0:45.0

Yeah, I think we actually talked about this because I used to data Keyan and I hope my wife's not. She knows that already. She's like, why are you

0:48.0

talking about her in the show? Anyway, and it was a cue. It began with a cue.

0:52.0

Right. So there you go.

0:54.2

We usually start each of our episodes

0:57.2

by having our guests walk us through the arc of their careers,

0:59.4

but you've been on the show before.

1:00.5

So we'll skip that.

1:02.1

Other than your book that will detail later which by the

1:04.6

way I have a lot of friends who've written books and I had to text my sister be like

1:08.2

out of all our friends who actually wrote books you took time with this this is actually a

1:11.7

really really good book.

1:13.8

Talk to me about the projects other than the book that you've been up to since the last time you were on the show.

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