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Episode 113 Teaser - Pray for R.L.

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4.69.1K Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2017

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

Our pal R.L. Stephens joins us to talk about the limits of liberal anti-racism, his critique of Ta-Nehisi Coates, organizing, and getting hit by a car. Listen here: www.patreon.com/posts/episode-113-hit-11501358

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we have to say right off the bat what the fuck and first of all are you okay

0:05.5

R L are you okay and what the fuck they're got it for you for you

0:10.7

uh... for the people that don't know just after I released the Coates article, I fucked around and got hit by a car.

0:18.0

In a hidden run, you know, Coates got shooters out here.

0:22.0

He got hit us, man, he's not playing.

0:24.6

So you got hit, you were in a hit and run.

0:27.0

You were a pedestrian and someone just swiped you with a car.

0:30.3

All jokes aside, like I had to go to Cook County right because I'm broke his butt and I went into Cook County

0:36.8

This shit some like I've been to the ER before but like people like people actually died there like you hear like I've seen on

0:46.0

TV like where they notify a family that their loved one or a friend has passed

0:49.4

dude didn't make it they notified his family his family His family was like no no he a bitch let me back there like I

0:57.8

I don't I don't know why he was yelling that but but I was not the only one kind of shook by that because the dude next to me was like,

1:04.0

A duck, a duck.

1:06.5

And then he says, I'm O TG.

1:08.6

And I was like, O TG, like the Chief Kiefshik?

1:11.2

Oh my God. Like he was like he was like I'm in a

1:15.9

gang I'm O T G and like am I safe here I think you know it's important to mention

1:20.8

about about coats and this book is that this book was an absolute

1:27.2

sensation it was you know received glowing reviews from pretty much every

1:31.8

quarter and you know maybe you might disagree

1:35.6

with me but like I think Coates is a talented writer in a way and I think he's

1:41.0

very good at you know ringing sort of pantos out of the

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