Welcome to the Sci-Fi Sci. A podcast about Black science fiction and fantasy. I'm one of your amazing co-hosts, Amber.

And I'm Ben.

Hey, Ben. Ben, where are we right now?

The bathroom.

Greetings from the bathroom, everyone, because it's right outside of Chicago. We ain't got time for that. We got a podcast to put down.

Anywho, this week for episode four, we have read and will be discussing the Ballad of Black Tom by Victor Laval.

I just want to make it...

Say that, say that one more time.

His name is Victor Laval. I realized last week in episode three that I called him Victor Laval, honey.

Like, he was dipped in Derek Arlejuice in a John Singleton movie.

So this week, he is a black man, but I will put some respect on his name by pronouncing it correctly. His name is Victor Laval.

What did you do in episode one? I think we messed up a name as well in episode one.

I think I caught her Gabori Citabay.

It's not that either.

It's Gabori. It's Gabori.

No, it rhymes. Citabay.

We're never going to be able to interview anybody.

Of course that.

If I keep butchering names, I'm sorry, everyone out there, you're so great. I've really got it.

I'm going to come back in the end of the episode and pronounce her name correctly.

Alright, so today on episode four, we're going to talk a little bit about the Ballad of Black Tom and all of the names that we are going to butcher.

So before we start, let's get into a little plot summary just in case you have not read the book.

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