dynamic voices for a diverse church. This is Pass the Mic.

Greetings and God bless. Welcome to another episode of Past the Mike.

Dynamic Voices for a diverse church powered by The Witness, a Black Christian collective.

I'm your host Tyler Burns. You can follow me on Twitter at Burns 23

follow at your own risk. And thank you all so much for joining us today. And

before we get into this wonderful conversation, I want to remind you that the PTM live tour is in

full swing and we will be live in New York City, the Big Apple. On Friday, June 1st,

it is quickly approaching. Do not miss it it it's going to be a wonderful time

you can get all the details for the NYC show and all the other scheduled Ptum

tour dates over at pass-the-mic live.com We hope to see you all there. So our conversation today is special.

A little while ago I had the opportunity to interview writer and speaker Austin Channing Brown.

And I'm so glad to finally get this out.

I've been ready to release this since the second we ended our recording.

And Austin just released a book entitled I'm Still Here, Black Dignity in a a world made for whiteness and it has been tearing up the

charts on Amazon and receiving rave reviews so I hope you go and pick that up either on Amazon or

at your local bookstore because you should

support black women you know how we do around here don't delay you can go over to

Austin chanting.com to get more information about the book and her work.

And I'll say this, I've had the privilege of interviewing a number of people,

many of whom are personal heroes.

But this is one of the most refreshing conversations I've ever had on the mic. The last that you hear are genuine,

the honesty is raw. And Austin has this palpable joy that beams through everything she

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