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Hey there, it's Rachel, and I am here to wish you a very, very happy Thanksgiving.

Today, we're resharing one of our favorite episodes.

It's my conversation with the writer Jason Reynolds, which was just named one of Apple's

top podcast episodes of 2025, which is very cool.

I hope you enjoy this, but please, please stick around until

the very end of the episode because I called Jason back up and we talked and I asked him one

more wild card question. How easily do you cry? If the ASPCA commercials, come on, you're going to say something.

The moment I see them dogs, I can't help it.

I am a crybaby of all cry babies.

It is my favorite thing about myself.

I'm Rachel Martin, and this is Wildcard, the game where

cards control the conversation. Each week, my guest answers questions about their life. Questions

pulled from a deck of cards. They're allowed to skip one question and to flip one question back on me.

My guest this week is poet and author Jason Reynolds.

Rest feels a little bit irresponsible. It feels a little disrespectful to all the people who want to be

sitting where I'm sitting. For the people who deserve to have their stories told, but for whatever

strange reason won't get their moment. I want you to think back to when you were a kid.

Was there an adult in your life who didn't talk down to you?

Someone who instantly just treated you like a person

with your own perspectives and life experiences.

Jason Reynolds has built his entire career around not talking down to kids.

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