Jenifer Lewis

Good Words with Kirk Franklin

Sony Music

Society & Culture, Music, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 946 Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2022

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Kirk Franklin is joined by legendary actress, author, and activist Jenifer Lewis for a conversation about mental health, self-care, and personal responsibility. Jenifer discusses catching a con-artist, why she loved playing Ruby on Black-ish, her experience with bipolar disorder, sexual violence in religious institutions, the importance of journaling, and her new book Walking In My Joy. Good Words With Kirk Franklin is produced by RCAI & Somethin Else, and Sony Music Entertainment. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts. To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email [email protected] Text 'Kirk' to 83393 -- or visit Compassion.com/kirkfranklin to sponsor a child through Compassion International Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey Kirkkirt!
0:03.0	I got some failure. Tell me when we're ready.
0:05.0	I'm listening honey, please.
0:10.0	Can't nobody interview Jennifer like me in these streets?
0:15.0	Nobody interview Jennifer like me in these streets.
0:22.0	Ain't nobody got time for that.
0:25.0	Ain't nobody got time for that.
0:26.0	Ain't nobody got time for that.
0:28.0	Ain't nobody got time for that stuff.
0:34.0	ha ha ha ha ha.
0:37.0	baby.
0:40.0	Brothers and my
0:43.0	sisters my name is Kirk Franklin and I come to give you good words. Let's go.
0:59.7	Ladies and gentlemen, today I am interviewing somebody that started me on a journey in my life and for the brief moment that I had with her, She deposited so much light and hope and inspiration. She played the infamous
1:17.8	Ruby Johnson on the groundbreaking sitcom Black as she's an author, Activist,
1:23.2	Voice for the Voiceless, and so close to Home to me,
1:27.6	she talks about mental illness and the way that makes her a hero.
1:31.0	There's so many that do not have a platform. Her new book Walking and My Joy in The
1:36.6	Street is a brilliant collection of insightful stories told throughout her real life
1:41.1	adventures and I am so glad that I was the early
1:46.3	recipient of this legendary mama character that all of y'all know now and we're gonna
1:51.8	get into that in a minute but before we do I got to make the opportunity even bigger to say welcome the Jennifer's. I don't know that I've ever had a better
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