Jenna Wortham and Kimberly Drew Are Building Black Futures

UNDISTRACTED With Brittany Packnett Cunningham

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🗓️ 22 December 2020

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Who do you call for perspective on the craziest year in recent memory? Two expert dreamers—New York Times critic Jenna Wortham and curator Kimberly Drew, co-editors of the ambitious new book Black Futures. They talk to host Brittany Packnett Cunningham about why it’s important to write our stories (and not just on social media), and what they expect 2021 to hold. Plus, we hear about the lessons of the year from members of The Meteor collective—like Raquel Willis, Liz Plank, Treasure Brooks, and Rebecca Carroll—and, most importantly, from you, our listeners. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode of Undistracted is brought to you by our sponsor Chambord, an all-natural
0:10.7	Raspberry liqueur produced in the Loire Valley of France. I recently
0:15.6	tweeted this but I wanted to reinforce this message right here again. I feel like
0:20.6	we could all use a bit more love these days.
0:24.0	So many of us are trying to just make it through the end of the year.
0:29.0	We're almost there y'all, and if you are on that journey, I see you you and it will not be in vain. I am
0:35.3	celebrating each of you the listeners of undistracted today. Keep your
0:39.1	heads up and while I have you I want to say this little toast.
0:43.0	Thank you for listening, commenting, and being a part of this community.
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1:14.6	As always, please drink responsibly. Hey y'all it's Brittany. So Nelson Mandela had a saying he said I never lose I either
1:39.2	win or I learn that has been a hard one to stand by this year. I mean there have been some
1:46.4	straight up losses I'm not gonna lie to y'all and Sundays it feels like there have been
1:50.9	way more lessons to be learned than wins to have. But when things get
1:57.8	really hard, I do come back to his perspective. The idea that lessons are a victory,
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