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The Bakari Sellers Podcast

Jurnee Smollett on Her Acting Journey, 'Lovecraft Country,' and What Is Coming Next

The Bakari Sellers Podcast

The Ringer

Politics, News

4.8966 Ratings

🗓️ 23 August 2021

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Bakari is joined by Jurnee Smollett to talk about when she knew she wanted to be an actress (2:48), how she came to 'Lovecraft Country' and what it was like to play Leti (16:02), and the activism she does alongside her acting (22:14). Host: Bakari Sellers Guest: Jurnee Smollett Producer: Kaya McMullen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Thank you for tuning in to another episode of the Bakari Sellers podcast.

0:15.0

Day will be interviewing Journey Smalette.

0:18.0

I mean this is a special show and I know sometimes you listen to the show and you may tune out before the end before we get to the before I let you go.

0:27.5

I want to tell a story about a young man whose family I represent now who died about two years ago at the hands of the Broward County Sheriff's

0:35.6

Department. It's a story you don't want to miss. I want to talk about Jarvis Randall at the end of the show.

0:41.9

But before we get the journey and Jarvis, I wanted to talk about the Vice

0:45.2

President's trip to Asia this week. As the crisis unfolds in Afghanistan and China continues to exert its influence across Asia and Africa.

0:54.8

Articulating the administration's foreign policy to counter China's influence is key

0:59.0

and the Vice President is delivering that message in her trip to Vietnam and

1:03.2

Singapore. If you recall the Vice President was also dispatched to

1:07.0

Central and Latin America and I'd imagine that when this administration articulates

1:11.5

his posture towards the Caribbean and Africa, the Vice President

1:16.0

would be the most logical phase of the administration and of the United States.

1:20.0

So if you keep in score, that would be Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa, and Asia before

1:24.8

it's all said and done.

1:26.8

Listen folks, that matters.

1:28.7

The only legitimate critique of the Vice President during the 2020 campaign and it was legitimate

1:33.8

was her lack of foreign policy experience but if it's not clear by now

1:38.4

President Biden is ensuring that the vice president is at the table as the US re-establishes his credibility abroad and

1:46.2

responds to international crises, not the least of which is the rising threat of China in re-establishing the United States

1:54.8

public health leadership abroad.

1:57.6

I try not to look too far ahead to 2028, but what should be clear here is that the

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