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The Bakari Sellers Podcast

Kai Wright and ‘Blindspot: The Plague in the Shadows’

The Bakari Sellers Podcast

The Ringer

News, Politics

4.8966 Ratings

🗓️ 1 February 2024

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Bakari Sellers is joined by journalist and activist Kai Wright to discuss hosting WNYC’s ‘Notes From America’ (1:00), telling stories from the early days of the AIDS epidemic with the podcast ‘Blindspot: The Plague in the Shadows’ (4:33), and the current state of the crisis (17:19). Host: Bakari Sellers Guest: Kai Wright Producer: Donnie Beacham Jr. Executive Producer: Jarrod Loadholt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

I won't tell you that it's gonna be okay.

0:07.0

I won't tell you that it's going to be okay.

0:15.0

And welcome to another episode of the Bakard Sellers podcast.

0:18.0

Let me just say that we are the new.

0:20.0

I don't even think my producer, Donnie knows this, neither does as many other people at the

0:25.2

Ringer but we are the N double A. C. A. C. A. C. A. C. A. C. C. R. A. C. R. A. C. Right. You're the first nominated podcast. Sorry sell this podcast, look at that,

0:34.0

Kai Wright, you're the first person to hear that

0:36.0

and hear me say it out loud.

0:37.0

We just got that notification.

0:39.0

But we have none other than Kai Wright with us today.

0:42.0

Like I told you, we like to bring smart people here to talk about real serious issues and

0:46.8

Ky right is fitting into that category better than most. How you doing today my brother?

0:54.3

I'm good. Congratulations.

0:57.1

You know, slight work. You know what I'm talking about? You know, wake up and that's what you expect to happen. Look, my show is kind of unique

1:01.8

because we ask all our guests the same first question, and we like our guests to walk us through the arc of their careers.

1:07.0

And you've been doing the work that you've been doing now for years.

1:10.0

Walk us through each stop of your journalistic career

1:12.9

and talk about the work you do right now

1:14.5

with notes from America.

1:15.7

What is it?

1:16.9

And how did you get that opportunity in particular?

1:19.8

Wow, okay.

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