Hi, everybody. It is Dylan. Summer officially starts this week, which is crazy to me because

it feels like it's already been summer for a month. I am very hot and sweaty right now.

But to celebrate the official start, we're bringing you a collection of summary episodes

from the podcast. These are from our archives, so they're some of our favorites. And we've

got fun journey with friends. We've got adventures on the high seas. We've got cool cars. And we're

doing this all in part because we want to hear about your incredible summer adventures. Your favorite

summer trips in the past or where you're planning to go this summer. We want to hear about the

interesting people you've met, about the strange and wonderful things in your own backyard. You know,

summer stuff, summer travel stuff, send it in. To do that, you can call our voicemail at 315-992-7902.

It'll cut you off after about three minutes, but you can also send us a longer message

at helloadautosubscrier.com. Just record a voicemail and send it there.

The experiences that you share with us just might end up on this here podcast. Can you even imagine?

With that, I will hand it off to Baudelaire. Enjoy your summer.

Yesterday was June 10th. And here on the podcast, we wanted to celebrate June 10th by bringing

back an episode we put out earlier this year. It was my first trip to a neighborhood in L.A.

named Lamurk Park. Lamurk Park is so full of black joy and it's a neighborhood that I think

exemplifies everything June 10th is about. I hope y'all enjoy it.

All right, so I'm an East Coast student. Born in Boston, lived in Brooklyn for a while,

but last year one of my best friends hit me up and told me I had to come out to the West Coast.

He lives in L.A. and while I was there, he took me to this one neighborhood that he knew I was

going to love. Lamurk Park. Here's the thing. Growing up black in America, I always felt like society

was telling me I should get far away from Afro-centricity. They didn't teach African history in schools,

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