Hello,

All of us put a little window on our ordinary, extraordinary things

When we get to us in and I believe it

I believe that

Hello somebody

The universe has given us two hands

One to reach a

One to reach our anterner.

Welcome to Hello Somebody, a production of the Black Effect podcast network and IHeartMedia, where we rage against the machine, where we raise our voices against injustice and stand up for justice,

where we embrace hope and joy with an optimism for a bright or more just future.

Each week, I'll be dropping knowledge, whether it's a solo episode from me

or a hearty discussion with esteemed guests doing great things in spaces and places of politics, entertainment, social justice, and beyond.

We get real, baby. I mean, really real. We get honest. We get up close and personal for you, yes you, because everybody is somebody.

Before we begin, I want to give a special shout out to my team.

Thank you, Sim, Tiffany, Sam, and the team over at Good Juju Studios, Erica England,

Pepper Chambers, the Hot hot one and my social media team

Hello somebody I hope y'all ready for today I'm ready I have a very very very very very special

guest now you all know I am extraordinarily excited for all of my guests because I welcome the opportunity to be able to share in discussion about pertinent issues of our time with experts and people who have been on the journey that we're talking about in the moment.

But today, tops all of that,

my special guest is my dad. And we are going to talk about some stuff, family stuff, world stuff.

Man, this is going to be a good conversation. And certainly my dad has been my strength and moments of fear and he has been

the person to lift me up when I'm filling down. You know, we all need a community of people

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