So all of us want a little bit on our ordinary, extraordinary things when we get to

us in.

If you're doing it and I believe it, I believe in a corner of this

The universe has given us two hands, one to reach a woman, up as we climb, we climb, we cry, where we

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 one, and my social media team.

Happy Thanksgiving. Everybody, just I'm hoping that people have a happy Thanksgiving. I know

it's been a hard going on two years now since COVID really started plaguing us and we're trying to get back to

some kind of normal even though hell normal doesn't sound too good depending on what your

circumstances were before the pandemic but trying to get to some type of stasis. And it has been so extraordinarily hard.

So it is good to be able to pause for a minute. And Thanksgiving certainly gives us the

opportunity to do that. So I am wishing you a very happy Thanksgiving. This is from me and also the Hello

Somebody team. And we are just so overjoyed and honored to still be with you going into our

second year, our listeners, our supporters. What a blessing it is to be able to communicate in

this way. And it is my sincere hope that this Thanksgiving is a time of reflection and also a time

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