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 One, and my social media team.

Hello somebody. Wow, here we are. We're together again. Solo, baby. Just us. For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord.

Plans to prosper you and not to harm you. Plans to give you hope and a future. That scripture comes from Jeremiah 29 and 11. And I think it is so relevant whether you get

down with the Christian faith or not. Just understanding that your plans, your destiny, your journey is

unique and it is different. And even in all of that, you always,

always have to hold on to hope and put some sweat equity on that hope, pushing towards the high

prize and the mark. But for me being a church girl, Jeremiah 29 and 11, ooh, we, hello somebody on that.

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