The Oh, Hello internet. I'm your husband

host Travis McElroy and I'm your wife host Teresa McElroy and you're listening to Schmanners.

It's extraordinary etiquette for ordinary occasions.

Hello my dove.

Hello dear.

Well the world, there's a lot going on here in the U.S. of A.

Before we begin, I want to encourage everyone to, if you haven't already, or if you feel like you want to do

more donating to causes that are supporting the protesters here in America that are

protesting police violence in general but more specifically

police violence against black people and if you have already donated

share those links get out there and you, check out some education resources, share those education resources,

anything you can do to help.

I would recommend if you're looking for places to donate if you're looking for

resources you can go to black lives matters dot c calls, there are donation links, there are more resources, there are resources

for protesters, all kinds of things you can do.

And I also just want to say thank you to everyone who is out there protesting.

Thank you to people who are making donations and doing things to improve the lives of,

as far as I'm concerned, all Americans, but specifically black Americans in our country.

It is long past due, thank you.

And so specifically, we wanted to talk about, we're going to do a biography this week and this is your idea so please explain

Yes, so we're going to our biography today is the biography of Mary Ellen Pleasant and

I was first introduced to her on a television program called Drunk History. Now here's... let me just stop right there because I want to say one of the things that I love so much about pop culture, but specifically the way Teresa and I consume pop culture, is I learn a lot of things from what many people would consider

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