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The only former US Senator currently on tour tour has been extended. Our 15 city tours now become

our 30 city tour. The new cities are Santa Cruz, California, Livermore, California, Bethlehem, PA.

Cherry Town, New York, Burlington, Vermont, Portland, Maine, Huntington, New York, Glenn Side,

Pennsylvania, Santa Barbara, California, Buffalo, New York, Toronto, Canada, Madison, Wisconsin,

Royal Oak, Michigan, Boston, Mass, Red Bank, New Jersey. You can go to alfrankin.com for all the

information on how to get tickets. Hope to see you there.

Hey, everybody. If you're a regular listener to this podcast, you know that occasionally,

I repeat one of my best conversations, one of the few that are any good at all. Now,

we do at least 44 shows a year and scientists tell us that means we have to repeat eight podcasts.

This week, Michael Harriet, Michael, and I don't think he'd mind me saying this is black. He's a

senior writer for root, which is either the oldest or most read online black newspaper or both.

Their slogan is the blacker the content, the sweeter the truth. Michael and I talked about race,

systemic racism for example, which of course is systemic in this country. We talk about critical race

theory, pretty serious stuff, but Michael's funny. He's really funny and that's my sweet spot.

Serious and sometimes biting, but funny. That's Michael Harriet.

All right, Michael Harriet joins me. It is a great one, you know, for a change.

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