Hey y'all. Welcome to Becoming the People. This is our first mini episode. And if you don't know what that is, neither do I.

Really. We're trying to sting out basically where every other episode,

it's just going to be me for a shorter episode,

just talking about what's on my mind, what's on my heart,

what I'm seeing at in the world.

And we're going to call these many episodes.

We're also going to do a little bit of reflection on the previous episode,

the episode that just came out before this, our guest episodes that we have with so many

incredible guests already lined up this season.

But we're going to have these many episodes as kind of a digestive space for those

bigger episodes. And it's a space for me to

just riff a little bit. Because one of the main things we heard in feedback over the years

is people saying, well, Princess, we'd like to hear a little bit more from you. People have appreciated that, you know, this is a podcast.

We really let guests speak.

It's really important for me to give space for people to lay out their ideas.

And yes, I might disagree or I might fullheartedly agree and feel so moved, but I want people

to be able to lay out their kind of vision for what it means for us to

become the people of this time. So I really try to give guests space to speak. But one thing I've

heard from a lot of people is that there's not enough of me in the episode. So I'm taking that to

heart. And I'm taking it as a challenge, honestly,

because I am, believe it or not, this might be very apparent. It's one of those things that people

like, yeah, I could already see that. But I'm, I don't know shy is the right word, but something

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