Hey, out Sam Sanders here.

You're listening to It's Been a Minute from NPR.

Usually my Aunt Betty introduces the show every weekend,

right here at this moment in the show.

But this time, we're gonna give her more time,

more than just an introduction.

She's gonna be the first person I interview this week

because the last week or so has been so heavy,

with the protest and the unrest and the news,

and all the pain.

I have been on the phone with Aunt Betty,

talking through all of this with her.

So to open up, we're gonna share a bit

of what we've been discussing on those calls.

So Betty, you called me a few nights ago

when the protests had gotten pretty heated downtown

in LA where I live and you wanted to check and see,

if I was okay, which I was,

but then you started talking to me

about all of the protests like these

that you've lived through before.

And I think I didn't know, as extensively,

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