Hey everyone. My name is Jason Romano. Thanks for tuning in today to Sports Spectrum. And joining us today is Dr. Brian LaRitz. He's a pastor and author. It's actually got a new book coming out called The Dad Difference, which is out June 2nd. And just for a little background info, Brian and I have known each other for a few years now. He's spoken to conferences that we've been a part of

as part of our parent ministry with Sports Spectrum, pro athletes outreach, PAO, ministers to a lot

of professional athletes, especially in the football and baseball and even hockey community.

And Brian is a voice that we trust. Brian is a voice that we've been privileged and honored to be a part of our community here at Sports Spectrum.

And we actually taped an interview in April to help promote Brian's book, which we're still going to release and is still going to be out there pretty soon.

But then everything happened this week.

And it's been such a heavy week and we wanted

to bring Brian on and have a conversation here about race, about faith. And honestly, I kind of

wanted to do this myself because I have questions. And honestly, I'm not even sure what questions

to ask. So I'm just grateful Brian was willing to come on.

Brian, thanks for joining us here on Sports Spectrum.

No, Jason, always good being with you, man.

It's unfortunate we've got to talk about this, but it's necessary.

And so I'm hopeful that we'll have a good conversation.

Yeah, it is unfortunate, but that's the least we can do. A lot of things I think has to start with conversation. And this is an important conversation. I just want to let people know, too. You were an editor and collaborator on a book called Letters to a Birmingham jail, a response to the words and dreams of Martin Luther King, Jr. I've seen a lot of quotes about

Martin Luther King, especially over the past few days. And then you were also the author of another

book called Insider, Outsider, My Journey as a Stranger in White Evangelism, and My Hope for

Us All. And so you have obviously had discussions, not just because you're a black man, but because you've really written about some of these issues.

I think we'll start with just your reaction.

This has been a really heavy week.

You even said to me, this is different than other weeks maybe in a long time.

So just want to start with your reaction and kind of some of the emotions and feelings and thoughts

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