Hey everyone, it's Sophia, welcome to a bonus episode of Work in Progress.

Thank you so much for listening to Work in Progress through 2021.

One of the things I've really been enjoying about the year beginning to wrap up is

sitting and taking stock of where we've been, how far we've come, the things that we've

done as a society and also the things that I've done as an individual who I've listened to,

who I've learned from, what I've read. And I want to speak a little bit about the phenomenal

guests that I've talked to this year. In a lot of ways I feel like this podcast itself is a measure

of progress and growth, which I know are things we're always working on hence, work in progress

forever. And the plus side of all of that is that I think 2021 here at the podcast was our strongest

set yet. All of our guests prompted conversations that had a huge impact on the way that I understand

and think about the world, the deepening of my perspective and ideas. And it's meant so much to

hear from so many of you that you feel that way too. When you send in notes and tell us that

you listened to a conversation and it helped you expand your view of a subject or of a place

or of people, that to me feels like not only we're doing it together, but those of us who make

this podcast are really doing something right. So thank you for that. I thought it might be neat

to recap some of the moments that I have found looking back have stuck with me the most as we

transition from the end of this year to the beginning of the next. So let's get started. In my

conversation with Ibermex Kendi, I got to really confront and examine what it means to be active

as an ally. Dr. Kendi's distinction between being not racist versus being anti-racist,

put a new lens on privilege, not just for me, I know for the world, his book is the best seller

after all. And he helps really clarify and crystallize the role that we can take to fight

prejudice in our country. Something he said really stuck with me during our talk. He said that

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