Hey, this is Derene.

And welcome to Pass Save the People.

In this episode, it's me, D. R. Miles and Kaya,

talking about the news from the past two weeks

that you might have missed with regard to race and justice and equity that you should have heard about.

And then Miles sits down and does an interview with a war-winning activist and journalist

Raquel Willis about her new book, The Risk It Takes to Bloom, on Life and Liberation. this week on

on the risk it takes to bloom on life and liberation.

Here we go.

This week on Keep It actress Daniel Brooks, the one and only,

stops by to talk about her first ever Oscar nomination

for her portrayal of Sophia in the latest adaptation of the color purple.

Lewis and Ira dig into Danielle's on-set experience, her approach to the role, and even how she chose to do things differently than Oprah did back in 1985.

To hear this interview and more pop culture news tune into new episodes of Keep It

every Wednesday, review. Welcome. Welcome. Welcome to another episode of Pod Save the People. I am

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you can find me on Twitter at Henderson, Kaya.

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Well, I don't know if y'all are y'all relatives have gone out to get you a pair of Donald Trump sneakers,

but evidently us blacks really like tennis shoes.

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