Everyone in our country has a voice. It's something that says not just where you come from,

but who you are. Welcome to MPR's Black Stories Black Truths, a collection of podcasts

and a celebration of the host and journalism who've always spoken truth to power.

Our voices are as varied, nuanced, and dynamic as the Black experience,

and stories should never be about us without us. Find MPR Black Stories Black Truths

on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts.

We're supposed to learn from our own mistakes that other people's errors can be instructive

too, from efforts to control the weather that went disastrously awry to the untimely death

of the Segway boss. History is a treasure trove, mishaps and meltdowns that can teach us all.

I'm Tim Halford, host of cautionary tales, the podcast that minds the greatest fiascoes of the past

for their most valuable lessons. Listen to cautionary tales on the iHeartRadio app,

Apple podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

It is time now for today's strawberry letter, and if you need advice on relationships,

works, sex, parenting, or more, please submit your strawberry letter to steveharvyfm.com

by clicking, submit strawberry letter, by clicking, clicking, clicking, we could be reading your

letter live on the air, just like we're going to read this one right here right now, and you never

know it could be yours to write us. We want to help you. Yes, we want to help you buckle up and hold

on tight. We got it for you. Here it is. Strawberry letter. Thank you nephew. Oh, that was sexy nephew.

That was sexy up in there. That's it was. All right, subject. She likes Halloween too much.

There's Steven Shirley. I'm a 37 year old single mother and I've never been into Halloween.

I used to hand out candy when my daughter was younger, but now that she's 15, I stopped because

she goes to Halloween parties now. I allow her to dress up and even let her wear makeup,

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