From Gimlet Media, this is The Nod.

A black culture podcast brought to you by Blackness's biggest fans.

I'm Eric Eddard.

So I'm happy to say I'm in the studio with someone very special to The Nod.

You might know him as the man who produced the episode or history of Nuck if you book.

There should be a should be a should be a...

You know, Aaron Horn's there.

To play it out.

Generally amazing person and also producer at Gimlet Media.

Mr. Wise Mac.

Hey, thanks for having me back, yo.

I brought you here today for a purpose.

Yes.

A little game called Six Degrees of Black Separation.

The goal of this game is to show that for the most part, all Black people are separated

by like six degrees because we're all cousins.

And because it's February, you know, this is going to be a special version of this game.

It's a love version.

It's a black history month version.

You know what it is.

Because this is black history month, you're going to hear some names like maybe Paul Robeson,

George Washington Carver, Billy Holiday.

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