Slow Burn

Code Switch

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Society & Culture

4.6 • 14.5K Ratings

🗓️ 18 December 2019

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

The shootings of the Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur in the late 1990s are widely thought to be connected, but have never been officially solved. On the latest season of the Slow Burn podcast, Joel Anderson has been examining the rappers' meteoric rises, untimely deaths, and what they illustrate about race, violence, and policing in the United States, then and now.

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0:00.0	Hello, Shrine here with Jean. Hey Jean.
0:02.1	It was good.
0:04.1	I was wondering if I could speak for you for a second if you don't mind.
0:07.9	You asked for my permission.
0:09.0	What's up?
0:10.0	This never really happened.
0:11.2	This time.
0:12.0	I didn't.
0:13.5	Anyway, I just wanted to say that both of us are incredibly grateful for our code switch listeners.
0:19.0	We love you.
0:20.2	The dedicated ones, the new ones.
0:22.2	Hey new listeners.
0:23.0	Thank you so much for joining us.
0:24.9	We are thankful that you tune into stories and discussions.
0:27.6	We're having about race in the US.
0:30.2	These can be challenging for some people.
0:33.2	And we know that some of our listeners are like,
0:36.4	it's about time that we're talking about this to all of you equally.
0:41.3	Thank you.
0:42.3	All right Jean, passing the baton to you.
0:44.0	Oh, thank you.
0:45.6	Seriously, y'all, thank you all so much for riding with us.
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