Speak it Simple (with Topeka Sam)
Pod Save the People
Pod Save the People
4.7 • 8.8K Ratings
🗓️ 24 May 2022
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
DeRay, Kaya, and De'Ara cover the underreported news of the week— including a national poll on racism, first two Black women in White House press corps honored with lifetime achievement awards, and New Yorkers who helped identify Brooklyn shooter in danger of being deported. DeRay interviews activist and CEO Topeka Sam about her organization The Ladies of Hope Ministries.
News:
The Root of Haiti’s Misery:Reparations to Enslavers https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/20/world/americas/haiti-history-colonized-france.html
Kaya https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/05/21/post-poll-black-americans/
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, this is Derey and we're going to pause here for the people in this episode. |
| 0:08.6 | It's me, DR Enkai, talking about all the news that you don't know from the past week. |
| 0:12.4 | The news about race and justice inequity that went uncovered in the mainstream press |
| 0:17.9 | that you should know about. |
| 0:18.9 | Then I sat down to talk with Tobikas Sam, a fearless activist and CEO of an organization |
| 0:23.2 | called The Ladies of Hope Ministries where she works to support women and girls who are |
| 0:27.2 | impacted by the criminal justice system. |
| 0:29.4 | When we talk about a host of things, I learned a ton. |
| 0:32.0 | She and I had gone on a tour of prisons in Germany before but hadn't talked in a long |
| 0:35.6 | time. |
| 0:36.6 | Here we go. |
| 0:38.6 | My advice is to speak it simple. |
| 0:40.3 | I've said this before, but if you can't convince your aunt or if you can't explain it to |
| 0:44.1 | your aunt, you ain't got it. |
| 0:46.0 | Make sure you can explain it to your aunt. |
| 0:50.6 | Family, welcome to another episode of Pod Save the People. |
| 0:55.5 | It's finally feeling like summertime. |
| 0:57.6 | I am DR a Ballinger. |
| 0:59.3 | You can find me on Instagram and Twitter at DR a Ballinger. |
| 1:03.2 | I'm Kaya Henderson. |
| 1:04.2 | You can find me on Twitter at Henderson Kaya. |
| 1:07.4 | And this is Dere at DR a while on Twitter. |
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