Stacey Abrams is Running Against History

For Colored Nerds

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4.8 • 827 Ratings

🗓️ 8 November 2022

⏱️ 23 minutes

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This week, we're passing the mic to our very own Brittany Luse. As you all know, Brittany is the new host of NPR's It's Been a Minute. And for her debut episode, she interviewed Georgia gubernatorial candidate, Stacey Abrams. Since it's Election Day, we thought this would be the perfect time to drop her interview with Abrams on our feed.

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0:00.0	All right, y'all, long time.
0:08.2	No, here is Eric.
0:10.1	I hope y'all remember me.
0:11.6	I haven't been gone that long.
0:13.2	I know it's only been a week since the final episode of for Colored Nerds,
0:17.7	but we wanted to give y'all one more gift to show our appreciation.
0:22.8	So even though you won't be hearing me as much on the mic anymore, you can still hear from
0:27.9	our very own Brittany Loose on NPR's, It's Been a Minute. All right, so I know I try to very
0:33.6	rarely to say nice things about Britney, but seriously, y'all, you need to check out.
0:38.1	It's been a minute.
0:43.7	Brittany's been covering everything from Spirit Halloween's unending life cycle to all the drama around Elon Musk and Twitter.
0:46.3	She's done stuff on Taylor Swift.
0:48.1	I don't even really mess with Taylor Swift like that, but I was engrossed.
0:52.0	Okay.
0:52.6	And today, we have Brittany's interview with Georgia gubernatorial
0:56.9	candidate Stacey Abrams. Yes, they discuss Abrams's up and downs on the campaign trail,
1:03.7	politicking in the deep south, and even her thoughts on the term Black Girl Magic. And Brittany chats
1:09.9	with Christina Greer, a political scientist at Fordham
1:12.8	University about Abrams's strategy, a legacy of black women politicians, and a group she calls
1:19.4	J.Bs. Who are the J.Bs? Well, guess what? You're going to have to listen in to figure out what
1:24.9	that means. So you are very, very welcome. Here is,
1:29.7	it's been a minute with one and only, Brittany Luce. In 2022, there are three black women
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