Hey, this is Dorei, and we're going to foster the people in this episode. It's me,

D'ara, Kaya, and Miles talking about all the news that you don't know with regards to

race and justice to news that went underreported in the past

week but that you should have been talking about and then I sit down with full surprise

winning author Matt Desmond to talk about his new book, Poverty by America.

It was an important conversation I learned a lot. about his new book, Poverty by America.

It was an important conversation, I learned a lot,

and you might know from his other book,

Evicted, which he came in the pockets to talk about.

And this book, Poverty is as amazing. Let's go.

Family, welcome to another episode of Pod Save the People.

I am Diara Balanger. You can find me on Instagram at D.R. Balanger.

I'm Kaya Henderson at Henderson Kaya on Twitter.

This is D.R.A. Y on Twitter.

So we want to kick off today talking with our new favorite film.

There's a consensus here, we all love it, American fiction.

Nothing negative to say, nothing, and I don't want to hear anything negative

from you people on the internet either,

because I'm not standing for it.

American fiction, written and directed by Cora Jefferson,

it's his first time directing. This film is absolutely incredible. Jeffrey Wright is the lead. I love Jeffrey Wright for decades. He's also a DC guy. Not only that, he grew up in my neighborhood in Hillcrest.

Oh, I didn't know that. Sure did, right down the street for me. And like me, mama sent him across town or really uptown to go to high school so that's where we lost our

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