I'm Karen Rodriguez-Lappas, head of Diversity and Inclusion at Purple Innovation, a company which produces products backed by science.

You might know us for our mattresses, pillows, and seat cushions.

Purple takes great pride in innovation,

which is why it supports entrepreneurs from diverse backgrounds who are

improving lives and breakthrough ways across the technology, health, and wellness industries.

Later in the episode, you'll hear from an entrepreneur who is reimagining their

field to make it accessible and comfortable to all. To learn more about how purple is reinventing comfort

visit purple.com forward slash undistracted. acted. Command engine start. Two, one. Go Jeff, or you are going to space. Hey y'all, it's Brittany.

You know, it must be nice.

Just shuttling off to space and leaving behind a planet full of racial disparity and food insecurity, a pandemic,

poverty and pollution created in part by the fact that you don't have to pay your fair share of taxes.

I know I'm not the only one rolling my eyes at this.

Y'all have read the headlines, The billionaire space race is the ultimate

symbol of capitalist decadence. Space race for Bezos Branson Musk is a

mere vanity project.

And my favorite, leave the billionaires in space.

This may be the summer of space,

but y'all black folks have been calling out

this flying circus since the summer of soul.

Here's a clip from Quest Love's new documentary about the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival

in which a TV reporter asks people in Harlem what they think about

the fact that a man has just landed on the moon.

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