THE DROP – Part 6 – “We Can Do Better”

The Well

Anson Mount & Branan Edgens

Society & Culture, Comedy

4.9 • 821 Ratings

🗓️ 1 July 2020

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

In the wake of murder of George Floyd, and the national outcry that has followed, Branan and Anson discuss the importance of listening and taking accountability. Yes, this is two white guys trying, very clumsily, to talk about racial justice in our nation. We ask for your patience because this is, embarrassingly, a little new for us.

The documentary about James Baldwin entitled "I Am Not Your Negro" is currently streaming on Netflix and Youtube. Here is the official trailer.

You can stream the documentary series "Eyes On the Prize" for free on the Facing History & Ourselves website. It is also available on Youtube, with the first episode here.

Nikole Hannah-Jones' amazing "1619" podcast is available on Apple Podcasts and on Stitcher, as well as the WNYC website.

The Pulitzer Prize winning "Uncivil" podcast featuring Wellpod guest Jack Hitt and Chenjerai Kumanyika can be found on all podcast platforms as well as the Gimlet Media website.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Greetings, Wellpond listeners. This is just a show note up front to let you know that there is a little bit of swearing in this episode, but we believe it's warranted. Welcome to The Well, I am Brandon Edgians.
0:29.1	And I am Anson Mount.
0:30.7	And it's been a while since we've gotten together and out of chat.
0:36.5	Yeah, this segment we call The Drop has been a way of us to just check in with our listeners
0:41.8	between seasons.
0:43.5	And there's a lot to check in about right now.
0:46.7	For a while, you know, we had some really good, really funny episodes to release, and it just wasn't the time. Yeah. Entertaining as it is,
0:59.7	I think people can wait to hear about Leon's new martini recipe. It can wait.
1:06.2	Yeah. Yeah. And also I felt like it was not a time for us to be talking.
1:11.4	Exactly.
1:12.0	There's a time for us to be listening.
1:13.8	Which is strange because now here we are on our podcast and we kind of have to talk.
1:19.5	It's kind of how podcasts work.
1:21.2	Yeah.
1:21.7	So we have to.
1:23.5	And, you know, I think it's been quiet around the house the last month or so.
1:29.1	I mean, it's a palpable thing that you can feel, you know, even out here,
1:35.0	you can feel the zeitgeist is tense.
1:40.3	It's hopeful.
1:41.8	But hopefully there's a lot of discussions going on.
1:46.5	A lot of people, maybe you didn't do any soul searching before or doing so,
1:51.9	looking at themselves and their relationships and their implicit biases,
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