The Island of Explained: A Summer of Protest

Today, Explained

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Politics, Daily News, News

4.3 • 10.3K Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2020

⏱️ 27 minutes

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All summer long, we have been explaining complex news stories to kids. In our final summer camp journey to the Island of Explained, we tackle the fight for racial justice in the United States. Go to vox.com/todayexplainedkids for a discussion guide on implicit bias and the role it plays in our communities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	As you may very well know, today's show has been sponsored by Nerdwallet Smart Money Podcast,
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0:21.7	on your favorite podcast app. What's your favorite podcast app? I'm not gonna lie. I'm kind of
0:26.3	basic. I use like Spotify and Apple podcasts. Sorry.
0:56.7	It's today explained. I'm Sean Ramosferum, and I'm here with our summer camp counselor,
1:02.7	Noam Hassonfeld, because it's Saturday, and that means it's the final day of our today explained
1:09.2	to kids summer series. Noam, I am ready for a trip to the island of explained for some fun in
1:16.1	the sun. Yeah, we're going back to the island, but just letting you know, it's gonna be a little
1:20.7	different this time. Oh. Yeah, this week has been really tough. Yeah, I know. That's why I'm
1:27.0	ready to have some fun. I got my, my towel. I got my bucket. Yeah, put them away, Sean. We are
1:32.9	gonna talk about something a little more serious on this week's show. It's an issue that's been with
1:37.1	us all summer, and obviously way longer, racial justice. Yeah. Important stuff. And we've been talking
1:43.4	about it a lot this week again because of Jacob Blake and Friday's March on Washington. So we
1:48.4	wanted to do an episode on this summer of protest that we've had. Okay. And what's the plan? How do
1:53.4	you want to explain this summer of protests to kids? Well, we got a note from this amazing 11-year-old
2:00.4	named Julia who wrote this whole speech on Black Lives Matter. So the two of us went on a little
2:05.5	journey to the island, and that's what you're going to hear today on the show. We made three stops. We
2:11.0	learned that racism is a system that its roots go way, way back, and that we can use all that history
2:17.3	and knowledge to better understand it in the world around us today. All right, and this is
2:21.7	safe for all kids to listen to? Yeah, it is. We talk about serious issues, but I think this is safe
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