The Joy Of Black Hair; Plus, What's In The Biden Spending Plans?

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🗓️ 23 July 2021

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

The Black Hair Experience is a pop-up visual exhibit dedicated to the beauty, history and nostalgia of Black hair. Guest host Ayesha Rascoe takes a trip there and chats with its co-founder, Alisha Brooks. Then, Ayesha is joined by NPR's Susan Davis and Asma Khalid about the two huge economic priorities for the Biden administration.

— Read Ayesha's essay: "The Black Hair Experience Is About The Joy Of Black Hair — Including My Own"

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0:00.0	Hey, I'm Amanda Nidhi.
0:04.0	This week, celebrate in Black hair.
0:08.0	celebrate in Black hair.
0:12.0	Alright, let's start the show.
0:15.0	Oh, I would like to show.
0:17.0	Okay, very good.
0:19.0	My turn.
0:22.0	You're listening to It's Been A Minute from NPR.
0:25.0	I'm IU Sherasco and for Sam Sanders.
0:28.0	This week, we are talking about hair.
0:31.0	Black hair.
0:32.0	So, story time, you know, when I was little,
0:36.0	I have some pretty vivid memories of being in the kitchen with my head in the sink,
0:41.0	getting my hair washed, water rushing down over my head and my ears and my eyes.
0:47.0	I felt like I was drowning.
0:49.0	And let's not even talk about that hot comb that came after the hair wash.
0:54.0	The list that about that, the better.
0:57.0	But nothing was better than the in result, a fresh new hairdo.
1:05.0	Which is why when I heard about a new exhibit near Washington DC,
1:09.0	all about Black hair, I knew I needed to check it out.
1:14.0	Last week, I went to the Black hair experience,
1:17.0	a pop-up visual Instagram-friendly museum dedicated to the beauty history and nostalgia of Black hair.
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