The Joys & Fears of the First Warm Day | Homemade

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4.8 • 848 Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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It’s the moment we’ve all been waiting for—sunshine, block parties, kids riding bikes again. But if you’re from the city, you also know the flip side: a rise in tension, a few too many sirens, and that uneasy feeling that something bad might happen.

This isn’t just about heat—it’s about community, tradition, and breaking cycles. Let’s transform our First Warm Days.

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0:00.0	I remember black parties in my old neighborhood.
0:05.0	And then they just stopped.
0:08.0	What happened?
0:09.9	Let's talk about it.
0:15.3	Hey, I appreciate you being here with me.
0:19.0	This is homemade stories.
0:22.1	Well,
0:22.6	homemade,
0:23.3	Shannon Kaysen's homemade.
0:25.0	I,
0:26.2	it's still not hot in Detroit.
0:29.6	It's like almost June,
0:32.4	and it's still a little nip in the air.
0:34.4	I just came home and I had all my,
0:37.0	my puffer vest. It's still a little
0:40.9	cold outside. But I hear it's supposed to be, uh, like close to 90 this weekend. And if it is,
0:49.7	I'll pull out all the air conditioners. You know it's getting hot when people start.
0:58.0	Well, people always drive crazy on 94, but when they really, really start with them.
1:03.0	Jet engine cars, the chargers and the challengers start zipping in and out of traffic, then you know it's especially
1:12.7	in 19th.
1:14.4	So this weekend, when I cut the grass, I'll pull out the air conditioners.
1:20.7	We don't have central air.
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