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Hi everyone, it's Sophia. Welcome to Work in Progress.

Hello, Whipsmarties. Do we have a smart one for you today? On this episode of

Work in Progress, I am sitting down with a Pulitzer Prize winning writer, editor, and TV host.

Today's guest is none other than Jonathan Capehart, who is here to recount powerful stories,

certainly from his career, but also from his brand new book.

The book is called, Yet Here I Am, Lessons from a Black Man's Search for Home.

And it is the most magnificent grouping of tales from his life about embracing identities, picking battles,

seizing opportunity, and finding his voice. And he manages to do something which must only

be possible because of what an exceptional journalist he is, which is tell the most unique

and raw and personal story and somehow set

his milestones against not only his personal history, but our history is a country.

And in the most beautiful way, I came to admire Jonathan even more and I came to feel even more passionate about

this experiment we're in here, guys. The American experiment, our great democracy, from really

profound musings on what it was like to shuttle back and forth between New Jersey and rural North Carolina

to contemplating the complexities of race and identity and queerness as they all shifted around him.

Jonathan really brings us into his lessons on learning to bridge two worlds and finding his place.

There are hilarious stories about how he's got his first internship at the Today Show and incredibly heartwarming tales about his love for his family and his journey to his own self-discovery.

Let's sit down with Jonathan K. Part.

I get to sit across from so many fascinating people like yourself,

and I think about the long list of resume, you know, items, accolades, accomplishments for you a Pulitzer Prize.

I like to rewind because people know you and they know what you do.

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