Best The Rockefeller Foundation Podcasts (2024)

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Pushkin Goes to the Olympics 38:40

13d ago38:40

38:40

Legends are made at the Olympics and this summer shows across the Pushkin network are bringing their unique takes to Olympic stories. This special episode includes excerpts from a few: a Cautionary Tale about underestimating female marathoners, a Jesse Owens story from Revisionist History’s series on Hitler’s Olympics, and—from What’s Your Problem—…

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Episode 1: “You Cannot Save Me From All Things” 34:06

16d ago34:06

34:06

In the summer of 2020, a woman named Dia Abrams disappears from her home near Idyllwild, California. Her family and friends gather to search for her but some of their stories don’t quite add up. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Pushkin Industries

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Hitler’s Olympics, Part 1: The Blue-Eyed Tornado 36:05

1M ago36:05

36:05

In the early 1930s, Adolf Hitler granted a rare interview to the American journalist Dorothy Thompson. When Hitler later came to power, and prepared to stage the 1936 Berlin Olympics, Thompson’s warning about the man she’d met would frame the central debate over the games: Should we go? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

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Courage is Contagious: Mike & Tommy 31:13

1M ago31:13

31:13

In the waning days of the Vietnam War, two Navy SEALs were dropped into enemy territory for a routine scouting mission. But within hours, Michael Thornton and Thomas Norris would be battling to save their team – and each other – against terrible odds. What Michael Thornton did that day would become SEAL legend…and a lesson in the true nature of cou…

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What is Emancipatory Propaganda? with Jonas Staal 48:17

4M ago48:17

48:17

What is Emancipatory Propaganda? with Jonas Staal Stay connected with the latest news from Politics in Motion. Join our mailing list today: https://www.politicsinmotion.org In this second episode of Cultural Counterpower, Laura asks “What is emancipatory propaganda?” Artist Jonas Staal speaks with Laura about the history of propaganda and its poten…

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Can Cultural Infrastructure Cultivate the Imagination? 28:28

8M ago28:28

28:28

Stay connected with the latest news from Politics in Motion. Join our mailing list today: https://www.politicsinmotion.org In this first episode of Cultural Counterpower, Laura discusses the relationship between art and the ways we imagine the world around us. She delves into the powerful forces that have narrowed the public imaginary and how they …

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Introducing Weight For It from Ronald Young Jr. 11:46

12M ago11:46

11:46

Former Solvable host Ronald Young Jr has a new podcast! “Weight For It unpacks the nuanced thoughts of fat folks, and of all folks who think about their weight all the time. Through narrative storytelling and some memoir, host Ronald Young Jr. hopes to have the conversations that we tend to avoid when it comes to our bodies.” Subscribe wherever you…

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How I Breathe Through Life... A Conversation w/ Lara Land 52:10

1y ago52:10

52:10

Cornbread and Conversations Episode 3 special guest is yogi, author, advocate, and (part of an elite group of women I've dubbed) "petite powerhouses," Lara Land. Although I'm certain she can support her entire body weight on one hand, that's not her superpower. The obedience to her calling is. From India to Rwanda, Lara is both a student and a teac…

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*GRITS, Brooklyn-style: Chef Mavis-Jay Sanders 41:11

1y ago41:11

41:11

Episode Two is hot out of the oven fresh, with award-winning chef and culinary change agent, Chef Mavis Jay Sanders. I so enjoyed meeting Chef Sanders during her James Beard award-winning weekend in 2022 and was immediately drawn to her authentic spirit and infectious passion for being the change she wanted to see in the industry. At that moment I …

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"Seated with Alores Norris, Beauty in Every Shade and Stage" 43:22

1+ y ago43:22

43:22

Welcome to the first episode of Cornbread and Conversations. This episode introduces you to Alores Norris Cornbread and Conversations' Beauty Correspondent, founder of the House of Flawless Beauty, best-selling author, media personality, my cousin and so much more! Take a listen as we dive into our love for make-up in/on every shade and stage of ou…

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Cornbread and Conversations Podcast Trailer 3:56

1+ y ago3:56

3:56

‘Cornbread and Conversations’ Podcast Trailer. Look for monthly episodes released the first Thursday of each month beginning May 4, 2023. Recorded at Newsstand Studios, 1 Rockefeller Center. Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast for free wherever you're listening or by using this link: https://apple.co/40K59iL or https://spoti.fi/3NAF16d If you …

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Paul Rosolie, Protecting the Amazon Rainforest 24:35

2+ y ago24:35

24:35

Paul Rosolie is an Amazon Rainforest conservationist, author, and filmmaker. He is the co-founder of Tamandua Expeditions and Junglekeepers. Here are links to those organizations he mentions in this episode: Www.Junglekeepers.org Www.Tamanduajungle.com Www.PaulRosolie.com Save the Sunlight, Brooklyn Botanical Gardens Solvable is produced by Jocelyn…

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Sterlin Harjo, Reservation Dogs 24:21

2+ y ago24:21

24:21

Sterlin Harjo strives to tell the stories of Native and Indigenous people by positioning beauty and triumphs alongside honest frailty and shortcomings. Harjo is an award-winning film maker and he’s the creator and show runner of the TV show Reservations Dogs. Here are some links to organizations and works he recommends in this episode: https://illu…

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Misogyny in Game Design is Solvable 24:23

2+ y ago24:23

24:23

Laila Shabir is the co-founder and CEO of Girls Make Games. Here are some links to learn more about her game design studio, summer camp and quest to welcome more girls and women into the world of game design. Girls Make Games https://www.girlsmakegames.com/ What They Don’t Sea (2019) - Explore the underwater seas to collect special algae for an alt…

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What we learned about 17 Rooms and growing the community 19:41

2+ y ago19:41

19:41

In this final episode of the “17 Rooms” podcast, co-hosts John McArthur and Zia Khan distill what they learned from the show’s guests about what makes the 17 Rooms process actually work and how other communities can use 17 Rooms approaches to make concrete progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals. If you are interested in using 17 Rooms ap…

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Positive influence of faith for gender equality 53:36

2+ y ago53:36

53:36

In this seventeenth interview of the “17 Rooms'' podcast, Jean Duff and Blessing Omakwu discuss their efforts to accelerate the positive influence of faith actors for gender equality. Duff, president at the Partnership for Faith and Development and Omakwu, deputy director of Goalkeepers at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, moderated Room 5 focus…

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Valuing local knowledge and solutions for SDG progress 46:32

2+ y ago46:32

46:32

In this sixteenth interview of the “17 Rooms” podcast, Jamie Drummond and Kennedy Odede discuss shifts in power, process, and funding to uplift proximate leaders and value local knowledge and community-based solutions. Drummond, co-founder of ONE and Odede, CEO and co-founder of Shining Hope for Communities, moderated Room 11 focused on Sustainable…

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Reimagining teaching and learning spaces 49:00

2+ y ago49:00

49:00

In this fifteenth interview of the “17 Rooms" podcast, Elizabeth King and Urvashi Sahni discuss the power of learning teams and their efforts to move education systems beyond the one teacher, one classroom model. King, nonresident senior fellow at the Center for Universal Education at The Brookings Institution and Sahni, founding president and CEO …

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Reducing inequality has no easy answers 50:12

2+ y ago50:12

50:12

In this fourteenth interview of the “17 Rooms” podcast, Martín Abregú and Elizabeth Sidiropoulos discuss how COVID-19 vaccine inequity could be improved globally and how it reveals the underlying issues of global inequality more broadly. Abregu, vice president for International Programs at the Ford Foundation and Sidiropoulos, CEO at the South Afri…

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New targets and metrics for energy reliability, productivity, and quality 44:35

2+ y ago44:35

44:35

In this thirteenth interview of the “17 Rooms'' podcast, Clare Boland Ross and Todd Moss discuss new “measurable metrics” to reframe SDG7 energy targets to be more ambitious and location-specific. Ross, managing director of the Power and Climate Initiative at The Rockefeller Foundation and Moss, executive director at the Energy for Growth Hub, mode…

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Reality TV is Solvable 17:23

2+ y ago17:23

17:23

Lizzy Pace and Chad Kultgen are the hosts of the podcast, Game of Roses and they have ideas about how to solve The Bachelor and reality TV more generally. Solvable is produced by Jocelyn Frank, research by David Zha, booking by Lisa Dunn, editing help from Keishel Williams. The managing producer is Sachar Mathias and the executive producer is Mia L…

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Advancing best practices for just COVID-19 relief and recovery efforts 49:25

2+ y ago49:25

49:25

In this twelfth interview of the “17 Rooms'' podcast, Elizabeth Andersen and Sarah Mendelson discuss bridging local, national, and global layers of action to assess and foster accountable COVID-19 relief and recovery efforts that reduce inequalities and increase access to justice. Andersen, executive director at the World Justice Project and Mendel…

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A local problem-solving framework that benefits people and oceans 50:47

2+ y ago50:47

50:47

In this eleventh interview of the “17 Rooms'' podcast, Lisa Dreier and David Obura discuss their efforts to develop a framework that can help local communities identify and catalyze systemic action that benefits people, ocean biodiversity, and ocean-based economic activities. Dreier, managing director of the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvar…

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Making human waste a resource at scale 39:08

2+ y ago39:08

39:08

In this tenth interview of the “17 Rooms” podcast, Letitia Obeng and Jennifer Sara discuss reframing sanitation from “out of sight and out of mind” to a resource for humankind. Obeng, chair at the Water Integrity Network and Sara, global director of the Water Global Practice at the World Bank, moderated Room 6 focused on Sustainable Development Goa…

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Digital public goods for SDG attainment 46:35

2+ y ago46:35

46:35

In this ninth interview of the “17 Rooms" podcast, Lucy Harris, Sanjay Jain, and Liv Marte Kristiansen Nordhaug discuss how digital public goods can enable digital cooperation, sustainable development, and innovation. Harris, co-lead of the Digital Public Goods Alliance, Jain, partner at the Bharat Innovation Fund, and Nordhaug, co-lead of the Digi…

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Digital health tools for pandemic preparedness 45:34

2+ y ago45:34

45:34

In this eighth interview of the “17 Rooms'' podcast, Steve Davis and Pardis Sabeti discuss the uptake of participatory digital health tools for pandemic preparedness and response. Davis, senior strategy advisor and Interim China Country director at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Sabeti, professor at Harvard University, moderated Room 3 foc…

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Digital cash transfer infrastructure 41:52

2+ y ago41:52

41:52

In this seventh interview of the “17 Rooms” podcast, Michael Faye and Minister Cina Lawson discuss building digital cash transfer infrastructure for emergency response and adaptive social protection. Faye, CEO and co-founder of GiveDirectly and Lawson, Minister of Digital Economy and Digital Transformation in Togo, moderated Room 1 focused on Susta…

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Solutions for 2022 35:29

2+ y ago35:29

35:29

The staff of Solvable discuss the problems, big and small, that they'd like to see solved in 2022 and beyond. Special thanks to Maggie Taylor and Pushkin podcast hosts Sam Fragoso (Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso), Tim Harford (Cautionary Tales), Michael Lewis (Against the Rules), Laurie Santos (The Happiness Lab) and Justin Richmond (Broken Record). So…

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A "breakthrough" agenda on climate finance 41:16

2+ y ago41:16

41:16

In this sixth interview of the “17 Rooms'' podcast, Amar Bhattacharya and John Podesta discuss a “breakthrough” agenda on climate finance, which is necessary to deliver on greater climate ambition and ensure synergy with the sustainable development agenda. Bhattacharya, senior fellow at the Center for Sustainable Development at The Brookings Instit…

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Investing in nature to protect and benefit people 46:46

2+ y ago46:46

46:46

In this fifth interview of the “17 Rooms” podcast, Rosina Bierbaum and Richard Florizone discuss near-term opportunities and challenges for scaling nature-based solutions. Bierbaum, professor at University of Maryland and University of Michigan, and Florizone, president at International Institute for Sustainable Development, moderated Room 15 focus…

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Mike Gauyo: Insecure 33:29

2+ y ago33:29

33:29

Mike Gauyo is a TV writer in LA. Credits include Insecure (HBO) and Ginny & Georgia (Netflix) among other projects. He’s the founder of The Black Boy Writes Black Girl Writes Mentorship Initiative which is paving pathways for emerging Black writers in Hollywood. Here are some resources Gauyo recommends in this episode: Black Boy Writes Black Girl W…

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Business journalism as a lever for SDG accountability 45:54

2+ y ago45:54

45:54

In this fourth interview of the “17 Rooms'' podcast, Matthew Bishop and Raj Kumar discuss the role of business journalism in accelerating a data and reporting ecosystem to unlock private capital’s contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals. Bishop, co-founder of the Social Progress Index, and Kumar, founding president and editor-in-chief at …

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Optimizing the “True Cost/True Value” of food 42:28

2+ y ago42:28

42:28

In this third interview of the “17 Rooms'' podcast, Jane Maland Cady and Pradeep Prabhala discuss frameworks for investors to channel investments into the food system in a way that optimizes for the “True Cost/True Value” of food. Cady, program director at the McKnight Foundation, and Prabhala, partner at McKinsey & Company, moderated Room 2 focuse…

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Kidney Failure is Solvable 19:17

2+ y ago19:17

19:17

Dr. Carmen Peralta is the Chief Medical Officer at Cricket Health. She co-founded the Kidney Health Research Collaborative at University of California San Francisco and the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center. She works to provide support to patients, doctors and all the steps in between to improve kidney health outcomes. Dr. Peralta reco…

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Metrics for job quality, mobility, and equity 44:32

2+ y ago44:32

44:32

In this second interview of the “17 Rooms'' podcast, Marcela Escobari and Ethan Rouen discuss elevating the “S” in ESG through a streamlined set of firm-level metrics that capture job quality and economic mobility. Escobari, senior fellow at the Center for Sustainable Development at The Brookings Institution, and Rouen, professor at Harvard Busines…

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The fight against forced labor and modern slavery 47:32

2+ y ago47:32

47:32

In this first interview of the “17 Rooms” podcast, Kristen Leanderson Abrams and Carsten Stendevad discuss the role institutional investors can play in the fight against forced labor and modern slavery. Abrams, senior director for combatting human trafficking at the McCain Institute, and Stendevad, co-CIO for Sustainability at Bridgewater Associate…

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adrienne maree brown: Cancel Culture is Solvable 22:19

2+ y ago22:19

22:19

adrienne maree brown is the author of We Will Not Cancel Us and Other Dreams of Transformative Justice, Holding Change: The Way of Emergent Strategy Facilitation and Mediation, Pleasure Activism and also several works of fiction. She is the co-host of the podcasts How to Survive the End of the World, Octavia’s Parables and Emergent Strategy. Below …

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Getting the world unstuck on the Sustainable Development Goals 23:05

2+ y ago23:05

23:05

“The world feels pretty stuck in taking on its biggest issues—things like poverty, climate change, inequality,” says Brookings Senior Fellow John McArthur in this debut episode of “17 Rooms,” a podcast about actions, insights, and community for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the people driving them. In this new podcast, McArthur—who d…

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Mary Aiken: Cybercrime is Solvable 30:10

2+ y ago30:10

30:10

Mary Aiken is a Cyberpsychologist and Chair of the Department of Cyberpsychology Capitol Technology University in Laurel Maryland. She is a member of the Interpol Global Cybercrime Expert Group. Want to learn more? Here are links to additional resources Dr. Aiken recommends: The Cyber Blue Line (Aiken & Amann ) https://www.europol.europa.eu/europol…

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Introducing 17 Rooms, a podcast about the people driving a new approach for the Sustainable Development Goals 0:55

2+ y ago0:55

0:55

Welcome to 17 Rooms, a podcast about actions, insights, and community for the Sustainable Development Goals and the people driving them. The podcast is part of the 17 Rooms initiative, where diverse participants meet in their own “Rooms,” one for each of the SDGs, to identify concrete actions they can take over the next 12-18 months toward the Goal…

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Jade Begay: Indigenous People Were The First Climate Scientists 19:31

2+ y ago19:31

19:31

Jade Begay is the NDN collective’s Climate Justice Campaign Director. She is Diné and Tesuque Pueblo, has a Master of Arts degree in Environmental Leadership and is part of President Biden’s White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council. Here are some resources that Jade Begay mentions in this episode: NDN Collective https://ndncollective.org/…

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The Ozone Hole Was Solvable, And So Is Climate Change 27:49

3y ago27:49

27:49

Dr. Susan Solomon’s research in the 1980’s confirmed that the presence of chlorofluorocarbons was largely responsible for the hole in the ozone and that led consumers, chemical companies and manufacturers to a path for fixing it. For her work, Solomon was awarded the National Medal of Science, the prestigious Blue Planet Prize, shared a Nobel Peace…

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Malcolm Gladwell on Near Misses 28:36

3y ago28:36

28:36

Ronald Young Jr. talks with Malcolm Gladwell (author of David and Goliath and the co-founder of Pushkin Industries) about what we can learn about surviving our current challenges by studying human behavior during past eras of stress and national threat. Solvable is produced by Jocelyn Frank, research by David Zha, booking by Lisa Dunn. Our managing…

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Native Erasure and Invisibility is Solvable 35:55

3y ago35:55

35:55

Dr. Adrienne Keene is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation. She’s an Assistant Professor of American Studies and Ethnic Studies at Brown University, co-hosts a podcast called “All My Relations” and she’s the author of the new book: Notable Native People. Here are links to some resources that Dr. Keene mentions in this episode: Notable Native People: 50…

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Government Policy is Solvable (with behavioral science) 16:02

3y ago16:02

16:02

Dr. Maya Shankar is the founder of the White House's Behavioral Science Team. She served as a senior advisor during the Obama administration and in 2016, Shankar was the first behavioral science advisor to the United Nations. She is the host of the podcast, A Slight Change of Plans. Here are some resources that Dr. Shankar mentions in this episode:…

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Psychedelics May Help Solve Addiction 21:00

3y ago21:00

21:00

Matthew Johnson is a Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Johns Hopkins University where research is underway to explore the therapeutic potential of psychedelic drugs to break through the crushing impact of addiction and other mental health disorders. Here are some of the resources Johnson mentions in this episode: Johns Hopkins Univ…

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Climate Change Despondency is Solvable 18:06

3y ago18:06

18:06

Host Ronald Young Jr. sits down with Malcolm Gladwell to talk about climate change: the power of individual choices, cultural shifts and what to expect from the business sector too. Meaningful climate action requires thoughtful engagement from across all sectors, regions, nations -- from all of us. Check out these recent Solvable episodes for addit…

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Consumerism and Celebrity Culture in Faith Organizations are Solvable Problems 21:17

3y ago21:17

21:17

Ben Kirby is the founder of PreachersNSneakers, an Instagram account and book, that both ask, “how much is too much” to spend when it comes to presenting a compelling image of the church and it’s leaders? Kirby's got some answers and some solutions. Solvable is produced by David Zha, Jocelyn Frank, Sachar Mathias and Mia Lobel. Learn more about you…

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Episode twenty: IPCC Report Special with Lord Nicholas Stern and Rhian-Mari Thomas 49:58

3y ago49:58

49:58

The latest release from the sixth IPCC Report shows that emissions of greenhouse gases from human activities are responsible for approximately 1.1°C of warming since 1850-1900, and that the global temperature is expected to reach or exceed 1.5°C of warming increase within the next two decades. The need for finance to support a transition to both ne…

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The Lack of Creatives of Color in Positions of Power in Hollywood is Solvable 22:23

3y ago22:23

22:23

Mike Gauyo is a TV writer in LA including work on Insecure (HBO) and Ginny & Georgia (Netflix). He’s the founder of The Black Boy Writes Black Girl Writes Mentorship Initiative that is paving pathways for emerging Black writers in Hollywood. Here are some resources Gauyo recommends in this episode: Black Boy Writes Black Girl Writes Insecure Fruit …

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