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Sep 2022
55m 17s

Baratunde Thurston & Gareth Schweitzer

Jon Bernthal
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Baratunde Thurston is an author, activist, and comedian.  Gareth Schweitzer is one of my oldest and closest friends who has been a successful journalist and entrepreneur.  We get into our childhood experience in DC, policing, race and the workplace.

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