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May 2021
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S2 Ep5: What We Choose to Embody with Pr...

PRENTIS HEMPHILL
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In this season's first solo episode, Prentis explores questions brought on by this moment of continual rupture. What do we do when the people and institutions in which we've given trust fail us? What opportunities are presented in rupture? And in these times, what can we choose to embody? 

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