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Sep 2020
56m 58s

So You Want to Talk About Race

Kristen and Jolenta
About this episode

Kristen & Jolenta keep on with the theme of hearth and home, living by So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo. Will it help the conversations they are having at home and with the people they love?


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