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Published: June 8, 2020, 5 a.m.

This week we\u2019re taking a breath. After the murder of George Floyd and ensuing justified protests\u2026and military intervention in said protests \u2013 we couldn\u2019t let the moment pass without saying something.

We\u2019re 2 white guys in middle America. We are literally the definition of white privilege. So, we\u2019re not going to pretend to understand what its like to walk around black in this country. But, that doesn\u2019t mean we don\u2019t empathize and see the need for radical reform.

The inhumane police brutality perpetuated on the black people of this country has to stop. Names like Trayvon Martin, Tamir Rice, Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Philando Castile, Breonna Taylor, Justin Howell, Jamel Floyd, and countless others are etched into the shameful footnotes of the history of this country and we have to be better.

We know there has been looting. And, we know not all cops are bad. But people need to stop using these arguments as if they negate the REALNESS of what is happening and HAS BEEN happening for literally hundreds of years to the black community of this country. It\u2019s a false equivalency.

BLACK LIVES MATTER. It can\u2019t be said enough.

So, instead of a new episode this week we\u2019re releasing an episode we\u2019re proud of that raises up one of history\u2019s black heroes.

And while we\u2019ll continue to try and do a better job of elevating black stories of a fortean nature. Its up to all of us to take steps in our own community. Vote, Speak Out, Donate, Protest. Most importantly, STAND UP when you see racism happening. Stay Woke, Meatsacks!

Original Description
Imagine this for a potential movie: Guy is born into slavery. Escapes his bonds by stealing the ship he\u2019s a slave on and delivering it to the Union (it\u2019s the Civil War). He goes onto captain the very boat he was a slave on, buy the house he was slave in, and eventually be elected to Congress. And that isn\u2019t even half the story. While it isn\u2019t a movie, it is the story of Robert Smalls and it\u2019s so incredible we cover it this week. Plus, Joe Peck somehow figures out how to make an appearance without actually being on the show, C-Bot gets a kill-switch, and Lincoln joins the show (the President\u2026not John\u2019s son). All of that and more on the podcast never captained a ship, but we imagine it would be less Robert Smalls and more Gilbert and Sullivan \u2013 Hysteria 51..

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