A Lot of Slavery, A Little Bit of Subservience: The David Oyelowo Story

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A Lot of Slavery, A Little Bit of Subservience: The David Oyelowo Story

Changes to the pod + A hiatus update + See Some World 2027 + The Trailer Park in DC + Michelle Obama insulted and misgendered + Charles Blow is sick of e’rrybody + The Daily Mail on Klay + Meg’s break up + David Oyelowo adds "a lot of slavery" and "a little bit of subservience" to his voice + Druski & Teyana Taylor at the BET Awards + the Obama Library + Zohran Mamdani is OUTSIIIIIIIDE!!!!!!  ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

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