I've been flying blind my whole life just trying to figure things out I'm taking out loans I don't know what I'm doing and that's one the idea for this show occurred to me it's like if I could just talk to if I could talk to someone else some other black man who has like money Magic Johnson Byron Allen. Let's go back a moment and say what's the version of your life where you wouldn't have suffered that kind of crisis of confidence, he asks. He says best-case scenario is you're like a Carlton type or something from Fresh Prince and so on.
Today, we dig into the fascinating life of someone Malcolm knows very well: fellow Pushkin host Justin Richmond. Malcolm and Justin talk about being the product of biracial marriages, surviving racist bullies, and Justin's chance dinner with a megastar that changed his life.
Justin created his newest show, Started from the Bottom, to talk with successful people who grew up as outsiders about how they made it against the odds. Origin stories of mostly men and women of color and brilliant people who others counted out. How they climbed their way up the ladder, and the obstacles they overcame along the way.
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