The chapter introduces the sponsor ads for Gold Peak Real Brew Tea and American Express Platinum Card, and briefly discusses the guest Donovan X. Ramsey and his book 'When Crack Was King'. It also includes background Parisian street sounds and a mention of Vox Media, the podcast's partners.
Donovan X. Ramsey is a journalist and author of the new book When Crack Was King: A People’s History of a Misunderstood Era.
“I've only ever wanted to write about Black people—and that includes the elements of our lives that are difficult. I’ve always prided myself on being able to metabolize that information and not really be harmed by it. And this book really taught me that writing and processing is not just something that you do in your head. That the information does go through you as you're trying to make sense of it. And it's not happening to you, right? It's not like a direct form of PTSD that you have, but you do experience some trauma when you open up your imagination in that way.”
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