This week on In The Meanwhile, Marcus and Nora do what America refuses to do: pay attention. They skim the State of the Union so you don't have to, drag the idea of replacing epidemiology with astrology, and ask a very basic question: should our Surgeon General believe in vaccines or just vibes? Then it gets real. While Black History Month goes conspicuously unmentioned in a country built on Black labor and brilliance, Marcus shares a speech that reframes Black history not as a Pinterest board of heroes, but as a survival manual. From his mother witnessing Rosa Parks' arrest at nine years old to vigils in Minneapolis and Rainier Beach, the throughline is unmistakable: inheritance isn't just trauma. It's tools. And we're gonna need them.
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