This week Grant and Zoe are joined by Constance Pruitt, a Ph.D. Candidate and Instructor in the Political Science department at Howard University.  We discussed the recent coups on the continent amongst other threats to democratic governance as well as how the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa)are getting involved in Africa.

In our final segment, Zoe talks about recommends the TV Show The Gilded Age, Connie talks about the latest adaptation of Jane Austen's Persuasion as well as the bomb threats against HBCUs, and Grant talks about the progressives and organized labor.

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