Akilah welcomes Clint Smith, a writer who extensively covers race in America and has been cataloguing the dismantling of Confederate monuments and memorials since 2017. He and Akilah discuss the work required to help this country become the version of itself that was promised. 

Rebel Spirit is a production of Ninth Planet Audio in association with iHeart Podcasts. 

Reporting and writing by Akilah Hughes, she is also the Host and Executive Producer.

Produced and Written by Dan Sinker. 

Edited and Mixed by Rudy Jansen.

Executive Producers for Ninth Planet Audio are Elizabeth Baquet and Jimmy Miller. 

Executive Producer for iHeart Podcasts is Cristina Everett.

Our theme song is All The Things I Couldn’t Say performed by Busty and The Bass, courtesy of Arts and Crafts Records. 

Special thanks to our guests this episode, Paul Farber and Clint Smith. 

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