In this year’s final episode, we look back at the last 12 months to find the silver linings of a rough year. Turns out, there’s still a lot to smile about.

Steve and Sharline share their gratitude for the new COVID vaccine and reflect on how basketball both modeled how to safely navigate the pandemic and also brought a lot of people joy in quarantine. We also point to some major victories in a fraught election year, from Trump’s impeachment in Season 1 of 2020 to the poetic justice of Georgia’s national significance.

We’ll see you back in 2021!

REFERENCES:

Barry Manilow - Song “Looks like we made it” https://youtube.com/watch?v=dSyB-OIRtR0

Ed Yong // The Atlantic - How Science Beat the Virus and what it lost in the process https://theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/01/science-covid-19-manhattan-project/617262/

Kizzmekia Corbett, PhD - @KizzyPhD - a Black woman who is among the National Institutes of Health scientists working directly to develop and produce the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. https://twitter.com/KizzyPhD

Aaron Gould Sheinin // Webmed.com - Black Scientist Plays Key Role in Covid Vaccine https://webmd.com/lung/news/20201214/black-scientist-plays-key-role-in-covid-vaccine

The Late, Greats

John Lewis, congressman and civil rights activist, one of the “Big Six” leaders who organized the 1963 march on Washington.

C.T. Vivian, minister, author, and close friend of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Reverend Joseph Lowery, minister, civil rights leader and founder of the SCLC—Southern Christian Leadership Conference—with Martin Luther King, Jr.

Journalist of Color

Jonathan Capehart @CapehartJ of The Sunday Show , MSNBC https://twitter.com/CapehartJ

Tiffany Cross @TiffanyDCross of The Cross Connection, MSNBC https://twitter.com/TiffanyDCross

Rashida Jones @RJonesNews , incoming President, MSNBC https://twitter.com/RJonesNews

Michelle Ye Hee Lee @myhlee, reporter, Washington Post https://twitter.com/myhlee

Ahiza García-Hodges // NBC News - Rashida Jones named next president of MSNBC https://nbcnews.com/news/all/rashida-jones-named-next-president-msnbc-n1250296

April Ryan @AprilDRyan white house correspondent, theGrio.com; political analyst, CNN https://twitter.com/AprilDRyan

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