Juanita Tolliver, MSNBC political analyst and host of Crooked Media's What A Day," joins Damon to discuss their complicated feelings about the Fourth of July and Juneteenth, and ask: what exactly are we celebrating? Then on Dear Damon, W. Kamau Bell returns to help Damon figure out at what point it's best to end a relationship in defense of one's mental health.

Chapters:

Intro- :50

Welcome Juanita Tolliver- :2:00

Damon's Relationship with Independence Day- 5:55

The Performance of Activism- 8:50

American Ambivalence- 11:55

The Magnanimity of White People- 16:00

Damon Hates: 23:00

Dear Damon: 25:30

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