Warning there are Lovecraft Country spoilers from 35:00 - 39:00!

Episode sweet 16 is here and the kitchen is celebrating with special guest Michael K. Williams and it gets deep. Maino and Michael start out talking about nights past, Michael says being on the other side of 50 if he gets a night he can’t remember it’s not boding too well for him before getting into what it was like playing Omar on the Wire (4:00), what it feels like as an actor selling your trauma and pain and therapy (19:10). They move into talking about Michael staying connected to his community and giving back (39:00), Dana Rachlin joins the conversation and they talk Crew Count (56:41), Black Lives Matter, the importance of civic education, breaking systems of oppression and reimagining the system as a whole (1:27:00) and gun violence and it's profit system (1:36:00). You can follow Crew Count on Instagram @crewcountnyc to see all the great work they are doing.