On the heels of a viral interview around wokeness, Simone Polanen, host of the podcast Not Past It, joins Damon to talk about the history of the word and how we code language that describes Black people, spaces and experiences.

Later, Van Lathan & Rachel Lindsay of the Higher Learning podcast help Damon tackle the age old question of airplane seat etiquette. If you didn’t pay… should you have a say?

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In this episode, we cover:

(00:00) Introduction

(02:07) Damon and host of Not Past It, Simone Polanen, discuss their introduction to and relationship with the term “woke”

(08:34) History and evolution of “woke” 

(28:23) Damon Hates: His last dunk 

(31:05) Damon and Higher Learning hosts Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay talk airplane etiquette 

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