In Part 2 of the season finale, Christine and Jessica watch and discuss the second half of Birth of a Nation (screenplay by D.W. Griffith and Frank E. Woods). Part 2 is...well, bonkers doesn't cover it. The racist wheels are OFF! What a way to end the season!

Today is release day for Jessica's next book We Were Illegal: Uncovering a Texas Family's Mythmaking and Migration! It was selected by the New York Times Book Review as one of their "Summer Nonfiction Picks"!! It had a great review in the New York Times, but our favorite line is from the starred Kirkus review: "Expect to see bans of this powerful book, one that every Texan should read."

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Links for Episode 17:

• Link to Birth of a Nation on Youtube (it's in the public domain, so anyone can watch for free)
• What's giving Christine hope right now: "This Scientist Has an Antidote to Our Climate Delusions," an interview in the NYT with Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson
• What's giving Jessica hope right now: "Four years later, has the racial-justice movement lost the fight?," a reflection by Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunippa on their Pulitzer-prize winning book and the necessity of the hope they have