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Delaney and Heather tackle the difficult nuances of differentiating between cultural appreciation, which is great, versus cultural appropriation, which should be avoided. It's a tricky subject with a lot of gray areas between right and wrong, but it makes for a great conversation.

All things turkey-day are discussed in this episode. Heather and Delaney start by comparing their own family traditions with Thanksgiving food, then they take us through strategies for dealing with difficult family conversations, and even touch on the historical inaccuracies in how we teach about the first Thanksgiving and what it meant for the Indigenous Native Americans. Listen, and weigh in on dressing vs stuffing!

Heather, Delaney, and Katie discuss the current cries for books to be banned from schools and how this relates to equity and diversity within our public schools. They discuss previous banned books and the culture of censorship in our society.

Some days you struggle to find the energy to sit upright, let alone save the world. Delaney and Heather discuss how they are both coping with one of those days.

This week Delaney interviews a special guest about the myths versus realities of parenting a child who is transgender. This is a beautiful episode full of information that needs to be heard and understood. Content warning: due to the nature of the topic, there are anatomical body parts named although no content is explicit.

Delaney and Heather have a great conversation about the experience of being biracial and how that factors into the equity work that needs to be done.

Delaney and Heather have a deep dive discussion into the common frustrations and pitfalls that can happen in interracial spaces when people aren't comfortable with, or experienced in, interacting with people from other ethnicities and cultures. Listen for the great discussion but stick around for all the laughs.

In the absence of Heather, this week it is up to Katie and Delaney to have the big discussions about equity work and what makes it hard for some people to join the fight.

Katie Sesti joins Delaney and Heather for a discussion about how we sometimes attribute good luck and privilege as being blessings or rewards.

Delaney and Heather discuss extreme opinions and the difficulty of making progress with conversations about them without using the powerful word "AND."