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Episode 57: She's So Glossy (with Jenny Zhang) May 31, 2016

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Jenny Zhang shares a (gloriously NSFW) poem, then talks about higher education, being brown in white spaces, and lip gloss. Plus: our first official installment of Games With Friends with Bim Adewunmi. Follow Jenny at @jennybagel. Follow Bim at @bimadew.
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Episode 55: #1000BlackGirlBooks (with Marley Dias) May 17, 2016

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Water and juice flow in the stude today for our totally G-rated, kid-friendly episode. Our guest is 11-year-old Marley Dias, who got sick of reading books about "white boys and dogs," so she started the #1000BlackGirlBooks campaign. Our pal Ashley Ford joins us for a discussion of the books we love. We'll post the full book list at buzzfeed.com/anotherround. Plus: learn why Zootopia is a great kids movie with which to teach white adults about race.
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Episode 54: Tin Foil & Rabbit Ears (with Padma Lakshmi) May 10, 2016

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Padma Lakshmi (Top Chef) shares her experiences with endometriosis, pain, marriage, food, pregnancy, and more, as covered in her memoir Love, Loss, and What We Ate. Plus, being a human with a body in public can be exhausting: listeners share their stories of street harassment. Read all of BuzzFeed's Body Positivity Week coverage at buzzfeed.com/bodypositivityweek.
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Episode 52: Government Sanctioned Turn Up (with Daveed Diggs) Apr 26, 2016

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We chop it up with Daveed Diggs, the Oakland actor and rapper who currently stars as Thomas Jefferson and Lafayette in Hamilton. Plus, Stacy's Career Corner will help you get through making a mistake at work.
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Episode 51: Keep Yo' Heart (with Queen Latifah) Apr 19, 2016

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This week: a special guest Animal Corner with Dr. Laurel Braitman about parrots and the law. And the one and only Queen Latifah (!) graces us with her presence to talk about Living Single, racism in Hollywood, and her campaign with the American Heart Association to raise awareness about heart failure. For more information about the campaign, visit riseabovehf.org.
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Episode 50: A Cat Named Toussaint (with Wendell Pierce) Apr 12, 2016

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We look at two 90s news events that have been re-entering pop culture. First, we compare black vs. white comedians' takes on the OJ trial. Then, Wendell Pierce (The Wire, Treme) talks about his role as Clarence Thomas in the new HBO film Confirmation.
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Episode 49: Our First Year Apr 05, 2016

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It's Another Round's birthday! We reflect on what we've learned in the past year, peek behind the scenes with our producers, hear from some past guests, and interview a very, very special person.
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Episode 48: Revolutions Are Hard, Eyeliner Is Hard (with Maryam Al-Khawaja) Mar 29, 2016

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The return of Tracy's Joke Time, and an interview with Bahraini human rights activist Maryam Al-Khawaja.
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Episode 46: Challenging & Unpredictable (with Melissa Harris-Perry) Mar 15, 2016

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Melissa Harris-Perry says she's "ready to talk." The Wake Forest University professor and the former host of "Melissa Harris-Perry" on MSNBC opens up about her very public, often contentious split from the cable news station.
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Episode 45: Practical Tactical Brilliance (with Lin-Manuel Miranda) Mar 08, 2016

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Lin-Manuel Miranda, the genius behind Hamilton and In The Heights, visits us at BuzzFeed. We learn a lot about his life, geek out about Outkast, and sing. Plus: Jeb! An Uncomfortable Musical.
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