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we are always looking down at our phones and i think about tupac when he said keep your head up. i think about songs like be optimistic, where as long as you keep your head to the sky, things will be okay. it has got to be something to where they are keeping us constantly looking down. why aren t we intentionally looking up? if there are all of these devices making us look down, we have to be intentional about looking up. we have to. there is another person you talk about and write about that you hold at a different level, a higher standard. if the audience had a picture of you and i and said which person in this picture truly is connected to, loves, and is inspired by their whole life judy bloom, i am guessing 99.9% of the audience would go it is obviously you, stephanie, but it is not. it is you. my mom is an english teacher.
30 years. probably longer now. she is an english teacher and we grew up with the book it program to get a free pizza. i liked to read all kinds of things and my mom gave me advice. she said read things that don t necessarily pertain to you. when i would be in the library and see these books from beverly cleary and judy bloom. judy bloom was talking to young white girls. that was the opposite of who i am, so i started reading them, but i fell in love with the storytelling. i love judy bloom storytelling the same way i love jay-z s storytelling or scarface. she tells great stories. i m not a person afraid to celebrate people, so i have always spoken about her for years. about five or six years ago she sent me an autographed copy of are you there, god, it is me, margaret. i thought my team was playing a trick on me. then the movie came out and she asked to meet me in new york.
but you know, she s an english teacher, and we grew up off the book it program, where you had to read four books to get a free pizza. i used to read all types of things in the library. my mom gave me a great piece of advice. she said read things that don t necessarily pertain to you. so i would be in the library and see books from beverly cleary and judy bloom, judy bloom was talking to young, white girls, that was like the total opposite of who i am, but i fell in love with the story telling. i love judy bloom s story telling the same way i love jay-z s story telling. judy and jay. she tells great stories. i m not a person that s afraid to celebrate people, so i ve always spoken about her for years. and so about five, six years ago she sent me an autographed copy of are you there god, it s me, margaret, for myself and my oldest daughter. i thought my team was playing a trick on me. i was like, this didn t happen. when her movie came out, she asked to meet me in new york so.
look at the clouds. gratitude. you think about the world we in, we re always looking down at our phones. i think about like tupac when he said keep your head up. i think about songs like be optimistic from sound of blackness. as long as you keep your head to the sky, things will be okay. it s got to be something to where they re keeping us constantly looking down. like why aren t we intentionally looking up enough? if there s all of these devices that are making us look down, we have to be intentional about looking up. we have to. there s another person that you talk about, that you write about, that you hold at a different level, a higher standard. and if the audience had a picture of you and i and said which person in the picture truly is connected to, loves, and has been inspired by their whole life judy bloom, i m guessing 99.9% of this audience would go obviously, it s you, stephanie. but it s not, it s you. that s my girl. my mom is an english teacher. 30 years. yeah,
i went to go meet with her, you know, her and her husband george. and you know, we kicked it. i ve been down to key west a couple of times, me and my wife. we ve done cool double dates, you know. i ve been to her movie theater in key west. i ve been to her bookstore in key west. me and her had a great conversation we recorded. it s up on my youtube channel. you can go watch that. a 50-minute interview, you and judy bloom. yeah, and we had a conversation for simon and schuster s 100-year as well. that s my girl. congratulations on the book. thanks for being here. thank you, stephanie. it s always good to see you. jb and jay-z, charlamagne s inspiration. again, his new book is out, it s called get honest or die lying: why small talk sucks. when we come back, the summer of the show boat has begun. chuck schumer s strategy to put republicans on the spot when it comes to reproductive rights. we ll have that when the 11th hour continues.