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The It s Been a Minute team gives you a sneak peek at the event of the season: BravoCon, where our producer met his favorite housewife, and the Salt Lake City stars spill the tea to host Brittany Luse.Then, Brittany sits down with Julio Torres, a comedian, actor, writer and creator of HBO s Los Espookys. They discuss the influences behind his unique world-building.Finally, if you re a Taylor Swift fan, this was a pretty big week, with Swift releasing her 10th studio album, Midnights. It seems that Swift is as big as ever. What is it about her and her music that s so enduring? Brittany sat sat down with an avid Swiftie and Rolling Stone writer, Brittany Spanos – who also teaches a class on Swift. They talk about the artist s evolution and how she s navigated the music industry through the years.
Los Espookys co-creator and star Julio Torres joined It s Been A Minute to discuss the show, his designer parents, and why he likes to write for supporting characters.
Stacey Abrams wants to make history again. After losing the Georgia governor s race to Brian Kemp back in 2018, Abrams the first Black woman to be a major party s gubernatorial candidate spent four years coalition building across the state. Now she s back, armed with a national reputation, the experience of running for statewide office and a fresh determination to defend her state from voter suppression. Will it be enough to make her the country s first Black woman governor?In her debut as the new host of It s Been a Minute, Brittany Luse talks to Abrams herself about the power and pitfalls of being an icon; how she deals with criticism from inside her own party; and what it will take to shift the politics of the Deep South.Brittany also brings on Christina Greer, political scientist at Fordham University, to discuss Abrams strategy and how the former minority leader mirrors other Black women politicians who made history. You can follow us on Twitter @NPRITsBeenaMin and email us
Hollywood powerhouse Tracy Oliver sums up her career simply. "When people go right, I always tend to go left." She wrote the hit 2017 film Girls Trip, becoming the first Black woman to pen a movie that grossed over $100 million at the box office. On today s episode of The Limits, Tracy tells Jay how she has navigated her biggest Hollywood successes, from an eight-figure deal with Apple, to creating and executive producing the Amazon series, Harlem. Tracy credits a lot of her wins to her contrarian streak, which she s had from a young age. She tells Jay how she randomly started wearing a Stanford sweatshirt while growing up in South Carolina–then ended up attending. That s where Tracy met Issa Rae, and the two began collaborating. In the relatively early days of Youtube, they created the popular web series, The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl. The Internet was wowed by their presence, but multiple studio executives laughed them out of the room with blatant sexism and ra