Mara Brock Akil

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353 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 30 Jun

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And so that was...

That was a journey, not only for me, but it was fun to then incorporate what is happening around us today.

And it's interesting about HIV.

You know, it's interesting, trust.

I don't think we're really going to get to that level of idyllic trust in others if we're not that to ourselves.

And as much as she did all the right things, I don't believe Dionne never took stock of what happened.

She never faced the storm of her life.

Yes.

She was trusting the picture in her head, not the person in front of her.

That's right.

Absolutely.

I feel like that is then, that is now, that is happening.

And so that allows for Dion or me to have a conversation with

You right now, because to your point, how do we trust?

And that would be the question then.

How do we do that?

How do we see that?

If we're looking for something outside of ourselves all the time.

The longer you feel as though you don't have a right to tell.

And then it's like, OK, well, maybe your memory is wrong.

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