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Who is Nehemiah Turner and why is he being celebrated for reading to shelter animals?
Welcome back, you fucking slur. Thank you for joining us. My name is Rudy Raymore.
And I'm Asia Wilson. And this is The Read. Thank you for joining us.
Thank you for joining us. Summer isn't over yet. Zara Larson. Yes, here we are, still in Mom Donnie's July. Wrapping it up here. And every clip, every clip that I get from Big Donnie, I'm just like, how much more can I love him?
Yeah, he's pretty great.
He's pretty fucking great. And again, got the girlies. Shuck! Shuck. Socialists are crawling out from every crevice and saying, See? What if people had things?
Yeah. And not just in New York.
Right, exactly.
We could do this in Texas if y'all really wanted to.
Yeah. Yeah. Urine. Conservative piss everywhere. Yeah. Welcome back. Let's get things started with our usual judge. We're going to do some black excellence really quickly. This week, black excellence goes to an amazing young boy in Florida. You guys know I love when good stories come out of that place.
Miracles.
This week, it goes to an 11-year-old named Nehemiah Turner. Quick pause. Love the name Nehemiah. Immediately. Love it. Great name. Biblical name. Classic name. Yeah. Love the name Nehemiah.
Yeah.
Starting off strong. he's been able to rack up 100 hours of reading to animals at the Jacksonville Humane Society, shout out Duval County. So, the JHS has something they call the Positive Reading Program. And I think it's a relatively new program, but Nehemiah has been there reading to pets for the past two years. He is a straight-A student. And I kind of had to shake off a bit of energy here. I'm reading this on People.com. And they have these two photos right under the headline of him reading. And it's just this little black boy on the ground, dog behind glass. And they're just looking like... Because you know what pets at a shelter want, company? They just want to hang out, if not an actual adoption.
Right.
Right.
So here he is reading these books and there's even one dog in this picture that's like looking at the book like, and then what? Girl, what? God, that's hot. God, that's hot. Like the dog is real. So I was like, okay, let me scroll real quickly because feelings. There's things I love. It's happy, safe black children and dogs.
Okay, nice.
So I thought this was an amazing story. He was interviewed by local news outlets. And I asked him how it felt. He said, soothing, feels good, calm, comforted animals. It's not like a whole bunch of barking is happening. So Nehemiah said, I step into the room and the girls know what time it is. Like my energy brings peace.
Right, right, right. Exactly. Sounds like a little icon.
I'm going to ask what's next. He said, well, 110 hours, 150 hours, 200 hours. As if like, well, what did you, what did you think was that? I'm just going to keep reading to the dogs. Cause it's fierce. Yeah. I have straight A's like, please don't at me. Why are you screaming? Um, the folks obviously over at the Jacksonville humane society. Love it. This white man in a clip I watched was like, Two years, a hundred hours. May wonders never cease. This is so great. So shout out to one Florida, Nehemiah Turner. A name with power.
Yeah, I agree. Because you said it with that Turner and I was like, oh, it's giving Ike. Period. A revolutionary for the people, for the for the innocents, for the vulnerable. I do honestly love that. And now I need to look up like who is reading to dogs in New York City and when can I drop off Lainey? You just let me know.
Why Ike before Nat?
Oh, my God. I was thinking that. Oh, why would I say I? You sure said I. I was like, well. Oh, no. Wrong Turner. Goddamn. Sorry. I meant Nat.
Well.
Is there a story?
I don't know.
I'm Turner. Right. Never mind. Hey, you just let me talk.
I was waiting for a part.
Nat Turner, my bad. Slow your fingers down, y'all. I meant Nat.
Of course, the people listening to this were like, girl, she meant that. It's Gristle.
My bad.
So, let's get things started with our pop culture segment that we call Hot Tops. Before I get into the fuckery, I want to talk about some more individual fun interests.
Sure, that was great.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
Who is Nehemiah Turner and why is he being celebrated for reading to shelter animals?
0:25–18:12
2
What movie trailers and YA adaptations are they debating — Children of Blood and Bone and Black Panther 3?
18:12–39:52
3
How are the hosts weighing in on gaming news and the upcoming Nintendo Switch 2 games?
39:52–1:09:07
4
What update do the hosts share about the 'Angry Cat Lady' pet situation?
1:09:07–1:10:46
5
Which horror novels and audiobook debate do the hosts recommend and argue about?
1:10:46–1:13:33
6
How do they respond to a listener whose chickens died — should the friendship end?
1:13:33–1:16:57
7
Why are the hosts upset about Dee Dee Magno-Hall's political follows and what does this mean for Steven Universe fans?
1:16:57–2:21:34