Ahamefule Joe Oluo's days are spent at a soul-deadening corporate job and his nights come alive behind a trumpet at Seat | dG1fSzc0R2QzTjNQR1E
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00:00 [MUSIC]
00:02 Mom, I need to talk to you before you go.
00:04 I love you. You're my brother.
00:06 But I don't want you to stay here anymore.
00:08 Ah ha, my flag!
00:10 I want to see you do well here.
00:11 I want your family to do well.
00:14 But I need you to be on time.
00:17 Hey, I hate to bring this up, but I need money for your phone bill, too.
00:20 But I paid last month.
00:22 I know.
00:23 That's how bills work. You have to pay them every month.
00:27 I don't pay my other bills every month.
00:29 Just look where I'm living.
00:31 Hey, I live there, too, you know.
00:33 Yeah, that makes it worse, Mom.
00:34 Did you see the letter?
00:36 What letter?
00:37 From Dad.
00:38 [PHONE VIBRATING]
00:50 [MUSIC]
00:52 I didn't talk to him for 26 years.
00:54 I'm doing great.
00:55 I guess it depends on how you define greatness.
00:57 I mean, if you define it as a single dad living in his sister's laundry room,
01:01 then yeah, brother, you're doing fantastic.
01:04 I wasn't avoiding him.
01:05 He abandoned us.
01:08 He's my husband, and I love him.
01:10 How do you do that?
01:11 It's easy. You just wrap it around here.
01:14 No. How do you forgive like that?
01:16 [MUSIC]
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