WEBVTT - Semester 4 is WEEKLY Starting November 11!

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<v Speaker 1>I'm t T and I'm Zakiyah and from Spotify. This

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<v Speaker 1>is Dope Labs and we are back. HEYZ, what's going on?

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<v Speaker 2>T T?

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<v Speaker 1>What isn't going on? I'm just thinking about everything that's

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<v Speaker 1>happened since our last episode, the January sixth insurrection, and

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<v Speaker 1>then we got a new president and a new vice president,

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<v Speaker 1>and it felt like we had COVID, you know, a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit under control. The vaccine became available, but then

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<v Speaker 1>the Delta Varian said not so fast, right, And then

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<v Speaker 1>that ship and container that got stuck in the Suez Canal.

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<v Speaker 1>It felt like everything got stuck after that. I'm still

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<v Speaker 1>waiting on some curtains I ordered in twenty twenty. I

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<v Speaker 1>believe you first has showed us that everybody needs us

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<v Speaker 1>to explain Wi Fi and bandwidth and what you should

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<v Speaker 1>have should not be, you know, putting on your computer.

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<v Speaker 1>Then the attack on women's rights in Texas and basically

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<v Speaker 1>across the country, the recent oil spill in California. It's

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<v Speaker 1>like when our Dope Labs family needed us most, we

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<v Speaker 1>just disappeared. But you know what, y'all didn't stop calling us.

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<v Speaker 1>Y'all are the best friends.

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<v Speaker 2>Hi, this is Catherine objected to your podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>Man, there is just way too much going on in

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<v Speaker 1>the world, and so we really got to kind of

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<v Speaker 1>make up for some lost time and cover all the

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<v Speaker 1>stories we can. So that's why I start in November eleventh.

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<v Speaker 1>Dope Labs is going to be a weekly show. You

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<v Speaker 1>heard that right, party people. Every week we take a

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<v Speaker 1>story that everybody's talking about in news, pop culture, sports, food,

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<v Speaker 1>you name it, and we dig deep into the science

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<v Speaker 1>behind it, because science is in everything and science is

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<v Speaker 1>for everybody. And let me tell you, we have some

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<v Speaker 1>incredible labs lined up for the semester. We're talking to

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<v Speaker 1>Natalia Razinski, head of strategy in the US for Karna,

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<v Speaker 1>about fintech and how technology can make shopping even more accessible.

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<v Speaker 1>Our adulthood has been so chaotic, so people want to

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<v Speaker 1>take control of that, and money is the number one way.

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<v Speaker 1>We're also doing a deep dive on the HBCU experience

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<v Speaker 1>with Spotify's very own Xavier Journ. Again, to me, the

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<v Speaker 1>college ex experience was the black college experience and that's

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<v Speaker 1>the only experience I want. It was that simple. And

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<v Speaker 1>we also have a two part episode that's all about fashion,

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<v Speaker 1>from the marketing to fast fashion to sustainability and affordable luxury.

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<v Speaker 1>That's going to be so good.

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<v Speaker 2>You literally vote for everything with your money.

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<v Speaker 1>People will continue to produce the shift that you buy.

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<v Speaker 1>It's like so simple and we're going to have so

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<v Speaker 1>much more, especially now that we're weekly. But there's another

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<v Speaker 1>big change we have to talk about tt right, Semester

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<v Speaker 1>four is going exclusive to Spotify starting December sixteenth. All

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<v Speaker 1>you have to do is download the Spotify app, sign

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<v Speaker 1>up for free, and find Dope Labs and all of

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<v Speaker 1>your other favorite shows. It's so easy. And if you

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<v Speaker 1>already listen to Dope Labs on Spotify, don't forget to

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<v Speaker 1>a heads up whenever we drop a new episode. So

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<v Speaker 1>just to recap, Dope Labs is coming back for semester

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<v Speaker 1>four with weekly episodes on Thursday, November eleven. Listen to

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<v Speaker 1>Dope Labs Semester four for free on Spotify.

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<v Speaker 2>See sou