<p><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">We unpack the week with Ronald Young Jr., host of ‘</span><a href="https://www.radiotopia.fm/podcasts/weight-for-it" target="_blank" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><em>Weight For It</em></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">,’ and Arionne Nettles, head of Northwestern’s audio journalism program and author of the upcoming book ‘</span><a href="https://arionne.com/book/" target="_blank" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><em>We Are the Culture: Black Chicago's Influence on Everything</em></a><em style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.’ </em><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">We chat about the fallacy of airplane mode, tweens at Sephora and the popularity of owl ring bearers. </span></p><p><br></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Plus, author Xochitl Gonzalez tells us about her new book ‘</span><a href="https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250331533/anitademontelaughslast" target="_blank" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><em>Anita de Monte Laughs Last</em></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.’ Xochitl imbued the characters with aspects of her own life story, making it “a nightmare to write.” She tells us why it was also worth it.</span></p>