“Who are you?” The origin of our identity can be a hard case to crack. One of our hosts, Mattie McDonald, shares her story of discovering that she is not the things she does, or the people she surrounds herself with. This episode covers Yana’s true account of how she broke herself, a brief encounter with a cat and a snake, and a more serious conversation about Black Lives Matter. Then it tells Mattie’s life story, involving lots of horses, a trip of a lifetime, and an existential crisis on the side of a mountain, among other things.

Here are some resources to learn more about the Black Lives Matter movement and systemic racism towards Black people and other BIPOC. We’ve included this because we want you to hear non-white voices on this issue.

https://blacklivesmatter.com/resources/