Thought

by Mitchell

Y'all!  I did the coolest thing yesterday.  I had signed myself up for StoryCorps250, through NPRs Morning Edition.  It is part of StoryCorps, which is an amazing weekly Morning Edition feature where two people are recorded in conversation.  To celebrate and  commemorate the 250th of America, StoryCorps is connecting random people around the country to have converstaions with one another which will be archived in the Library of Congress.  Sounds important doesn't it?

So a few weeks ago I signed myself up.  In case you're interested in signing yourself up, click  here.  You write a short bio, click a few general characteristics about who you are, and then are matched with random people who sort of fit your profile.  It's like online dating for people who like to talk!

I spent an hour yesterday having an amazing conversation with this lovely and smart young woman named Marina, who grew up in the Bay Area, and after graduation from Georgetown joined the Peace Corps.  She is currently in her first year of the tour, teaching English in a small rural villiage in Botswana.  We had this super interesting 40 minute converstation that flew by, hampered only by some slight internet issues from her cinderblock home on the reservation half a world away.  So cool.  If you're out on a walk or stuck in traffic, listen to the converstaion.  It's totally worth it.  

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