Ep 3 (Don't) Forget Paris

Hope Chest: A Podcast by Hope Chest: A Podcast

Feb 19, 201700:16:26Society & Culture

Adapted from an essay of the same name, this episode takes listeners on an excursion to Paris, as remembered by one Black mother and as told to her daughter.

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