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EPISODE #83

Daily Briefing

What the Culture's Talking About

November 8, 2025 • 4 minutes • Hosted by Victoria

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Episode #83

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Keith Lee is applying pressure: feed the fam amid the SNAP shutdown. Meet the Black woman who built AI singer Xania Monet, plus the trailers for Toni Braxton & Eric Jerome Dickey’s Lifetime flicks!

Today's Highlights:

Cultural leader Keith Lee mobilizes restaurants to donate food amidst critical SNAP benefit shutdowns.
Restaurants must step up now, responding to Keith Lee's immediate call for collective action.
Black cultural forces model necessary leadership prioritizing crucial community food insecurity needs.
Blavity briefing highlights essential Black cinema discussions alongside key AI innovations and service.
The briefing stresses the crucial reminder that federal SNAP benefits currently face debilitating shutdowns.

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