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This episode of 'It's Been a Minute' was produced by Corey Antonio Rose, Alexis Williams, Liam McBain, and Barton Girdwood. It was edited by Jessica Placzek. Engineering support came from Patrick Murray. Our executive producer is Veralyn Williams. Our VP of programming is Yolanda Sangweni.