In this follow-up to last week’s conversation, Delisha and Damarcus discuss coming to a decision regarding the December 26er Podcast’s next chapter.

Host Delisha and Producer Damarcus discuss tracing their ancestry and receiving surprising results, looking ahead to the next phase of their individual lives, and planning for the future of the December 26er brand.

Slice Magazine’s Fiction Editor and Writing Programs Manager at the Center for Fiction, Randy Winston discusses working as a groundskeeper after withdrawing from junior college, hosting poetry slams in a chicken coop turned event space, pivoting to a degree in English after returning to college to study architecture, and building an academic and professional career as a writer and editor.

Stabilization Advisor for the U.S. Department of State, Otis Holloway discusses making the transition from his working class Georgia community to Trinity College in Connecticut, seizing opportunities in both South Africa and Mozambique while completing his education, and forging a career in civil service after graduate school.