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In the fraught subject of privilege, circa 2020 (and into 2021)\u00a0 TJ remains refreshing, honest, and, wow &#8211; inspiring.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Enjoy this conversation, and please, consider subscribing to our YouTube channel, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCoLrmdksGl9RTvAyYs6hqjQ\">Subject2Change &#8211; Sustainability<\/a>&#8220;, to learn even more.<\/li>\n<li>Add your thoughts in comments here or on the YouTube channel.<\/li>\n<li>We also ask you to recommend people we should talk to, so that we are not limited by our own experiences!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p>We have so much to learn, together.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Also, look for the more of TJ&#8217;s interview in our <strong><em>Deeper Dives<\/em><\/strong> playlist as well as our <em><strong>2min<\/strong><\/em> playlist, where we have a short video as well as an outtake reel focused on BACON (who knew Lauren was so obsessed?)<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"860\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/42p8xRo2Ozo?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I can&#8217;t think of a better way to fight the doldrums of February than with the insights, openness, and positivity of TJ Mannix, improv theatre [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2752,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[10,15,16,18,229,149,226,7,156,121],"tags":[277,268,269,270,263,55,174,273,59,136,272,61,257,88,274,267,276,140,271,259,275],"class_list":["post-2770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-critical-commentary","category-green-business","category-health","category-inspiration","category-interview","category-language","category-people","category-personal-reflections","category-process","category-resilience","tag-actorsfund","tag-ally","tag-art","tag-artists","tag-bacon","tag-challenge","tag-communication","tag-culture","tag-diversity","tag-education","tag-fascism","tag-frustrations","tag-improv","tag-leadership","tag-movies","tag-privilege","tag-representation","tag-respect","tag-the-arts","tag-theatre","tag-tv"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/2bgreener.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/logo.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p40KlT-IG","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2763,"url":"https:\/\/2bgreener.com\/?p=2763","url_meta":{"origin":2770,"position":0},"title":"Part 1 of Improv, Equity, and Privilege, Oh My! 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