Ep. 50 (Season 4 episode 10) - Confessions On A Cruise Ship
About this episode
The episode discusses the unsettling case of Nolan Wells and the implications of race and friendship in the context of a tragic event.
Send us Fan Mail Five friends go out. Four friends come back. One 18-year-old doesn’t. That’s where I start when I talk about Nolan Wells, the unsettling details being reported, and why the combination of race, Mississippi, deleted social media, and lawyering up makes people feel like they’ve “seen this film before.” I’m not here to play detective, but I am here to say what a lot of folks are thinking out loud and to sit with the bigger question: what does friendship look like when it actuall...
People in this episode
Host: Lamont Ferguson
Topics covered
- friendship
- race
- crime
- social media
- commentary
Mentioned in this episode
Places: Mississippi
More episodes of Sometimes the Old Man is Right
- Ep. 49 (Season 4 episode 9) - We Were All Young at One Point
- Ep. 48 (Season 4 episode 8) - Jason Bourne Of Comedy
- Ep. 47 (Season 4 episode 7)- Pickleball And Getting Older
- Ep. 46 (Season 4 episode 6) -When Two Old Men Start A War, Let Them Fight Themselves
- Ep. 45 (Season 4 episode 5) - Stupid is Loud
- Ep. 44 (Season 4 episode 4) - I Wanted A Bionic Knee And All I Got Was Pickleball
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