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    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Nijiama Smalls has a conversation with the wife of Dominique Haddon wife of gospel singer, songwriter, and Pastor Deitrick Haddon. Together they chat about their roles as first ladies of the church, church hurt, the state of the Black church, the white nationalist movement, raising their kids in the church, and how they keep their marriages spicey.  ]]></itunes:summary>
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