The author of the 2020 Pulizer Prize-winning "The Nickel Boys," a novel set in the Jim Crow-era of racial segregation, talks about growing up Black in America and why he chose this time in history as the setting for his story. Then, Eastern Ontario Hubs journalist David Rockne Corrigan discusses how gig economy workers fared during the COVID-19 pandemic.

What's it like to be a Black woman at a university attended by mostly white students? Author and journalist Eternity Martis talks about her experiences as an undergraduate at London, Ontario's Western University, as documented in her book, "They Said This Would Be Fun: Race, Campus Life, and Growing Up."