Tracee Ellis Ross is an icon. From playing the premiere Black bachelorette, Joan Carol Clayton, on Girlfriends to becoming America's mom as Bow Johnson on Black-ish, she's spent the past two decades portraying a paragon of Black womanhood on screen. More recently, Tracee's turned her focus toward uplifting the stories of real people – on her Hulu documentary Hair Tales, and with her new podcast, I Am America. Host Brittany Luse talks with Tracee about her long and varied career, how she tackles storytelling through documentary and what it means to have rich auntie energy.Listen to more *It's Been A Minute *at these links: Apple Podcasts), Spotify), Google Podcasts,) NPR.org), or anywhere you get your podcasts.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices)NPR Privacy Policy)