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George McCalman keeps a sketchbook the way other people keep a diary, except his pages end up in the San Francisco Chronicle. For years he ran art departments at magazines that told other people's stories; now he tells his own, one watercolor image at a time. Born in Grenada, raised in Brooklyn, and remade in San Francisco, George is the illustrator and author behind Illustrated Black History, a 500-plus-page tribute to figures both iconic and nearly forgotten. His Chronicle column Observed turns the city into a running visual essay — the coffee shop regulars, the drag queens, the protest marches, the funerals — rendered with the patience of someone who knows that seeing is a form of respect. Join us for a searching conversation about who gets to be considered beautiful, how taste used to be manufactured by curators and is now generated by the algorithm, how you draw a face you've never seen, and what an immigrant kid from Grenada learned about holding up a mirror to America. Warm Intro A conversation, not an interview. Warm, sometimes weird, conversations with interesting people doing big things.  Warm Intro is a video podcast. We're available on every major podcast app and YouTube. YouTube: @warmintro Instagram: @warm.intro Hosted by Chai Mishra Chai is the Founder of The Essential, an ethical commerce company funded by the leading lights of Silicon Valley. Chai served on the board of UNICEF, and has advised cities, universities, national sports teams and Fortune 500 corporations. A Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree, Chai’s work has also been covered in publications ranging from the SF Chronicle to Business Insider. Presented by Wefunder Wefunder created The Community Round. — allowing founders to raise funds directly from their communities  — allowing anyone to support their favorite founders and join their success. Raise on Wefunder Views here are those of the host and the guest. Wefunder makes the show possible but doesn't control who we have on or what we say.