Ep. 25 Talking Fame and Identity with Zeke Smith
Today on The Stacks we are joined by Zeke Smith. Zeke is a writer and trans activist who you may know best from his seasons on Survivor (Survivor: Millennials vs. Gen X, Survivor: Game Changers). This week we talk reality TV fame, self-identification, and Zeke's favorite genre of books (hint: its not wha you think).
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Everything we talk about on today’s episode can be found below in the show notes and on Bookshop.org and Amazon
The Quiet American by Graham Greene
Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain
The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Less by Andrew Sean Greer
The Last Lion by William Manchester and Paul Reid
White Teeth by Zadie Smith
China Rich Girlfriend by Kevin Kwan
Feminasty by Erin Gibson
Bleak House by Charles Dickens
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
The World According to Garp by John Irving
The Histories by Herodotus
Fear by Bob Woodward
Unhinged by Omarosa Manigault Newman
One Bullet Away by Nathaniel C. Fick
The Good Soldiers by David Finkel
Transgender History by Susan Stryker
My Life as a Goddess by Guy Branum
You are a Badass by Jen Sincero
The Obstacle is the Way by Ryan Holiday
Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas père
The Executioner's Song by Norman Mailer
Through my Eyes by Tim Tebow and Nathan Whitaker
Hamlet by William Shakespeare
Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
Encountering God by Diana L. Eck
Survivor (CBS)
The Bachelor (ABC)
The Real Housewives (Bravo)
"'Survivor' Contestant Opens Up About Being Outed as Transgender" (Zeke Smith, The Hollywood Reporter)
Crazy Rich Asians (Warner Bros. Pictures)
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