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.

BOOKS

• 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
• Dick Couch
• 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
• Graham Greene
• Encountering God by Diana L. Eck

EVERYTHING ELSE

• Survivor (CBS)
• GLAAD
• Transforming Family
• Jeff Probst
• Chris Harrison
• Longchamp Purse
• The Bachelor (ABC)
• The Real Housewives (Bravo)
• Teresa Guidice
• “‘Survivor’ Contestant Opens Up About Being Outed as Transgender” (Zeke Smith, The Hollywood Reporter)
• Goodreads
• Rachel Maddow
• Crazy Rich Asians (Warner Bros. Pictures)
• Nico Santos

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