Ep. 135 The Autobiography of Malcolm X as told to Alex Haley– The Stacks Book Club (Marc Lamont Hill)

October 28, 2020September 6, 2022 ~ TheStacksPodcast ~ Leave a comment

Today is The Stacks Book Club conversation of The Autobiography of Malcolm X as told Alex Haley. We are joined again by Marc Lamont Hill, author, professor, activist, podcast host, and bookseller for this discussion of one of the important works on nonfiction in American history. We talk about the ways this book transformed us, the bravery of changing one’s mind, and the ways in which this book still feels relevant fifty-five years later.
There are no spoilers on this episode.

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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 Autobiography of Malcolm X as told to Alex Haley
Nobody by Marc Lamont Hill
We Still Here by Marc Lamont Hill
Uncle Bobbies Coffee & Books
Malcom X (Spike Lee, 1992)
Kimberly Guilfoyle

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Alex Haley
Alex Haley’s Interview of Malcolm X (Playboy, 1963)
Elijah Muhammad
Wallace Fard Muhammad
Louis Farrakhan
Muhammad Ali
Sula by Toni Morrison
Malcolm X by Manning Marable
The Dead are Arising by Les Payne and Tamara Payne
Martin Luther King Jr.
Jesse Jackson
Attica Prison Uprising
Rodney King
Nelson Mandela
John Lewis
Gamal Abdel Nasser
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
The Mountain Top by Katori Hall
“The House Negro and the Field Negro” Speech (1965)
Medgar Evers
White Fragility by Robin Diangelo
“What We Know About the Death of George Floyd in Minneapolis” (The New York Times)
“The War Over King’s Legacy” (Vern E. Smith and Jon Meacham, The Washington Post)
Harry Belafonte
Combahee River Collective
Angela Y. Davis
Mariame Kaba
Ruth Wilson Gilmore
Who Killed Malcolm X (Netflix)
Winnie Mandela
W. E. B. DuBois
The Butterfly Effect by Marcus J. Moore

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Ep. 134 The Stacks Election Special with Akilah Hughes

October 21, 2020September 6, 2022 ~ TheStacksPodcast ~ Leave a comment

Today we’re doing something different. With the election just two weeks away, we’re diving head first into the election and politics. Akilah Hughes, host of Crooked Media’s daily news podcast, What A Day, joins us to talk about covering news in fall 2020 and answer your questions about the election. In addition to hosting What a Day Akilah is the author of Obviously: Stories from My Timeline, a comedian, and a TV writer.

The Stacks Book Club selection for October is The Autobiography of Malcom Xas told to Alex Haley, we will discuss the book with Marc Lamont Hill on October 28th.

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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.

Obviously by Akilah Hughes
What a Day (Crooked Media)
Crooked Media
Lovett or Leave It (Crooked Media)
Jon Lovett
Pod Save America (Crooked Media)
Pod Save America (HBO)
Vote Save America
Bob’s Burger (FOX)
Gideon Resnick
Rachel Maddow
Fusion
The Black and Brown Forums
Bernie Sanders
Hilary Clinton
Martin O’Malley
Jorge Ramos
Alicia Menendez
Lindsey Graham
Pete Buttigeig
Jaime Harrison
“Keep Calm and Harrison” (What a Day, Crooked Media)
“Take it Espy” (What a Day, Crooked Media)
“Racism Cont’d” (What a Day, Crooked Media)
“Still No Justice for Breonna Taylor” (What a Day, Crooked Media)
Michael Barbaro
Steve Kornacki
Nate Silver
Feedly
Twitter
“Video shows comedian confront Harvey Weinstein during performance” (The Washington Post)
Animal Crossing
Mario Kart
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
MacArthur Fellows
Jacqueline Woodson
N. K. Jemisin
“The Short Stacks 28: Jacqueline Woodson//Red at the Bone” (The Stacks)
BookCon
Watchmen (HBO)
Nicholas Britell
Regina King
Voter Registration Deadlines
Election Protection Hotline
Ballotpedia
“It’s no wonder hundreds of millions have been spent on Prop. 22. A lot is at stake” (George Skelton, The Los Angeles Times)
Voter’s Edge
“Questions to Mark Zuckerberg show many senators don’t get Facebook” (Shara Tibken, cnet.com)
Libro.FM

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Ep. 133 Stacks on Stacks with Desus and Mero

October 14, 2020September 6, 2022 ~ TheStacksPodcast ~ Leave a comment

Today we welcome two illustrious guests to The Stacks, Desus Nice & The Kid Mero. You know them from the #1 show in late night, Desus & Mero on Showtime, and their podcast Bodega Boys. The pair are now New York Times Best Selling authors with the release of their book God-Level Knowledge Darts: Life Lessons from the Bronx. Today we talk about the consumption of culture, the importance of growth and accountability in comedy, and the Bronx, of course.

The Stacks Book Club selection for October is The Autobiography of Malcom X as told to Alex Haley, we will discuss the book with Marc Lamont Hill on October 28th.

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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.

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Twitch
Kobe Bryant
Black*ish Election Special Episode (ABC, S7 E1)
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Prodigy
Mob Deep
Wawa
Erewhon Market
TextEdit
Grey’s Anatomy (ABC)
Google Keep
Becks
xbox 360
Grand Theft Auto III
Wii
MLB Power Pros
Fraiser (NBC)
I Love Lucy (CBS)
Town House Pita Crackers
Crown Fried Chicken
William Shakespeare
Lactaid
How to Murder You Life by Kat Marnell
Beyond the Streets by Roger Gastam
Piecebook by Sacha Jenkins and David “Chino” Villorente
Worldpiece Book by Sacha Jenkins and David “Chino” Villorente
Basketball (and Other Things) by Shea Serrano, illustrations by Arturo Torres
Movies (and Other Things) by Shea Serrano, illustrations by Arturo Torres
Black Boy by Richard Wright
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
“Time Enough at Last” (The Twilight Zone, S1 E8)
Quibi
“Some Questions About Meryl Streep’s Bookshelves” (Bridget Read, The Cut)
James Patterson
The Autobiography of Malcolm X as told to Alex Haley

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Ep. 132 Coffee & Books with Marc Lamont Hill

October 7, 2020September 6, 2022 ~ TheStacksPodcast ~ Leave a comment

Our guest today is Marc Lamont Hill. Marc is a modern day renaissance man. He is an author (Nobody, We Still Here), professor, owner of Uncle Bobbie’s Coffee and Books, and the host of the new podcast Coffee & Books. Marc joins us today to discuss his passion for reading, Black death as a form of entertainment, and what readers should know about selling books.

The Stacks Book Club selection for October is The Autobiography of Malcolm X as told to Alex Haley, we will discuss the book with Marc Lamont Hill on October 28th.

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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

Nobody by Marc Lamont Hill
We Still Here by Marc Lamont Hill
The Autobiography of Malcolm X as told to Alex Haley
Dick and Jane by William S. Gray
The Outsiders by. S. E. Hinton
Are You There God? Its Me, Margaret. by Judy Blume
Black Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill Collins
Black Bourgeoisie by E. Franklin Frazier
Danielle Steel
Jabari Asim
belle hooks
Jason Reynolds
Heavy by Kiese Laymon
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
Except for Palestine by Marc Lamont Hill
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
How We Fight for Our Lives by Saeed Jones
Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson
Mountain Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder
New People by Danzy Senna

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The Yellow House by Sarah M. Broom
The Beauty in Breaking by Michele Harper
Breathe by Imani Perry
The Willie Lynch Letter and the Making of a Slave by Willie Lynch
The Runaways by Fatima Bhutto
When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris
Samantha Irby
Remembered Rapture by belle hooks
The Bell Curve by Richard J. Herrnstein and Charles Murray
Begin Again by Eddie S. Glaude Jr.
James Baldwin
Rage by Bob Woodward
All the President’s Men by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward
JFK by Fredrik Logevall
Wicked Flesh by Jessica Marie Johnson
Stakes is High by Mychal Denzel Smith
Traces of Racial Exception by Ronit Lentin
Brother Ray by Ray Charles and David Ritz
Luther by Craig Seymour
Respect by David Ritz
Aretha by Aretha Franklin with David Ritz
W. E. B. Du Bois by David Levering Lewis
José Saramago
Junot Díaz
Octavia E. Butler
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) by American Psychiatric Association

Everything Else

Uncle Bobbie’s Coffee and Books (Philadelphia, PA)
Coffee and Books (Embassy Row)
Temple University
The Marshall Plan
The G. I. Bill
Jet Magazine
Ebony Magazine
Hakim’s Bookstore
Dawud Hakim
Haymarket Books
Frank Barat
“White Woman Is Fired After Calling Police on Black Man in Central Park” (Sarah Maslin Nir, The New York Times)
“CNN fires Marc Lamont Hill in wake of remarks criticizing Israel and calling for a ‘free Palestine’” (Eli Rosenberg, The Washington Post)
“Disgraced comedian Louis CK is going on a world tour — so much for cancel culture” (Daniel Bukszpan, CNBC)
“Ep. 118 Living the Revision with Kiese Laymon” (The Stacks)
“Ep. 122 Breathe by Imani Perry — The Stacks Book Club (Kiese Laymon)” (The Stacks)
Love Jones (Theodore Witcher, 1997)
Jay-Z
“Eddie S. Glaude Jr. Talks “Begin Again: James Baldwin’s America and Its Urgent Lessons For Our Own”” (Coffee & Books, Embassy Row)
“Marc Lamont Hill on Voting Green, Not Being Afraid of Trump: ‘We Can Afford to Lose an Election; We Can’t Afford to Lose Our Values'” (Kirsten West Savali, The Root)
Luther Vandross
“David Ritz Discusses His Impressive Ghostwriting” (Coffee & Books, Embassy Row)
The New York Times Best Seller List

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The Stacks Book Club — October 2020

October 1, 2020October 1, 2020 ~ TheStacksPodcast ~ Leave a comment

On October 29, 1965 Alex Haley published The Autobiography of Malcolm, eight months and eight days after the assassination of the Muslim minister and Civil Rights activist. Fifty-five years later, almost to the day, we will discuss this iconic work of nonfiction for The Stacks Book Club.

Malcolm X is one of the most influential figures of the 20th century. His life was cut short but his message lives on and is as relevant now as it was over fifty years ago. The Autobiography of Malcolm spans Malcolm X’s life, from his youth in Michigan to his hustling days in Boston to his murder in Harlem, all in his own words. The reader follows along as Malcolm X undergoes multiple transformations to become one of the most important leaders for Black empowerment.

We will be discussing The Autobiography of Malcolm on the podcast on Wednesday, October 28th. You can find out who our guest will be by listening to the podcast on September 7th. If you’d like even more discussion around the book consider joining The Stacks Pack on Patreon and participating in The Stacks’ monthly virtual book club.

Order your copy of our July book on Bookshop.org or Amazon.

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