Unabridged: The NYC Early Show with Kiese Laymon

November 24, 2023November 22, 2023 ~ TheStacksPodcast ~ Leave a comment

This Unabridged is a conversation with author and friend of The Stacks Kiese Laymon from our early show in New York City. We hear from Kiese about how he knows when his work is ready for an audience, and get intel on his forthcoming book. We also get into sports, hot topics, and the unmatched confidence of New Yorkers.

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Heavy by Kiese Laymon
Scribner Books
“Mira Jacob, Kiese Laymon, and Saeed Jones on the Art of Memoir” (Bookable Podcast)
Good Talk by Mira Jacob
How We Fight for Our Lives by Saeed Jones
Andre Holland
Kathy Belden
Jason Reynolds
“Unabridged: The DC Live Show with Jason Reynolds” (The Stacks)
Mike Trout
A Chorus Line by James Kirkwood
Los Angeles Lakers
New York Knickerbockers
Golden State Warriors
Kobe Bryant
Shaquille O’Neal
Minnesota Timberwolves
Sacramento Kings
Kevin Garnett
Andris Biedriņš
Baron Davis
Steph Curry
Monta Ellis
Stephen Jackson
LeBron James
Jeanie Buss
Miami Heat
Cleveland Cavaliers
Larry Ellison
Klay Thompson
Draymond Green
Andrew Bogut
Jordan Poole
Phoenix Suns
Memphis Grizzlies
Ja Morant
“NBA suspends Ja Morant 25 games for waving a gun on Instagram Live” (Justin Ford, NBC News)
Adam Silver
“Eagles Receiver Who Used Slur Takes Leave Amid Uproar” (Jeré Longman, The New York Times)
Michael Vick
New York Jets
Aaron Rodgers
“Jets’ Aaron Rodgers has torn Achilles tendon, ending season” (Rich Cimini, ESPN)
Joe Rogan
Sebastian Telfair
“Packers’ Aaron Rodgers admits he misled public, media by saying he was ‘immunized’ against COVID-19” (Chris Bengel, CBS Sports)
Meghan Markle
Prince Harry
Kevin De Bruyne
1992 Los Angeles riots
OJ Simpson Trial
Polly Klass
We Are a Haunting by Tyriek White
Jesmyn Ward
The People’s Hospital by Ricardo Nuila
Survival Math by Mitchell S. Jackson
The Reckonings by Lacy M. Johnson
Reginald Dwayne Betts
Stories from the Tenants Downstairs by Sidik Fofana
Caveat NYC (New York City, NY)
Cafe Con Libros (Brooklyn, NY)

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Unabridged: The DC Live Show with Jason Reynolds

October 20, 2023November 19, 2023 ~ TheStacksPodcast ~ Leave a comment

This Unabridged episode features audio from our Washington DC stop of The Stacks Tour, featuring bestselling author and friend of the show Jason Reynolds. We discuss Jason’s bath routine, the real story behind his book Ghost and our favorite guest on The Stacks.

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There Was a Party for Langston by Jason Reynolds, illustrated by Jerome Pumphrey and Jarrett Pumphrey
Ghost by Jason Reynolds
When I Was the Greatest by Jason Reynolds
The Boy in the Black Suit by Jason Reynolds
As Brave as You by Jason Reynolds
Loyalty Bookstores (Washington, DC)
Gavin Newsom
Jason’s bathtub broom and dustpan
Alpha Keri Oil
Schomburg Society (NYC)
The Negro Speaks of Rivers by Langston Hughes
Battle of the Banned at the MLK Library (Washington, DC)
Library of Congress (Washington, DC)
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library (Washington, DC)
Southwest Library (Washington, DC)
The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson
Folger Shakespeare Library (Washington, DC)
William Shakespeare
“#1 New York Times Bestselling Children’s Book Author and Two-Time National Book Award Finalist Jason Reynolds to Publish Debut Novel for Adults with Scribner” (Simon & Schuster)
“Ep. 198 We’ll Be Okay with Jason Reynolds” (The Stacks)
Iseey Miyake Pants
“Ep. 160 Black People Doing Spectacular Things with Hanif Abdurraqib” (The Stacks)

A Little Devil in America by Hanif Abdurraqib
“Ep. 172 The Art vs. The Artist with Quentin Tarantino” (The Stacks)
Django Unchained (Quentin Tarantino, 2012)
Monsters by Claire Dederer
“Uma Thurman’s story about Quentin Tarantino adds another layer to the #MeToo conversation” (Heather Dockray, Mashable)
Kiese Laymon
“Episode 1239 – Quentin Tarantino” (WTF with Marc Maron)
“Quentin Tarantino | Club Random w/Bill Maher” (Club Random)
Safeway
“Ep. 261 All at Once with Clint Smith” (The Stacks)
Arsenal F.C.
The Shining (Stanley Kubrick, 1980)
The Shining by Stephen King
The Godfather (Francis Ford Coppola, 1972)
The Godfather by Mario Puzo
The Offer (Paramount+)
Miles Teller
Black Klansman by Ron Stallworth
BlacKKKlansman (Spike Lee, 2018)
Gone with the Wind (Victor Fleming, 1940)
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
“The secrets behind Vivien Leigh’s red dress in ‘Gone with the Wind’” (Floriane Reynaud, Vogue)
Stamped by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Untamed by Glennon Doyle
1984 by George Orwell
Flux by Jinwoo Chong
Jesus Land by Julia Scheeres
A Thousand Lives by Julia Scheeres
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
An Island Princess Starts a Scandal by Adriana Herrera

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Unabridged: The Chicago Live Show with Samantha Irby

September 15, 2023October 17, 2023 ~ TheStacksPodcast ~ Leave a comment

This episode of The Stacks Unabridged features audio from our Chicago show on the Live in The Stacks tour. Humorist, TV writer and author Samantha Irby joins to talk about her new book Quietly Hostile: Essays. We also discuss books we love, books we hate and Hunter Biden’s memoir. This is an edited version of the live show, so if you want more, come join us on tour! Get your tickets here.

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Samantha Irby
Live in The Stacks Tour
Quietly Hostile by Samantha Irby
Quietly Hostile by Samantha Irby (audiobook)
Meaty by Samantha Irby
“Ep. 106 Samantha Irby//Wow, No Thank You” (The Stacks)
Wow, No Thank You by Samantha Irby
Diet Coke
Charmin
The Charmin Bears
Dave Matthews Band
Shonda Rhimes
Shondaland
Betsy Beers
Oprah
Year of Yes by Shonda Rhimes
“Ep. 18 Year of Yes by Shonda Rhimes — The Stacks Book Club (Ashley North)” (The Stacks)
New Boy by Tracy Chevalier
“Ep. 10 New Boy by Tracy Chevalier — The Stacks Book Club (Vella Lovell)” (The Stacks)
Othello by William Shakespeare
O (Tim Blake Nelson, 2001)
Vella Lovell
The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz and Janet Mills
“Ep. 40 The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz — The Stacks Book Club (Alec Penix)” (The Stacks)
The Line Becomes a River by Francisco Cantu
Sally Rooney
Paul Mescal
Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney
Emergency Contact by Mary H. K. Choi
Permanent Record by Mary H. K. Choi
Yolk by Mary H. K. Choi
“Ep. 155 The Art of the Crush with Mary H.K. Choi” (The Stacks)
Missbehave Magazine
Stephen King
11/22/63 by Stephen King
Helter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi
Reclaiming History by Vincent Bugliosi
Four Days in November by Vincent Bugliosi
The Real Housewives of New York City (Bravo)
Quality Value Convenience (QVC)
The Cheesecake Factory
Red Lobster
Ron DeSantis
Hunter Biden
Beautiful Things by Hunter Biden
Semicolon Bookstore (Chicago, IL)
Los Angeles Times

Dune by Frank Herbert
Allow Me to Retort by Elie Mystal
Congratulations, the Best Is Over by R. Eric Thomas
“Ep. 112 R. Eric Thomas//Here for It” (The Stacks)
Yellowface by R. F. Kuang
Fall and Rise by Mitchell Zuckoff
We Were Once a Family by Roxanna Asgarian
Big Summer by Jennifer Weiner
The Only Plane in the Sky by Garrett M. Graff
Homegrown by Jeffrey Toobin
The Good Soldiers by David Finkel
Two Girls Down by Louisa Luna

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Unabridged: The Oakland Live Show with Leila Mottley

August 25, 2023September 13, 2023 ~ TheStacksPodcast ~ Leave a comment

This Unabridged features audio from our first stop on The Stacks tour in Oakland with Leila Mottley. We talk about her book Nightcrawling and share our reality TV hot takes. We also give audience book recommendations with a special guest. This is an edited version of the live show, so if you want more, come join us on tour! Get your tickets here.

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Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley
Oprah’s Book Club
Heathrow Airport (London UK)
Women’s World Cup
Oakland Airport (Oakland, CA)
SFO Airport (San Francisco, CA)
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Screen Actors Guild
Writers Guild of America
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Oprah Winfrey
Stedman Graham
Gayle King
Oprah’s Book Club Instagram
Oprah gives away books at the beach (IG)
Old Navy
“Sex, suicide and failure to report: How Oakland police scandal unfolded” (Sara Sidner, CNN)
Ron DeSantis
TikTok
Nightcrawling on Goodreads
The Bachelorette
Brayden Bowers
Michelle Young
Nayte Olukoya
Brandon Jones
112
Dale Moss

Clare Crawley
“Every Detail of the Vanderpump Rules #Scandoval Drama in Chronological Order” (Hannah Selinger, Vulture)
Love is Blind (Netflix)
Too Hot to Handle (Netflix)
The Ultimatum: Queer Love (Netflix)
The Ultimatum: Marry or Move On (Netflix)
The Real Housewives of Potomac
Ramona Singer
Memorial Drive by Natasha Trethewey
Shut Up, This Is Serious by Carolina Ixta
Marcus Books (Oakland, CA)
The Stacks Pack
The Art of Desire by Selena Montgomery
Stacey Abrams
You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwake Emezi
“Barack Obama’s 2023 Summer Reading List Is Here” (Emily Burack, Town & Country)
Solito by Javier Zamora
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Sula by Toni Morrison
Tin House workshop
MacDowell writers residency
Magical Negro by Morgan Parker
Under a Soprano Sky by Sonia Sanchez
We Were Once a Family by Roxana Asgarian
The Hart Family Murders
Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond
Evicted by Matthew Desmond
Promises of Gold by José Olivarez
The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw
National Book Award
The Big Five Publishers
West VA University Press
1491 by Charles C. Mann
There There by Tommy Orange
The Prophets by Robert Jones Jr.
Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson
The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka
All About Love by bell hooks
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
Milk Blood Heat by Dantiel W. Moniz
Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson
Walking on Cowrie Shells by Nana Nkweti
Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Big Swiss by Jen Beagin
Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
The Country of the Blind by Andrew Leland
Retinitis pigmentosa (RP)
Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments by Saidiya Hartman
Temple Folk by Aaliyah Bilal

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Unabridged: Talking HBO’s Watchmen Series with David Dennis Jr.

July 28, 2023August 23, 2023 ~ TheStacksPodcast ~ Leave a comment

Friend of The Stacks David Dennis Jr. is back to help us break down the 2019 HBO limited series Watchmen, in honor of our July book club episode about Alan Moore’s iconic graphic novel. We discuss David’s obsession with the show, its pivotal race moments and one special ingredient that the series added to its source material.

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The Movement Made Us by David Dennis Sr and David Dennis Jr
Watchmen (HBO)
Watchmen (Zack Snyder, 2009)
“Ep. 277 Watchmen by Alan Moore — The Stacks Book Club” (The Stacks)
Regina King
Damon Lindelof
Rap Stories (ESPN, Andscape, David Dennis Jr)
“Bun B” (Rap Stories)
“Big K.R.I.T.” (Rap Stories)
“MC Lyte” (Rap Stories)
“Curren$y” (Rap Stories)
“Freddie Gibbs” (Rap Stories)
“Goodie Mob” (Rap Stories)
“Ja Rule” (Rap Stories)
“Between Me & You” (Ja Rule ft. Christina Milian, 2000)
All My Sons by Arthur Miller
“Did It On’em” (Nicki Minaj, 2010)
Top 10 by Alan Moore, Zander Cannon and Gene Ha
Jean Smart
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
Tulsa race massacre
Lost (ABC)
The Leftovers (HBO)
“This Extraordinary Being” (Watchmen, HBO)
Cord Jefferson
“All-Time 100 Novels: Watchmen” (Lev Grossman, Time)
Hamlet by William Shakespeare
Burn It Down by Maureen Ryan
“Lost Illusions: The Untold Story of the Hit Show’s Poisonous Culture” (Maureen Ryan, Vanity Fair)
George Zimmerman
Kyle Rittenhouse
Bruce Wayne/Batman
Clark Kent/Superman
The Incredibles (Brad Bird, 2004)
Black Panther (Ryan Coogler and Marc Forster, 2018)
Independence Day (Roland Emmerich, 1996)
Jussie Smollett hate crime hoax
Doomsday Clock by Geoff Johns and Gary Frank
Green Lantern by Grant Morrison and Liam Sharp
Geoff Johns
Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Simone Biles
Oklahoma! (Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, 1943)
Rodgers and Hammerstein
“Breaking Down the Season Premiere of ‘Watchmen’” (The Watch)
Juliet Litman
Oklahoma! (2019 revival)
Around the Horn (ESPN)

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Unabridged: I’m a New Bitch Every Month with Jamilah Mapp and Erica Dickerson

June 30, 2023July 27, 2023 ~ TheStacksPodcast ~ Leave a comment

Podcasters and co-authors Jamilah Mapp and Erica Dickerson join Unabridged to talk about their new book A Good Mom’s Guide to Making Bad Choices. We get into their collaborative process, how they’ve embraced changing their minds in public and they explain how they navigate privacy with their daughters, plus more!

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Good Moms Bad Choices
A Good Mom’s Guide to Making Bad Choices by Jamilah Mapp and Erica Dickerson
Tinder
“Ep 269 | Marriage and Martinis” (Good Moms, Bad Choices)
The Good Vibe Retreat
HotelTonight
Grammarly
The Ethical Slut by Janet W. Hardy, Dossie Easton and Dossie Easton
Communion by bell hooks
Why Men Love Bitches by Sherry Argov
“The Ethical Slut Feat Janet Hardy” (Good Moms, Bad Choices)
Women Who Run with the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estés
Untamed by Glennon Doyle
Erykah Badu
Chrissy Teigen
Fifty Shades of Grey by E. L. James
Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul by Kimberly Kirberger, Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen

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Unabridged: The Best of 2023…So Far with Lupita Aquino, Liberty Hardy, and Greta Johnsen

May 26, 2023June 21, 2023 ~ TheStacksPodcast ~ Leave a comment

Here by popular demand is our first Unabridged mid-year best of’s (so-far) episode, featuring a trio of our favorite bookish friends – Book Riot’s Liberty Hardy, Lupita Aquino (aka @Lupita.Reads) and Nerdette’s Greta Johnsen. We list and discuss our favorite 2023 releases we’ve read, the backslist we’re obsessed with, and a few picks we’re looking forward to in the back half of the year.

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Nerdette (WBEZ Chicago)
“Ep. 195 The Best Books of 2021 with Lupita Aquino and Morgan Hoit” (The Stacks)
“Ep. 131 The Undocumented Americans by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio — The Stacks Book Club (Lupita Aquino)” (The Stacks)
“Ep. 127 Crushes and Controversy with Lupita Aquino” (The Stacks)
@Lupita.Reads (IG)
All the Books! (Book Riot)
The Dog of the North by Elizabeth McKenzie
The Portable Veblen by Elizabeth McKenzie
National Book Award
The Dog of the South by Charles Portis
Kevin Wilson
Take What You Need by Idra Novi
“Nerdette Book Club: Idra Novey on ‘Take What You Need’” (Nerdette, WBEZ Chicago)
Better the Blood by Michael Bennett
“Nerdette Book Club: Michael Bennett on ‘Better the Blood’” (Nerdette, WBEZ Chicago)
The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty
The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty
Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H.
“Reading While Lapsed: A Conversation with BookTok Icon Lupita Aquino” (Lapsed)
“Ep. 253 I Tend to Write About It with Lamya H.” (The Stacks)
We Were Once a Family by Roxanna Asgarian
“Child in viral Portland police hug photo missing, 5 family members dead after California cliff crash” (Shane Dixon Kavanaugh, The Oregonian)
We Were Once a Family by Roxanna Asgarian (audiobook)
Rough Sleepers by Tracy Kidder
Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder
Paul Farmer
Jim O’Connell
The People Who Report More Stress by Alejandro Varela
The Town of Babylon by Alejandro Varela
Going Zero by Anthony McCarten
Marin Ireland
Bottoms Up and the Devil Laughs by Kerry Howley
Deep as the Sky, Red as the Sea by Rita Chang-Eppig
Big Swiss y Jen Beagin
The Night Flowers by Sara Herchenroether
Rivermouth by Alejandra Oliva
A Living Remedy by Nicole Chung
Promises of Gold by José Olivarez
“Ep. 258 Long-Suffering Basketball Fans with José Olivarez” (The Stacks)
Angie Cruz
Soledad by Angie Cruz
Let It Rain Coffee by Angie Cruz
My Government Means to Kill Me by Rasheed Newson
Bayard Rustin
Fred Trump
Larry Kramer
The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
The Bad Guys by Aaron Blabey
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (The WB)
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
William Shakespeare
Last Night in Montreal by Emily St. John Mandel
The Singer’s Gun by Emily St. John Mandel
The Lola Quartet by Emily St. John Mandel
“Your summer books preview” (Nerdette)
Lucky Red by Claudia Cravens
Flores and Miss Paula by Melissa Rivero
The Affairs of the Falcons by Melissa Rivero
“Best books of 2021” (Nerdette)
MJ Franklin
Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward
More is More by Molly Baz
Chicky Chicky Bread Bread (Molly Baz from Instagram)
Raw Dog by Jamie Loftus
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
The Fragile Threads of Power by V. E. Schwab
How Much of These Hills is Gold by C. Pam Zhang
Land of Milk and Honey by C. Pam Zhang
Blackouts by Justin Torres
We the Animals by Justin Torres
We the Animals (Jeremiah Zagar, 2018)
Company by Shannon Sanders
Danielle Evans
Creep by Myriam Gurba
The Great White Bard by Farah Karim-Cooper

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Unabridged: Making a Book of Poems with Victoria Adukwei Bulley and Matthew Hollis

April 28, 2023May 17, 2023 ~ TheStacksPodcast ~ Leave a comment

On this Unabridged, we hear from poet Victoria Adukwei Bulley (Quiet: Poems) and her editor Matthew Hollis about their process in collaborating on a book of poems. They talk about the secrets shared between editors and authors, how the poems look on the page and the art of punctuation and line endings.

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Quiet by Victoria Adukwei Bulley
The Sovereignty of Quiet by Kevin Quashie
Brown University (Providence, RI)
Faber and Faber
Lavinia Singer
Geoffrey Chaucer
John Keats
Royal Holloway, University of London
Lavinia Greenlaw
Emma Patterson
Samuel Beckett
T. S. Eliot
Ezra Pound
The Waste Land by Matthew Hollis
William Shakespeare
Tim Carroll
Ted Hughes
Premier League
League One
Norwich City F. C.
Ipswich Town F.C.
Arsenal F.C.
Manchester City F.C.
Clint Smith
Sula by Toni Morrison
In Praise of Shadows by Junichiro Tanizaki

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Unabridged: One for the Books with Rachel Lindsay and Chelsea Devantez

March 31, 2023May 17, 2023 ~ TheStacksPodcast ~ Leave a comment

Here is a little abridged version of Traci’s live show “One for the Books” with LAist. This time around, it’s a conversation with friends of the show Chelsea Devantez and Rachel Lindsay. We talk about Rachel’s book, why we should care about celebrity memoirs, the Bachelor franchise and so much more.

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LAist
Celebrity Book Club with Chelsea Devantez
Spare by Prince Harry
J. R. Moehringer
Open by Andre Agassi
Shoe Dog by Phil Knight
My Life So Far by Jane Fonda
I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jeanette McCurdy
Will by Will Smith
Mark Manson
A Promised Land by Barack Obama
Becoming by Michelle Obama
“Obama is reportedly feeling competitive after Michelle’s smash-hit memoir and sometimes says she used a ghostwriter” (Alex Lockie, Insider)
Miss Me with That by Rachel Lindsay
Real Love by Rachel Lindsay
The Salt Eaters Bookshop (Inglewood, CA)
Extra TV
Higher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay (The Ringer)
Morally Corrupt (The Ringer)
The Bachelorette (ABC)
Jonathan Franzen
Sliding Doors (Peter Howitt, 1998)
Bryan Abasolo
‘”The Bachelorette’: Racist, Sexist Tweets Surface From Contestant on ABC Show” (Elizabeth Wagmeister, Variety)
“‘The Bachelorette’: “Whaboom” Guy Admits He Went on the Show for Fame” (Christina Schoellkopf, Hollywood Reporter)
Zach Shallcross
Emily Maynard
Tayshia Adams
Matt James
“Rachael Kirkconnell Realized ‘Racist’ Fraternity Party Was Wrong Before ‘Bachelor’ Scandal: ‘I’m So Ashamed’” (Erin Crabtree, US Magazine)
Beverly Hills Disc and Laser Therapy Center (Beverly Hills, CA)
Fame (Alan Parker, 1980)
Sofia Quintero
Alexa Martin
Not Dead Yet (ABC)
The Problem with Jon Stewart (AppleTV+)
MILF Manor (TLC)
Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey
Delta Style by Delta Burke
Designing Women (CBS)
Open Book by Jessica Simpson
Love, Loss, and What We Ate by Padma Lakshmi
True Love by Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer Lopez: Halftime (Netflix)
Tommy Mottola
Mariah Carey
“Jessica Simpson Opened Up About “Feeling Like A Failure” For Years After Being Body-Shamed By The World In 2009” (Natasha Jokic, Buzzfeed News)
John Mayer
Tony Romo
Dallas Cowboys
Rihanna
Rihanna’s Superbowl Halftime Show
Rihanna 2023 Performance
Beyoncé
Seth and Rihanna Go Day Drinking
Sandra Bullock
Jesse James
Kat Von D
Kanye West
North West
Meghan Markle
“Jada Pinkett Smith writing book covering ‘complicated marriage to Will Smith’” (Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly)
“Kerry Washington Is Set to Release New Memoir: ‘I Hope Readers Will Receive It with Open Hearts'” (Julie Jordan, People)
Unprisoned
Rue McClanahan
“Barbra Streisand’s First Memoir, ‘My Name Is Barbra’, Set For Fall Release” (Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline)
“Prince Harry’s Memoir The Spare” (Celebrity Book Club)
Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry
“Matthew Perry’s Memoir Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing” (Celebrity Book Club)
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
Goosebumps by R. L. Stine
Scandal (ABC)
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
Toni Morrison
The Light We Carry by Michelle Obama
You Deserve Better by Tyler Cameron
Paris by Paris Hilton
The Sword and the Shield by Peniel E. Joseph

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Unabridged: Phone Detox with Mr. Stacks

February 24, 2023February 27, 2023 ~ TheStacksPodcast ~ Leave a comment

Mr. Stacks is back! In this edition of Unabridged, we talk about our phone detox, which was inspired by the book How to Break Up with Your Phone: The 30-Day Plan to Take Back Your Life by Catherine Price. We discuss what went well, what was hard, and our plans moving forward. We answer audience questions about the challenge, along with some general ones about books.

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Everything we talk about on today’s episode can be found below in the show notes. You can also find what we talked about on Amazon.

How to Break Up with Your Phone by Catherine Price
The Stacks Discord
Bad Bunny
Days that Shaped America: The Challenger Disaster (History Channel)
“I Like It” (Cardi B ft. Bad Bunny and J Balvin, 2018)
Randy Weaver
How to Break Up with Your Phone (audiobook)
Flowers (Miley Cyrus, 2023)
Lady Gaga
Whitney Houston
“I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)” (Whitney Houston, 1987)
Days That Shaped America (History)
Days that Shaped America: Oklahoma City Bombing (History)
Days that Shaped America: Waco Siege (History)
Murder trial of O.J. Simpson
“Ep. 255 The Round House by Louise Erdrich — The Stacks Book Club (Mina Kimes)” (The Stacks)
Amazon Kindle
Alarm Clock
Freedom App
Screen Life Balance (15% off if you sign up for the newsletter)
Los Angeles Times
The Atlantic
The Cell by Siddhartha Mukherjee
The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Ride or Die by Shanita Hubbard
Weightless by Evette Dionne
Koresh by Stephan Talty
David Koresh
Jim Jones
Taylor Kitsch
Waco (Paramount Plus)
Heavy by Kiese Laymon
Men We Reaped by Jesmyn Ward
Where Men Win Glory by Jon Krakauer
Missoula by Jon Krakauer
Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer
Bill Bryson
A Brief History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
Neil deGrasse Tyson
Christopher Hitchens
On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder

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