Our guest for this episode is Elamin Abdelmahmoud – political and cultural commentator, Buzzfeed News senior culture writer and author of the new essay collection Son of Elsewhere: A Memoir in Pieces. We discuss the meaning of “elsewhere” in his work, and the complexity of loving something that doesn’t align with your politics. We also get into Black music, and great books on music.

The Stacks Book Club selection for July is Season of Migration to the North by Tayeb Salih. We will discuss the book on July 27th with Elamin Abdelmahmoud.

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

• Son of Elsewhere by Elamin Abdelmahmoud
• Season of Migration to the North by Tayeb Salih
• Buzzfeed News
• Pop Chat (CBC Podcasts)
• Podcast Playlist (CBC Radio)
• Party Lines (CBC Podcasts)
• Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
• Tucker Carlson
• Pepsi
• Coke Zero
• Mexican Coke
• Nas
• Lauryn Hill
• Ralph Peer
• Ja Rule
• The O.C. (FOX)
• Limp Bizkit
• Total Request Live (MTV)
• Mohamed “Mo” Salah
• Liverpool FC
• Manchester United FC
• Crystal Palace FC
• Manchester City FC
• Ederson Santana de Moraes
• Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
• We Keep the Dead Close by Becky Cooper
• Leaving Isn’t the Hardest Thing by Lauren Hough
• Hidden Valley Road by Robert Kolker
• Only Plane in the Sky by Garrett M Graff
• Life Undercover by Amaryllis Fox
• A Thousand Lives by Julia Scheeres
• Going Clear by Lawrence Wright
• The Looming Tower by Lawrence Wright
• Memorial Drive by Natasha Trethewey
• Champagne Supernovas by Maureen Callahan
• Marc Jacobs
• Alexander McQueen
• Kate Moss
• Where the Devil Don’t Stay by Stephen Deusner
• Drive-By Truckers
• Jason Isbell
• Coventry by Rachel Cusk
• Home Is Not a Country by Safia Elhillo
• Washes, Prays by Noor Naga
• Rap Capital by Joe Coscarelli
• Young Thug
• Lil Baby
• Migos
• Outkast
• “The South got something to say” – Outkast at the Source Awards
• Drake
• Honestly, Nevermind (Drake, 2022)
• YoungBoy Never Broke Again
• Jack Harlow
• “Glamorous” (Fergie, 2006)
• “First Class” (Jack Harlow, 2022)
• “What’s Poppin” (Jack Harlow, 2020)
• Dua Lipa
• Madonna
• Michael Jackson
• The Come Up by Jonathan Abrams
• What’s Good by Daniel Levin Becker
• Shine Bright by Danyel Smith
• “Ep. 216 Shine Bright by Danyel Smith – The Stacks Book Club (Novena Carmel)” (The Stacks)
• It Was All a Dream by Justin Tinsley
• “Ep. 220 Spread Love It’s the Brooklyn Way with Justin Tinsley” (The Stacks)
• The Butterfly Effect by Marcus J Moore
• “Ep. 139 The Butterfly Effect by Marcus J. Moore – The Stacks Book Club (Cole Cuchna)” (The Stacks)
• Cole Cuchna
• Dissect Podcast (Spotify Studios)
• The Meaning of Mariah Carey by Mariah Carey
• Lenny Kravitz by Lenny Kravitz
• Broken Horses by Brandi Carlile
• Brandi Carlile
• The Company by Stephen Bown
• Gold Diggers by Charlotte Gray
• A Field Guide to Getting Lost by Rebecca Solnit
• They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us by Hanif Abdurraqib
• A Little Devil in America by Hanif Abdurraqib
• “Ep. 196 A Little Devil in America by Hanif Abdurraqib – The Stacks Book Club (Andrew Ti)” (The Stacks)
• Another Story Book Shop (Toronto)
• Type Books (Toronto)
• Second Place by Rachel Cusk
• Radiohead
• “Creep” (Radiohead, 1992)
• Kid A (Radiohead, 2000)
• This Isn’t Happening by Steven Hyden
• Best Young Woman Job Book by Emma Healey
• Norman Mailer
• The Executioner’s Song by Norman Mailer
• Changing My Mind by Zadie Smith
• Justin Trudeau
• Justin Timberlake
• Empire of Wild by Cherie Dimaline
• The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline

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