Actor, activist and Traci’s very dear college friend Brandon Kyle Goodman joins The Stacks to talk about their new book You Gotta Be You: How to Embrace This Messy Life and Step Into Who You Really Are. Together, we ponder its central question: “Who would I be if society never got its hands on me?” We also discuss manipulative friendships, chosen family, pronouns and Brandon’s experiences coming into their non-binary identity.

The Stacks Book Club selection for October is Fairest by Meredith Talusan. We will discuss the book on October 26th with Anthony Christian Ocampo.

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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.

• You Gotta Be You by Brandon Kyle Goodman
• You Are a Badass by Jen Sincero
• Brené Brown
• Becoming by Michelle Obama
• Beyoncé

• The Real Housewives Franchise (Bravo)
• Living Single (Fox)
• The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (NBC)
• Scandal (ABC)
• Grey’s Anatomy (ABC)
• Shondaland
• How to Get Away with Murder (ABC)
• Private Practice (ABC)
• Audra McDonald
• E. R. Fightmaster
• Brandon with Grey’s Anatomy Cast (Instagram)
• Brandon at The 2022 Emmy Awards (Instagram)
• Oprah
• Quinta Brunson
• Sheryl Lee Ralph
• Justin Chambers
• Flywheel Sports
• Chandra Wilson
• Sandra Oh
• Isaiah Washington
• Industry (HBO)
• Saucy Santana
• Law Roach
• Zendaya
• Kerry Washington
• Pose (FX)
• MJ Rodriguez
• Loot (Apple TV+)
• Maya Rudolph
• Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents by Lindsay C. Gibson
• The Ethical Slut by Janet W. Hardy and Dossie Easton
• The Gifts of Imperfection by Brené Brown
• I Can’t Date Jesus by Michael Arceneaux
• Here for It by R. Eric Thomas
• No Ashes in the Fire by Darnell L. Moore
• All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson
• The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
• Maya Angelou
• “Dr. Maya Angelou” (Oprah’s Master Class: The Podcast)
• “Love Liberates – Maya Angelou”
• You Gotta Be You audiobook

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