Ep. 283 The Curiosity Never Ends with Brittany Luse

September 6, 2023September 12, 2023 ~ TheStacksPodcast ~ Leave a comment

Today we’re joined by award-winning journalist and cultural critic Brittany Luse upon her first anniversary as host of NPR’s It’s Been a Minute. We discuss curiosity as a foundational principal of Brittany’s life, and what comes easily versus what’s more difficult as a veteran podcaster. We also hear about how she decides what to cover on the show, and Brittany’s book club with her niece.

The Stacks Book Club selection for September is Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma by Claire Dederer. We will discuss the book on September 27th with Brittany Luse.

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It’s Been a Minute (NPR)
Sampler (Gimlet)
For Colored Nerds (Stitcher)
The Nod (Gimlet)
“Ep. 89 Staying True to Yourself with Jason Reynolds” (The Stacks)
The Nod with Brittany & Eric feat Jason Reynolds
All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely
Uber Pool
Interview with the Vampire (Neil Jordan, 1994)
Interview with the Vampire (AMC)
Josh Segarra
“Why we all need a himbo with ‘The Other Two’s Josh Segarra” (It’s Been a Minute)
“Ep. 43 Life as an Actor with Josh Segarra” (The Stacks)
The Other Two (Max)
WrestleMania
Heavy by Kiese Laymon
Heavy by Kiese Laymon (audiobook)
Sam Sanders
“Ep. 278 We’re Giving Him Drugs with Sam Sanders” (The Stacks)
The Bible
Romans 12:2
Oprah Winfrey
“Ep. 280 Blind Thought with Andrew Leland” (The Stacks)
“Ep. 281 The Characters Came Quickly with Jennifer Baker” (The Stacks)
Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
Seek You by Kirsten Radtke
Harry Harlow’s monkey loneliness study
The Twelve Tribes of Hattie by Ayana Mathis
Caucasia by Danzy Senna
Maud Martha by Gwendolyn Brooks
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara (audiobook)
Born a Crime by Trevor Noah (audiobook)
The Meaning of Mariah Carey by Mariah Carey (audiobook)
Finding Me by Viola Davis (audiobook)
I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy (audiobook)
I. M. by Isaac Mizrahi (audiobook)
Just Kids by Patti Smith (audiobook)
Luster by Raven Leilani
Barbie (Greta Gerwig, 2023)
Matilda by Roald Dahl
Betrayal by Harold Pinter
Dyscalculia by Camonghne Felix
“Ep. 254 Heartbreak is Pivotal to Romance with Camonghne Felix” (The Stacks)
Fair Play by Katie Barnes
You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi
“Ep. 282 You Made A Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi — The Stacks Book Club (Sam Sanders)” (The Stacks)
Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
Red, White & Royal Blue (Matthew Lopez, 2023)
How Far the Light Reaches by Sabrina Imbler
An Immense World by Ed Yong
Marley & Me by John Grogan
Honey and Spice by Bolu Babalola
Emily Henry
Rebekah Weatherspoon
New People by Danzy Senna
The Deepest Breath (Netflix)
Freediving
Finding Nemo (Andrew Stanton, 2003)
Fat Talk by Virginia Sole-Smith
Flawless by Elise Hu
Battle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPherson
Condoleezza Rice
Monsters by Claire Dederer

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Ep. 279 Inaction Is a Form of Police Brutality with Nora Neus

August 9, 2023September 12, 2023 ~ TheStacksPodcast ~ Leave a comment

Emmy-nominated journalist Nora Neus is here to discuss her illuminating new book 24 Hours in Charlottesville: An Oral History of the Stand Against White Supremacy. The book chronicles the events of 2017, where armed neo-Nazi demonstrators descended on the University of Virginia campus and downtown Charlottesville. Nora explains why she didn’t interview white nationalists for the book, how she found her subjects and sources, and how she navigated objective versus subjective truth while telling this story.

The Stacks Book Club selection for August is You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi. We will discuss the book on August 30th with Sam Sanders.

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24 Hours in Charlottesville
Anderson Cooper 360° (CNN)
CNN
Only Plane in the Sky by Garrett M. Graff
“The Short Stacks 21: Garrett M. Graff//Only Plane in the Sky” (The Stacks)
“‘We’re the Only Plane in the Sky’” (Garrett M. Graff, Politico)
“Trump says both sides to blame amid Charlottesville backlash” (Dan Merica, CNN)
“Charlottesville: Race and Terror – VICE News Tonight on HBO” (Vice)
Richard Spencer
Jason Kessler
“Biden: Charlottesville Was the ‘Moment I Knew I Had to Run” (NBC Chicago)
Catherine Tung
Beacon Press
Waco by Jeff Guinn
Waco Rising by Kevin Cook
Koresh by Stephan Talty
George Floyd
“Corey Long, the Black Man Wielding a Flamethrower to Protect Another Man in Charlottesville, Va., Is Arrested” (Angela Helm, The Root)
“An Image of Revolutionary Fire at Charlottesville” (Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker)
Assault of DeAndre Harris
“Deandre Harris on Attack by White Supremacists in Charlottesville” (YouTube)
“Jury finds rally organizers liable for the violence that broke out in Charlottesville” (James Doubek and Vanessa Romo, NPR)
“Helicopter pilot in fatal Charlottesville crash lost control and lacked key training from state, NTSB says” (Michael Laris, The Washington Post)
Terry McAuliffe
Thomas Jefferson
University of Virginia
Monticello
Stamped From the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi
“Pulitzer-Winning Photographer [Ryan Kelly] Made Charlottesville Photo On His Last Day On The Job” (Ailsa Chang, NPR)
Muhammad Najem, War Reporter by Muhammad Najem and Nora Neus
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire
Making #Charlottesville by Aniko Bodroghkozy

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Ep. 278 We’re Giving Him Drugs with Sam Sanders

August 2, 2023September 12, 2023 ~ TheStacksPodcast ~ Leave a comment

Sam Sanders, host of the Into It and Vibe Check podcasts, joins us to discuss the history of objectivity in journalism, what identity is and how people wield it, and what it’s like having co-hosts and working with friends. We also hear how Sam decides which books to feature on his podcasts and how much he should share with his audience.

The Stacks Book Club selection for August is You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi. We will discuss the book on August 30th with Sam Sanders.

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Into It (NY Mag/Vulture)
Vibe Check (Stitcher)
Saeed Jones
Zach Stafford
It’s Been A Minute (NPR)
The NPR Politics Podcast (NPR)
NPR
Riverhead Books
How We Fight for Our Lives by Saeed Jones
“Saeed Jones On ‘How We Fight For Our Lives’ — And How He Fought For His” (It’s Been A Minute)
Deacon King Kong by James McBride
LeVar Burton
“Ep. 233 A Grieving Apocalyptic Historian with Saeed Jones” (The Stacks)
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
“Movie Industry Adapts, Plus LeVar Burton Reads” (It’s Been A Minute)
“Ep. 119 All About the Drive with James McBride” (The Stacks)
Vulture
New York Magazine
Ari Shapiro
“Ep. 262 Joy, Surprise, and Uplift with Ari Shapiro” (The Stacks)
NLGJA Journalist of the Year Award
Fox News
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Ronald Reagan
Janet Jackson halftime show controversy
Section 230 of Communications Decency Act
“Lawmakers seem confused about what Facebook does — and how to fix it” (Emily Stewart, Vox)
One for the Books (November 16, 2022)
Trayvon Martin
“Weekly Wrap: ‘Who Are We?'” feat Zach Stafford (It’s Been A Minute)
“Remembering André Leon Talley” feat Zach Stafford and Saeed Jones (It’s Been A Minute)
The Advocate
AM2DM by BuzzFeed News
BuzzFeed
“Life Has Been Lifing Lately” (Vibe Check)
The Stacks Tour
LAist
When Crack Was King by Donovan X. Ramsey
“Ep. 276 How We Keep Each Other Alive with Donovan X. Ramsey” (The Stacks)
Those Who Wander by Vivian Ho
Nikole Hannah-Jones
The 1619 Project by NYMag, Caitlin Roper, Ilena Silverman, Jake Silverstein and Nikole Hannah-Jones (eds)
Caitlin Dickerson
Random House
The New York Times
The Atlantic
“‘We Need to Take Children Away'” (Caitlin Dickerson, The Atlantic)
Is It Hot in Here (or Am I Suffering for All Eternity for the Sins I Committed on Earth)? by Zach Zimmerman
Quietly Hostile by Samantha Irby
Live in The Stacks Tour — Chicago with Samantha Irby (August 27, 2023)
Attached by Amir Levine
Momfluenced by Sara Petersen
QAnon
Hot 97
The Morning Show (Hot 97)
The Late Americans by Brandon Taylor
Fleishman Is in Trouble (FX/Hulu)
Fleishman Is in Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner
Claire Danes
“Episode 7: Me Time” (Fleishman Is in Trouble)
Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond
The Country of the Blind by Andrew Leland
Retinitis pigmentosa
Oh, the Places You’ll Go! by Dr. Seuss
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Reparations Club (Los Angeles, CA)
RENAISSANCE by Beyonce on vinyl
Mattimeo by Brian Jacques
Redwall by Brian Jacques
A Civil Action by Jonathan Harr
Erin Brockovich
You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi
Danielle Steel

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Ep. 276 How We Keep Each Other Alive with Donovan X. Ramsey

July 19, 2023September 12, 2023 ~ TheStacksPodcast ~ Leave a comment

Journalist Donovan X. Ramsey joins us to talk about his illuminating narrative nonfiction book When Crack Was King: A People’s History of a Misunderstood Era. Donovan explains exactly what crack is, talks about the disparities in crack sentencing, and the ways the media and rap music influenced the era.

The Stacks Book Club selection for July is Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons.We will discuss the book on July 26th with Joel Christian Gill.

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When Crack Was King by Donovan X. Ramsey
The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
Kurt Schmoke
The Pleasures of Cocaine by Adam Gottlieb
The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
Len Bias
The University of Maryland (College Park, MD)
Boston Celtics
Morehouse College (Atlanta, GA)
Baltimore City College (Baltimore, MD)
Yale University (New Haven, CT)
Rhodes Scholarship
University of Oxford (Oxford, England)
Harvard University (Cambridge, MA)
Marion Berry
“How ‘I’m So Excited’ Became the Most Ridiculous—and Iconic—‘Saved by the Bell’ Moment” (Mara Reinstein, The Ringer)
“Nancy Reagan’s cameo on ‘Diff’rent Strokes’ for her ‘Just Say No’ movement” (Tre’vell Anderson, LA Times)
Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: “Just Say Yo”
Partnership to End Addiction (FKA Partnership for a Drug-Free America)
“This is your brain on drugs” commercial
“Jimmy’s World” (Janet Cooke, Washington Post)
Janet Cooke
The Washington Post
The Pulitzer Prize
Toledo, Ohio
Bob Woodward
Watergate scandal
Vassar College
48 Hours (CBS)
“48 Hours on Crack Street” (48 Hours)
“Return to Crack Street” (48 Hours)
Crack House (Michael Fischa, 1989)
Jim Brown
Jay-Z
“Dope Man” (NWA, 1988)
“Jane, Stop This Crazy Thing” (Down by Law, 1987)
“Night of the Living Baseheads” (Public Enemy, 1988)
Jungle Fever (Spike Lee, 1991)
Menace II Society (Allen and Albert Hughes, 1993)
The Chronic by Dr. Dre
“Ep. 193 Betting on the Kids with Angelina Jolie and Tokata Iron Eyes” (The Stacks)
“Ep. 172 The Art vs. The Artist with Quentin Tarantino” (The Stacks)
“Ep. 89 Staying True to Yourself with Jason Reynolds” (The Stacks)
Diet Coke
“Ep. 106 Samantha Irby//Wow, No Thank You” (The Stacks)
7-Eleven
The Condemnation of Blackness by Khalil Gibran Muhammad
S Street Rising by Ruben Castaneda
Alta Adams (Los Angeles, CA)
Grape Street Watts Crips
California Soul by Kevin Alexander and Keith Corbin

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Ep. 268 Over Burdened and Under Funded by Roxanna Asgarian

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

Journalist and author Roxanna Asgarian joins The Stacks to talk about her new book, We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America. We find out how Roxanna pushed back against true crime culture in writing about the 2018 Hart family murders. We also discuss how birth families are treated versus adoptive parents, how race and class factor into American child welfare and the financial implications of the system.

The Stacks Book Club selection for May is This Boy We Made by Taylor Harris. We will discuss the book on May 31st with Nicole Chung.

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We Were Once a Family by Roxanna Asgarian
The Texas Tribune
Invisible Child by Andrea Elliott
“Child in viral Portland police hug photo missing, 5 family members dead after California cliff crash” (Shane Dixon Kavanaugh, The Oregonian/Oregon Live)
Broken Harts (iHeart True Crime)
“The story behind Devonte Hart’s famous ‘hug’ photo” (Everton Bailey Jr., The Oregonian/Oregon Live)
Atlanta: Three Slaps (FX)
“Devonte Hart’s biological mom: They gave my kids ‘to monsters'” (Roxanna Asgarian, The Oregonian/Oregon Live)
“A mother grapples with an adoption that led to deaths” (Roxanna Asgarian, The Appeal)
“His siblings were killed by their adoptive mother. He was left in foster care to suffer a more common fate.” (Roxanna Asgarian, The Washington Post)
“Ep. 232 What Should the Rules Be with Andrea Elliott” (The Stacks)
Annie (John Huston, 1982)
Oliver! (Carol Reed, 1968)
“Ep. 239 The Purpose of a System Is What It Does with Mariame Kaba” (The Stacks)
Thelma & Louise (Ridley Scott, 1991)
The New York Times
Yanni
Evicted by Matthew Desmond
Random Family by Adrian Nicole LeBlanc

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Ep. 262 Joy, Surprise, and Uplift with Ari Shapiro

April 12, 2023May 17, 2023 ~ TheStacksPodcast ~ Leave a comment

Today, award-winning host of NPR’s All Things Considered, and now New York Times bestselling author, Ari Shapiro joins us to discuss his new book The Best Strangers in the World: Stories from a Life Spent Listening. We discuss how Ari brings his identity to his storytelling, the difference between illuminating and influencing in journalism, and how he approaches writing interview questions.

The Stacks Book Club selection for April is Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude by Ross Gay. We will discuss the book on April 26th with Clint Smith.

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The Best Strangers in the World by Ari Shapiro
All Things Considered (NPR)
Sam Sanders
Susan Stamberg
“Remembering David Reed Gamboa Brandhorst and His Two Dads on 9/11” (Paulo Murillo, Weho Times)
Refugees International
“U.S. envoy John Kerry points to some progress at U.N. climate summit” (Ari Shapiro, NPR)
Vanessa Nakate
Vincint
“VINCINT’s Debut Album Is A Vulnerable Soundtrack For Newly Reopened Dancefloors” (Ari Shapiro, NPR)
The Window Seat by Aminatta Forna
“Ep. 232 What Should the Rules Be with Andrea Elliott” (The Stacks)
Invisible Child By Andrea Elliot
“Transgender Women Of Indonesia Have A Champion In A 26-Year-Old Doctor” (Ari Shapiro, NPR)
Joseph Papa
“Ep. 61 The Publicizing of Books with Joseph Papa” (The Stacks)
“Ari Shapiro Reads Cookbooks for Comfort and Pleasure” (The New York Times)
The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese
Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
Linda Holmes
Victory City by Salman Rushdie
Stabbing of Salman Rushdie
Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell
The Line Becomes a River by Francisco Cantú
The Iliad by Homer
The Odyssey by Homer
Titus Andronicus by William Shakespeare
Philadelphia (Jonathan Demme, 1994)
“Undeniably Essential (w/ Ari Shapiro)” (Las Culturistas)
Shoshana Bean
New York University (New York, NY)
Wicked (Stephen Schwartz, 2003)
Hairspray (Mark O’Donnell & Thomas Meehan, 2002)
Whitney Houston
Michael Pollan
Alex Gibney
Alan Cumming
Ari Shapiro and Alan Cumming at Cafe Carlyle
Cabaret (Joe Masteroff, 1966)
Here for It by R. Eric Thomas
“Ep. 112 R. Eric Thomas//Here for It” (The Stacks)
Why Fish Don’t Exist by Lulu Miller
Radiolab (WNYC Studios)
Invisibilia (NPR)
David Starr Jordan
The Best Strangers in the World by Ari Shapiro (audiobook)

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Ep. 250 A Litany of Abuses with Ali Winston and Darwin BondGraham

January 18, 2023May 17, 2023 ~ TheStacksPodcast ~ Leave a comment

Today we’re joined by two award-winning journalists from the field of criminal justice and police misconduct. Ali Winston and Darwin BondGraham have coauthored the book The Riders Come Out at Night: Brutality, Corruption, and Cover-Up in Oakland, an exposé following many years of investigation of The Oakland Police Department. We get into why they wanted to write about the OPD in the first place, and ask whether the police can be reformed. We also discuss how the authors feel their own identities played into their writing of the book.

The Stacks Book Club selection for January is The Meaning of Mariah Carey by Mariah Carey with Michaela Angela Davis. We will discuss the book on January 25th with Chelsea Devantez.

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The Riders Come Out at Night by Ali Winston and Darwin BondGraham
The Stacks Most Anticipated Books of 2023 (Traci Thomas, shereads.com)
East Bay Express
The New York Times
Ali Winston at the New York Times
California Senate Bill 1421 (2018)
Sam Ferguson
City of Quartz by Mike Davis
1992 Los Angeles riots
Bill Parker
Daryl Gates
Carla Marinucci
Lance Williams
San Francisco Examiner
Subversives by Seth Rosenfeld
Melvin Black
John Burris
Oscar Grant murder
Black Lives Matter
“OAKLAND / ‘Riders’ lied, brutalized man, ex-rookie testifies” (Henry K. Lee, SFGate)
Training Day (Antoine Fuqua, 2001)
Robert Mueller
Earl Warren
Libby Schaff
“Ep. 239 The Purpose of a System Is What It Does with Mariame Kaba” (The Stacks)
“Ep. 179 Imagining Better with Derecka Purnell” (The Stacks)
Prison by Any Other Name by Victoria Law and Maya Schenwar
Becoming Abolitionists by Derecka Purnell
America on Fire by Elizabeth Hinton
From the War on Poverty to the War on Crime by Elizabeth Hinton
The Shadow of the Panther by Hugh Pearson
Golden Gulag by Ruth Wilson Gilmore
No There There by Chris Rhomberg
American Babylon by Robert O. Self
Lt. Gwynne Pierson
Robert Treuhaft
Decca Mitford
Mitford Sisters

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Ep. 240 Hold the Powers that Be Accountable with Jemele Hill

November 9, 2022January 17, 2023 ~ TheStacksPodcast ~ Leave a comment

Renowned sports journalist Jemele Hill joins the show to discuss her powerful new book Uphill: A Memoir. We talk about how she organized and thought about telling her story, how she cultivated he sources as a journalist. Jemele also reveals how she navigates the challenging relationship between her own identity as a Black woman and the world of sports.

The Stacks Book Club selection for November is Prison by Any Other Name: The Harmful Consequences of Popular Reforms by Maya Schenwar and Victoria Law. We will discuss the book on November 30th with Mariame Kaba.

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Uphill by Jemele Hill
Jemele Hill is Unbothered (Spotify)
Michael Smith
The Perfect Day to Boss Up by Rick Ross
Golden State Warriors
Boston Celtics
“I Saw My Mother Falling Apart” – Journalist Jemele Hill + Her Mom” (Red Table Talk)
OJ Simpson murder trial
Colin Kaepernick
Sally Jenkins
Michael Wilbon
Tony Kornheiser
Los Angeles Lakers
Los Angeles Times
Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI)
Keyon Dooling
The Young and the Restless (CBS)
Tom Izzo
Marshall’s
Sage Steele
Grey’s Anatomy (ABC)
The Bachelor (ABC)
This is Us (NBC)
His & Hers podcast (ESPN Radio)
“LeBron: I’m going back to the Cavs” (ESPN.com)
“James picks Heat; Cavs owner erupts” (ESPN.com)
“We Got Next! The History of the WNBA” (Womenshistory.org)
“Michael Jordan’s Return to the NBA Was Greeted Like the Second Coming” (Phil Taylor, Sports Illustrated)
“The Fall of Aaron Hernandez” (Bill Pennington, New York Times)
“The day Muhammad Ali got knocked out by the draft board” (Rhiannon Walker, Andscape)
Finding Me by Viola Davis
Finding Me by Viola Davis (audiobook)
Uphill by Jemele Hill (audiobook)
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley
“Ep. 219 Genre Redlining with Leila Mottley” (The Stacks)
“Ep. 137 Specificity in Storytelling with Yaa Gyasi” (The Stacks)
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston (audiobook)
Ruby Dee
Jemele Hill at The Atlantic

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The Stacks Book Club – November 2022

November 1, 2022October 27, 2022 ~ TheStacksPodcast ~ Leave a comment

Our Stacks Book Club selection for November is Prison by Any Other Name: The Harmful Consequences of Popular Reforms, co-authored by journalists Maya Schenwar and Victoria Law, with a foreword by author and civil rights lawyer Michelle Alexander. The book is a searing exposé of the state-sanctioned violence and social control engineered by so-called alternative solutions to incarceration, from surveillance and house arrest to mandated psyche and drug treatments. It peels away the deceptively kind narrative around reform which actually obscures an oppressive and self-perpetuating status quo in crime and punishment. Prison By Any Other Name argues for real change and seeks to inspire a more humane and empowered approach to justice.

We will discuss Prison By Any Other Name by Maya Schenwar and Victoria Law on Wednesday, November 30th. You can find out who our guest will be by listening to the podcast on November 2nd. 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 November book on Bookshop.org and Amazon, or listen to the audiobook through Libro.FM.

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Ep. 232 What Should the Rules Be with Andrea Elliott

September 14, 2022April 3, 2023 ~ TheStacksPodcast ~ Leave a comment

Andrea Elliott joins us to discuss her investigative reporting career and her Pulitzer Prize winning book Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City. We go over how this remarkable story came to be, and how it shifted from what Andrea first anticipated. We also get into what can and should change about the ethics of journalism, and the challenge of protecting children from themselves in the media.

The Stacks Book Club selection for September is The Trees by Percival Everett. We will discuss the book on September 28th with Lisa Lucas.

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Invisible Child by Andrea Elliott

Pulitzer Prize
Blood in the Water by Heather Ann Thompson
Invisible Child – Girl in the Shadows: Dasani’s Homeless Life (Andrea Elliott, The New York Times)
“Ep. 180 Fifty Years After Attica with Heather Ann Thompson” (The Stacks)
“Here are Barack Obama’s top 13 book recommendations of 2021” (Megan Sauer, CNBC)
“An Imam in America: A Muslim Leader in Brooklyn, Reconciling 2 Worlds” (Andrea Elliott, The New York Times)

Ruth Fremson
Doritos
Oreos
All the President’s Men by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward
There Are No Children Here by Alex Kotlowitz
Random Family by Adrian Nicole LeBlanc
Evicted by Matthew Desmond
The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
Jon Krakauer
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Gone with the Wind (Victor Fleming, 1939)
Invisible Child audiobook

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