Podcasts
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In conversation with Herman Beavers M. Nzadi Keita is the author of the poetry collection Brief Evidence of Heaven , a finalist for the Phillis Wheatley Poetry Prize that explored the life of Anna Murray Douglass, Frederick Douglass’ first… more
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• Recorded Mar 28, 2024Pine Tree Foundation Endowed Lecture Fareed Zakaria is the host of CNN’s flagship domestic and international affairs program Fareed Zakaria GPS , which has aired around the world since its debut in 2008. Also a weekly columnist for the … more
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• Recorded Mar 27, 2024 Explicit ContentIn conversation with Airea Dee Matthews Hanif Abdurraqib is the author of A Little Devil in America , a sweeping look at Black music, art, and culture that won the Carnegie Medal and the Gordon Burns Prize and was a finalist for the National… more
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Rahul Mehta’s debut poetry collection, Feeding the Ghosts , explores the solace to be found in the everyday beauty sometimes overshadowed by larger calamity, as well as the author’s identities, relationships, and culture. Also the author of the… more
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In conversation with Jo Piazza Acclaimed for her “knack for writing beautiful stories that speak to the anxiety of forging a new road for oneself” (Bustle), Rebecca Serle is the New York Times bestselling author of One Italian Summer, In Five… more
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In conversation with Lexy Bloom “A delicious new Gilded Age family drama—almost a satire—set in the leafy enclaves of Brooklyn Heights” ( Vogue ), Jenny Jackson’s Pineapple Street tells the story of three women navigating the shoals of… more
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• Recorded Mar 19, 2024In conversation with author and Pennsylvania State Senator, Nikil Saval In Solidarity , Astra Taylor and Leah Hunt-Hendrix offer a comprehensive look at not just the popular and ethereal idea of solidarity, but how it can be used by political… more
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• Recorded Mar 18, 2024In conversation with Kim Kelly A labor journalist who regularly contributes to In These Times magazine and The Guardian, Hamilton Nolan has written about inequality, politics, and class war for The New York Times, The Washington… more
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In conversation with Tamala Edwards, anchor, 6abc Action News morning edition. Tamron Hall is the Emmy Award-winning host and executive producer of the eponymous program Tamron Hall , ABC Disney’s second longest running nationally syndicated… more
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In conversation with Airea Dee Matthews Referred to by Nick Cave as “exquisitely crafted fire bombs of incandescent rage,” Nam Le ’s 36 Ways of Writing a Vietnamese Poem is a debut collection of verse that both honors and shatters the tropes… more
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• Recorded Mar 13, 2024 Explicit ContentIn conversation with Shantrelle Lewis Morgan Parker won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Magical Negro , a poetry collection that ponders the nuances of Black American womanhood. She is also the author of the young adult novel Who… more
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In conversation with Tamala Edwards, anchor, 6abc Action News morning edition An award-winning journalist who has covered the business of the Internet since 1994, Kara Swisher is the host of the podcast On with Kara Swisher and the cohost of the… more
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• Recorded Mar 11, 2024 Explicit Content“Packed with richly imagined characters and vivacious prose” ( Esquire ), Xochitl Gonzalez ’s debut novel Olga Dies Dreaming tells a tale of family secrets, Latinx politics in a gentrifying Brooklyn neighborhood, and romance set against the… more
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In conversation with Tailinh Agoyo Tommy Orange is the author of There There , a novel of “pure soaring beauty” ( The New York Times ) that tells the story of 12 interconnected Native Americans living in Oakland, California. A… more
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• Recorded Mar 4, 2024In conversation with Elisabeth Perez-Luna, contributor to The Philadelphia Inquirer and former Executive Producer of Audio Content at WHYY The inaugural Literary Director of the Library of Congress, Marie Arana is the author of the National… more
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• Recorded Feb 29, 2024In conversation with Ali Velshi Barbara McQuade is a legal expert for MSNBC and NBC News , and a co-host of the podcast #SistersInLaw . She teaches courses in criminal law, criminal procedure, national security, and data privacy at the… more
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• Recorded Feb 27, 2024In conversation with Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor In Sito , Laurence Ralph explores the murder of San Francisco teen Sito Quiñonez and his family’s long-reverberating grief and grace. Ralph, the stepfather of Sito’s half-brother, tells this story… more
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• Recorded Feb 22, 2024In conversation with Tamala Edwards, anchor, 6abc Action News morning edition. Co-promoted by the American Constitution Society The Scott Waugh Endowed Chair in the Social Sciences Division, Professor of Sociology & African American Studies at… more
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In conversation with Zoe Sivak Maura Cheeks is the author of Acts of Forgiveness , a debut novel that imagines a contemporary moment in which our government has approved reparations for Black Americans—but only if they can prove they are the… more
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In conversation with Airea D. Matthews Phillip B. Williams is the author of two acclaimed poetry collections, Thief in the Interior , which won the Kate Tufts Discovery Award and a Lambda Literary Award; and Mutiny , which was a finalist for… more
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