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In small town Texas, cops ask a psychic for help

November 6, 2023 Literature

Writer Julia Heaberlin joins guest host Courtney Collins to discuss her new novel, featuring a cast of characters trying to solve the disappearance of a missing child, and the prominent role Texas plays in her writing.

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What’s a fishwife, anyway? A history of words about women

September 15, 2023 Education, History, Language, Literature, Race/Identity, Think

Jenni Nuttall teaches medieval literature at the University of Oxford, and she joins host Krys Boyd to discuss how words have influenced how we view female roles in society.

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In a YA novel, a Black girl navigates Jim Crow

August 29, 2023 History, Literature

Lesa Cline-Ransome, author of the YA novel “For Lamb,” joins guest host Courtney Collins to talk about the story, which follows a girl named Lamb navigating the friendships and dangers of the Jim Crow South for a young Black girl.

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Kidnapped: A Black boy’s story of surviving his white family

August 22, 2023 Literature, Race/Identity

Poet and author Shane McCrae joins host Krys Boyd to discuss his harrowing tale of abuse and neglect, why he was told his father never wanted him, and how he’s found moments of joy in his adult life.

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Not every movie needs a moral

August 21, 2023 Culture, Literature

Adam Kotsko joins host Krys Boyd to discuss our tendency to judge a movie or book on how it reflects our personal values rather than as something existing outside of our personal experiences.

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Never let a story get in the way of good facts

August 10, 2023 Culture, Language, Literature

New Yorker staff writer Parul Sehgal discusses why narrative style is so attractive to contemporary readers, and what we must look out for if we want to see the whole story.

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The maestro of mystery

August 4, 2023 Culture, History, Literature, Race/Identity

Best-selling author Brenden Slocum discuss themes of authorship, authenticity and art from his novel about uncovering the truth about a composer’s legacy.

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In a Texas town, cops ask a psychic for help

August 3, 2023 Literature

Writer Julia Heaberlin joins guest host Courtney Collins to discuss her new novel, featuring a cast of characters trying to solve the disappearance of a missing child, and the prominent role Texas plays in her writing.

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The eternal allure of old books

July 18, 2023 History, Literature

Antiquarian bookseller Oliver Darkshire discusses one of the world’s oldest bookshops and a profession that makes more memories than it does money.

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Why fictional villains are often portrayed as disabled

June 27, 2023 Culture, Literature, Race/Identity

Professor Jan Grue, who is disabled himself, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss villains from Disney to 007 – and how these portrayals of people with disabilities spread harmful ideas.

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Joy is made sweeter because we know pain

June 14, 2023 Literature, Mental Health

Author and poet Ross Gay joins us to share his essay collection about finding meaning in bleak times to create compassion, hope, and to better connect to our shared humanity.

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Untangling the true story of a scandalous shipwreck

April 25, 2023 History, Literature

New Yorker staff writer David Grann joins us to discuss a British warship called the Wager, which wrecked in Patagonia in the 1740s, and the conflicting stories of its surviving castaways.

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