54. Seeing a Sermon in Action with Daniel Cast

Because sometimes somebody can give a sermon through words that subtly, yet significantly, respects our humanity. And sometimes somebody can give a sermon without saying a word. Our newest guest on the Real Ballers Read podcast is one of our favorite bookstagrammers and low-key authors - Daniel Cast!! We’ve been vibing with his reflections and recommendations for more than a minute, so it was great to finally chop it up with Daniel about The Undocumented Americans by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, why art is alive, his love of Flamin’ Hot Cheetos and more. Daniel is dope and definitely somebody for everybody to watch out for and listen to. Check out the full run down of the episode below and tune in this weekend wherever you listen to podcasts! And hey - who else out here is a Flamin’ Hot Cheetos fan?? 0:48 A note on Daniel’s incredible captions 3:02 How Daniel found the Undocumented Americans 5:17 Everyone has a story 7:05 Black and brown bodies 8:00 How Daniel relates to the book 11:16 Seeing a sermon in action 14:15 How Daniel expresses himself through writing 16:05 What is so important about language? 18:13 Music is alive 19:51 Voodoo 22:54 Songwriters that Daniel loves 24:29 Writers that Daniel loves 28:21 Telling stories in very little words 29:53 Album transitions 31:53 How Daniel approaches his book reviews 34:56 The difference between LA people and Compton people 39:52 Daniel’s journey to being a multi-creative 42:46 Daniel’s crazy hilarious snacks story 46:10 Flamin’ Hot Cheetos’ origin story 47:43 How Daniel describes his writing 50:28 The story behind Daniel’s book --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/realballersread/support