Carla Power on how to deradicalise your town, on the journey back from extremism, on a childhood across Afghanistan, India, Iran and Egypt, as well as St Louis, Missouri, and on the Islamic feminist theologian Amina Wadud -- with TWBC

Welcome to the travel/literary podcast The Wandering Book Collector with host Michelle Jana Chan. This is a series of conversations with writers exploring what's informed their books and their lives around themes of movement, memory, sense of place, borders, identity, belonging and home. In this edition, I speak with the dauntless journalist and writer Carla Power discussing her latest book Home, Land, Security: Deradicalization and the Journey Back from Extremism. I also look back to her debut If the Oceans Were Ink: An Unlikely Friendship and a Journey to the Heart of the Quran, a National Book Award and Pulitzer Finalist. Consider supporting your local bookshop. The Wandering Book Collector would like to thank the supporters of this podcast: Abercrombie & Kent — Creating unique, meticulously planned journeys into hard-to-reach wildernesses and cultures. TUMI — Creating world-class business, travel and performance luxury essentials. Ultimate Library — Creating bespoke book collections to educate and inspire. If you’re enjoying the podcast, I’d love you to leave a rating or a review. To learn about future editions, please subscribe or hit “follow” on your podcast app of choice. For more on the podcast, book recs, what books to pack for where’s next, and who’s up next, I’m across socials @michellejchan. I’d love to hear from you. And if you’ve missed any, do catch up. From Janine di Giovanni to Bernardine Evaristo to Afua Hirsch, they're all gripping. Thank you for listening! All credit for sound effects: the artists and founders of Freesound.org and Zapsplat.com. All credit for music; the artists and founders of Soundstripe.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.