All Episodes

Ep. 437 I Do a Ton of People Watching with De'Shawn Charles Winslow

Ep. 436 Intoxicated by the Microphone with Sequoia Holmes

Ep. 435 Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo — The Stacks Book Club (Julianna Haubner)

Unabridged: World Cup Recap with Brady Thomas

Ep. 434 Traci Turns 40 with Rachel Lindsay, Sam Sanders, Becca Tobin, and Kiese Laymon

Ep. 433 A Con Man Caper with Pamela Colloff

Ep. 432 There’s No Hiding from a Sibling with Shannon Sanders

Ep. 431 What Does an Editor Do? with Julianna Haubner

Ep. 430 The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho — The Stacks Book Club (Mary H. K. Choi)

Unabridged: 2026 Mid-Year Book Check-In with Sara Hildreth and Cree Myles

Ep. 429 All Journalism Has a Point of View with Justine van der Leun

Ep. 428 A Life in Baseball with Dusty Baker

Ep. 427 I Love Books So Much with Mary H.K. Choi

Ep. 426 Lonely Crowds by Stephanie Wambugu — The Stacks Book Club (Chanda Prescod-Weinstein)

Ep. 425 Why Do People Repeatedly Kill with Imani Thompson

Unabridged: What's in a Translation with Daniel Hahn

Ep. 424 Why Kim Kardashian Is the Icon of Our Time with MJ Corey

Ep. 423 Normalize Bringing Up Quantum Field Theory with Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

Ep. 422 Room Swept Home by Remica Bingham-Risher — The Stacks Book Club (Mahogany L. Browne)

Ep. 421 What I Love About Love with Adrienne Thurman

Unabridged: Poetry Therapy 2.0

Ep. 420 We Read One Poem at a Time with Ada Limón

Ep. 419 I Don’t Want You to Know Where I’m Going with Patrick Radden Keefe

Ep. 418 I Write and Speak Unlawfully with Mahogany L. Browne

Ep. 417 Paradise by Toni Morrison — The Stacks Book Club (Namwali Serpell)

Unabridged: Let’s Never Talk About These Oscars Again with Saeed Jones and Zach Stafford

Ep. 416 I Only Wrote By Lava Lamp with T Kira Madden

Ep. 415 The Feeling of Being Known with Tayari Jones

Ep. 414 Toni Morrison Broke the Novel Form Open with Namwali Serpell

Ep. 413 Indigo by Beverly Jenkins — The Stacks Book Club (Jasmine Guillory)

Ep. 412 The Racial Caste System of America with Dorothy Roberts

Unabridged: Bad Bunny Bowl with Vanessa Díaz & Petra Rivera-Rideau

Ep. 411 I Don’t Believe Any Moment in History Is Dry with Heather Ann Thompson

Ep. 410 Romance Is Helpful When Times Are Scary with Jasmine Guillory

Ep. 409 Girl on Girl by Sophie Gilbert — The Stacks Book Club (Christiana Mbakwe Medina)

Unabridged: Most Anticipated Books of 2026 with Sara Hildreth and Cree Myles

Ep. 408 Storming the Capitol with Mary Clare Jalonick

Ep. 407 The Fires of the Future with Jacob Soboroff

Ep. 406 A Consumer of Pop Culture First with Christiana Mbakwe Medina

Ep. 405 Friday Night Lights by H. G. Bissinger — The Stacks Book Club (Joel Anderson)

Ep. 404 The Best Books of 2025 with MJ Franklin and Greta Johnsen

Unabridged: I Hated It, Thanks for Asking with Nora McInerny

Ep. 403 Being Heartbroken Is Annoying with Alejandro Varela

Ep. 402 A Reader First, a Cook Second with Samin Nosrat

Ep. 401 I'm Doing a Little Bit of Everything with Joel Anderson

Ep. 400 We the Animals by Justin Torres — The Stacks Book Club (Mikey Friedman)

Unabridged: Meet The Stacks Team

Ep. 399 Narrative Dignity with Quiara Alegría Hudes

Ep. 398 Writing Palestine Alive with Sarah Aziza

Ep. 397 A Book Club in a Weekend with Mikey Friedman

Ep. 396 Frankenstein by Mary Shelley — The Stacks Book Club (Angela Flournoy)

Unabridged: Behind the Booker Prize with Kiley Reid

Ep. 395 DIY Fame with Jade Chang

Ep. 394 Wildfires Are a Systemic Issue with Jordan Thomas

Ep. 393 A Guilty Man Is More Interesting with John J. Lennon

Ep. 392 The Ebbs and Flows of Friendship with Angela Flournoy

Ep. 391 The Lilac People by Milo Todd — The Stacks Book Club (Denne Michele Norris)

Ep. 390 What Happened in Those 107 Days with Kamala Harris

Unabridged: A Conversation Between Friends with Jason Reynolds and Hanif Abdurraqib

Ep. 389 The Resort Is a Microcosm of Society with Cleyvis Natera

Ep. 388 A Community in Book Form with Maggie Smith and Saeed Jones

Ep. 387 Full-Time Literary with Denne Michele Norris

Ep. 386 Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer — The Stacks Book Club (Alexis Madrigal)

Unabridged: The Art of Oral History with Garrett M. Graff

Ep. 385 A Human Champagne Bubble with Addie E. Citchens

Ep. 384 Black Genius Is Not an Outlier with Tre Johnson

Unabridged: Summer Reading Guide Companion Pod with Sara Hildreth

Ep. 383 Oakland’s Incredible Legacy with Alexis Madrigal

Ep. 382 God Help the Child by Toni Morrison — The Stacks Book Club (Dana A. Williams)

Ep. 381 This Is a True Story with Haley Cohen Gilliland

Ep. 380 Private Equity Wins, The Community Loses Out with Megan Greenwell

Unabridged: Plot Twist — LARB Radio Hour Interviews Traci!

Ep. 379 I Gotta Keep Something Nasty with Mandii B & WeezyWTF

Ep. 378 I’m Trying to Avoid Toni Morrison with Dana A. Williams

Ep. 377 The Art Thief by Michael Finkel — The Stacks Book Club (Ceara O’Sullivan)

Unabridged: A Mid-Year Check-In with Sara Hildreth and Cree Myles

Ep. 376 People Be Gay with Mia McKenzie

Ep. 375 The Gospel of the Dispossessed with S. A. Cosby

Ep. 374 Petty Good or Petty Bad with Ceara O’Sullivan

Ep. 373 Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley — The Stacks Book Club (Kara Brown)

Ep. 372 Apropos of Nothing, There’s This Book with Frederick Joseph

Unabridged: Poptimism in the Age of Beyoncé with Sam Sanders

Ep. 371 How We Choose Who We Become with Daria Burke

Ep. 370 Between Oprah and Obama with Kara Brown

Ep. 369 Blessing the Boats by Lucille Clifton — The Stacks Book Club (Tiana Clark)

Ep. 368 The Homelessness Myth Doesn’t Match Reality with Brian Goldstone

Unabridged: Remaining Human with Kiese Laymon

Ep. 367 What Does It Mean to Know a Celebrity with Giaae Kwon

Ep. 366 The Evolution of “Girl Power” with Geri Halliwell-Horner

Ep. 365 The Poets that Make Me Understand Myself with Tiana Clark

Ep. 364 They Were Her Property by Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers — The Stacks Book Club (Tembe Denton-Hurst)

Unabridged: We’re in a Gender Straitjacket with Emily St. James

Ep. 363 Gender and Genre Are the Same Word with Torrey Peters

Ep. 362 Colonialism Is Not an Abstraction with Omar El Akkad

Ep. 361 Reading Black Writers Gave Me Heritage with Tembe Denton-Hurst

Ep. 360 Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov — The Stacks Book Club (Ira Madison III)

Ep. 359 It’s Rooted in Our Past with Rebecca Nagle

Unabridged: Kendrick’s “Great American Game” with David Dennis Jr.

Ep. 358 The Purpose of Schools with Eve L. Ewing

Ep. 357 We Love the Tea with Ira Madison III

Ep. 356 The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley — The Stacks Book Club (J Wortham)

Ep. 355 Scrambling Queer History with Michael Waters

Bonus Episode: Toni Morrison, Goodness, and What Comes Next with Saeed Jones

Unabridged: Most Anticipated Books of 2025 with Sara Hildreth and Cree Myles

Ep. 354 No One Is Begging You to Create with Kaliane Bradley

Ep. 353 Monuments Are Memories with Irvin Weathersby Jr.

Ep. 352 No Hierarchy of Legitimacy with J Wortham

Ep. 351 Tacky by Rax King — The Stacks Book Club (Nora McInerny)

Unabridged: 2024 Pop Culture Superlatives with Chelsea Devantez & Sam Sanders

Ep. 350 The Best Books of 2024 with Greta Johnsen & MJ Franklin

Ep. 349 Testing Humanity with Mosab Abu Toha

Ep. 348 I Will Always Be a Grief Enthusiast with Nora McInerny

Unabridged: Nonfiction Book Generator

Ep. 347 Luster by Raven Leilani — The Stacks Book Club (Justine Kay)

Ep. 346 Curating Climate Conversations with Ayana Elizabeth Johnson

Ep. 345 The Fear of Vulnerability with Jason Reynolds

Ep. 344 Unstable Attachment to Realism with Justine Kay

Ep. 343 The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead — The Stacks Book Club (Franklin Leonard)

Ep. 342 Evangelizing Abortion Rights with Jessica Valenti

Unabridged: One for the Books with Danzy Senna and Zach Stafford

Ep. 341 Am I Supposed to Be Here with Jason De León

Ep. 340 Conspiracy Theories Are Not About the Truth with Jesselyn Cook

Ep. 339 A Hype Man for the Writing Community with Franklin Leonard

Ep. 338 Jazz by Toni Morrison — The Stacks Book Club (Eve Dunbar)

Unabridged: Queer Icons & Banned Books with George M. Johnson

Ep. 337 We Love an Ethical Scam with Laci Mosley

Ep. 336 Blackness Is the Ingredient with Danzy Senna

Ep. 335 This Thing Called Satisfaction with Eve Dunbar

Ep. 334 Master Slave Husband Wife by Ilyon Woo — The Stacks Book Club (Jay Ellis)

Unabridged: What Makes a Book Cover Pop with Luvvie Ajayi Jones

Ep. 333 Writing a COVID Novel with Regina Porter

Ep. 332 For the Black Boys with LaDarrion Williams

Ep. 331 Imagination, Creativity, and Play with Jay Ellis

Ep. 330 Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler — The Stacks Book Club (Emily Raboteau)

Ep. 329 What Does It Mean to Be Unseen with Mateo Askaripour

Unabridged: That New York Times List Discussed and Debated

Ep. 328 An Impulse to Explore with Adam Higginbotham

Ep. 327 Lots of Big Nights in Our Future with Katherine Lewin

Ep. 326 You Can’t Opt Out with Emily Raboteau

Ep. 325 It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover — The Stacks Book Club (Melissa Mogollon)

Unabridged: The Performance of Gender with Aaron Jay Young

Ep. 324 The Psychology of Evil with Akwaeke Emezi

Ep. 323 You’ve Got to Want Depth with Chelsea Devantez

Ep. 322 I Think Voicy is Great with Melissa Mogollon

Ep. 321 No Name in the Street by James Baldwin — The Stacks Book Club (Yahdon Israel)

Unabridged: The Best Books of 2024…So Far with Cree Myles and Sara Hildreth

Ep. 320 It’s Really Hard to Change the Patriarchy with Sierra Greer

Ep. 319 The Vulnerability Is the Point with Carvell Wallace

Ep. 318 Compassion, Justice, and Anger Are Not Mutually Exclusive with Paula Yoo

Ep. 317 The Ill Is Not the Outcome with Yahdon Israel

Ep. 316 The January Children by Safia Elhillo — The Stacks Book Club (Hala Alyan)

Unabridged: Poetry Therapy

Ep. 315 Pete Rose: The Great Anti-hero with Keith O'Brien

Ep. 314 Being Chesty with Andrew Boryga

Ep. 313 Auditioning for Empathy with Hala Alyan

Unabridged: Ask Me Anything, Hosted by Mr. Stacks

Ep. 312 Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu -- The Stacks Book Club (Elise Hu)

Ep. 311 They Say We Die Twice with Pamela Prickett & Stefan Timmermans

Ep. 310 The Absence of Story with Tommy Orange

Ep. 309 Chasing Artificial Standards with Elise Hu

Ep. 308 Viral Justice by Ruha Benjamin -- The Stacks Book Club (Uché Blackstock)

Unabridged: No One Wants to Talk About the Sex with Kiley Reid

Ep. 307 A Story We Tell Backward with Lauren Markham

Ep. 306 I Love Our Romance Community with Tia Williams

Ep. 305 Going from Pet to Threat with Uché Blackstock

Ep. 304 Erasure by Percival Everett -- The Stacks Book Club (Zach Stafford)

Unabridged: Our Most Anticipated Books of 2024 with Cree Myles and Sara Hildreth

Ep. 303 The Culmination of My Psycho-Spiritual Self with Kaveh Akbar

Ep. 302 We Shouldn't Be Asking You This Question with Carolina Ixta

Ep. 301 What Makes a Recipe Good with Sohla El-Waylly

Ep. 300 A Lover of Place with Zach Stafford

Unabridged: The LA Live Show with Chelsea Devantez, Rachel Lindsay and Sam Sanders

Ep. 299 Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare -- The Stacks Book Club (Farah Karim-Cooper)

Ep. 298 The Best Books of 2023 with MJ Franklin and Adam Vitcavage

Ep. 297 It's a Policy of Neglect with Nathan Thrall

Unabridged: The NYC Late Show with Kiese Laymon

Ep. 296 Gatekeeping Around Shakespeare with Farah Karim-Cooper

Ep. 295 Severance by Ling Ma -- The Stacks Book Club (Mitchell S. Jackson)

Unabridged: The NYC Early Show with Kiese Laymon

Ep. 294 People Just Have Never Seen It with Ali Stroker

Ep. 293 Progress Is not Linear with Beto O'Rourke

Ep. 292 Writing Toward Beauty with Jesmyn Ward

Ep. 291 I've Never Read for Pleasure with Mitchell S. Jackson

Ep. 290 Tar Baby by Toni Morrison -- The Stacks Book Club (Minda Honey)

Unabridged: The DC Live Show with Jason Reynolds

Ep. 289 Changing the Stories We Tell Ourselves with Oliver Jeffers

Ep. 288 Just Presenting the Facts with Michael Harriot

Ep. 287 Ending Racism with Minda Honey

Ep. 286 Monsters by Claire Dederer -- The Stacks Book Club (Brittany Luse)

Ep. 285 A Page Is Not Wild with Myriam Gurba

Unabridged: The Chicago Live Show with Samantha Irby

Ep. 284 Romance and Politics with Stacey Abrams

Ep. 283 The Curiosity Never Ends with Brittany Luse

Introducing: Vibe Check with Sam Sanders, Saeed Jones and Zach Stafford

Ep. 282 You Made A Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi -- The Stacks Book Club (Sam Sanders)

Unabridged: The Oakland Live Show with Leila Mottley

Ep. 281 The Characters Came Quickly with Jennifer Baker

Ep. 280 Blind Thought with Andrew Leland

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

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

Unabridged: Talking HBO's Watchmen Series with David Dennis Jr.

Ep. 277 Watchmen by Alan Moore -- The Stacks Book Club (Joel Christian Gill)

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

Ep. 275 We're on the Extreme Side with Ricardo Nuila

Ep. 274 Comics Is a Medium Not a Genre with Joel Christian Gill

Unabridged: I'm a New Bitch Every Month with Jamilah Mapp and Erica Dickerson

Ep. 273 Oreo by Fran Ross -- The Stacks Book Club (Hannah Oliver Depp)

Ep. 272 Cold Butter and Cold Emails with Stacey Mei Yan Fong

Ep. 271 The Paradox of Visibility with Tre'vell Anderson

Ep. 270 My Whole Self Is Here with Hannah Oliver Depp

Ep. 269 This Boy We Made by Taylor Harris -- The Stacks Book Club (Nicole Chung)

Unabridged: The Best of 2023...So Far with Lupita Aquino, Liberty Hardy, and Greta Johnsen

Ep. 268 Over Burdened and Under Funded by Roxanna Asgarian

Ep. 267 The Pull to Make Art with Vashti Harrison

Ep. 266 We Are the Ones Who Make the World with Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Ep. 265 Deep Comfort Reads with Nicole Chung

Ep. 264 Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude by Ross Gay -- The Stacks Book Club (Clint Smith)

Ep. 263 Revisiting Waco 30 Years Later with Jeff Guinn, Stephan Talty, and Kevin Cook

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

Ep. 261 All at Once with Clint Smith

Ep. 260 Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay -- The Stacks Book Club (Shanita Hubbard)

Ep. 259 How Innocent Are They with Joseph Earl Thomas

Ep. 258 Long-Suffering Basketball Fans with José Olivarez

Ep. 257 The Hardest Book I Had to Write with Carol Anderson

Ep. 256 Centering Us with Shanita Hubbard

Ep. 255 The Round House by Louise Erdrich -- The Stacks Book Club (Mina Kimes)

Ep. 254 Heartbreak is Pivotal to Romance with Camonghne Felix

Ep. 253 I Tend to Write About It with Lamya H.

Ep. 252 Begging to Go to the Library with Mina Kimes

Ep. 251 The Meaning of Mariah Carey by Mariah Carey -- The Stacks Book Club (Chelsea Devantez)

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

Ep. 249 The Vibe is Really Gnarly with Aubrey Gordon

Ep. 248 For the Love of Celebrity Memoirs with Chelsea Devantez

Ep. 247 True Biz by Sara Nović -- The Stacks Book Club (Greta Johnsen)

Ep. 246 The Best Books of 2022 with Andrew Limbong

Ep. 245 The Worst Moments of His Life with Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa

Ep. 244 Relentlessly Positive with Greta Johnsen

Ep. 243 Prison by Any Other Name by Maya Schenwar and Victoria Law -- The Stacks Book Club (Mariame Kaba)

Ep. 242 Lurching from Disaster to Disaster with Steven W. Thrasher

Ep. 241 Names on Top of Names on Top of Names with Jonathan Abrams

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

Ep. 239 The Purpose of a System Is What It Does with Mariame Kaba

Ep. 238 Fairest by Meredith Talusan -- The Stacks Book Club (Anthony Christian Ocampo)

Ep. 237 Girl Fear with Kamila Shamsie

Ep. 236 I Thought I Was the Problem with Brandon Kyle Goodman

Ep. 235 Filipinx Literary Renaissance with Anthony Christian Ocampo

Ep. 234 The Trees by Percival Everett -- The Stacks Book Club (Lisa Lucas)

Ep. 233 A Grieving Apocalyptic Historian with Saeed Jones

Ep. 232 What Should the Rules Be with Andrea Elliott

Ep. 231 At the End of Every Day There's a Book with Lisa Lucas

Ep. 230 How to Write an Autobiographical Novel by Alexander Chee -- The Stacks Book Club (Ingrid Rojas Contreras)

Ep. 229 Destabilizing Whiteness with Mohsin Hamid

Ep. 228 Grief is Love with Marisa Renee Lee

Ep. 227 Funny but Not F*cking Around with W. Kamau Bell and Kate Schatz

Ep. 226 A Literal Relationship with the Past with Ingrid Rojas Contreras

Ep. 225 Season of Migration to the North by Tayeb Salih--The Stacks Book Club (Elamin Abdelmahmoud)

Ep. 224 Writing with Duende with Erika L. Sánchez

Ep. 223 Our Existence as Protest with Caleb Gayle

Ep. 222 Living in Between with Elamin Abdelmahmoud

Ep. 221 White Negroes by Lauren Michele Jackson -- The Stacks Book Club (David Dennis Jr.)

Ep. 220 Spread Love It's the Brooklyn Way with Justin Tinsley

Ep. 219 Genre Redlining with Leila Mottley

Ep. 218 Hungry for History with Michael Eric Dyson

Ep. 217 Surviving in the Face of Death with David Dennis Jr.

Ep. 216 Shine Bright by Danyel Smith - The Stacks Book Club (Novena Carmel)

Ep. 215 It's Kind of Wonderful, but it's Kind of Awful with Danyel Smith

Ep. 214 How You Look and How You Feel Have to Meet with Van Lathan Jr.

Ep. 213 Curating a Vibe with Novena Carmel

Ep. 212 Doppelgangbanger by Cortney Lamar Charleston - The Stacks Book Club (Nate Marshall)

Ep. 211 A Radical Shift with Julie Otsuka

Ep. 210 A Warm Hug with Danny Pellegrino

Ep. 209 A Poem is About Wonder with Nate Marshall

Ep. 208 A Mercy by Toni Morrison -- The Stacks Book Club (Imani Perry)

Ep. 207 Breaking Through the Black/White Binary with Julissa Arce

Ep. 206 Who Are You Loving When You Write with Destiny O. Birdsong

Ep. 205 Finding Ways to Heal with Stephanie Foo

Ep. 204 A Journey South with Imani Perry

Ep. 203 I Live a Life Like Yours by Jan Grue -- The Stacks Book Club (Tessa Miller)

Ep. 202 Even the Bachelorette Gets Insecure with Rachel Lindsay

Day 5 -- Banned Books in The Stacks with Kiese Laymon

Day 4 -- Banned Books in The Stacks with Timya Wright and Azar Nafisi

Day 3 -- Banned Books in The Stacks with Ghazala Hashmi and Hannah Oliver Depp

Day 2 -- Banned Books in The Stacks with Alison Bechdel and Kelsey Reynolds

Day 1 -- Banned Books in The Stacks with Katrina Stokes and Thursday Williams

Ep. 201 The Language of Chronic Illness with Tessa Miller

Ep. 200 Passing by Nella Larsen -- The Stacks Book Club (Cree Myles)

Ep. 199 A Tapestry of Microaggressions with Kendra James

Ep. 198 We'll Be Okay with Jason Reynolds

Ep. 197 All Ways Black, Always with Cree Myles

Ep. 196 A Little Devil in America by Hanif Abdurraqib -- The Stacks Book Club (Andrew Ti)

Ep. 195 The Best Books of 2021 with Lupita Aquino and Morgan Hoit

Ep. 194 How We Understand Loneliness with Kristen Radtke

Ep. 193 Betting on the Kids with Angelina Jolie and Tokata Iron Eyes

Ep. 192 Yo, Is This Racist with Andrew Ti

Ep. 191 Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison -- The Stacks Book Club (Dawnie Walton)

Ep. 190 Getting Cultish with Amanda Montell

Ep. 189 Embracing Rage with Myisha Cherry

Ep. 188 Creating an Icon with Dawnie Walton

Ep. 187 Waiting to Exhale by Terry McMillan -- The Stacks Book Club (Nichole Perkins)

Ep. 186 We Need Better Voices with Danté Stewart

Ep. 185 Abolition for the People with Bree Newsome Bass Kiese Laymon

Ep. 184 The Desire Advocate Is In with Nichole Perkins

Ep. 183 Blood in the Water by Heather Ann Thompson -- The Stacks Book Club (Derecka Purnell)

Ep. 182 Athletes and Activism with Dave Zirin

Ep. 181 We Don't Have to Agree with Jill Louise Busby

Ep. 180 Fifty Years After Attica with Heather Ann Thompson

Ep. 179 Imagining Better with Derecka Purnell

Ep. 178 Emergency Contact by Mary H. K. Choi -- The Stacks Book Club (Juliet Litman)

Ep. 177 Defining the American Dream with Roger Bennett

Ep. 176 Leaving a Record of History with Adam Serwer

Ep. 175 Chatty Books with Juliet Litman

Ep. 174 The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui -- The Stacks Book Club (Mira Jacob)

Ep. 173 Living with Less with Christine Platt

Ep. 172 The Art vs. The Artist with Quentin Tarantino

Ep. 171 Trusting in Optimism with Mira Jacob

Ep. 170 The Undying by Anne Boyer -- The Stacks Book Club (Mychal Denzel Smith)

Ep. 169 Defining Love for Ourselves with Ashley C. Ford

Ep. 168 Embodying History with Clint Smith

Ep. 167 Disrupting the Systems that Cage Us with Marlon Peterson

Ep. 166 Who Do We Want to Be with Mychal Denzel Smith

Ep. 165 Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy -- The Stacks Book Club (Jenny Lee)

Ep. 164 Breaking a Story with Patrick Radden Keefe

Ep. 163 Pushing the Boundaries of Understanding with Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

Ep. 162 Adapting a Classic with Jenny Lee

Ep. 161 The Tradition by Jericho Brown -- The Stacks Book Club (Reginald Dwayne Betts)

Ep. 160 Black People Doing Spectacular Things with Hanif Abdurraqib

Ep. 159 Surviving the White Gaze with Rebecca Carroll

Ep. 158 Reaching for Answers with Reginald Dwayne Betts

Ep. 157 Every Body Looking by Candice Iloh -- The Stacks Book Club (Nic Stone)

Ep. 156 Pursuing a Passion with Brandon Hobson

Ep. 155 The Art of the Crush with Mary H.K. Choi

Ep. 154 Representation in Kink with R.O. Kwon & Garth Greenwell

Ep. 153 Breaking Down Standards with Nic Stone

Ep. 152 The New Wilderness by Diane Cook -- The Stacks Book Club (Vann Newkirk)

Ep. 151 Truth and Satire with Mateo Askaripour

Ep. 150 An Invitation to History with Keisha N. Blain

Ep. 149 A Bias Toward Justice with Vann Newkirk

Ep. 148 The Office of Historical Corrections by Danielle Evans -- The Stacks Book Club (Deesha Philyaw)

Ep. 147 Crafting a Collection with Danielle Evans

Ep. 146 Integrity in Collaboration with Kimberly Drew & Jenna Wortham

Ep. 145 Measuring Success with Deesha Philyaw

Ep. 144 Citizen by Claudia Rankine -- The Stacks Book Club (Darnell Moore)

Ep. 143 The Best of 2020 with Christine Bollow and Oscar Almonte-Espinal

Ep. 142 Sparking Creativity with Arianna Davis

Ep. 141 White Male Mediocrity with Ijeoma Oluo

Ep. 140 Radical Black Love with Darnell Moore

Ep. 139 The Butterfly Effect by Marcus J. Moore -- The Stacks Book Club (Cole Cuchna)

Ep. 138 Celebrating Black Artists with Marcus J. Moore

Ep. 137 Specificity in Storytelling with Yaa Gyasi

Ep. 136 Dissecting with Cole Cuchna

Ep. 135 The Autobiography of Malcolm X as told to Alex Haley--The Stacks Book Club (Marc Lamont Hill)

Ep. 134 The Stacks Election Special with Akilah Hughes

Ep. 133 Stacks on Stacks with Desus and Mero

Ep. 132 Coffee & Books with Marc Lamont Hill

Ep. 131 The Undocumented Americans by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio -- The Stacks Book Club (Lupita Aquino)

Ep. 130 The Politics of Sex with Angela Chen

Ep. 129 The Myth of Strength with Karla Cornejo Villavicencio

Ep. 128 Big Friendships with Aminatou Sow & Ann Friedman

Ep. 127 Crushes and Controversy with Lupita Aquino

Ep. 126 Sula by Toni Morrison -- The Stacks Book Club (Brit Bennett)

Ep. 125 Wandering and Wondering with Morgan Jerkins

Ep. 124 Finding Your Future Self with Liara Tamani

Ep. 123 Complication and Imagination with Brit Bennett

Ep. 122 Breathe by Imani Perry -- The Stacks Book Club (Kiese Laymon)

Ep. 121 Reading with Mr. & Mrs. Stacks

Ep. 120 Everyone Can Do Something with Meena Harris

Ep. 119 All About the Drive with James McBride

Ep. 118 Living the Revision with Kiese Laymon

Ep. 117 Savage Appetites by Rachel Monroe -- The Stacks Book Club (Emma Copley Eisenberg)

Ep. 116 White Fragility with The Lady Gang - Part 2

Ep. 115 Heroes Walk Among Us with Bakari Sellers

Ep. 114 Both, And with Emma Copley Eisenberg

Ep. 113 The Giver by Lois Lowry -- The Stacks Book Club (Sue Thomas)

Ep. 112 R. Eric Thomas//Here for It

Ep. 111 Ethan Strauss//The Victory Machine

Ep. 110 Like Mother Like Daughter with Sue Thomas

Ep. 109 Trust Exercise by Susan Choi -- The Stacks Book Club (Brandon Taylor)

Ep. 108 Priya Parker on Meaningful Gatherings in the Time of Corona

Ep. 107 Abi Daré//The Girl with the Louding Voice

Ep. 106 Samantha Irby//Wow, No Thank You

EP. 105 The Union of Science and Art with Brandon Taylor

Ep. 104 So You've Been Publicly Shamed by Jon Ronson -- The Stacks Book Club (Gigi Levangie)

Ep. 103 An Outsider in Hollywood with Gigi Levangie

Ep. 102 Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde -- The Stacks Book Club (Asha Grant)

Ep. 101 Reading Black Women with Asha Grant

Ep. 100 Three Women by Lisa Taddeo -- The Stacks Book Club (August McLaughlin)

Ep. 99 Getting a Girl Boner with August McLaughlin

Ep. 98 The Hating Game by Sally Thorne -- The Stacks Book Club (Leah Koch)

Ep. 97 A Little Romance with Leah Koch of The Ripped Bodice

Ep. 96 Trick Mirror by Jia Tolentino -- The Stacks Book Club (Jordan Moblo)

Ep. 95 Keeping it Positive with Jordan Moblo

Ep. 94 Cribsheet by Emily Oster -- The Stacks Book Club (Jenna Parris)

Ep. 93 Becoming a Mom with Jenna Parris

Ep. 92 Number One Chinese Restaurant by Lillian Li -- The Stacks Book Club (Vanessa Hua)

The Short Stacks 29: The Best of 2019//Lauren Fanella

Ep. 91 The People Who Change Us with Vanessa Hua

Ep. 90 Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson -- The Stacks Book Club (Jason Reynolds)

The Short Stacks 28: Jacqueline Woodson//Red at the Bone

Ep. 89 Staying True to Yourself with Jason Reynolds

Ep. 88 Tell Me How It Ends by Valeria Luiselli -- The Stacks Book Club (Ayser Salman)

The Short Stacks 27: Shea Serrano//Movies (and Other Things)

Ep. 87 Finding a Seat at the Table with Ayser Salman

Ep. 86 Salt Fat Acid Heat by Samin Nosrat -- The Stacks Book Club (Hugh Garvey)

The Short Stacks 26: Jami Attenberg//All This Could Be Yours

Ep. 85 Recipes Have a Happy Ending with Hugh Garvey

Ep. 84 We Cast a Shadow by Maurice Carlos Ruffin -- The Stacks Book Club (Chris L. Terry)

The Short Stacks 25: Maurice Carlos Ruffin//We Cast a Shadow

Ep. 83 What is "Black Enough" with Chris L. Terry

Ep. 82 Chase Darkness with Me by Billy Jensen -- The Stacks Book Club (Jac Vanek))

The Short Stacks 24: Chloe Benjamin//The Immortalists

Ep. 81 Writing in Books with Jac Vanek

Ep. 80 The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin -- The Stacks Book Club (Jenna Ushkowitz)

The Short Stacks 23: Tressie McMillan Cottom//Thick

Ep. 79 When Reading Doesn't Feel Like Work with Jenna Ushkowitz

Ep. 78 Educated by Tara Westover--The Stacks Book Club (Sarah Enni)

The Short Stacks 22: Ibram X. Kendi//How to be an Antiracist

Ep. 77 It's OK to Hate a Book with Sarah Enni

Ep. 76 Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro -- The Stacks Book Club (Clark Moore)

The Short Stacks 21: Garrett M. Graff//The Only Plane in the Sky

Ep. 75 Embracing Queer and Colorful Stories with Clark Moore

Ep. 74 The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist by Radley Balko & Tucker Carrington--The Stacks Book Club (Allison Punch)

The Short Stacks 20: Kim Brooks//Small Animals

Ep. 73 Reading with Purpose with Allison Punch

Ep. 72 The Light of the World by Elizabeth Alexander -- The Stacks Book Club (Dani McClain)

The Short Stacks 19: Ramin Setoodeh//Ladies Who Punch

Ep. 71 Mothering and Social Justice with Dani McClain

Ep. 70 WorkParty by Jaclyn Johnson--The Stacks Book Club (Calli Cholodenko)

The Short Stacks 18: Bianca Marais//If You Want to Make God Laugh

Ep. 69 Getting Social with Calli Cholodenko

Ep. 68 Miracle Creek by Angie Kim -- The Stacks Book Club (Rachel Overvoll)

The Short Stacks 17: Radley Balko//The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist

Ep. 67 Finding Feminism with Rachel Overvoll

Ep. 66 Jesus' Son by Denis Johnson -- The Stacks Book Club (Dave Cullen)

The Short Stacks 16: Angie Kim//Miracle Creek

Ep. 65 Crafting a Compelling Narrative with Dave Cullen

Ep. 64 The Unwinding of the Miracle by Julie Yip-Williams -- The Stacks Book Club (Lori Gottlieb)

The Short Stacks 15: Akiba Solomon & Kenrya Rankin//How We Fight White Supremacy

Ep. 63 The Love of Therapy with Lori Gottlieb

Ep. 62 Tinderbox by Robert W. Fieseler -- The Stacks Book Club (Joseph Papa)

The Short Stacks 14: Etaf Rum//A Woman is No Man

Ep. 61 The Publicizing of Books with Joseph Papa

Ep. 60 Beloved by Toni Morrison -- The Stacks Book Club (DaMaris B. Hill)

The Short Stacks 13: Robert W. Fieseler//Tinderbox

Ep. 59 Chasing Perfection with DaMaris B. Hill

Ep. 58 Tiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed -- The Stacks Book Club (Keltie Knight)

The Short Stacks 12: Damon Young//What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker

Ep. 57 Being a Boss with Keltie Knight

Ep. 56 Wild Beauty by Ntozake Shange — The Stacks Book Club (Gabrielle Civil)

The Short Stacks 11: Miriam Toews//Women Talking

Ep. 55 The Art of Performance with Gabrielle Civil

Ep. 54 The World Only Spins Forward by Isaac Butler and Dan Kois — The Stacks Book Club (Ben Blacker)

The Short Stacks 10: Bryan Washington//Lot

Ep. 53 Writing is Writing with Ben Blacker

Ep. 52 I’m Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid — The Stacks Book Club (Niccole Thurman)

The Short Stacks 9: Isaac Butler//The World Only Spins Forward

Ep. 51 Satire and Creative Outlets with Niccole Thurman

Ep. 50 Good and Mad by Rebecca Traister — The Stacks Book Club (James J. Sexton)

The Short Stacks 8: Lacy M. Johnson//The Reckonings

Ep. 49 Relationships and Recommendations with James Sexton

Ep. 48 Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah — The Stacks Book Club (Wade Allain-Marcus)

The Short Stacks 7: Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah//Friday Black

Ep. 47 Reading, Writing, and Representation with Wade Allain-Marcus

Ep. 46 All You Can Ever Know by Nicole Chung — The Stacks Book Club (Vanessa McGrady)

The Short Stacks 6: Nicole Chung//All You Can Ever Know

Ep. 45 Vanessa McGrady on Adoption and Memoirs

Ep. 44 Rap Dad by Juan Vidal — The Stacks Books Club (Josh Segarra)

The Short Stacks 5: Anita Devlin//S.O.B.E.R.

Ep. 43 Life as an Actor with Josh Segarra

Ep. 42 Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie — The Stacks Book Club (Tawny Newsome)

The Short Stacks 4: Juan Vidal//Rap Dad

Ep. 41 Comedy, Race, Travel and Books with Tawny Newsome

Ep. 40 The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz — The Stacks Book Club (Alec Penix)

The Short Stacks 3: Best of 2018//Lauren Fanella

Ep. 39 Connecting Mind, Body, and Spirit with Alec Penix

Ep. 38 Open City by Teju Cole — The Stacks Book Club (Behzad Dabu)

The Short Stacks 2 – Jesse Byrd//Real Jungle Tales

Ep. 37 Representation, Basketball, and Books with Behzad Dabu

Ep. 36 If You Leave Me by Crystal Hana Kim — The Stacks Book Club (Aja Gabel)

The Short Stacks 1: Crystal Hana Kim//If You Leave Me

Ep. 35 Prodigies, Time Machines, and Beautiful Writing with Aja Gabel

Ep. 34 The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison — The Stacks Book Club (Renée Hicks)

Ep. 33 Book Girl Magic with Renee Hicks

Ep. 32 To The Bridge by Nancy Rommelmann — The Stacks Book Club (Heather John Fogarty)

Ep. 31 All the Book Recommendations with Heather John Fogarty

Ep. 30 How Democracies Die by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt — The Stacks Book Club (Harris Cohn)

Ep. 29 Politics, Midterms, and Voting (oh, my) with Harris Cohn

Ep. 28 Bad Blood by John Carreyrou — The Stacks Book Club (Nancy Rommelmann)

Ep. 27 Talking Investigative Journalism with Nancy Rommelmann

Ep. 26 Less by Andrew Sean Greer — The Stacks Book Club (Zeke Smith)

Ep. 25 Talking Fame and Identity with Zeke Smith

Ep. 24 Motherhood by Sheila Heti — The Stacks Book Club (Jo Piazza)

Ep. 23 Talking Women in Politics with Jo Piazza

Ep. 22 The Mars Room by Rachel Kushner — The Stacks Book Club (Becca Tobin)

Ep. 21 Talking Fiction & Hollywood with Becca Tobin

Ep. 20 Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates — The Stacks Book Club (Jay Connor)

Ep. 19 Extraordinary Reading with Jay Connor of The Extraordinary Negroes

Ep. 18 Year of Yes by Shonda Rhimes — The Stacks Book Club (Ashley North)

Ep. 17 Talking Fashion and Reading with Stylist Ashley North

Ep. 16 Reincarnation Blues by Michael Poore — The Stacks Book Club (Lauren Fanella)

Ep. 15 Talking Unconventional Women with Lauren Fanella

Ep. 14 The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg — The Stacks Book Club (Ross Asdourian)

Ep. 13 Writing Your Book with Ross Asdourian

Ep. 12 How Soccer Explains the World by Franklin Foer — The Stacks Book Club (Aaron Dolores)

Ep 11. Talking Books and Soccer with Aaron Dolores Founder of Black Arrow FC

Ep. 10 New Boy by Tracy Chevalier — The Stacks Book Club (Vella Lovell)

Ep. 9 Talking Books with Vella Lovell

Ep. 8 Vulgar Favors by Maureen Orth — The Stacks Book Club (Sam Pinkleton)

Ep. 7 Talking Books with Sam Pinkleton

Ep. 6 Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin — The Stacks Book Club (Chris Maddox)

Ep. 5 Talking Books with Chris Maddox

Ep. 4 Men We Reaped by Jesmyn Ward — The Stacks Book Club (Sarah Fong)

Ep. 3 Talking Books with Sarah Fong

Ep. 2 Exit West by Mohsin Hamid — The Stacks Book Club (Dallas Lopez)

Ep. 1 Talking Books with Dallas Lopez

The Stacks Podcast — Coming April 4th