S9 Ep. 4: Ben Passmore on the History of Black Resistance
Graphic novelist Ben Passmore joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan to discuss his new graphic novel Black Arms To Hold You Up: A History of Black Resistance. Passmore explains the mi...
23 Okt 202543min
S9 Ep. 3: Jelani Cobb on Race, Politics and the ‘Trayvon Martin Generation’
New Yorker staff writer Jelani Cobb joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan to discuss his new essay collection, Three or More is a Riot: Notes on How We Got Here: 2012-2025. Cobb recal...
16 Okt 202550min
S9 Ep. 2: Edwidge Danticat on Haiti and Trump, Past and Present
Acclaimed fiction writer and essayist Edwidge Danticat joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan to discuss her new essay collection We’re Alone. Danticat reflects on misinformation and x...
9 Okt 202544min
S9 Ep 1: Yiming Ma on the Future of Censorship
Fiction writer Yiming Ma joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan to discuss his new novel These Memories Do Not Belong To Us. Ma, who was born in Shanghai and visited China frequently a...
2 Okt 202538min
S8 Ep 52: Caleb Gayle on Black Settlers in the American West
Journalist Caleb Gayle joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan to discuss his new book Black Moses: A Saga of Ambition and the Fight for a Black State, which recounts the efforts of Edw...
25 Sep 202539min
S8 Ep. 51: Omar El Akkad on Gaza and Western Empire
Writer Omar El Akkad joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan to discuss his recent nonfiction book, One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This, which was just nominated for th...
18 Sep 202552min
S8 Ep. 50: Jessica Francis Kane on Penelope Fitzgerald in Mexico
Novelist Jessica Francis Kane joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan to discuss her new novel Fonseca, which fictionalizes writer Penelope Fitzgerald’s 1952 trip to Mexico. Kane talks ...
11 Sep 202542min
S8 Ep. 49: Patrick Ryan on ‘The Good Heart’ of Buckeye
Fiction writer and editor Patrick Ryan joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan to discuss his debut novel, Buckeye, which traces two generations of two Midwestern families connected by ...
4 Sep 202542min
