Chelsea Devantez, host of the Celebrity Book Club podcast, returns to discuss our January Book Club pick The Meaning of... more

Today we're joined by two award-winning journalists from the field of criminal justice and police misconduct. Ali Winston and Darwin... more

Author, activist and podcaster Aubrey Gordon talks to us today about her brand new second book - "You Just Need... more

Comedian and Emmy-nominated TV and film writer Chelsea Devantez joins our first Stacks episode of 2023. Her Celebrity Book Club... more

For our final book club pick of 2022, Greta Johnsen is back to discuss True Biz by Sara Nović, a... more

NPR Arts Desk reporter and Book of the Day podcast host Andrew Limbong joins The Stacks to count down his... more

Washington Post reporters Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa join The Stacks to discuss their book His Name Is George Floyd:... more

Today we're joined by Greta Johnsen, host and producer of the Nerdette podcast from WBEZ Chicago, at host of HBO's... more

Today anti-violence activist and author Mariame Kaba returns to discuss Prison by Any Other Name: The Harmful Consequences of Popular... more

Journalist and academic Steven W. Thrasher joins the show to discuss his eye-opening new book The Viral Underclass: The Human... more

Today Jonathan Abrams joins The Stacks to discuss his third book The Come Up: An Oral History of the Rise... more

Renowned sports journalist Jemele Hill joins the show to discuss her powerful new book Uphill: A Memoir. We talk about... more

Today we welcome Mariame Kaba - activist and author of the book We Do This 'Til We Free Us: Abolitionist... more

Today professor and author Anthony Christian Ocampo returns to unpack the memoir Fairest by Meredith Talusan. The book is about... more

Today we welcome Pakistani-British writer Kamila Shamsie, author of the new novel Best of Friends and past The Stacks Book... more

Actor, activist and Traci's very dear college friend Brandon Kyle Goodman joins The Stacks to talk about their new book... more

This episode, we speak with Anthony Christian Ocampo, Ph.D - sociology professor and author of Brown and Gay in LA:... more

Today, publisher Lisa Lucas returns to help us break down the 2021 crime novel The Trees by Percival Everett. In... more

Today we speak with Saeed Jones - award-winning author of the new poetry collection Alive at the End of the... more

Andrea Elliott joins us to discuss her investigative reporting career and her Pulitzer Prize winning book Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival... more

Lisa Lucas, Senior Vice President at Pantheon and Schocken, is our first ever book publisher to join the podcast. We... more

Author Ingrid Rojas Contreras joins us again to talk about our book club selection How to Write An Autobiographical Novel... more

Award-winning novelist Mohsin Hamid joins this episode of The Stacks to talk about his newest book The Last White Man.... more

Today we're joined by entrepreneur and author Marisa Renee Lee, whose book Grief is Love: Living with Loss offers a... more

Emmy Award winner W. Kamau Bell and bestselling author Kate Schatz visit The Stacks to discuss their joint effort Do... more

We're joined today by novelist and essayist Ingrid Rojas Contreras, whose new book The Man Who Could Move Clouds combines... more

It's The Stacks Book Club day, and we're discussing the classic Sudanese novel, Season of Migration to the North by... more

Poet and author Erika L. Sánchez joins The Stacks to discuss Crying in the Bathroom, her new memoir about growing... more

Today we speak with journalist and professor Caleb Gayle about his new book We Refuse to Forget: A True Story... more

Our guest for this episode is Elamin Abdelmahmoud - political and cultural commentator, Buzzfeed News senior culture writer and author... more

Journalist and author, David Dennis Jr. returns to discuss our June Book Club pick White Negroes: When Cornrows Were in... more

Today we're joined by Justin Tinsley, senior culture writer at ESPN’s Andscape and author of the new book It Was... more

This episode we talk with Oakland native and 2018 youth poet laureate Leila Mottley about writing her debut novel Nightcrawling... more

Today we speak with Dr. Michael Eric Dyson - academic, minister and author - about his new book Unequal: A... more

This episode we hear from cultural critic David Dennis, Jr - Senior Writer at ESPN’s Andscape and author of the... more

It's The Stacks Book Club Day! Novena Carmel, musician and cohost of KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic, joins us again to... more

Today we're joined by Danyel Smith, author of this month's book club pick, Shine Bright: A Very Personal History of... more

This week, we speak with Van Lathan Jr., prolific podcaster, Oscar winning producer, and author of the new memoir Fat,... more

Today we're joined by musician and DJ Novena Carmel, cohost of KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic. We get into our childhood... more

We welcome back Nate Marshall today to discuss Cortney Lamar Charleston's poetry collection Doppelgangbanger, which grapples with the tensions that... more

Today we're speaking with Julie Otsuka, whose nationally-bestselling novel The Swimmers explores what happens to a group of obsessed recreational... more

Today we're joined by the delightful Danny Pellegrino, author of How Do I Un-Remember This?: Unfortunately True Stories, a collection... more

In this episode we speak with the lauded writer, educator and MC Nate Marshall, whose latest poetry collection Finna was... more

Today on The Stacks Book Club we speak again with Imani Perry, author of the New York Times bestselling South... more

Today we're joined by Julissa Arce, author, and education and immigration activist. On this episode we have a conversation around... more

Our guest today is author and poet Destiny O. Birdsong. Destiny's debut novel, Nobody's Magic, is about three Black women... more

Stephanie Foo is a writer and radio producer, most recently on This American Life, and she is the author of... more

Imani Perry is the author of seven books including her latest, the New York Times bestselling, South to America: A... more

Today for The Stacks Book Club we're discussing I Live a Life Like Yours, a memoir by Jan Grue, which... more

Our guest today is Rachel Lindsay, the first Black Bachelorette and author of Miss Me with That: Hot Takes, Tidbits,... more

In light of the recent wave of book bannings taking place across The United of States, The Stacks is spending... more

In light of the recent wave of book bannings taking place across The United of States, The Stacks is spending... more

In light of the recent wave of book bannings taking place across The United of States, The Stacks is spending... more

In light of the recent wave of book bannings taking place across The United of States, The Stacks is spending... more

In light of the recent wave of book bannings taking place across The United of States, The Stacks is spending... more

Today we are joined by Tessa Miller, and author and journalist whose work focuses on chronic illness, disability, and health... more

Today on The Stacks Book Club we're discussing Nella Larsen's 1929 classic novel Passing. We're joined again by Cree Myles,... more

Today we're joined by Kendra James; writer, podcast producer, and editor, to discuss her debut book, Admissions: A Memoir of... more

This week we've got a repeat guest, the unmatched talent that is, Jason Reynolds. We're talking about his new book,... more

Today we're joined by Cree Myles, the creative force behind Penguin Random Houses' All Ways Black, a platform that is... more