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Bonus Episode: Reading & Self-Care w/ LeVar Burton

Hot Mess-Terpiece Theatre

Jolenta Greenberg

After Shows, Tv & Film, Tv Reviews

4.65.7K Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2019

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Kristen & Jolenta welcome actor and activist LeVar Burton (LeVar Burton Reads, Reading Rainbow, Star Trek: The Next Generation) for a conversation about reading, representation and self-care. Plus, LeVar shares what kind of self-help book he’d write! You can subscribe to Jolenta and Kristen's new show, We Love You (And So Can You) on Stitcher, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts. We love hearing from you! CALL us at 302-49B-OOKS. Email us at kristenandjolenta@gmail.com, or tweet us @jolentag, @kristenmeinzer, or @bythebookpod. And if you haven't already, please join our By The Book Facebook community! https://www.facebook.com/groups/116407428966900/?source_id=475465442806687 Want to see Kristen explain the art of podcasting in person? She'll be at the 92nd Street Y in New York on Thursday, November 14 at 7pm. https://www.92y.org/event/so-you-want-to-start-a-podcast [92y.org] To get By the Book merch, head over to PodSwag.com: https://www.podswag.com/collections/by-the-book And a big thanks to this week's sponsors: Lola, reproductive care for women, by women. For 30% off your first month’s subscription, visit mylola.com and enter BYTHEBOOK30 when you subscribe. Hello Fresh, America’s #1 meal kit service. For $80 off your first month of HelloFresh, go to HelloFresh.com/btb80 and enter code BTB80. Third Love, the most comfortable bra you'll own.Go to thirdlove.com/BYTHEBOOK for 15% off your first purchase. ThredUp, the largest online consignment and thrift store. Get an extra 30% off your first order when you go to thredup.com/btb. Simple Contacts, the easy way to buy contacts. Get $20 off your contacts at simplecontacts.com/bythebook20 or enter code BYTHEBOOK20 at checkout Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

The following podcast contains bar and yard language and some adult content.

0:04.6

So maybe use headphones if you're listening at work or around small children.

0:08.8

Now here's the show.

0:10.2

Hey Kristen.

0:11.2

Yeah, Jolenta.

0:12.6

When I say butterfly in the sky, what do you think of?

0:15.2

Oh my gosh.

0:16.2

I think of reading Rainbow and I think of the greatest bedtime reader, daytime reader, childhood

0:22.0

reader, adult reader of all time, love our Burton.

0:25.1

Well, we're going to talk to him today for a bonus episode all about the joy of books

0:30.4

and the joy of LaVar.

0:31.7

Oh my gosh.

0:32.7

I can hardly wait.

0:33.8

I feel my heart going twice as high.

0:36.0

Just take a look.

0:37.0

It's in a book.

0:38.0

Reading Rainbow with Kristen Meinser and Jolenta Greenberg.

0:41.2

And this is by the book with LaVar Burton.

0:55.1

Jeanneurs the Dolores,

1:02.0

Louvre,

1:09.8

Love our Bur Gonna be

1:16.8

Bye.

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