EP. 105 The Union of Science and Art with Brandon Taylor
The Stacks
Traci Thomas
4.8 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 1 April 2020
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
Today marks the start of our third year here at The Stacks, and there is no better way to celebrate than by talking a whole lot about books! Thank you to all our listeners for their love and support, and we can't wait for year three! Make sure to listen to the introduction today to hear about some changes to the podcast.
Our Guest today is Brandon Taylor, debut author of one of 2020's buzziest books, Real Life. We talk today about releasing a book into the world, the similarities between science and art, and much more.
The Stacks Book Club selection for April is Trust Exercise by Susan Choi, we will discuss the book with Brandon Taylor on April 29th.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the SACS a podcast about books and the people who read them. I'm your host Tracy Thomas, |
| 0:14.0 | and before you skip to the meet of this episode, |
| 0:16.4 | listen up because I've got some really exciting news. |
| 0:19.2 | Today marks the start of our third year of this podcast. |
| 0:23.4 | And with that, I have some exciting changes to the show. |
| 0:26.6 | I've listened to all of you, and I've heard you say over and over that two books a month |
| 0:30.5 | is just too many. |
| 0:31.8 | So we're going to be moving to one book club pick |
| 0:34.4 | per month. This way you're going to have plenty of time to read along with me and my |
| 0:38.7 | guests. So here's how it will work moving forward. The first Wednesday of every month, |
| 0:42.8 | I will be interviewing a guest. |
| 0:44.8 | They'll be talking about their reading habits, |
| 0:46.6 | giving you book recommendations, |
| 0:48.4 | the same as you're used to. |
| 0:50.5 | Then on the last Wednesday of every month, that guest will be back and we'll be discussing the book in detail. |
| 0:57.0 | The weeks in between will be filled with author interviews all out the short stacks, fun book recommendation shows, summer preview, a gift buying guide, and a lot more. |
| 1:07.6 | So to break that down for you, first week of the month is going to be that interview episode. In between we're going to have fun |
| 1:14.1 | author interviews short stacks etc and then the last week of the month will be the |
| 1:19.1 | Stacks Book Club conversation. I'll be announcing the book club pick the last week of the |
| 1:24.6 | month before. So for example I announced our April Book Club pick trust exercise |
| 1:29.0 | by Susan Choi the last week of March. I'll also be posting about our book club pick the first of |
| 1:36.2 | every month. So if you want to know a little bit early you've got to tune into |
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