Ep. 133 Stacks on Stacks with Desus and Mero

The Stacks

Traci Thomas

Literature, Society & Culture, Books, Arts

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 14 October 2020

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Today we welcome two illustrious guests to The Stacks, Desus Nice & The Kid Mero. You know them from the #1 show in late night, Desus & Mero on Showtime, and their podcast Bodega Boys. The pair are now New York Times Best Selling authors with the release of their book God-Level Knowledge Darts: Life Lessons from the Bronx. Today we talk about the consumption of culture, the importance of growth and accountability in comedy, and the Bronx, of course.

The Stacks Book Club selection for October is The Autobiography of Malcom X as told to Alex Haley, we will discuss the book with Marc Lamont Hill on October 28th.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Stacks, a podcast about books and the people who read them. I'm your host
0:12.4	Tracy Thomas and today we have two very illustrious guests,
0:17.0	Deesus Nice and the Kid Merrow, aka the Bodega Boys. You know them from the number one show on Late Night,
0:24.8	Jesus and Mero on Showtime and from their Bo-Degah Boys podcast. They are now
0:29.8	New York Times best-selling authors with the release of their book God-level
0:33.4	knowledge darts life lessons from the Bronx. Before we get to the episode I
0:37.9	want to say a huge thank you to the Stax Pack, aka the people who support the
0:41.7	work of this show on Patreon.
0:43.7	Each month they contribute five dollars that helps me to make this show
0:47.3	and gets them access to our virtual book club and more.
0:49.9	I am forever grateful that the sex pack exists and I would be lost without y'all.
0:56.5	This week I'm sending an extra grateful shout out to Liz Moriarty, Jen Kuzmer,
1:02.0	Bethany Skogan, David Hobgood, Ann Sider, Selina Pichardo, Caroline,
1:08.2	Jennifer Monsov, Elizabeth Hudson, and Ellen Kew.
1:12.0	Thank you all so much. Okay, it's Bo Daga Boy time.
1:17.0	All right everybody I am here with the real life Bo-Daga Boys
1:26.7	A-K-A-on-top-A-K-Desus and Merrow.
1:31.5	What's up you guys? Welcome to the Stacks.
1:34.0	What up Stacks? Boetcker Boys in the building?
1:37.0	BX in the building, you know the vibes.
1:39.0	I'm so excited.
1:40.0	They should call me stacks on the block.
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