Ep. 166 Who Do We Want to Be with Mychal Denzel Smith

The Stacks

Traci Thomas

Literature, Society & Culture, Books, Arts

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2021

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

Our guest this week is Mychal Denzel Smith, the author of one of Traci’s favorite books from 2020, Stakes is High. Mychal’s writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and many other publications, and now he hosts the Open Form podcast. Today we talk about the difference between accountability and punishment, abolition, and what it means to want better for America.

The Stacks Book Club selection for June is The Undying by Anne Boyer. We will discuss the book with Mychal Denzel Smith on Wednesday June 30th.

You can find links to everything we discuss on today's show on The Stacks' Website: https://thestackspodcast.com/2021/06/02/ep-166-mychal-denzel-smith/

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0:07.2	Within each episode, they dive into a spoiler-filled discussion
0:10.7	of a different book.
0:11.8	Reading everything from fiction to nonfiction,
0:14.3	romance to mystery, they even give you dramatic readings
0:17.2	of their favorite passages, complete with sound effects.
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0:32.2	wherever you listen to podcasts.
0:34.7	[♪ OUTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪
0:42.9	Welcome to the stacks, a podcast about books
0:44.9	and the people who read them.
0:46.0	I'm your host, Tracey Thomas, and today I'm
0:48.0	talking with author, Michael Denzel Smith.
0:50.6	Michael's second book steaks as high life
0:52.8	after the American Dream came out in 2020
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