Ep. 176 Leaving a Record of History with Adam Serwer
The Stacks
Traci Thomas
4.9 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 11 August 2021
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
Today we welcome Adam Serwer to the podcast. Adam is a staff writer at The Atlantic and the author of The New York Times bestseller The Cruelty Is the Point: The Past, Present, and Future of Trump’s America. We talk about the historical record, Democracy as a means of managing conflict, running as creative routine, and much more.
The Stacks Book Club selection for August is Emergency Contact by Mary H. K. Choi. We will discuss the book with Juliet Litman on Wednesday August 25th.
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| 0:30.0 | Welcome to the Stacks, a podcast about books and the people who read them. |
| 0:39.2 | I'm your host Tracy Thomas, and today we welcome staff writer at The Atlantic and New York Times' |
| 0:43.8 | best-selling author, Adam Surwer, to the podcast. |
| 0:46.8 | To discuss his new book, The Cruelty is the Point, the past, present, and future of Trump's America. |
| 0:52.8 | Our conversation covers a lot of ground, from the importance of the historical record, |
| 0:57.6 | to running as a part of Adam's creative process. |
| 1:00.1 | Plus, you'll never guess who Adam's first writing teacher and college was. |
| 1:05.5 | The Stacks Book Club Pick for August is emergency contact by Mary H. K. Choi. |
| 1:09.8 | We'll be discussing the book on the show on Wednesday, August 25th with Juliet Littman. |
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