Ep. 210 A Warm Hug with Danny Pellegrino

The Stacks

Traci Thomas

Literature, Society & Culture, Books, Arts

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Today we're joined by the delightful Danny Pellegrino, author of How Do I Un-Remember This?: Unfortunately True Stories, a collection of essays about growing up as a closeted gay kid in small-town Ohio. We discuss the need to spotlight books in pop culture, the responsibility of media to tell stories that include gay characters, and how we handle grief. Traci also urges Danny to start his own LGBTQIA+ book club, watch out Reese!

You can find everything we discuss on today's show on The Stacks' Website: https://thestackspodcast.com/2022/04/13/ep-210-danny-pellegrino/

The Stacks Book Club selection for April is Doppelgangbanger by Cortney Lamar Charleston. We will discuss the book on April 27th with Nate Marshall.

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0:00.0	All right, the live in the stack store is on its last leg literally. We only have one show left
0:08.5	Join me in Los Angeles on Wednesday, October 18th with three of my favorite ever podcast guests and friends of this show
0:16.2	We are gonna be joined by Rachel Lindsey. Yes, that Rachel Lindsey the first black bachelor at also
0:22.2	She is an author a podcaster a TV host and a wonderful human being
0:26.4	We're gonna be joined by Sam Sanders podcast host journalist and I think arguably the cultural critic of our time and
0:33.7	The wonderful hilarious and super duper smart Chelsea Devantes who is an any nominated TV writer, comedian director and of course the host of
0:42.6	Glamrs trash formerly known as the celebrity book club podcast
0:46.6	We are going to have a blast bringing this tour to a close and not to mention that our friends from reparations book club
0:52.6	One of my favorite bookstores here in L.A. is curating a pop-up bookshop of our dreams
0:57.7	It's not too late to get your tickets head to the stacks podcast dot com slash tour before they sell out
1:15.1	Welcome to the stacks a podcast about books and the people who read them
1:18.1	I'm your host Tracy Thomas and today. We are joined by pop culture and reality TV podcaster Danny
1:23.8	Pellegrino who is the host of everything iconic with Danny Pellegrino
1:28.3	Danny just released his book a memoir in essays called how do I unremember this?
1:33.8	Unfortunately true stories. It was an instant New York Times bestseller and the book covers Danny's coming of age as a
1:39.9	closeted gay kid growing up in small town, Ohio and the many embarrassing stories he collected over the years
1:45.8	We talk today about pop culture Danny's lifelong love of books and the importance of queer stories
1:52.0	Don't forget the stacks book club pick for April is doppelganger by Courtney Lamar Charleston
1:57.5	We will be discussing the book on Wednesday April 27th with Nate Marshall
2:02.3	Quick reminder
2:03.9	Everything we talk about on every single episode of the stacks can be found in the link in the show notes
2:09.4	It will have a link for every person book article essay TV show and whatever
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