Ep. 213 Curating a Vibe with Novena Carmel
The Stacks
Traci Thomas
4.8 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 4 May 2022
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Today we're joined by musician and DJ Novena Carmel, cohost of KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic. We get into our childhood reading habits, Novena's radio show experience, and curating a playlist for the city. We also discuss finding one's own rhythm, being the daughter of a music legend, and the power of vibrations.
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The Stacks Book Club selection for May is Shine Bright: A Very Personal History of Black Women in Pop by Danyel Smith.We will discuss the book on May 25th with Novena Carmel.
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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 |
| 1:15.0 | Welcome to the stats a podcast about books and the people who read them |
| 1:17.9 | I'm your host Tracy Thomas, and today I am joined by novena Carmel |
| 1:21.7 | Novena is a co-host of one of my favorite radio shows KCRW's flagship morning becomes eclectic |
| 1:28.2 | We talk today about how novena thinks about the responsibility of setting the musical tone and creating a vibe for the entirety of Los |
| 1:35.5 | Angeles every single day |
| 1:37.1 | What it was like for her growing up with a super famous musical father |
| 1:41.1 | Slice stone of slime the family stone and in a family of a bunch of musicians and musically inclined people and |
| 1:47.9 | We talk about the simplicity of children's books, especially for adults |
| 1:52.3 | This month's book club selection is shine bright a very personal history of black women in pop by Danielle Smith |
| 1:58.1 | We will discuss the book on May 25th when novena Carmel returns to the show |
| 2:02.8 | As a reminder everything we talk about on each episode of the stacks can be found in the link in the show notes |
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