Ep. 215 It's Kind of Wonderful, but it's Kind of Awful with Danyel Smith
The Stacks
Traci Thomas
4.8 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 18 May 2022
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
Today we're joined by Danyel Smith, author of this month's book club pick, Shine Bright: A Very Personal History of Black Women in Pop. Danyel is an award-winning journalist, the creator and host of the Black Girl Song Book podcast, and former editor and chief of Vibe, and editor at Billboard. This episode gets into the erasure of black women in pop music, holding music institutions accountable, and the cost of crossing over to the "mainstream".
You can find everything we discuss on today's show on The Stacks' Website: https://thestackspodcast.com/2022/05/18/ep-215-danyel-smith
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 |
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| 1:14.7 | Welcome to the stacks a podcast about books and the people who read them |
| 1:17.7 | I'm your host Tracy Thomas and today I am beyond honored to be speaking with Danielle Smith |
| 1:23.6 | She is the author of our May book club pick shine bright a very personal history of black women in pop Danielle is a long-time music fan |
| 1:32.1 | Essayist she's the former editor at vibe and at billboard |
| 1:36.1 | She's the host of the black girl song book podcast and that's just some of her wildly impressive resume |
| 1:44.4 | She's intimately connected with the genre and artist she examines in her book including Whitney Houston, Ryan Kerry, Janet Jackson, Gladys Knight, and so many of these other incredible women |
| 1:53.9 | And together we talk about the toll of crossing over the erasure of black women in pop and the reason we need to celebrate the women who are at the center of |
| 2:02.7 | American pop music |
| 2:04.5 | This month's book club selection is Danielle's shine bright and we will be discussing the book on May 25th with Novina Carmel |
| 2:11.0 | Quick reminder every single thing we talk about on today's episode and every episode of the stacks can be found in the link in the show notes |
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