Ep. 245 The Worst Moments of His Life with Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa
The Stacks
Traci Thomas
4.8 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 14 December 2022
⏱️ 76 minutes
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Summary
Washington Post reporters Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa join The Stacks to discuss their book His Name Is George Floyd: One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice. We talk about giving George Floyd the "presidential" biography treatment, and why they chose to tell his story now. They reveal how they tackled writing such a massive book with over 400 interviews, and what the fact-checking process was like. We also ask, 'who is the audience for this book?'
The Stacks Book Club selection for December is True Biz by Sarah Nović. We will discuss the book on December 28th with Greta Johnsen.
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| 0:00.0 | Do you know what sucks really bad? |
| 0:02.3 | Missing out on tickets to the biggest tour of the year. |
| 0:06.8 | Not Taylor Swift, not Beyonce, but the live in the stacks tour. |
| 0:13.2 | We have only three stops left, so you need to grab your tickets now |
| 0:18.4 | before you have major FOMO for the rest of your life. |
| 0:22.6 | I will be in Washington, D.C. with Jason Reynolds on Sunday, September 24th. |
| 0:27.9 | I will be in New York City with KSA layman on Monday, September 25th. |
| 0:32.2 | And you can find me for the last stop of the tour on Wednesday, October 18th, |
| 0:36.8 | with a few special guests which we will announce real, real soon. |
| 0:42.1 | I promise you a night of big laps, hot takes, and more bookish conversation |
| 0:47.0 | than you could possibly imagine. |
| 0:49.4 | Tickets are selling fast, so head to the stackspodcast.com slash tour |
| 0:54.5 | and get them before they're gone. |
| 0:57.3 | And I can't wait to see you live in the stacks. |
| 1:09.9 | Welcome to the stacks, a podcast about books and the people who read them. |
| 1:13.1 | I'm your host, Tracy Thomas, and I am honored to welcome Washington Post reporters, |
| 1:17.3 | Robert Samuels, and Toulouse Olu Runepa to the show today. |
| 1:21.3 | They've co-authored the book His Name is George Floyd |
| 1:24.0 | about George Floyd's roots, life, and lasting cultural impact. |
| 1:27.3 | Their investigation follows Floyd's story from the housing projects of Houston |
| 1:30.8 | to his murder in the streets of Minneapolis. |
| 1:33.0 | And it draws on hundreds of interviews with people who knew George Floyd |
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