Ep. 252 Begging to Go to the Library with Mina Kimes
The Stacks
Traci Thomas
4.8 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 1 February 2023
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Award-winning ESPN reporter Mina Kimes joins the show to share her love of reading and the one book that inspired her career. Mina reveals how she ended up in sports journalism, how she handles online harassment, and what she would change if she were suddenly appointed NFL commissioner.
The Stacks Book Club selection for February is The Round House by Louise Erdrich. We will discuss the book on February 22nd with Mina Kimes.
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| 0:00.0 | You guys, the live and the stacks tour is underway. |
| 0:03.8 | We had an incredible night in Oakland filled with bookish conversations, hot takes, games, |
| 0:08.8 | cocktails. If you missed it, I'm sorry, but don't worry, it's not too late to see the stacks live |
| 0:15.3 | in one of our next four stops. Join me in Chicago with Samantha Erby on August 27th |
| 0:21.6 | in Washington, D.C. with Jason Reynolds on September 24th in New York City with KSA |
| 0:26.9 | Laman on September 25th and in LA on October 18th with some extra special guests that we will be |
| 0:33.6 | announcing real soon. Tickets are selling fast so head to the stackspodcast.com slash tour and |
| 0:40.6 | get your tickets before we sell out. Welcome to the stacks, a podcast about books and the people |
| 0:54.9 | who read them. I'm your host Tracey Thomas and today we welcome Mina Kynes to the stacks. I'm |
| 1:00.5 | so excited. I'm a huge fan of Mina. She is a sports journalist. You might know her from the show |
| 1:05.7 | NFL Live on ESPN. You also might know her voice from the Mina Kynes show featuring Lenny her dog. |
| 1:11.7 | Mina is very much the person to go to for all things sports. Today we talk about her career, |
| 1:18.0 | how she thinks of her place in sports media and of course her favorite books. Remember Mina will |
| 1:23.6 | be back on February 22nd to discuss the roundhouse by Luis Urdrick for the stacks book club. |
| 1:29.3 | Quick reminder, everything we talk about on each episode of the show can be found in the link in |
| 1:33.2 | the show notes. And if you love the show and you want more of it, please go to patreon.com slash |
| 1:38.1 | the stacks and join the stacks pack. I could not make the show without the support of the stacks pack |
| 1:43.0 | and for just five dollars a month you get bonus episodes or virtual book club access to our |
| 1:47.9 | discord which is very much the place to be if you love books. Plus you get to know that your |
| 1:52.6 | contribution makes it possible for this podcast to exist every single week. To join head to patreon.com |
| 1:59.2 | slash the stacks. I also want to say a quick thank you to some of our newest members of the stacks pack |
| 2:04.3 | Elizabeth Loretto, Emma Veach, Rebecca Stumming, Heather Heintz, Ma Grace Tengcoff, Andrew, |
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