Ep. 278 We're Giving Him Drugs with Sam Sanders

The Stacks

Traci Thomas

Literature, Society & Culture, Books, Arts

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 2 August 2023

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Sam Sanders, host of the Into It and Vibe Check podcasts, joins us to discuss the history of objectivity in journalism, what identity is and how people wield it, and what it's like having co-hosts and working with friends. We also hear how Sam decides which books to feature on his podcasts and how much he should share with his audience.

The Stacks Book Club selection for August is You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi. We will discuss the book on August 30th with Sam Sanders.

You can find everything we discuss on today's show on The Stacks' website:

https://thestackspodcast.com/2023/08/02/ep-278-sam-sanders

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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
0:27.0	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 stats, a podcast about books and the people who
0:55.3	read them. I'm your host Tracy Thomas and today I am joined by Sam Sanders, journalist and host
1:00.8	of Vultures flagship pop culture podcast into it. Sam also co-hosts the news and culture pod
1:07.5	Vibecheck along with Sy Jones and Zach Stafford. Sam was formerly the host of NPR's It's
1:12.9	Been a Minute and the NPR Politics podcast and not only is Sam an incredibly accomplished podcast
1:18.3	Titan, he is also my friend and one of my favorite people to talk about just about anything with.
1:25.1	So on today's episode Sam and I discuss hearing our own voices as podcast hosts, objectivity
1:31.6	and journalism and the kinds of books that Sam gets to feature on his show. Sam Sanders will
1:36.9	return for our book club discussion on August 30th. We're going to be talking about the romance novel
1:42.4	you made a fool of death with your beauty by a Quakey and Mesee. Quick reminder everything we
1:48.1	talk about on each episode of the stacks can be found in the link in the show notes. If you want
1:52.7	more from the stacks, join the stacks pack. It's just $5 a month and if you join you have access
1:57.8	to our monthly virtual book club hangs, the stacks pack discord and all of the stacks bonus episodes.
2:03.9	Plus you get to know that your support makes this show possible. So head to patreon.com slash the
2:09.9	stacks and join. I want to give a quick shout out some of our newest members of the stacks pack,
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