Ep. 283 The Curiosity Never Ends with Brittany Luse
The Stacks
Traci Thomas
4.9 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 6 September 2023
⏱️ 75 minutes
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Summary
Today we're joined by award-winning journalist and cultural critic Brittany Luse upon her first anniversary as host of NPR's It's Been a Minute. We discuss curiosity as a foundational principal of Brittany's life, and what comes easily versus what's more difficult as a veteran podcaster. We also hear about how she decides what to cover on the show, and Brittany's book club with her niece.
The Stacks Book Club selection for September is Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma by Claire Dederer. We will discuss the book on September 27th with Brittany Luse.
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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. |
| 0:13.3 | We have only three stops left, so you need to grab your tickets now before you have major |
| 0:20.1 | FOMO for the rest of your life. |
| 0:22.7 | I will be in Washington, D.C. with Jason Reynolds on Sunday, September 24th. |
| 0:28.0 | I will be in New York City with KSA layman on Monday, September 25th, and you can find |
| 0:32.9 | me for the last stop of the tour on Wednesday, October 18th, with a few special guests which |
| 0:39.3 | we will announce real, real soon. |
| 0:42.2 | I promise you a night of big laps, hot takes, and more bookish conversation than you could |
| 0:47.6 | possibly imagine. |
| 0:49.8 | Tickets are selling fast, so head to the stackspodcast.com slash tour and get them before they're gone. |
| 0:57.5 | And I can't wait to see you live in the stacks. |
| 1:10.3 | Welcome to the Stats, a podcast about books and the people who read them. |
| 1:13.4 | I'm your host, Tracy Thomas, and today we are joined by Brittany Loose. |
| 1:17.8 | Brittany is an award-winning journalist and cultural critic who's celebrating her one |
| 1:21.4 | year anniversary as the new host at MPR's It's Bit A Minute. |
| 1:26.0 | Brittany also hosted the podcasts for colored nerds, sampler, and the nod. |
| 1:31.7 | Turns out Brittany is also an avid reader, and we have the most fun talking about all of |
| 1:37.8 | the books. |
| 1:38.8 | Brittany gives me book recommendations, adds a bunch of things to my TBR. |
| 1:42.3 | We talk about our shared characteristic of being uniquely curious and into gossip. |
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