Ep. 288 Just Presenting the Facts with Michael Harriot
The Stacks
Traci Thomas
4.9 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 11 October 2023
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
Columnist and commentator Michael Harriot joins The Stacks to talk about his book Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America. Michael reveals why he wanted to write a book about American history told from the perspective of Black people, how he thinks of connecting to his audience, and what makes this moment different than other moments in American history.
The Stacks Book Club selection for October is Tar Baby by Toni Morrison. We will discuss the book on October 25th with Minda Honey.
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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 Lindsay |
| 0:18.4 | Yes, that Rachel Lindsay the first black bachelorette |
| 0:21.8 | Also, 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 |
| 0:57.8 | It's not too late to get your tickets head to the stacks podcast dot com slash tour before they sell out |
| 1:14.8 | Welcome to the stacks a podcast about books and the people who read them |
| 1:18.0 | I'm your host Tracy Thomas and today we welcome Michael Harriet to the stacks |
| 1:23.0 | Michael is a writer journalist poet author |
| 1:26.6 | Storyteller and he is one of those talking heads you've seen on just about every news channel anytime something black happens |
| 1:34.0 | Michael is also the author of a brand new book called black AF history the unwhitewash story of America |
| 1:40.3 | The book seeks to correct the mythology of blackness |
| 1:42.7 | It's been implanted in our collective memory and tells the story of America by the black people who shaped it the book |
| 1:48.9 | Provides an educational hilarious and searing antidote to the nation's almost true legend of black history |
| 1:54.8 | Today we talk about why he wanted to write this book in this way how he hopes black AF history will change the conversations around American history |
| 2:01.8 | And we get into the musical Hamilton |
| 2:05.5 | Remember the stacks book club pick for October is tar baby by Tony Morrison |
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