Ep. 326 You Can’t Opt Out with Emily Raboteau
The Stacks
Traci Thomas
4.8 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 3 July 2024
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
Today author and essayist Emily Raboteau joins The Stacks to discuss her book Lessons for Survival: Mothering Against "The Apocalypse." Emily explains what has changed for her since writing this meditation on justice, race and the environment. And we learn why it’s so important to talk about climate change with the people in our lives.
The Stacks Book Club pick for July is Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler. We will discuss the book on July 31st with Emily Raboteau.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Stacks, a podcast about books and the people who read them. I'm your host Tracy Thomas and today I am joined |
| 0:16.3 | by author and critic Emily Robito whose new book is Lessons for Survival, |
| 0:21.9 | mothering against the |
| 0:22.8 | apocalypse. The book follows her far-reaching efforts to raise her own |
| 0:26.7 | kids in the face of ongoing cultural crises from climate change to racism |
| 0:31.1 | and so much more. |
| 0:33.0 | She takes us through city parks, indigenous communities abroad |
| 0:36.6 | to seek out nature, harmony, community, and the spirit of resilience. |
| 0:40.7 | Today, Emily and I talk about how she was thinking about lessons, that spidey sense you |
| 0:46.6 | get when something just clicks, and also some of Emily's most favorite books and the |
| 0:51.7 | one book she is a little embarrassed that she still |
| 0:54.5 | hasn't read. Remember our July Book Club selection is Parable of the Sewer by |
| 0:59.4 | Octavia E Butler which we will discuss with Emily Rabbito on Wednesday, July 31st. |
| 1:06.4 | Everything we talk about on each episode of the stacks can be found in the link in the show |
| 1:10.0 | notes. |
| 1:11.0 | And listen, if you love this podcast and you want more of it or you just want to support the work that I am doing, please head to Patreon.com slash the Stacks and join the Stacks pack. |
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| 1:25.8 | You get access to our discord, monthly virtual book club meetups, and a bonus episode each month. |
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| 1:34.2 | this show possible. |
| 1:36.1 | You also get shout-outs on this very podcast. |
| 1:39.4 | So here's a special thank you to some of our newest members of the Staxpack, Naomi Henderson, Claire |
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