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The Stacks

Ep. 47 Reading, Writing, and Representation with Wade Allain-Marcus

The Stacks

Traci Thomas

Arts, Society & Culture, Books, Literature

4.91.8K Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2019

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Its time for another episode of The Stacks. Today our guest is actor (Insecure, Snowfall), director (French Dirty), and writer (Grown-ish) Wade Allain-Marcus. We talk about how TV shows are written, white savior narratives, and connecting with the emotional truth of a story. Plus, we're joined by Wade's chatty dog Tika.

You can find everything we discuss on today's show on The Stacks' Website: https://thestackspodcast.com/2019/02/20/ep-47-reading-writing-and-representation-with-wade-allain-marcus

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Welcome back to the Stacks, a podcast about books. I'm your host Tracy Thomas and today you'll meet our guest

0:13.8

actor writer and director Wade Elaine Marcus. Before we dive in I wanted to tell you

0:18.7

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0:31.8

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the stacks a reality. So go check out the stacks pack at patreon.com slash

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the stacks and a shout out to our newest member of the Staxpath, Edna Trujillo.

0:44.4

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0:48.9

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0:57.0

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1:00.0

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