Friendship Is the Guiding Force With Christine Pride

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Feelings & Co.

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4.7 • 13.4K Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2022

⏱️ 44 minutes

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We’re back with another Terrible Reading Club episode, sponsored by BetterHelp Online Therapy. Think of it as our book club for truly terrible times. Haven’t read the book we’re discussing? Good news: In this reading club, that’s not a requirement. Today, we’re chatting with Christine Pride about her book co-authored with Jo Piazza, “We Are Not Like Them.” Support our new independent production (and get bonus content galore!) by joining TTFA Premium. We now offer tiers as low as $4.99 / month. Sign up. Our email subscribers get first dibs on ticket sales, new merch, show announcements and more. Join our mailing list here. Did you know we’re on TikTok? Yep, it’s true. Follow Nora. You can catch up with TTFA on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook using @ttfapodcast. Nora's Instagram is @noraborealis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I think when you're gathered with your friends or your book club, you're not necessarily
0:07.6	an essay.
0:08.6	Hey guys, do you want to talk about race tonight?
0:10.5	Hello, Terribles.
0:12.1	It's Nora Mcnerney.
0:13.6	This is another episode of the Terrible Reading Club, which I like to think of as good
0:18.2	books for terrible times and times are pretty consistently terrible lately.
0:31.4	Every day there's a fresh new horror waiting for us in our news apps, our social media feeds,
0:37.0	our personal social interactions.
0:40.6	For the past few years, the US has been in the midst of a racial reckoning and though
0:45.4	today's book is a piece of fiction, it is like all fiction, a reflection of the real world
0:51.3	that we live in.
0:53.1	The book is we are not like them.
0:55.6	The story of a white woman, Jen, and a black woman, Riley, who have been lifelong friends
1:00.8	nearly as close as sisters.
1:03.4	The prologue begins with the killing of a black teenager by a white police officer and
1:07.5	the fallout is documented from Jen and Riley's alternating perspectives.
1:12.4	Jen is the wife of a cop involved in the shooting and Riley is a journalist covering the story.
1:18.9	So the book is the story of a friendship and a conversation about race written by two
1:24.1	friends.
1:25.1	Joe Piazza, a white author and podcaster you know her from, committed and under the influence.
1:30.8	We love her.
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