Gabfest Reads: A Boarding School Thriller, But Make It Feminist

Political Gabfest

Slate Podcasts

Politics, Government, News

4.5 • 8.3K Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Emily Bazelon talks with author Rebecca Makkai about her new book, I Have Some Questions For You. They discuss why it’s so easy to suspend disbelief with this type of story, the “cancelled” subplot, and whether we’d be better off without Twitter. Tweet us your questions @SlateGabfest or email us at [email protected]. (Messages could be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.) Podcast production by Cheyna Roth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	On this island, the only love is the tough kind.
0:05.6	Let's go squat down and press off. Get used to this feeling.
0:07.8	This is only going to get harder.
0:09.3	And grafting means, well, grafting.
0:12.1	Toast through ball. Don't tell me you can't.
0:14.5	Eight struggling brits team up with eight fitness warriors.
0:17.7	There is nothing at all for you cannot achieve.
0:20.5	Only the strongest pair will survive.
0:22.9	It's about to get serious.
0:24.2	Go hard or go home with me, Jordan North.
0:27.4	Watch on BBC I Player.
0:30.1	MUSIC
0:36.4	Welcome to GABSES Reads for the Month of February.
0:39.1	I'm Emily Bazlon, one of the hosts of Slate's political GABSES.
0:45.0	I am really excited to be here today with a wonderful novelist, Rebecca Mackay.
0:51.5	Hi, Rebecca.
0:52.4	Hi.
0:53.5	So glad that you were joining us for this book,
0:56.0	which I think is going to be a big splash,
0:58.3	and I had such a good time reading.
1:01.4	So your book, your new book, is called,
1:03.5	I Have Some Questions for You.
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