OBP’s Best Books of 2023 with Tananarive Due, Linda Villarosa, and Baynard Woods

Our Body Politic

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🗓️ 29 December 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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On this episode of Our Body Politic, host Farai Chideya looks back on some of our favorite conversations with authors this past year. First we hear Farai’s conversation with author Linda Villarosa about her latest book “Under the Skin” and the dangers of medical racism. Then guest host Karen Grigsby Bates speaks with Baynard Woods, about his book “Inheritance: An Autobiography of Whiteness.” We round out the show hearing Farai’s conversation with award-winning author Tananarive Due about her latest spooky book, “The Reformatory” and the true family story that inspired it.

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1:03.2	Thanks for listening.
1:06.3	This is Our Body Politics.
1:08.4	I'm Farai Chidea.
1:10.0	We're ringing in the new year, and as we turn the page to
1:13.1	2024, we are also sharing some of our favorite conversations with authors from 2023. We start
1:20.0	by revisiting a book that explores one of America's most deeply political and personal issues,
1:25.5	our health. Data shows that black Americans live sicker and die quicker than their white counterparts,
1:31.5	but why is that the case?
1:33.4	The question is at the heart of journalist professor and author Linda Villarosa's latest book
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