The Briefcase: Political Fiction With Annie B. Jones

Pantsuit Politics

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News, Politics, Society & Culture, News Commentary

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🗓️ 26 May 2017

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Sarah chats with Annie Jones from the podcast From the Front Porch about the importance of reading fiction. (Check out Sarah's discussion on Annie's podcast about the politics of being southern.) MEMBERSHIP DRIVE Pantsuit Politics takes time and energy to produce and that's why we're asking for your help and support. By pleading your monthly support for Pantsuit Politics, you make it possible to produce additional content, improve our offerings, and host events. Check out our Patreon page to see how you can support our show and get loads of additional content! SPONSORS: Aaptiv What do you get when an app that Sarah is obsessed with becomes a sponsor of the show? Aaptiv - a fitness app that provides audio workouts guided by a trainer synched with the perfect playlist and fully customizable by workout type, machine, duration, and intensity. Aaptiv is are offering our listeners a free 30 day trial. Go to https://aaptiv.com, sign up for a monthly subscription, and enter promo code PANTSUIT. WNYC On the Media: When our phones are our very own, tailor-made media universes, and our social media feeds are seeded with opinions and lies, how can we possibly find common ground? Thankfully, there is one way to maintain a level of frankness and transparency in your media. Listen to On the Media, WNYC’s weekly investigation into how the media shapes our world view. While maintaining the civility and fairness that are the hallmarks of public radio, the team at On the Media tackles sticky issues and untangles this era’s most intractable questions. Brooke Gladstone and Bob Garfield are your hosts on a search for the truth in a 24-hour news cycle. Catch them on their weekly podcast, On the Media, on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts! Leave us a review on iTunes by clicking here! Subscribe to Episodes: iTunes | Android Subscribe to our weekly email and get a free Pantsuit Primer audiobook! Follow Us: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook Annie owns The Bookshelf in Thomasville, Georgia, and came with lots of great fiction recommendations including: Exit West by Mohsin Hamid This Is How It Always Is by Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:56.0	Welcome to another episode of Pant Soup Politics. I am Sarah from the left and today I am here with
1:08.0	Annie B. Jones owner of the bookshelf in Thomasville, Georgia and co-host of the podcast
1:13.8	From the Front porch where you say you talk about books, the South and small business, right,
1:19.6	Annie? That's right. I love those. I love those three topics there too. Three of my favourite
1:24.1	topics as well. I've been on Annie's show talking about the politics of being Southern, which was
1:29.1	fantastic. Annie is here to talk about fiction, politics and how it can help you build empathy and
1:38.8	therefore be more nuanced. I'm so excited about the topic, Annie. I am so excited too because I have
1:45.6	so many people in my life who only read nonfiction and they kind of turn their noses up a little
1:51.5	bit of fiction and I think that's so sad. I'm excited. Well, in look, it doesn't have to be
1:57.6	just you and I spout enough for opinions. There's some good science about how important it is to
2:01.6	read fiction to put yourself because it's a mental exercise that's hard to get somewhere else,
2:05.8	which is to put yourself really in someone else's head and someone else's shoes and why that's so
2:10.4	important to build. If there's a really good study about how kids who read Harry Potter are more
2:15.4	empathetic, which I like to tote around with me. I mean, I can listen, not surprising. Our audience
2:21.1	is heavy on the nonfiction and look, I love a nonfiction book. I'm a learner, but I wouldn't get to
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