Vibe Check Book Club with Matthew Desmond

Vibe Check

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Society & Culture

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 22 November 2023

⏱️ 67 minutes

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On this special book club episode of Vibe Check, Saeed, Sam, and Zach talk to author Matthew Desmond about his book, “Poverty, by America”. Plus, Matthew answers a few listener questions. We want to hear from you! Email us at [email protected], and keep in touch with us on Instagram at @samsanders, @theferocity, and @zachstaff.

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0:00.0	Fairmaidens.
0:03.0	Oh.
0:04.0	Oh.
0:05.0	Fair maidens.
0:08.0	Just trying it out.
0:10.0	We're trying it out. James, damsels, ladies.
0:13.0	We're in distress.
0:14.0	We are in distress.
0:15.0	I'm Sam Sanders.
0:17.0	I'm Saeed Jones.
0:18.0	And I'm Zach Stafford and you're listening to Vibe Check.
0:20.0	I see. I see. Well, we are so excited about this week's episode in particular.
0:31.7	This is our very first book club episode.
0:34.4	Yay! We're so proud.
0:37.4	It has been a joy reading and talking about with each other,
0:41.2	with all of you in your emails poverty by America by Matthew
0:45.5	Desmond as you all know if you're listening to this conversation is an
0:48.8	essential book it's not just a good book it's not just an interesting book. It's those things too, but it's essential. I think it's liberating.
0:56.7	And so it's really been a joy doing this work about a difficult subject, you know, obviously,
1:01.5	but doing it in community and kind of using it as an opportunity to strengthen the kind of vibe check community has been great.
1:08.0	We are so happy that we were actually able to have a conversation with Matthew Desmond, Matt Desmond himself, about the book,
1:16.5	about the work, yeah, he's like my friends call me Matt. It was so good. Are there any thoughts
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