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Yesterday · 1 hr 5 min
Sam A. Miller — Still Lost: Tales from the Year 2080
From the beloved creator of the wildly popular Sam O’Nella Academy YouTube channel, an irreverent and timely science fiction collection that offers a wry look at the not-so-distant future Sam A. Miller, the creator behind Sam O'Nella Academy, has spent ten years teaching his 4.8 million subscribers about the past and the present. Here, he turns towards fiction—and the future… A hyper advanced alien race seemingly solves all existential threats—no climate change, no nuclear weapons, no singularity crisis...and yet, in crisis we remain. Because humans are their own existential threat in the not dys- or u-topian, but simply “topian” world of this interconnected collection: In “Four Little Words” scientists discover the shocking truth about grass. In “Eggs For Roman,” a baboon with human intelligence gets cyberbullied. And in “Beat,” a young man must save his own life from the music that’s taken it hostage. Often funny and always profound, Still Lost bends reality just enough for it to become a mirror and takes its readers on a daring and strange ride—an ultra-timely, sardonic collection that feasts on the follies and earnest absurdities of humanity. Sam A. Miller is an educational comedic YouTuber and Shorty Awards finalist with 4.8 million subscribers, known for his sardonic, MS-paint-illustrated videos on everything from pirates to Pliny to presidential pets. A life-long reader, this is his debut publication. PURCHASE: https://politics-prose.com/book/9780143139553?ic_referral=6BJ_4Aw7d2ICKK32lXY-YI8dLxctkmEo2Ri30JTIDt8wM50xsFT6zM0WUEsqZ2WBaTAJMmWSa_Dsthjt0RuNiQ0PpwTtT_jV_EWPE03hejT9KYMwr61LlhXyaRLgNtPa82x53o8
Saturday · 1 hr
Paul Richter — The Distance Between Our Names: The Untold History of America's War on Japanese Immigrants -with Kathryn Tolbert
A gripping historical account about the harrowing struggles of Japanese immigrants in the US during the years leading to World War II. In 1872, a new Japanese government’s first diplomatic delegation to the United States was greeted with rapturous welcome in San Francisco. For over ten days of lavish parties, the city’s elite admired the emissaries’ silk robes and noble bearing and began forging what they expected would be a special relationship between ascendant Pacific nations. Three decades later, a young Japanese immigrant disembarked at the very same waterfront to a different reception. “I was baptized with horse dung,” Nisuke Mitsumori recalled. “This was my very first impression of America.” Mitsumori arrived in the first angry days of America’s war on Japanese immigrants, a populist convulsion that became one of the nation’s darkest episodes of ethnic strife. In the early 1900s, Japanese immigrants faced mob violence and property destruction. Exclusionary laws restricted Japanese immigrants’ rights to own property, vote, and marry outside their race. Tensions intensified until 120,000 Japanese Americans were imprisoned in camps during World War II. The Distance Between Our Names is the story of the early battles over Japanese immigration—the less dramatic, more insidious chapter. Esteemed journalist Paul Richter researched hundreds of memoirs, public records, news reports, and oral histories to deliver an urgent account of immigration history. This highly relevant book is enlivened by intimate stories of the newcomers—high and humble—such as the children banned from public schools, farmers struggling in a system rigged against them, the women who were swindled into marriages resulting in lifetimes of hardship, immigrant leaders battling to forestall punitive laws. Taken together, The Distance Between Our Names is a stunning narrative of resilience and struggle, a gripping story of one community’s brave fight for dignity in the face of savage discrimination. Paul Richter has written about national affairs and foreign policy for four decades. As a journalist for the Los Angeles Times, he was based in Los Angeles, New York, and Washington, DC, and reported from sixty countries. During his years in Los Angeles he was principal author of California and the American Tax Revolt: Proposition 13 Five Years Later. His last book was The Ambassadors: America’s Diplomats on the Front Lines. The volume won the American Academy of Diplomacy’s Douglas Dillon Award for Books of Distinction on the Practice of American Diplomacy. He lives in the Washington, DC, area. Richter is in conversation with Kathryn Tolbert, a journalist with The Washington Post for more than 25 years, as an editor, reporter, and correspondent in Tokyo. She is the author of the oral history archive at www.warbrideproject.com and was a co-director of the documentary film Fall Seven Times Get Up Eight: The Japanese War Brides. She is currently executive director of The War Bride Experience, Inc., a nonprofit organization that has partnered with the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service and the National Museum of American History to create the traveling exhibition “Japanese War Brides, Across a Wide Divide.” PURCHASE: https://politics-prose.com/book/9781668031186?ic_referral=UY__guJdERTgm6Affc8lxycuvcSMqkF4ToW6l4_q6TMwM1YoRJNXrMEhO3Fw0FIUfj2PhWLyu9gJGL_t8qPuQXroPeoO-NeIE1JwAwRNv3ge-HXDx1TKlYzYLNyLOZPdXjdmxdA
Friday · 1 hr 2 min
David Conrad-Pérez — Fire in the Heart of the City: The Triangle Shirtwaist Tragedy and the Origins of Modern Charity - with Heather Boushey
How the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire exposed New York City elites and laid the foundations for modern charity Fire in the Heart of the City details the riveting story of what happened when a tragic fire in Greenwich Village threw Adolph Ochs, the ambitious new publisher of the New York Times, and Rose Schneiderman, a defiant young labor organizer, against each other in a momentous conflict. Following the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire--the worst disaster New York City had ever experienced--a significant feud emerged between New York's wealthy elite and labor rights' activists over who should organize the city's response: a nascent charity sector led by the city's wealthiest bankers or the reform-focused unions of Lower Manhattan. This revelatory account captures the rapid ascent of modern charity in America. David Conrad-Pérez details more than the disaster. He recreates what happened next, a watershed moment when a handful of charities on the brink of irrelevance were suddenly recast as New York's best answer to addressing the social and economic conditions responsible for the fire, a story long buried by destroyed files and hidden partnerships. Drawing on newly released archival documents, previously confidential reports, private diaries, and interviews, Conrad-Pérez uncovers the unprecedented campaign that advanced a small group of bankers and social elites and their idea for a new type of charity. The very people blamed for creating the problem became experts on the issues, saving the reputations of everyone involved--until now. Fire in the Heart of the City is an absorbing portrait of an extraordinary moment in the formation of modern American charity, casting new light on its profoundly dangerous and misunderstood legacy. David Conrad-Pérez is a media historian and the research director of the Center for Media & Social Impact at American University. Conrad-Peréz is in conversation with Heather Boushey, a professor of practice at the Kleinman Center where she runs the EconClimate Lab. Boushey is one of the nation’s most influential voices on economic policy. PURCHASE: https://politics-prose.com/book/9781479837700?ic_referral=gc3lNo_QaWiezB5-fDiIzYfkMZLtKVk9SBwo7YVPl18wM72WE1Mvt1QD9VqBxDE7V7quAYYWuvpeLpgzPoMyxr1WSh8rqpcv8ISmQZRK2qD1t10OqYmU6fJaMWpp6p5DnFdny3g
Friday · 1 hr 6 min
Hiram L. Smith — Wassup, My N....: The Hidden History of a Controversial Word
The history and meaning of one of the most controversial words in American English. Few words in English are as charged as "nigga" and "n*gger." While the slur "n*gger" is universally recognized as offensive, fierce debates continue over the use of "nigga"--who can say it, what it means, and whether it has been reclaimed as a term of endearment among Black people. Are these two words or one word with two pronunciations, and do they have different meanings? Wassup, My Nigga is the first book written by an African American linguist to explore the word's origin, history, and usage. Drawing on sources across time, from nineteenth-century slave narratives and ex-slave recordings to contemporary conversations on social media, the book reveals how the word's meanings vary according to context and across racial groups. It challenges myths about reclamation, explains why multiple pronunciations exist, and examines what the evidence really shows about how--and whether--meanings have changed over time. By presenting the discussion within the context of African American English, Wassup, My Nigga sheds new light on one of the most controversial words in American English and what it reveals about language, race, and identity. Hiram L. Smith is the Ruth Everett Sierzega Chair in Linguistics at Bucknell University. He published the first historical study of "nigga" and is the first African American linguist to write a book on the word. His research interests span African American English, Afro-Hispanic creole languages, Spanish, and Pennsylvania Dutch. PURCHASE: https://politics-prose.com/book/9781647127398?ic_referral=YE8L0OY8ge-ixBdhFAC92vF7r_ciYBhAqa3ur99L6EQwM7x2K3KPtfqBQ6CA7a57fUfzVymvsRmeAm1QVRKiAIQTvgbIQdHEpif-yVZ3sqXlf-pHYo4Zgj1U4pF34iOPG67PTC8
Thursday · 51 min
K.S. Shay — Portrait of a Witch Undone - with Ioanna Papari Kosiori
For fans of Starling House and A Discovery of Witches with a Thomas Crown Affair twist: a contemporary New England coven hides the mysteries that lurk in the marshes north of Boston—and how they are connected to the largest unsolved art heist in modern history. Once, Maeve Ryan was the strongest witch of her generation. But Maeve messed up a spell to contact the Lady of the Fens, an eerie Revenant who lures the unwary to their deaths in the brackish marshlands of the North Shore. Maeve destroyed her reputation, hurt her best friend Ash, and tainted herself with unbound, wild magic that transforms witches into insane Revenants. With unbound power eating away at Maeve’s mind, all she wants is to get rid of her magic. Forever. But Ash’s research into how the spell went awry leads in an unexpected direction: the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, and a link between the Lady and a decades-old art theft worth $500 million. When Ash disappears through a stolen painting’s empty frame, Maeve has to follow. Inside is the Other Marsh, a haunting, deadly realm where only the Lady’s rules apply. Within this half-world lie secrets about North Shore’s history, Maeve’s failure, and the fate of the masterpieces that disappeared over three decades ago. But as Maeve fights toward the truth, she risks her friendship, her coven, and her life against enemies hiding in plain sight. K.S. Shay grew up in the part of northeastern Massachusetts where half the streets are named after people who were accused of witchcraft. She loves live music, local gossip, and getting outside. You can find her across social media @ksshaywrites and at ksshaywrites.com. Shay is in conversation with Ioanna Papari Kosiori, a bookseller at Politics & Prose. She has received a master’s degree in Publishing from George Washington University. She’s worked as a Subsidiary Rights intern at Crown Publishing Group, and she is the recipient of a 2025 We Need Diverse Books Grant for young queer professionals in publishing. She publishes her own Substack articles and co-hosts the Novel Idea Book Club at P&P Union Market. PURCHASE BOOK: https://politics-prose.com/book/9781645662273?ic_referral=PsZspOfPL8pAbEFNPeqqCuU1UHjLBmWspmYgTnS4faAwM1uMUGpm_EYaJyN4b969k9dDk9PUZCFST5kLVpy4mKri7HhJsiq2HnKvv4y87MyHBEQCqTDplp4YpJBB1X8fIZRfxAA
Thursday · 57 min
Stuart E. Eizenstat — The Art of Diplomacy: How American Negotiators Reached Historic Agreements That Changed the World - with Ambassador Carla A. Hills
Now with a substantive afterword covering the start of the second Trump administration A riveting retelling of diplomatic history with praise from Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Bertie Ahern (Ireland), Tony Blair (UK), Ehud Olmert (Israel), and more. Inside the greatest diplomatic negotiations of the past 50 years In one readable volume, diplomat and negotiator Stuart E. Eizenstat covers every major contemporary international agreement, from the treaty to end the Vietnam War to the Kyoto Protocols and the Iranian Nuclear Accord. Written from the perspective that only a participant in top level negotiations can bring, Eizenstat recounts the events that led up to the negotiation, the drama that took place around the table, and draws lessons from successful and unsuccessful strategies and tactics. Based on interviews with over 60 key figures in American diplomacy, including former presidents and secretaries of state, and major political figures abroad, Eizenstat provides an intimate view of diplomacy as today's history. The Art of Diplomacy will be an indispensable volume to understand American foreign policy and provide invaluable insights on the art of negotiation for anyone involved in government or business negotiations. The paperback edition adds a substantive afterword that presents the challenges and opportunities for the second Trump administration. Stuart E. Eizenstat has served as U.S. Ambassador to the European Union and Deputy Secretary of both Treasury and State. He is also the author of President Carter: The White House Years (2018), The Future of the Jews: How Global Forces are Impacting the Jewish People, Israel, and Its Relationship with the United States (2012), and Imperfect Justice: Looted Assets, Slave Labor, and the Unfinished Business of World War II (2003). He is an international lawyer in Washington, DC. Eizenstat is in conversation with Ambassador Carla A. Hills. Amb. Hills served as United States Trade Representative from 1989 to 1993. As a member of President George H.W. Bush’s Cabinet, Carla was the President’s principal advisor on international trade policy and as the nation’s chief trade negotiator, representing American interests in multilateral and bilateral trade negotiations worldwide. She negotiated and concluded the North American Free Trade Agreement, led the U.S. negotiations on the Uruguay Round of the World Trade Organization, and concluded a large number of trade and investment agreements with countries around the world. Earlier, Amb. Hills served as Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (the third woman to hold a Cabinet position). She also served as the Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, of the U.S. Department of Justice. Before entering government, Amb. Hills co-founded and was partner in what is now the Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP law firm. She also served as an adjunct professor at the University of California at Los Angeles Law School teaching antitrust law, and co-authored the Antitrust Adviser, which was published by McGraw-Hill. Over the years, she has served on the boards of a number of Fortune 500 companies. She also serves in leadership positions with several not-for-profit organizations, including as Chair Emeritus of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations and of the Inter-American Dialogue; member of the Board of the Center for Strategic and International Studies; Honorary Director of the Peterson Institute for International Economics; member of the Executive Committee of the Trilateral Commission; and Co-Chair Emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations. PURCHASE: https://politics-prose.com/book/9798216277651?ic_referral=XtfNkuYodsXULairg8LOCQrLJ2ZR4kiIdmAtyah1FP0wM-dZDswvsJsNXmMXqbC1bKqK4RGtCHUM0AiCiSGiGNYZFnolpOoggIdAezrDcOa9LMmYAL5FJLJpO6Uu491QZ8t9oqU
Wednesday · 59 min
Tony Fletcher — Pow!: When UK Punk Went Pop, 1980-84 - with Seth Lorinczi
This event will be in partnership with Byrdland Records, the sister record store to Songbyrd Music House. POW is the fascinating memoir of a precocious English teen in the early 1980s who published a music magazine, interviewed many of the era's top artists, befriended rock stars, ran a record label, appeared on television, played in a band and found first love -- all at the same time In this sequel to his Boy About Town (2013), Tony Fletcher's incredible adventures in the world of British post-punk make for a compelling adventure of highs (an exclusive interview with Paul McCartney, friendship with Paul Weller of the hugely successful Jam, playing to huge audiences, discovering love and sex) and lows (heartbreak, learning the financial challenges of running a label the hard way, the collapse of his band). Despite the passage of time, he summons up all the enthusiasm he felt for the music and women he loved and marvels at the incredible experiences he had as a hard-working young striver. The generation raised on MTV, the New Musical Express and bands like Madness, Wham , the Smiths, Echo and the Bunnymen, Dexy's Midnight Runners and Killing Joke will love reading this inside view of a knowledgeable fan who got to know them all. Tony Fletcher is the author of eleven books, including best-selling biographies of Keith Moon, the Smiths and R.E.M., a memoir, a novel and more. As a London teenager, he started a fanzine called Jamming! in 1977 followed by a record label of the same name. He moved to New York in the late 1980s. Fletcher has played in bands, promoted concerts, DJed, written for numerous publications, hosted podcasts and appeared on and/or produced TV and radio shows. His hobbies include running mountains, from the Catskills to the Himalayas and any points in-between. He writes twice weekly at tonyfletcher.substack.com. Fletcher is in conversation with Seth Lorinczi, who writes on culture and music. His work appears in such publications as The Guardian, Narratively, Maggot Brain, Fretboard Journal and Sunday Long Read (upcoming) as well as numerous print and digital anthologies; he’s also the author of Death Trip: A Post-Holocaust Psychedelic Memoir (Spiral Path Collective, 2024). As a speaker and lecturer on music (and DC punk in particular), he’s presented extensively on both coasts at such cultural and academic institutions as Yale, Berkeley, Washington DC's MLK Library and numerous other venues that clearly didn’t vet him thoroughly enough. Byrdland is located in the Union Market District of Washington D.C. and carries over 5000 new and used vinyl records, curated to the tastes of DC music lovers. They carry the newest and best vinyl records in indie rock, pop, soul, R&B, hip hop, and jazz in addition to their robust used music section. Byrdland was named Washington D.C.’s Best Record Store by Washington City Paper in 2021. PURCHASE: https://politics-prose.com/book/9798999048776?ic_referral=MeWI4zzRDyQxFDY7OSz9NcqOj-hhHadDMNH0OBqRFlkwM1gjEEt8BPm4HYdrGooMXh4PpNlITYSQDIZe3HgOYpsrLmeMEEPftynAOzFPManBOdawjTRetrEjzQzjlXcjfvpAl7E
Wednesday · 53 min
Nadia Hashimi — City of Widows - with Liza Mundy
From bestselling novelist Nadia Hashimi—a gripping, occasionally terrifying, yet ultimately hopeful novel focusing on the women of Afghanistan in the years since the Taliban regained power. In February 2020 the US began to withdraw troops from Afghanistan after nearly twenty years of occupation. A whole generation of Afghan women had been born during that time—women who had grown up in relative peace, gone to school, entered the professions, even served in the army and Parliament. The women of Afghanistan watched as the Taliban filled the streets again. They knew everything was about to change. In the bustling, cosmopolitan city of Kabul, women are TV newscasters, shop owners, doctors, teachers, lawyers, even soldiers. They include Marjan, who fought with the Afghan army, and will risk everything to keep her daughter Hawa safe. In her earlier days Marjan was called Rahima and had lived the life of a bacha posh—a girl raised as a boy until she came of age. Forced into an early marriage, Rahima took the name Marjan when she fled her warlord husband. She’s created a whole new life for herself, one she will not give up easily. So has Soraya, who defiantly wore red lipstick as she led the army’s all-female combat force over the objections of her upper-class family. Soraya’s now a wanted woman whose brother may choose not to shelter her from the Taliban. What will become of her? Or Mina, a journalist and broadcaster whose beautiful face is known to everyone in Kabul—including the new regime? Fight or flight? Or find a third way? One thing is for certain: none of these women will meekly accept her fate. An epic saga of fear, resistance, change, and reinvention, City of Widows gives voices to the unforgettable Afghan women at a crossroads of history. Nadia Hashimi is a pediatrician turned international bestselling novelist and daughter of Afghan immigrants. She is the author of four books for adults: The Pearl that Broke Its Shell, A House Without Windows, When the Moon Is Low, and Sparks Like Stars, as well as the middle grade novels One Half from the East and The Sky at Our Feet. She lives with her family in the Washington, DC, suburbs. Hashimi is in conversation with Liza Mundy, an award-winning journalist and the New York Times bestselling author of four books, including Code Girls. A former staff writer for The Washington Post, Mundy writes for The Atlantic, Politico, and Smithsonian Magazine, among other publications. PURCHASE: https://politics-prose.com/book/9780063423541?ic_referral=Qr729UfQ_pXMY7rnNZnumC7MygL-ikysVgmbKi68HWUwM67WiYvJdrTDrFqS5U8MJeAIkUV4IMFkfXe_TOus6HaDmKhEd2pFo0LTPVbYt-98QDb8K9RiIp5GzuCLbRx8wRLZNic
Tuesday · 59 min
Joby Warrick — The Jackal: The Rise and Fall of Carlos, the World's First Super-Terrorist - with Ian Shapira
The spectacular rise and dramatic fall of super-assassin Carlos the Jackal—one of history’s most infamous terrorist masterminds—told with new revelations from the Jackal himself, by the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Black Flags. A black-bereted, gun-slinging avatar of one of the most turbulent eras in global politics, Carlos the Jackal burst onto the world stage in 1975 as the first true celebrity terrorist and the TV-ready face of a violent Palestinian resistance movement that was then just beginning to gain traction. In a bloody career that would ultimately span three decades, Carlos innovated a new kind of spectacular terrorism, one that embraced hijackings, hostage crises, airport bombings, and international assassinations. And he personally masterminded one of the most shocking operations of the era: the kidnapping of an entire conference of world oil ministers for ransom in Vienna. The polar opposite of today’s most infamous terrorists, Carlos was a hard-drinking libertine and self-styled romantic who entranced dozens of beautiful women and murdered his victims with callous disregard, often with his own hand. But Carlos was not all that he seemed to be. Through newly declassified archives, secret witness accounts, and a rare interview with the Jackal himself, acclaimed journalist Joby Warrick reveals a previously hidden side of the man born Ilich Ramírez Sánchez—an ideologically driven figure whose myth was as carefully constructed as his attacks were deadly. As he did in his Pulitzer Prize–winning Black Flags, Warrick delivers a powerful and highly cinematic tale that explains and illuminates the root causes, and founding personalities, behind one of the great conflicts of our time. Joby Warrick is a bestselling author, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, and national security correspondent for The Washington Post, where he has served for almost three decades. He has written extensively on topics ranging from Middle East conflicts and terrorism to nuclear proliferation and climate change. Warrick is the author of three previous works of narrative nonfiction, including the 2016 Pulitzer Prize winner Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS. A native of North Carolina, he has two adult children and lives in the Virginia suburbs of Washington, DC. Warrick is joined in conversation with Ian Shapira, an investigative reporter for The Washington Post, where he's worked for 26 years. He's written a series of stories about CIA officers killed in the line of duty, racism at the Virginia Military Institute, and abuse and sexual misconduct allegations within the Anglican Church in North America. He is the recipient of numerous journalism honors, including the George Polk Award. PURCHASE: https://politics-prose.com/book/9781668070550?ic_referral=W9ffBltUTtHK_wq5YnXdBZmMYBbAUmhkf-b7Zr-tg0swM0snuWgZz1hI1a4Sl4WLmI9zYyhxxWf6L76Q2aqxl_XIsj6SkDFNqXVLGKwahLd7qr74E07vYZDZNayJFFwFa7lA2AQ
Tuesday · 1 hr 6 min
Skye Perryman — Ordinary People, Extraordinary Times: How to Reclaim Your Power, Fight for Freedom, and Reimagine Democracy - with Eugene Daniels
Skye Perryman—TIME 100 honoree and CEO of Democracy Forward—offers an urgent, inspiring blueprint for how ordinary people can fight for freedom in extraordinary times. The future of our country lies in all of our hands. From protecting voting rights and public schools to finding courage in the face of fear, Skye Perryman makes the case that defending democracy isn’t the job of lawyers or politicians alone—it’s a role for every one of us, seasoned and brand-new activists alike. Drawing on her frontline experience challenging threats to democracy in courtrooms across the nation, Perryman combines gripping personal stories with practical “how-to” guides that empower readers to take action in their own communities. Accessible, hopeful, and deeply practical, this inspiring book shows that the path forward begins not in the halls of power but at our kitchen tables, in our neighborhoods, and through the everyday choices we make to speak up, build community, and protect our future. Skye Perryman, president & CEO of Democracy Forward and a TIME 100 honoree, is a nationally recognized attorney and leader advancing democracy and individual rights. Under her leadership, Democracy Forward has secured major court victories protecting healthcare, education, and reproductive freedom. Perryman is a frequent media commentator, appearing on NBC, MSNBC, CNN, and NPR, and her work has been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, Time, and Newsweek. A sought-after speaker at venues including SXSW and the Texas Tribune Festival, she is recognized for blending legal expertise with accessible, inspiring storytelling. Perryman is joined in conversation with Eugene Daniels, an MS NOW Senior Washington Reporter and co-anchor of MS NOW’s “The Weekend” from 7 to 10 a.m. ET on Saturdays and Sundays. He is also the co-host of the MS NOW original podcast, “Clock It with Symone & Eugene." In 2026, MS NOW announced Daniels’ first podcast with the network, “MS NOW Presents: Clock It,” co-hosted by Daniels and Symone Sanders Townsend. In the series, the Washington power-players take on the latest political news, the catchiest cultural moments, and how the two converge. Throughout his career, Daniels has interviewed countless political leaders and policy experts, and was one of the few reporters to have interviewed former Vice President Kamala Harris during her run for president in 2024. He has covered midterm elections, the Democratic presidential primary, and general elections through print, video journalism, podcasts, and live events. He also previously worked as a Political Reporter at Newsy and began his career in local television in Colorado Springs. Daniels holds a Bachelor’s Degree from Colorado State University and lives in Washington, D.C. PURCHASE: https://politics-prose.com/book/9798217273997?ic_referral=ovK8qS3A9AZiqBMKuRV7nCPN1VpdDjBG9UzMBtCGDBgwM6eNeDR2haU0s7Nr7SgROkNR0wYp2JbS7sy5Qky1Z6OBtiFwzh5mIHzHpJxaj42_FWESTT3FSYFjPfNCCezbQfT7a-g
September 7 · 58 min
James Loeffler — Exceptional Hatred: Antisemitism and the Fight over Free Speech in Modern America - with Franklin Foer
A leading historian’s revelatory exploration of antisemitism in the United States—from 1940s anti-Jewish riots until today—showing that it has long served as a frontline in our wars over freedom of speech and the nature of American liberalism Few issues are as vexed today as antisemitism and free speech. There is scarcely an arena—college campuses, congressional hearings, immigration courtrooms, social media platforms—where we are not polarized over what counts as antisemitism, which speech is protected by the First Amendment, and what the law should do about hatred. At a time of political crisis, antisemitism has become a point of ideological obsession. None of this is new. In a sweeping history of ideas and law, James Loeffler recovers the forgotten roots of our contemporary turmoil. From two antisemitic riots in postwar Chicago to a neo-Nazi march in 1970s Skokie, Illinois, and the Charlottesville Unite the Right rally in our own time, Loeffler explores the ways in which America’s courts have grappled with hatred, freedom, and the tensions at the heart of liberal democracy: Are some hatreds more dangerous than others? Is tolerating hate speech the price we must pay for free speech? And can liberalism ever make good on its promise to end hatred through law? Confronting these questions, Exceptional Hatred restores a missing history of hate speech, antisemitism, and the law, one that points to how we might protect difference without surrendering our principles of equality and freedom. An award-winning historian, James Loeffler is the Felix Posen Professor of Modern Jewish History at Johns Hopkins University and the author of Rooted Cosmopolitans: Jews and Human Rights in the Twentieth Century. Previously he taught at the University of Virginia and served as Dean’s Visiting Scholar at Georgetown University Law Center. Currently a Kogod Senior Research Fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America, his writing has appeared in The Atlantic, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and The New Republic. He lives in Washington, D.C., with his family. Loeffler is in conversation with Franklin Foer, a staff writer at The Atlantic and former editor of The New Republic. He is the author of several books, including most recently The Last Politician: Inside Joe Biden’s White House and the Struggle for America’s Future. He lives in Washington, DC, with his family. PURCHASE: https://politics-prose.com/book/9781250806079?ic_referral=9_v-kN_Zk363BOexherfJOvJtVrr06HaYtEEzOTnnxQwM3tHwHlmUH_KI-fDoheg7JbfCCb55UvpB-DKB1p0A38NFkpuiIoSp7fXF64i2TbhzHlOs7HtQaH8Sb3xc-T41WhxZGs
September 6 · 1 hr 1 min
Virginia Eubanks — A Guide to Open Water Lifesaving: Lessons on Love, Care, and Survival: A Memoir -with Jason Resendez
What do you do when someone you love, maybe the person you love most in the world, is in trouble—even drowning? Do you jump in to save them? Will you be able to bring both of you back to shore? One night, Virginia Eubanks received the kind of news we all fear. Her beloved partner had been brutally beaten, just steps from their house. Virginia jumped into the water. She dived into the responsibilities of being a primary caregiver. In the weeks, months, and years that followed, she and her partner struggled to stay afloat in the sea of tasks required to keep them both safe and alive despite wave upon wave of setbacks: police disinterest, suspended health insurance, inadequate medical care, lost income, lost friends, endless paperwork, and, for J, a serious case of post-traumatic stress disorder. Then, Virginia herself developed what is known as collateral PTSD, a condition common among caregivers but rarely discussed. Virginia looked for help. She turned to reliable sources for survival tips: scientists, therapists, trauma theorists, social movements. But it wasn’t until she happened on an old lifesaving manual that she found advice that actually helped. Inspired by its lessons, she signed up for instruction in wilderness first aid, kayak self-rescue, Winter Survival 101, map and compass use, bushwhacking, lifeguarding. She went out in search of other people’s stories and of experts, interviewing everyone from neuroscientists to forest rangers. She gathered skills and knowledge that made her feel strong, competent, more prepared for the challenges ahead. As disarmingly funny as it is quietly wise, A Guide to Open Water Lifesaving is the story—heart-wrenching and all too relatable—of how one woman tried to save her beloved and learned that she would also have to save herself. It is a moving, hopeful love story about two people caught in their own kind of wilderness, trying not just to survive but to truly care for each other. Built from cataclysmic loss and tenacious love, A Guide to Open Water Lifesaving challenges readers to reconsider the ways in which we tend our loved ones and ourselves, and it reminds us: no one survives the wilderness alone. Virginia Eubanks is a professor and an investigative journalist whose work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Harper’s Magazine, The Guardian, Nature, and Scientific American. She is the author of the award-winning book Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police, and Punish the Poor. When not sleeping in her truck in the Adirondacks, she lives in Troy, New York. Eubanks is in conversation with Jason Resendez, President of National Alliance for Caregiving (NAC). PURCHASE: https://politics-prose.com/book/9780374611798?ic_referral=oDw1TLAFF-emI6i1SO7N4TEKHjGBUlGvxtN1G_AOdpEwM8vta8BBWtRpK7as0ysH-W9ZbicmU5Ch8d9Zi_Im7R5R6nUxZzE1H_d0M59DZEaTnNDfe4IjSR2PERNynM1S-zojI-w
September 5 · 1 hr 3 min
Nina Simon — My Sister Is Going to Kill Me - with S.A. Cosby
From the New York Times bestselling author of the runaway hit Mother-Daughter Murder Night, a Reese’s Book Club pick, comes another fun, family-centered whodunnit about two sisters who work together to find a killer as they raft down the rapids of the Grand Canyon. What's a family vacation without a little murder? Liv and Mandy Chisholm’s yearly sister trip is a sacred tradition, an attempt to bond as their lives increasingly diverge. Liv, the ever-practical older sister, packs the color-coded itineraries. Mandy, a bedazzled human tumbleweed, brings the spontaneity. This year, the sisters take off for a rafting adventure through the breathtaking depths of the Grand Canyon with a group of strangers. But beyond the terrors of whitewater rapids, sibling squabbles, and rogue reptiles, the ferocious beauty of the river carries a darker undercurrent, and an unexpected guest: a murderer in their midst. When a fellow traveler is found dead and another corpse hits the water, the rafting trip flips from idyllic sister vacation to high-stakes murder investigation. Every suspect has a secret, every clue is drenched in mystery, and Liv and Mandy can hardly trust each other, let alone their own instincts. With the river raging and danger around every bend, the Chisholm sisters must work together to catch a killer—and keep their relationship from capsizing—before it’s too late. Nina Simon writes crime fiction about strong women. She is the author of the New York Times-bestseller Mother-Daughter Murder Night, which she wrote for her mother, as a way to entertain, comfort, and connect with her during a major health crisis. This debut novel was a Reese's Book Club pick, a Golden Poppy Award winner, and a "best of 2023" selection for Amazon, Barnes & Noble, CrimeReads, and Library Journal. Before turning to fiction, Nina wore many hats: NASA engineer, slam poet, game designer, museum director, and nonprofit CEO. Her work on community participation in museums, libraries, parks, and theaters has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, NPR, and the TEDx stage. Born and raised in Los Angeles, Nina now lives off-the-grid in the Santa Cruz Mountains with her family. More information can be found on her website, ninaksimon.com. Simon is in conversation with S.A. Cosby, a New York Times bestselling writer from southeastern Virginia. He is the author of All the Sinners Bleed, which was on more than forty Best of the Year lists, including Barack Obama's, as well as Edgar Award finalist Razorblade Tears and Los Angeles Times Book Prize winner Blacktop Wasteland. He has also won the Anthony Award, ITW Thriller Award, Barry Award, Macavity Award, BCALA Award, and Audie Award and has been longlisted for the ALA Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence. PURCHASE: https://politics-prose.com/book/9780063478022?ic_referral=zAaefY5syVOlqfyHyY8BtXPfvU1NFqFw6QMd6BM0fZgwM9aEf3HRpUkUFYMMeQkOE26W4aZeCBmxtCu89s92aTmk7z9pvrMDU4Z7TDBPzZA4cZIL1QJLRKLglbcVSfBHo6Pl7FU
September 4 · 57 min
Timothy Schraeder Rodriguez — Conversion Therapy Dropout: A Queer Story of Faith and Belonging - with Andrew Marin
A gay Christian's behind-the-scenes account of evangelical megachurches and eight years in conversion therapy before finding wholeness and authenticity. Timothy Schraeder Rodriguez was an invisible architect behind evangelical Christianity's digital empire, crafting messages of belonging for some of the most influential megachurches -- Hillsong Church, Elevation Church, Willow Creek -- all while secretly questioning his own place within the faith. In a desperate attempt to "fix" himself, he turned to conversion therapy, spending eight years trying to pray the gay away. And he wasn't alone. More than 700,000 people in the US have undergone some form of conversion therapy. Even though Exodus International, the largest ex-gay organization, closed in 2013, the practice still thrives in many conservative religious communities. After years of this harmful "therapy," Schraeder Rodriguez's sexuality never changed. But his faith did.The more time he spent in evangelical Christianity, the more he witnessed the hypocrisy of institutions that claimed to love everyone while quietly pushing people like him into silence. But Schraeder Rodriguez wouldn't remain silent. Instead, he forged a new path, discovering a vibrant faith beyond the constraints of non-affirming theology and finding a community that embraced his whole self. Conversion Therapy Dropout is a behind-the-scenes look at megachurch culture, the hidden harm of non-affirming Christian spaces, and the ongoing impact of conversion therapy on gay Christians. This isn't just a coming-out story -- it's about what happens after. About rebuilding a life outside the only world you've ever known. And the radical act of stepping into the light after being told your whole life to stay in the shadows. Sometimes, the greatest act of faith isn't holding on -- it's letting go. Timothy Schraeder Rodriguez spent almost a decade trying to "pray the gay away" in conversion therapy--all while working at some of the world's most influential megachurches. After embracing his identity as a gay Christian and stepping away from church work, he co-founded Church Clarity, an organization that helps queer people find affirming faith communities. His story and work have been featured by NBC, VICE, Huff Post, Religion News Service, and Newsweek. Born in the Midwest, he now calls New York City home, where he continues his work as a digital strategist, writer, and advocate for queer people of faith. Schraeder Rodriguez is in conversation with Andrew Marin, President and Founder of The Marin Foundation, which over the past dozen years has been widely credited with creating a new cultural category of building bridges between the LGBT community and social, political, and religious conservatives. On this topic he frequently lectures at universities and facilitates trainings for community groups and religious organizations around the world. His speech, Homophobia and Bridging from within the Evangelical Church, given on Capitol Hill the night before the first Inauguration of President Barack Obama, is archived in the Smithsonian Museum in Washington, DC. Andrew is the award winning author of three books and a DVD curriculum, and publishes his academic research in theology and political journals. PURCHASE: https://politics-prose.com/book/9798889835431?ic_referral=Rzm3Z0TWdWSOdNz6bvl5iUV8PhgWGa-tDny2Yct8iqwwM_1PjRQ2AZRbdV3C0nymuWRJXTd_4pcOIPQEApmxOopVXjUbdi_GvA32D1X2XsaP9Az95YFsmr1G_m6kTqFKjwUibJg
September 4 · 1 hr 8 min
Michael E. Shepherd — Rural Pain, Republican Gain: How the Republican Party Is Killing Rural America and Why Democrats Are Blamed (Chicago Studies in American Politics) - with Marcia Brown
An eye-opening look at how Republican policies have affected health outcomes in rural communities and why poor, rural white voters are turning to the Republican Party―not despite this harm, but because of it. Over the last four decades, the health of rural Americans has been in free fall. Just as opioid and gun deaths have ripped apart rural communities, hospitals have closed at alarming rates, leaving millions desperately far from care. At the same time, voters in struggling rural communities have increasingly come to vote for the Republican Party. In Rural Pain, Republican Gain, Michael E. Shepherd demonstrates that these two trends are closely connected. At both the federal and state levels, the Republican Party has increasingly enacted policies that worsen rural health. Rural voters are not indifferent to this development (quite the contrary), but they misassign blame, in part, because the Democratic Party is more commonly associated with health-related policy initiatives and has ownership of health as an issue area. Republican politicians can reap rewards from their own destructive policies by appealing to the shared grievances of rural people. Shepherd draws on new, wide-ranging data, including in-depth studies of the opioid epidemic, hospital closures, and COVID-19. In so doing, he quantifies the harm of Republican policymaking and its disproportionate effect on rural communities, recasting how readers understand growing Republican support among less healthy, lower-income rural white Americans. Michael E. Shepherd is an assistant professor at the University of Michigan, where he holds appointments in the School of Public Health and the Department of Political Science. The New York Times and Bloomberg have featured his research, and he has published op-eds in Jacobin and the Washington Post. He grew up in rural Kentucky, where he experienced first-hand many of the shifts that he describes in his research. Shepherd is joined in conversation with Marcia Brown, a food and agriculture reporter for POLITICO. She brings deep analysis and new perspectives to her coverage of the ways federal policy is reshaping how we eat and how we farm. Her reporting spans federal agencies, Congress and the courts, with a focus on federal nutrition programs. She previously covered competition policy for The Capitol Forum and was a writing fellow at The American Prospect, where she reported on immigration, labor and criminal justice. She graduated with a degree in history from Princeton University, where she was editor-in-chief of The Daily Princetonian. An Ohio native, she lives in Washington, D.C., with her husband. PURCHASE: https://politics-prose.com/book/9780226851792?ic_referral=bE-kJV2v369Kdcd_ucUZt_Y_-6ZXlY41AROVap71mLQwM2Td6EOpkWODQpMnAB1a71JbEA0ksvKZomAi74vL01pvPtRK1sQwZ6m53t7CVeW2jBSFJ1z3ZKRyDW9Eqa2PUYTGl_E
September 3 · 59 min
Alysia Li Ying Sawchyn — I Have This Thing for Flowers: Essays on the Roots of Relationships - with Gabrielle Lucille Fuentes
A story of love, marriage, and flowers from beloved writer and gardening enthusiast Alysia Li Ying Sawchyn Six months before her wedding, Alysia Li Ying Sawchyn’s fiancé broke off their engagement. Stunned, reeling, and newly uninsured, Alysia married her friend Sarah in an arrangement that secured them both free health insurance. They moved in together in the midst of the pandemic, and with time and while tending a garden, their marriage of convenience grew into a marriage of love. In science, art, and mythology, we cannot help but to see flowers as metaphors for the fleeting nature of youth, vitality, and love. It’s easy to casually admire something beautiful, but it takes a discerning eye to appreciate the effort that went into nourishing and tending to that beauty. In both gardening and relationships, one cannot expect to fill your garden with flowers if you are unwilling—or unable—to put in the work they need to thrive. In I Have This Thing For Flowers, Sawchyn does just that, likening the many flowers she has grown in her gardens to a range of relationships and moments of her life, reflecting on topics from motherhood to perfumery to scientific illustration. Cataloguing many of the great romances and loves of her life like an herbarium of flowers preserved from the garden, Sawchyn examines the kinds of love that can't be explained. Alysia Li Ying Sawchyn is a writer, editor, and educator living in Western North Carolina. Formerly the Editor-in-Chief of The Rumpus magazine, she has received fellowships from the Kenyon Review and the Sewanee Writers' Conferences. Their first essay collection, A Fish Growing Lungs, was a finalist for The Believer Book Awards. Ying Sawchyn is in conversation with Gabrielle Lucille Fuentes, the author of The Sleeping World, Are We Ever Our Own, and Clear Water, which will be published by Flatiron Books on November 3rd. She has received fellowships from Hedgebrook, Willapa Bay Artists in Residency, Yaddo, the Millay Colony, Lighthouse Works, and the Blue Mountain Center. She holds a BA from Brown University, an MFA from the University of Colorado, Boulder, and a PhD from the University of Georgia. She is an associate professor at the University of Maryland. She lives in Maryland with her family PURCHASE: https://politics-prose.com/book/9781250397614?ic_referral=blFFQBA0u2Ypb1LO9WPXWyMmO9Xap7hrpaaiOHzqrWUwM6pB1pCRBELHYIR5dnLYiu_lpcQFDF2liswnVeBQMRU1Y0hK7GmCgTmJkBcWfFJflzDhgJeGUFX3RlwMC5weysKkEAg
September 3 · 58 min
Nicholas Reynolds — Ortiz’s War: The Allies' Secret Weapon Against the Nazis in France - with Dr. Jeffrey Rogg
Peter J. Ortiz’s path to becoming the most battle-decorated member of America’s first spy agency—and one of the most decorated Marines of World War II—was unlike any other. Born in New York and raised between California and France, he would have stints as a merchant seaman, dude ranch manager, race car driver, lion tamer, circus performer, and Hollywood stuntman and actor. As a teenager, Ortiz ran away from boarding school in France to join the French Foreign Legion. He first experienced combat in North Africa against tribesmen in the Sahara. Fighting on the front lines against the Germans in 1940, he was badly wounded and captured. He repeatedly escaped, one time fleeing a hospital train after assuming the identity of a dead soldier. Docking in the US the day after Pearl Harbor, Ortiz enlisted in the Marine Corps. As someone who could speak French like a native--and get by in Arabic, German, and Spanish--the dashing former Legionnaire immediately stood out. Instead of being deployed to the Pacific like the majority of Marines, Ortiz was recruited by the Office of Strategic Services (OSS)—America’s World War II forerunner to the Central Intelligence Agency—for special operations in North Africa and Europe. In 1944, Ortiz parachuted into France on two top-secret inter-Allied missions. Operating deep behind enemy lines, he traveled throughout Southeastern France—at times donning his Marine uniform—arming and training the Maquis, blowing up Nazi infrastructure, and aiding downed Allied airmen. Rotating his many covers—including as a fashion designer and minor Vichy government official—he infiltrated Nazi gatherings and funneled intelligence about German positions back to OSS London ahead of D-Day. By the time he escaped across the Pyrenees, he was among the Gestapo’s most wanted. Two months after the Normandy landings, Ortiz jumped back into the French Alps, this time with a team of Americans he recruited for “Le Grand Parachutage,” a drop that sent more than 150 tons of supplies raining down to the Maquis to fight the Axis. When his six-man patrol was surrounded by more than one hundred Germans at the village of Centron, Ortiz faced a choice: fight the enemy or save the village from Nazi annihilation. A rare Marine in the European Theater, he received two Navy Crosses. Ortiz’s story—an untold corner of World War II history—is one of extraordinary courage, resistance, and self-sacrifice. Nicholas Reynolds has worked in the fields of modern military history and intelligence off and on for 40 years, with some unusual detours. Freshly minted PhD from Oxford University in hand, he joined the Marine Corps in the 1970s, serving as an infantry officer and then as an historian. As a reservist, he became officer in charge of field history, deploying historians overseas to capture history as it was being made. Additionally, he edited The Journal of America’s Military Past, a scholarly publication at the intersection of military history and historic preservation. For years, he served as a CIA officer, most recently as the historian for the CIA Museum. Reynolds will be joined in conversation with Dr. Jeffrey Rogg, an assistant professor at the University of Texas at Austin’s Clements Center for National Security and associate director of scholarship for the Intelligence Studies Project. He previously held roles at the University of South Florida, Joint Special Operations University, and The Citadel, and completed a postdoc at the U.S. Naval War College. He is vice president of the Society for Intelligence History and an associate editor of Intelligence and National Security. PURCHASE: https://politics-prose.com/book/9781400256167?ic_referral=kXC_0_ayCr35E71spuKeSQ7qY13JLV-3yxr0EBV15zkwM8NmI0S7j2dgv3I0EvU1Mk89ugwLeTJ-9LpxHmh-rZmD8mve1S_5C2sU1wFky7StBrf0wPqXZ6aBQnvfGibY7i90HNA
September 2 · 1 hr
Behind the Issue with The Atlantic: Featuring Rose Horowitch in conversation with Yoni Appelbaum
Politics and Prose has partnered with The Atlantic for an evening of discussion surrounding the magazine’s August issue. Atlantic staff writer Rose Horowitch will discuss her cover article, “The End of Reading Is Here.” She will discuss her approach to research and writing the article, as well as the implications behind the lower reading rates. Rose will be in conversation with Yoni Appelbaum. Appelbaum is a deputy executive editor of The Atlantic. Before joining The Atlantic, he was a lecturer on history and literature at Harvard University. He is the author of Stuck.
August 31 · 1 hr
Kurt Andersen — The Breakup - with Sean Rameswaram
A marriage cracks apart as a near-future United States redraws its borders in this penetrating and moving novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Fantasyland. Natalie and Asher’s marriage has long been marked by fault lines, quiet rifts in how they view their fellow Americans and navigate AI-suffused life in 2045. After twenty-three years together, and after surviving the two years of civil war in the 2030s, Natalie in rural Tennessee (part of the new Free American Republic) and Asher in San Francisco (in the now smaller United States). Natalie and Asher’s relationship mirrors America’s own unraveling—confused, messy, painful, ambivalent, and impossibly intimate. When Natalie and Asher are brought back into proximity while touring far-flung colleges with their seventeen-year-old, they find themselves on a road trip through a strange, uncertain new American landscape, transformed by both the terrorist uprising and technology, all while dealing with the flux—and resilience—within their own family. They face the questions the nation has reckoned with for a generation: what differences are irreconcilable, and when is something broken worth saving? Razor-sharp, ambitious, ranging from tragic to comic and brimming with imagination, The Breakup is a sweeping story where the personal and sociopolitical intersect in ways bracingly plausible, keenly insightful, and surprisingly hopeful. Kurt Andersen is the author of the recent New York Times bestsellers Evil Geniuses and Fantasyland, as well as several bestselling novels, including You Can’t Spell America Without Me, Heyday, and Turn of the Century. With Steven Soderbergh he co-created the dystopian comedy series Command Z. He co-founded Spy magazine and hosted the Peabody Award–winning public radio show and podcast Studio 360. A commentator on MSNOW and regular contributor to The New York Times and The Atlantic, he was previously editor-in-chief of New York and a columnist for The New Yorker. He grew up in Nebraska, graduated from Harvard, and lives in New York City with his wife Anne Kreamer. Andersen is in conversation with Sean Rameswaram, who hosts Vox’s daily news podcast, Today, Explained. Before joining Vox Media to launch the show, he was a correspondent for WNYC’s Radiolab series More Perfect, where he reported features on guns in America, gerrymandering, and other urgent constitutional questions. Earlier at WNYC, he was a producer for Studio 360 with Kurt Andrsen and hosted Studio 360’s Sideshow podcast. He also hosted and helped launch CBC’s Podcast Playlist. PURCHASE: https://politics-prose.com/book/9781984801371?ic_referral=pgJJYlQlnPj34Cx62FvK-3RgYA6NNTmk3lHBKqUX0n4wM5PzjO6UiLY2lw5oZz4Rck3m0fL_kB1-KDDbnBn0r3lSsHE1Hl6DMhY3Hk5PhuxlDKRs2VLtbHHQCAungsWfGSP0JR0
August 30 · 58 min
Talitha L. LeFlouria — Searching for Jane Crow: Black Women and Mass Incarceration in America from the Auction Block to the Cell Block - with Marcus Board Jr.
Gives voice to the Black women whose lives were devastated by the carceral system and sheds powerful light on its slavery-based roots to transform how we think about mass incarceration Historian Talitha L. LeFlouria centers Black women at the core of a fresh argument: that the system of mass incarceration was established as protection for the institution of slavery and the profits of enslavers and that this legacy continues today. For centuries, Black women in America have experienced extreme rates of arrest, conviction, and incarceration in the nation’s jails and prisons, yet their experiences have often been overlooked in favor of Black men’s. Arguing that the merger between profit and punishment continues to keep Black people bound, LeFlouria traces the connection between enslavement and incarceration, revealing how they have always been intertwined—from the domestic slave trade of 1810-1865, when an estimated one million people were incarcerated in privately owned slave jails, to the post-Civil War era when Black people were enslaved through new systems of state-sponsored mass incarceration, and through to today. Using archival sources and personal testimonies, LeFlouria tells a new origin story of mass incarceration with the stories of numerous Black women throughout history, including: · Delia Garlic, who was incarcerated in a slave jail and later sold to a sheriff at the height of the domestic slave trade · Eliza Purdy, who was jailed and sold to the highest bidder a year after the Civil War ended, and · Susan Burton, who was commodified and trafficked through a 20th-century cell block, much like an enslaved person on the auction block 200 years prior. Talitha L. LeFlouria is one of the nation’s leading authorities on the history of Black women, mass incarceration, and the legacies of American slavery. She is an associate professor of history, and the Mastin Gentry White Fellow in Southern History at The University of Texas at Austin. She is the author of the multi-award-winning book, Chained in Silence. Dr. LeFlouria has received numerous awards for her research, including an Andrew Carnegie Fellowship from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, and her work has been featured in The Atlantic, The Washington Post, Ms. Magazine, The Root, and Vox. LeFlouria is in conversation with Marcus Board Jr., Ph.D., an Associate Professor of Political Science at Howard University in Washington D.C. and author of Invisible Weapons (Oxford 2022). His research engages social movements, radical Black feminist theories of power, and public opinion. Marcus' community work has grown over the past twenty years, building politically and personally connected communities while advocating for youth empowerment, abolition, and systemic accountability. PURCHASE: https://politics-prose.com/book/9780807003930?ic_referral=M3vA_vZc5JmgryFUepu1hEuDOI8uTJ9nhunGqCNGFL0wM-Df3dZ3x-NqLhhQIlzsJm1PsDDECS566TB1QDD_4QN_4nGvtbaHAyVKxHX2IQsPZuPw1XVh0KqjtUHIp3yhK0en2qw

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