Big Books & The Body Image Babadook

2/14/20 - American Dirt. Plus, our 90s fashion trauma.

Transcript below.

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Producer: Gina Delvac

Hosts: Aminatou Sow & Ann Friedman

Theme song: Call Your Girlfriend by Robyn

Composer: Carolyn Pennypacker Riggs.

Associate Producer: Jordan Bailey

Visual Creative Director: Kenesha Sneed

Merch Director: Caroline Knowles

Editorial Assistant: Laura Bertocci

Design Assistant: Brijae Morris

Ad sales: Midroll

American Dirt, explained

NYT review

Myriam Gurba on American Dirt

Brandon Taylor on writing about people who don't look like you

Against italicizing "foreign" words

Chunky soles: All the rage

Books we’re reading in lieu of American Dirt:

Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe

Mean by Myriam Gurba

Girl by Edna O’Brien

Real Life by Brandon Taylor

Caity Weaver joins us to discuss her love of Santa Fe, television, pronouncing words correctly, and how her insatiable curiosity compels her to find out how glitter is made. Plus, in her many celebrity profiles: who tried to pick up the check, who was beautiful in person, and who smells amazing.

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