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Begin Again
I discuss my thoughts on how we face our collective history after reading Begin Again: James Baldwin's America and its Urgent Lessons for Our Own by Eddie S. Glaude Jr.
Resources mentioned:
Podcasts:
First Name Basis
Sincerely Lettie
Code Switch (specifically recommend Black Kiss-story episode)
Instagram:
Black Coffee with White Friends (Also Marcie Walker’s project: Mockingbird - History Lessons for Adults)
Books:
Stamped From the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi
Begin Again: James Baldwin's America and its Urgent Lessons for Our Own by Eddie S. Glaude Jr.
Just Above my Head by James Baldwin
Just Mercy by Byran Stevenson
Other:
H.R. 40 Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act
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S3 (b) Favorite Books of 2020
Catherine shares the highlights of the books she read in 2020.
Xenogenesis Trilogy by Octavia Butler (start with Dawn)
Untamed by Glennon Doyle
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
How to be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi
The Switch by Beth OLeary
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S3 (a) Favorite Podcasts of 2020
On this footnotes episode, Catherine talks about podcasts she listened to in 2020.
Podcasts
1619
NIce White Parents
Come Through with Rebecca Carroll
The Untold Story of Policing
And Nothing Less
Home Cooking
Code Switch
Pod Save the People
NPR Politics Podcast
Pop Culture Happy Hour
The Sporkful
Local Mouthful
Books Mentioned
The 1619 Project by Nikole Hannah-Jones
The End of Policing by Alex Vitale
Such a Fun Age by Kylie Ried
Take a Hint Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert
Real Men Knit by Kwana Jackson
Recommendation
Pocketcast - phone app for managing podcasts
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S3 Reading List
Here are the books I will be reading in Season 3. Reach out to me if you are interested in being a guest on the podcast.
Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice
Sula by Toni Morrison
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Song of a Captive Bird by Jasmin Darznik
Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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S2:E5 Plain Truth
Catherine’s February 2020’s conversation with MaLyn about Plain Truth by Jodi Piccoult
MaLyn’s Podcast: The Betterish Podcast
Books Mentioned
Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware
The Lying Game by Ruth Ware
The Girl Before by JP Delany
The Wives by Tarryn Fisher
The Last Mrs. Parish by Liv Constantine
The Read Aloud Family by Sarah Mackenzie
How to Raise a Reader by Maria Russo and Pamela Paul
Small Great Things by Jodi Piccoult
My Sisters Keeper by Jodi Piccoult
Recommendations
Digital decluttering
Gardening
Dollface on Hulu
Survivor
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S2: E4 To All the Boys I've Loved Before
In this episode, Catherine chats with her friend Sang about Sang’s move to a new city, book clubs and libraries. Catherine shares some exciting news and the pair also chat about To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han.
Books Mentioned:
The World’s Strongest Librarian by Josh Hanagarne
Michael Vey Series by Richard Paul Evans
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
The Orphan’s Taleby Pam Jenoff
The Interpreter of Maladies
The Dutch House by Ann Patchett (narrated by Tom Hanks)
Circe by Madeline Miller
Percy Jackson Series by Rick Riordan
Goose Girl by Shannon Hale
Princess Academy Series by Shannon Hale
Cinder by Marissa Meyer
Daring Greatly by Brene Brown
Braving the Wilderness by Brene Brown
Virgin River series by Robyn Carr
Recommendations:
Togo on Disney Plus
Virgin River on Netflix
Next’s month’s book is Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult
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