53 min

Ep. 2.9 You Are In the Game Lit!Pop!Bang!

    • Books

Cece and Anthony are joined this month by writer and professor Susan Muaddi Darraj. Susan discusses her essay, “No Shame in Our Game,” about the stigma of community colleges (4:45); being a first-generation college student and how that informs her teaching (9:00); navigating the publishing industry (13:00); and her new children’s chapter book, and the lack of diversity in that genre (18:00). In the Pop! section, the trio discuss Billy Porter winning an Emmy (26:33), ) Jennifer Lopez and Shakira performing at the Super Bowl Halftime Show (30:45), MacArthur Grant Winners (34:15), and gender-neutral Mattel dolls (36:00). In the Bang! section, the three answer a pair of existential OkCupid questions (38:30).

Cece and Anthony are joined this month by writer and professor Susan Muaddi Darraj. Susan discusses her essay, “No Shame in Our Game,” about the stigma of community colleges (4:45); being a first-generation college student and how that informs her teaching (9:00); navigating the publishing industry (13:00); and her new children’s chapter book, and the lack of diversity in that genre (18:00). In the Pop! section, the trio discuss Billy Porter winning an Emmy (26:33), ) Jennifer Lopez and Shakira performing at the Super Bowl Halftime Show (30:45), MacArthur Grant Winners (34:15), and gender-neutral Mattel dolls (36:00). In the Bang! section, the three answer a pair of existential OkCupid questions (38:30).

53 min