# The Stacks Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-stacks-550138 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-stacks-550138.md RSS feed: https://rss.art19.com/the-stacks Official site: http://www.thestackspodcast.com Author: Traci Thomas Episodes: 499 ## Resource The Stacks is your one stop shop to talk books and reading. Guests will join the host, Traci Thomas for lively discussions about books and the ways they have shaped their lives, and they way we all understand culture, race, politics, and more. The last Wednesday of each month Traci and guest will break down a book in detail as part of The Stacks Book Club. Make sure to check the website www.thestackspodcast.com for more details, including upcoming The Stacks Book Club picks. ## Machine-readable JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-stacks-550138 Markdown: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-stacks-550138.md ## Episodes - [Ep. 424 Why Kim Kardashian Is the Icon of Our Time with MJ Corey](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-stacks-550138/ep-424-why-kim-kardashian-is-the-icon-of-our-time-with-mj-corey) — 2026-05-13T07:00:00+00:00 - [Ep. 423 Normalize Bringing Up Quantum Field Theory with Chanda Prescod-Weinstein](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-stacks-550138/ep-423-normalize-bringing-up-quantum-field-theory-with-chanda-prescod-weinstein) — 2026-05-06T07:00:00+00:00 - [Ep. 422 Room Swept Home by Remica Bingham-Risher — The Stacks Book Club (Mahogany L. Browne)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-stacks-550138/ep-422-room-swept-home-by-remica-bingham-risher-the-stacks-book-club-mahogany-l-browne) — 2026-04-29T07:00:00+00:00 - [Ep. 421 What I Love About Love with Adrienne Thurman](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-stacks-550138/ep-421-what-i-love-about-love-with-adrienne-thurman) — 2026-04-22T07:00:00+00:00 - [Unabridged: Poetry Therapy 2.0](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-stacks-550138/unabridged-poetry-therapy-2-0) — 2026-04-17T07:00:00+00:00 - [Ep. 420 We Read One Poem at a Time with Ada Limón](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-stacks-550138/ep-420-we-read-one-poem-at-a-time-with-ada-lim-n) — 2026-04-15T07:00:00+00:00 - [Ep. 419 I Don’t Want You to Know Where I’m Going with Patrick Radden Keefe](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-stacks-550138/ep-419-i-don-t-want-you-to-know-where-i-m-going-with-patrick-radden-keefe) — 2026-04-08T07:00:00+00:00 - [Ep. 418 I Write and Speak Unlawfully with Mahogany L. Browne](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-stacks-550138/ep-418-i-write-and-speak-unlawfully-with-mahogany-l-browne) — 2026-04-01T07:00:00+00:00 - [Ep. 417 Paradise by Toni Morrison — The Stacks Book Club (Namwali Serpell)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-stacks-550138/ep-417-paradise-by-toni-morrison-the-stacks-book-club-namwali-serpell) — 2026-03-25T07:00:00+00:00 - [Unabridged: Let’s Never Talk About These Oscars Again with Saeed Jones and Zach Stafford](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-stacks-550138/unabridged-let-s-never-talk-about-these-oscars-again-with-saeed-jones-and-zach-stafford) — 2026-03-20T07:00:00+00:00 - [Ep. 416 I Only Wrote By Lava Lamp with T Kira Madden](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-stacks-550138/ep-416-i-only-wrote-by-lava-lamp-with-t-kira-madden) — 2026-03-18T07:00:00+00:00 - [Ep. 415 The Feeling of Being Known with Tayari Jones](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-stacks-550138/ep-415-the-feeling-of-being-known-with-tayari-jones) — 2026-03-11T07:00:00+00:00 - [Ep. 414 Toni Morrison Broke the Novel Form Open with Namwali Serpell](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-stacks-550138/ep-414-toni-morrison-broke-the-novel-form-open-with-namwali-serpell) — 2026-03-05T14:30:00+00:00 - [Ep. 413 Indigo by Beverly Jenkins — The Stacks Book Club (Jasmine Guillory)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-stacks-550138/ep-413-indigo-by-beverly-jenkins-the-stacks-book-club-jasmine-guillory) — 2026-02-25T08:00:00+00:00 - [Ep. 412 The Racial Caste System of America with Dorothy Roberts](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-stacks-550138/ep-412-the-racial-caste-system-of-america-with-dorothy-roberts) — 2026-02-18T08:00:00+00:00 - [Unabridged: Bad Bunny Bowl with Vanessa Díaz & Petra Rivera-Rideau](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-stacks-550138/unabridged-bad-bunny-bowl-with-vanessa-d-az-petra-rivera-rideau) — 2026-02-13T08:00:00+00:00 - [Ep. 411 I Don’t Believe Any Moment in History Is Dry with Heather Ann Thompson](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-stacks-550138/ep-411-i-don-t-believe-any-moment-in-history-is-dry-with-heather-ann-thompson) — 2026-02-11T08:00:00+00:00 - [Ep. 410 Romance Is Helpful When Times Are Scary with Jasmine Guillory](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-stacks-550138/ep-410-romance-is-helpful-when-times-are-scary-with-jasmine-guillory) — 2026-02-04T08:00:00+00:00 - [Ep. 409 Girl on Girl by Sophie Gilbert — The Stacks Book Club (Christiana Mbakwe Medina)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-stacks-550138/ep-409-girl-on-girl-by-sophie-gilbert-the-stacks-book-club-christiana-mbakwe-medina) — 2026-01-28T08:00:00+00:00 - [Unabridged: Most Anticipated Books of 2026 with Sara Hildreth and Cree Myles](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-stacks-550138/unabridged-most-anticipated-books-of-2026-with-sara-hildreth-and-cree-myles) — 2026-01-23T08:00:00+00:00 - [Ep. 408 Storming the Capitol with Mary Clare Jalonick](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-stacks-550138/ep-408-storming-the-capitol-with-mary-clare-jalonick) — 2026-01-21T08:00:00+00:00 - [Ep. 407 The Fires of the Future with Jacob Soboroff](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-stacks-550138/ep-407-the-fires-of-the-future-with-jacob-soboroff) — 2026-01-14T08:00:00+00:00 - [Ep. 406 A Consumer of Pop Culture First with Christiana Mbakwe Medina](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-stacks-550138/ep-406-a-consumer-of-pop-culture-first-with-christiana-mbakwe-medina) — 2026-01-07T08:00:00+00:00 - [Ep. 405 Friday Night Lights by H. G. Bissinger — The Stacks Book Club (Joel Anderson)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-stacks-550138/ep-405-friday-night-lights-by-h-g-bissinger-the-stacks-book-club-joel-anderson) — 2025-12-31T08:00:00+00:00 - [Ep. 404 The Best Books of 2025 with MJ Franklin and Greta Johnsen](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-stacks-550138/ep-404-the-best-books-of-2025-with-mj-franklin-and-greta-johnsen) — 2025-12-24T08:00:00+00:00 ## Actions Episode pages expose an explicit `request_transcript` action. A page view does not automatically enqueue transcription.