# Ep. 405 Friday Night Lights by H. G. Bissinger — The Stacks Book Club (Joel Anderson)

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Published: 2025-12-31T08:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

For the last Stacks Book Club episode of the year, we're diving into  Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream   by H.G. Bissinger with Joel Anderson, senior staff writer at  The Ringer   and co-host of sports & media podcast  The Press Box . This book   follows the 1988 season of the Permian Panthers, one of the best high-school football teams in Texas history. We discuss whether this book could exist as is today, how we feel about high school athletes getting special academic treatment, and why Joel wants to untether grades from extracurricular activities. There are spoilers in this episode. Be sure to listen to the end of today’s episode to find out what our January book club pick will be. You can find everything we discuss on today's show on The Stacks website:  https://www.thestackspodcast.com/2025/12/31/ep-405-friday-night-lights Connect with Joel : Instagram | Twitter | Bluesky Connect with The Stacks:  Instagram  |  Threads  |  Shop  |  Patreon  |  Goodreads  |  Substack  |  Youtube  |  Subscribe See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

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