BAPC x Jonathan Escoffery

2022 National Book Award Finalist Jonathan Escoffery made time for BAPC and we are very pleased, and know you will be too. We discuss his debut short story collection, If I Survive You.

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BAPC × Leila Mottley

Leila Mottley exceeds the hype—thankfully she found some time to spend with BAPC to discuss her magnificent debut novel, Nightcrawling.

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BAPC × Frederick Joseph

Fred is two time New York Times Bestseller and he is set to don that title many more times as he is putting in the work. He talks about his second bestseller, Patriarchy Blues, and much more in this highly anticipated episode of Books Are Pop Culture.

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The Two man weave is here again. Reggie and Akili talk about the Publishing Industry [Not] being broken (3:26) and Gen Z BookTok running the numbers up for Colleen Hoover, and Romance by extension (36:28).

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The 2 Man Weave is back.

Reggie and Akili talk How To Get Published (5:54), Promoting Your Own Books (35:17), Celebrating the Color Purple (55:19), The Brooklyn Public Library Book Prize (67:30), and they introduce Two new weekly segments: Upcoming Books (78:30) and Pleasure Reading (85:51).

Upcoming Books:

Soul Culture

Didn't Nobody Give A Shit Happened to Carlotta

Reading For Pleasure:

Invisible Man

Inner Engineering

The Lonely Londoners

Monster in the Middle

Episode Referenced:

BAPC x Yahdon Israel

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BAPC × Blitz Bazawule

Blitz Bazawule does IT ALL (novelist, filmmaker, producer, recording artist, & more), Thankfully he found a pocket of time for BAPC. We're grateful. We talk to this all-star about The Scent of Burnt Flowers, The Color Purple, African American & West African Relations, Getting into the mud when researching & much more.

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*** Episode Recorded on the morning of 8/13/22 ***

Reggie and Akili have a list of topics that range from sad to funny and all things between in this episode. 

They talk about the recent assault of Salman Rushdie.

https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/salman-rushdie-assaulted-at-new-york-lecture/

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-62528689

The ongoing Antitrust trial of Penguin Random House.

https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/books/a40861332/penguin-random-house-simon-schuster-trial/

https://www.vulture.com/2022/08/penguin-random-house-simon-schuster-antitrust-trial-recap.html

https://twitter.com/JohnHMaher/status/1553919317883985921

Braden Wallake Shedding Tears over Layoffs and Going Viral.

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/08/11/ceo-posts-crying-selfie-on-linkedin-after-laying-off-employees-and-it-goes-viral-.html

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/bradenwallake_this-will-be-the-most-vulnerable-thing-ill-activity-6962886723617910784-_L4w/?utm_source=linkedin_share&utm_medium=member_desktop_web

George W. Bush's Master Class.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/masterclass-launches-president-george-w-bushs--------class-on-tough-calls-and-life-lessons-301604855.html

Green Bubbles in Group Chats

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/08/10/google-pushes-apple-to-adopt-rcs-text-messaging.html#:~:text=Investing%20Club-,Google%20pushes%20Apple%20to%20adopt%20a%20new%20kind,messaging%2C%20criticizes%20'green%20bubbles'&text=Google%2C%20the%20developer%20of%20the,generation%20standard%20for%20text%20messaging.

They participate in the 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 Challenge.

https://www.instagram.com/p/ChA2r0ov6-o/?igshid=MDJmNzVkMjY=

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BAPC x Mecca Jamilah Sullivan

Reggie and Akili spend time with Mecca Jamilah Sullivan to discuss her awesome debut novel, Big Girl.

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