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November 07, 2018 Ep. 32 To The Bridge by Nancy Rommelmann — The Stacks Book Club (Heather John Fogarty)
When a mother, Amanda Stott-Smith, throws her two young children off of a bridge, one journalist tries to understand why. That is the premise of Nancy Rommelmann's true crime book, To The Bridge. This week, for The Stacks Book Club, we discuss this haunting book with journalist Heather John Fogarty. While the story of Stott-Smith and her children is true, if you're not familiar with the events there will be some spoilers on this week's episode.

You can find everything we talk about this week in the show notes below. By shopping through the links you help support The Stacks, at no cost to you. Shop on Amazon and iTunes.

To the Bridge by Nancy Rommelmann
Nancy Rommelmann
Nancy Rommelmann on The Stacks
The Homicide Report
Ghettoside by Jill Leovy
Christopher Hitchens
The Executioner's Song by Norman Mailer
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Columbine by Dave Cullen
Bad Blood by John Carreyrou
Ep. 28 The Stacks Book Club --Bad Blood by John Carreyrou
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Warner Bros.)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (The Shubert Organization)
Vanessa Hudgens
Jessica Biel
Brie Larson
Jake Gyllenhaal
Joseph Gordon Levitt
Andrew Garfield

"On Motherhood and Murder: A Conversation with Nancy Rommelmann" (Heather John Forgarty, Los Angeles Review of Books)

To the Bridge by Nancy Rommelman (Audiobook)
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

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55 min
November 07, 2018 Ep. 32 To The Bridge by Nancy Rommelmann — The Stacks Book Club (Heather John Fogarty)
When a mother, Amanda Stott-Smith, throws her two young children off of a bridge, one journalist tries to understand why. That is the premise of Nancy Rommelmann's true crime book, To The Bridge. This week, for The Stacks Book Club, we discuss this haunting book with journalist Heather John Fogarty. While the story of Stott-Smith and her children is true, if you're not familiar with the events there will be some spoilers on this week's episode.
You can find everything we discuss on today's show on The Stacks' Website: https://thestackspodcast.com/2018/11/07/ep-32-the-stacks-book-club-to-the-bridge-by-nancy-rommelmann
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53 min
October 31, 2018 Ep. 31 All the Book Recommendations with Heather John Fogarty
Our guest this week is journalist Heather John Fogarty, whose work has been featured in The Los Angeles Times, Marie Claire Magazine, Playboy, and more. Heather previously worked as the wine and spirits editor at Bon Appétit. In today's conversation we talk about Heather's James Beard vote, how finding a editor for a novel is like dating, and a book that made both of us very angry. Get ready, Heather is a prolific reader, your TBR will never be the same.

You can find everything we talk about this week in the show notes below. By shopping through the links you help support The Stacks, at no cost to you. Shop on Amazon and iTunes.
BOOKS

Mozza at Home by Nancy Silverton and Carolynn Carreno
There There by Tommy Orange
The Devil's Highway by Luis Alberto Urrea
Desperate Characters by Paula Fox
Elsewhere, California by Dana Johnson
My Absolute Darling by Gabriel Tallent
The Mars Room by Rachel Kushner
The Executioner's Song by Norman Mailer
The Milkman by Anna Burns
The Mirage Factory by Gary Krist
The Stranger Game by Peter Gadol
Fruit of the Drunken Tree by Ingrid Rojas Contreras
Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen by Jose Antonia Vargas
Fight No More by Lydia Millet
Telegraph Avenue by Michael Chabon
An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf
Octavia E. Butler
Ray Bradbury
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld
Unaccompanied by Javier Zamora
The Line Becomes a River by Francisco Cantú
To the Bridge by Nancy Rommelmann
The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia by Philip Sidney
The Bridges of Madison County by Robert James Waller
Sabbath's Theater by Philip Roth
The Amazing Bone by William Steig
Who Was Babe Ruth? by Joan Holub
Who is Michelle Obama? by Megan Stine
Ninjago Books
Another Country by James Baldwin
Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines
The Sellout by Paul Beatty
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Joan Didion
Dana Johnson
Paul Beatty
Philip Roth
Virginia Woolf
Lucia Berlin
Heads of the Colored People by Nafissa Thompson-Spires
In the Not Quiet Dark by Dana Johnson
Jaws by Peter Benchley
The Godfather by Mario Puzo
The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen
Locking Up Our Own by James Foreman Jr.
Blood in the Water by Heather Ann Thompson
Evicted by Matthew Desmond
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
Hey Little Ant by Phillip and Hannah Hoose

EVERYTHING ELSE

Chi Spacca
Mozza
Nancy Silverton
Carolynn Carreño
Bon Appétit
Vogue
Vanity Fair
Harper's Bazaar
James Beard Foundation Awards
Gwen
Langer's Deli
National Book Award Finalists
Man Booker Prize Shortlist
Flywheel Sports
Daniel Pearl
Chevalier's Books
Jaws (Universal Pictures)
The Godfather Trilogy (Paramount Pictures)
Nancy Rommelman

Connect with Heather: Heather's Website|Heather's Instagram

Connect with The Stacks: Instagram|The Stacks Website|Facebook|Twitter|Subscribe|Patreon|Goodreads|Traci's Instagram

To contribute to The Stacks, join The Stacks Pack, and get exclusive perks, check out our Patreon page. We are beyond grateful for anything you’re able to give to support the production of this show. If you prefer to do a one time contribution go to paypal.me/thestackspod.
Sponsors
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My Mentor Book Club - for 50% off your first month of new nonfiction from My Mentor Book Club go to my...
53 min
October 31, 2018 Ep. 31 All the Book Recommendations with Heather John Fogarty
Our guest this week is journalist Heather John Fogarty, whose work has been featured in The Los Angeles Times, Marie Claire Magazine, Playboy, and more. Heather previously worked as the wine and spirits editor at Bon Appétit. In today's conversation we talk about Heather's James Beard vote, how finding a editor for a novel is like dating, and a book that made both of us very angry. Get ready, Heather is a prolific reader, your TBR will never be the same.
You can find everything we discuss on today's show on The Stacks' Website: https://thestackspodcast.com/2018/10/31/ep-31-all-the-book-recommendations-with-heather-john-fogarty
Connect with Heather: Website | Instagram
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51 min
October 24, 2018 Ep. 30 How Democracies Die by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt — The Stacks Book Club (Harris Cohn)
This week on The Stacks Book Club, activist and organizer Harris Cohn is back to chat about How Democracies Die by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt. This book was recently featured by Barack Obama on his Facebook page, as a book that speaks to the current moment in the United States. President Obama says it "is a useful primer on the importance of norms, institutional restraints and civic participation in maintaining a democracy - and how quickly those things can erode when we’re not paying attention. There are no spoilers this week, instead you get a civics lesson with lots to discuss.

You can find everything we talk about this week in the show notes below. By shopping through the links you help support The Stacks, at no cost to you. Shop on Amazon and iTunes.

How Democracies Die by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt
Swing by Kwame Alexander
Barack Obama's Facebook Book Recommendations (October 12, 2018)
"Do Migrant Teenagers Have Abortion Rights? Two Volatile Issues Collide in Court" (Robert Pear, New York Times)
The 13th (Netflix)
The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
The Legacy Museum
Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
National Museum African American History and Culture (Washington DC)
DeRay McKesson

Connect with Harris: Harris' Twitter|Harris' Instagram

Connect with The Stacks: Instagram|The Stacks Website|Facebook|Twitter|Subscribe|Patreon|Goodreads|Traci's Instagram

To contribute to The Stacks, join The Stacks Pack, and get exclusive perks, check out our Patreon page. We are beyond grateful for anything you’re able to give to support the production of this show. If you prefer to do a one time contribution go to paypal.me/thestackspod.
Sponsors
Audible- to get your FREE audiobook download and FREE 30 day trial go to audibletrial.com/thestacks.

My Mentor Book Club - for 50% off your first month of new nonfiction from My Mentor Book Club go to mymentorbookclub.com/thestacks

The Stacks participates in affiliate programs. We receive a small commission when products are purchased through links on this website. Shopping through these links helps support the show, but does not effect my opinions on books and products. For more information click here.
51 min
October 24, 2018 Ep. 30 How Democracies Die by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt — The Stacks Book Club (Harris Cohn)
This week on The Stacks Book Club, activist and organizer Harris Cohn is back to chat about How Democracies Die by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt. This book was recently featured by Barack Obama on his Facebook page, as a book that speaks to the current moment in the United States. President Obama says it "is a useful primer on the importance of norms, institutional restraints and civic participation in maintaining a democracy - and how quickly those things can erode when we’re not paying attention. There are no spoilers this week, instead you get a civics lesson with lots to discuss.
You can find everything we discuss on today's show on The Stacks' Website: https://thestackspodcast.com/2018/10/24/ep-30-the-stacks-book-club-how-democracies-die-by-steven-levitsky-and-daniel-ziblatt
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50 min
October 17, 2018 Ep. 29 Politics, Midterms, and Voting (oh, my) with Harris Cohn
This week we are joined by Harris Cohn. Harris' day job is in renewable energy, but his real super power is that he is an activist and organizer in his spare time. We talk this week about how Harris got interested in politics, how you can get involved in your local elections, and what SNL cast member Harris wants to write this life story.

You can find everything we talk about this week in the show notes below. By shopping through the links you help support The Stacks, at no cost to you. Shop on Amazon and iTunes.
BOOKS

East of Eden by John Steinbeck
City of Thieves by David Benioff
The 25th Hour by David Benioff
Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
The Lost City of the Monkey God by Douglas Preston
My First Summer in the Sierra by John Muir
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
Men We Reaped by Jesmyn Ward
Danny Champion of the World by Roald Dahl
If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin
In Dubious Battle by John Steinbeck
The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama (Audiobook)
Dreams of my Father by Barack Obama (Audiobook)
Becoming by Michelle Obama
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
The Lorax by Dr. Seuss
How Democracies Die by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt
1491 by Charles C. Mann
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
Matilda by Roald Dahl
The BFG by Roald Dahl
White Teeth by Zadie Smith
Red Sun Series by Pierce Brown
There's a Wocket in my Pocket by Dr. Seuss

EVERYTHING ELSE

Elizabeth Kolbert (The New Yorker)
Vann R. Newkirk II (The Atlantic)
Top Golf
The Last Weekend
Swing Left
Move On
Indivisible
Organizing for Action
Check Your Voter Registration Status
"Eric Holder on the Chaos Inside the White House and the Importance of November" (Larry Wilmore: Black on the Air & The Ringer)
Game of Thrones (HBO)
Amanda Peet
25th Hour (Buena Vista Pictures)
Spike Lee
Ed Norton
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Lin Manuel Miranda
Hamilton (The Nederlander Organization)
In The Heights (The Nederlander Organization)
Marry Poppins Returns (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
Moana (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
Stephen Sondheim
Barbara Streisand
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Cats (The Shubert Organization)
Elton John
Hans Zimmer
Christopher Nolan
"The Stacks Book Club -- Men We Reaped by Jesmyn Ward" (Traci Thomas)
The Ripped Bodice (A Romantic Bookstore)
Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Kate McKinnon
Leslie Jones
Kenan Thompson
Beck Bennett
Michael Che
Colin Jost
Lorne Michaels
Seth Meyers

Connect with Harris: Harris' Twitter|Harris' Instagram

Connect with The Stacks: Instagram|The Stacks Website|Facebook|Twitter|Subscribe|Patreon|Goodreads|Traci's Instagram

To contribute to The Stacks, join The Stacks Pack, and get exclusive perks, check out our Patreon page. We are beyond grateful for anything you’re able to give to support the production of this show. If you prefer to do a one time contribution go to paypal.me/thestackspod.
Sponsors
Audible- to get your FREE audiobook download and FREE 30 day trial go to audibletrial.com/thestacks.

My Mentor Book Club - for 50% off your first month of new nonfiction from My Mentor Book C...
1 hr 4 min
October 17, 2018 Ep. 29 Politics, Midterms, and Voting (oh, my) with Harris Cohn
This week we are joined by Harris Cohn. Harris' day job is in renewable energy, but his real super power is that he is an activist and organizer in his spare time. We talk this week about how Harris got interested in politics, how you can get involved in your local elections, and what SNL cast member Harris wants to write this life story.
You can find everything we discuss on today's show on The Stacks' Website: https://thestackspodcast.com/2018/10/17/ep-29-politics-midterms-and-voting-oh-my-with-harris-cohn
Connect with Harris: Twitter | Instagram
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1 hr 1 min
October 10, 2018 Ep. 28 Bad Blood by John Carreyrou — The Stacks Book Club (Nancy Rommelmann)
This week on The Stacks Book Club, journalist and author Nancy Rommelmann is back to discuss Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou. We talk about the mind blowing story of biotech startup Theranos, and its founder Elizabeth Holmes. We talk about psychopaths, whistle blowers, and of course, this unbelievable story of abuse and fraud.
There are spoilers this week, however the book is based on current events and we do not discuss anything that isn't out in the news.
You can find everything we discuss on today's show on The Stacks' Website: https://thestackspodcast.com/2018/10/10/ep-28-the-stacks-book-club-bad-blood-by-john-carreyrou
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52 min
October 03, 2018 Ep. 27 Talking Investigative Journalism with Nancy Rommelmann
This week we are joined by author and journalist, Nancy Rommelmann. Nancy talks to us about her newest book To The Bridge: A True Story of Motherhood and Murder, her process as an investigative journalist, and about the time she traveled to see John Wayne Gacy on death row.
You can find everything we discuss on today's show on The Stacks' Website: https://thestackspodcast.com/2018/10/03/ep-27-nancy-rommelmann
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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…