We match up Ben Stein, a communications manager for a public policy think tank in Ohio. Ben’s on the hunt for some smart nonfiction, and tells us a bit about how his MFA program changed him and what it’s like to take up the ukelele.
The guest: Ben Stein
The picks:
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
The Spell of the Sensuous by David Abram
Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to a Tribe Called Quest by Hanif Abdurraqib
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This Episode’s Featured Bookstores:
Wild Geese Bookshop in Franklin, Indiana
Fulton Street Books in Tulsa, OK
The Dundee Book Company in Omaha, NE
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