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The Critic and Her PublicsJackson Howard: "Risk It All"Jackson Howard is an editor and writer from Los Angeles who lives in Brooklyn.He’s Senior Editor at Farrar, Straus and Giroux and its imprints MCD and AUWA (headed by Questlove), where he acquires and edits a broad range of fiction and nonfiction. Writers he has published include Judith Butler, Brontez Purnell, Catherine Lacey, Bryan Washington, Laura van den Berg, Sarah Schulman, Jonathan Escoffery, Fernando A. Flores, Susan Straight, Imogen Binnie, Shon Faye, Henry Hoke, Thomas Grattan, Venita Blackburn, Missouri Williams, and many others. Books he has edited have won or been nominated for the Booker Pr...2025-03-1136 min
From the Front PorchEpisode 509 || Best Books of the Year with Hunter MclendonThis week on From the Front Porch, Annie and Hunter (@shelfbyshelf) discuss their top 10 favorite books of 2024.
To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search “Episode 509”) or download and shop on The Bookshelf’s official app:
Annie's Midyear Favorites:
1. James by Percival Everett
2. Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar
3. Long Island Compromise by Taffy Brodesser-Akner
4. Even After Everything by Stephanie Duncan Smith
5. Real Americans by Rachel Khong
6. Same As It Ever Was by Claire Lombardo
7. Sandwich by Catherine Newman
8...2024-12-2657 min
Livres Laugh LoveLe meilleur et le pire de 2024 - nos awardsDans cet épisode c'est à nous de remettre des prix littéraires !
Livres mentionnés :
Intermezzo, Sally Rooney
Jacaranda, Gaël Faye
Petit pays, Gaël Faye
In Tongues, Thomas Grattan
Yellowface, R. F. Kuang
Ton monde et le mien, Abby Jimenez
Monstrilio, Gerardo Samano Cordova
There are rivers in the sky, Elif Shafak
L’amie prodigieuse, Elena Ferrante
L’invitée, Emma Cline
Girls can kiss now, Jill Gutowitz
Célèbre, Maud Ventura
Annie Bot, Sierra Greer
L’île aux arbres disparus, Elif Shafak
Soufi, mon amour, Elif Shafak
Conversations entre amis, Sally Rooney
Normal People, Sally Ro...2024-12-151h 05
Babes Read Books8. October Spooky Season Recap + Book Chats With Laura Dapito From BooksarebuttersWelcome to Babes Read Books. A bookish podcast to talk about the books we’ve read, are currently reading, and what’s next on our lists. In this episode I chat with Laura Dapito from the Booksarebutters Instagram. We chat about Bookstagram, short stories, audiobooks, and recap some of Laura’s recent reads and favorite books. I then recap our October 2024 spooky season reading list, and talk about what’s coming up next for releases new in November . Books in this episode:Frighten The Horses: A Memoir by Oliver RadclyffeOrange World and...2024-11-0732 minFrom the Front PorchEpisode 486 || Best Books of the Year (So Far) with HunterThis week on From the Front Porch, Annie and Hunter (@shelfbyshelf) discuss their top ten favorite books of 2024!
To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search “Episode 486” to find the books mentioned in this episode), or shop on The Bookshelf’s official app:
Annie:
First five-star read: Grief Is for People by Sloane Crosley
Most surprising: Mostly What God Does by Savannah Guthrie
Least favorite: Worry by Alexandra Tanner
Next on your TBR: Enlightenment by Sarah Perry
Most anticipated fall r...2024-07-181h 03
Listen, Organize, Act! Organizing & Democratic PoliticsS2.E6: Sheldon Wolin & Radical DemocracyThis episode discusses the work of the influential American political thinker, Sheldon Wolin. Wolin is one of the foremost theorists of radical democracy. His insights are also extremely helpful in naming the contemporary forces and dynamics that undermine and subvert democracy - all in the name of being democratic. Like other figures discussed in this series he writes in a compelling way, drawing on a diverse range of sources including historical examples, the Bible, and contemporary culture to explain his ideas. His work has been important in helping to frame and make sense of on the ground democratic organizing. W...2022-10-221h 28
NextWave Private EquityHow PE firms can win tech deals [re-release]In this episode, Laura Grattan, Managing Director at Crosspoint Capital, and Jeff Vogel, Head of the Software Strategy Group at EY-Parthenon, join Winna Brown to explore how PE firms can position themselves to win tech deals in today’s highly competitive market. Contact Laura: lgrattan@crosspointcapital.com Contact Jeff: jeffrey.vogel@parthenon.ey.com According to the latest EY PE Pulse report, 2021 was the year of the tech deal: 30% of total capital deployed last year was allocated to technology companies. The technology sector, once just another industry vertical, now permeates every sector, claiming an ev...2022-09-0125 min
The Fashion NetworkBody Positivity In FashionOur panel explores how body positivity fits into the fashion industry, how to incorporate these ethics into your brand and the highs and pitfalls of the movement.
📢 Chaired by: Martine Alexander - Celebrity Stylist & Fashion Expert at Martine Alexander Personal Styling
- Jessy Humann - Book Author and Copywriter at Fearless Foundry
- Laura Winson (nee Johnson) - Founder & Director at Zebedee: Inclusive Talent Agency
- Miranda Ferns - Head Of Buying at FGH (Freemans Grattan Holdings)
2022-06-0158 min
NextWave Private EquityHow PE firms can win tech dealsIn this episode, Laura Grattan, Managing Director at Crosspoint Capital, and Jeff Vogel, Head of the Software Strategy Group at EY-Parthenon, join Winna Brown to explore how PE firms can position themselves to win tech deals in today’s highly competitive market. Contact Laura: lgrattan@crosspointcapital.com Contact Jeff: jeffrey.vogel@parthenon.ey.com According to the latest EY PE Pulse report, 2021 was the year of the tech deal: 30% of total capital deployed last year was allocated to technology companies. The technology sector, once just another industry vertical, now permeates every sector, claiming an ev...2022-02-1725 min
Jacobin RadioDig: Anti-Populism with Thomas FrankGuest host Astra Taylor interviews Thomas Frank about his book The People, No: A Brief History of Anti-Populism.
From The Dig archives on populism:
Universalizing American Liberty with Aziz Rana
Populism’s Power with Laura Grattan and Thea Riofrancos
Worker Freedom with Alex Gourevitch
Join a Dig Book Club at thedigradio.com/dig-book-club
Support this podcast at Patreon.com/TheDig2020-11-291h 38
Supporting Women in Social EnterpriseEpisode 6 - Shake up your Funding and Income Generation PlansYou’re in for a treat with our jam-packed 6th podcast where we take a deep dive into Funding and Income Generation Plans for your social enterprise. We explore some of the diverse ways you can generate income, with inspiration from a range of community changemakers at different stages of their socent journey, a panel of inspiring women social entrepreneurs with innovative approaches to income generation and wise words from our co-founder @Nickala5 on the 5 elements of an income generation cocktail!
Ensuring you have a sustainable income stream is vital for any business, and with the majority of soc...2020-04-161h 02
Honoring Ron Paul PodcastHomeschooling, Barefoot-Running, Chinese Teaching GrandmaBooks mentionedhttps://www.amazon.com/Laura-Blodgett/e/B00LXR5DYM%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_shareThomas Sowell "Black Rednecks and White Liberals""The Quest for Cosmic Justice"Web Pages Mentionedwww.Tomwoods.comwww.fee.orgwww.lewrockwell.com2020-02-1741 minJacobin RadioThe Dig: Populism's PowerDemocracy is the proposition that the people should govern themselves. But who are the people, and how should they govern? Populist movements attempt to answer these questions. In response, establishment figures insist that it is the people and their populism that pose a dangerous threat to democracy. How should we appraise our current populist moment? And how can we distinguish between populism's left and right variants? Dan interviews two experts on populism, political scientists Laura Grattan and Thea Riofrancos.
Check out Thea's n+1 essays on populism here:
nplusonemag.com/issue-28/politics/democracy-without-the-people-2/
nplusonemag...2019-01-2300 min
The Click Cartel Podcast: Photography Business | Getting Clients | Making That MoneyEpisode 014: How to Travel the World as a Photographer and Get Paid Featuring Laura GrierThis is episode No. 2 of our WPPI special. I’ve partnered with Rangefinders to bring on guests who are speaking at WPPI, and here they’ll share some of their secrets with The Click Cartel listeners. This week is something a little bit different than the wedding and portrait photographers we’ve done in the past. If you have wanderlust and want to make photography your career, then listen up, because Laura Grier has got some great info for you.2017-01-2300 min
The Fifth EstateTurnbull's TurnSix weeks into Turnbull’s turn as leader, host Sally Warhaft is joined by revered political journalists Michelle Grattan and Laura Tingle to discuss the new-look Liberals, the weight of expectation – and Australian political culture more broadly.
‘Here’s the rule in the Liberal Party – if you win, you did the right thing.’ Those are the words of former treasurer Peter Costello, describing the brutal party dynamics that allowed Malcolm Turnbull to seize the leadership from Tony Abbott on 14 September.
The Labor Party turned switching leaders into an unedifying team sport, but the Liberals promised Australians something different: stability and ‘grown-up govern...2015-11-101h 04
The Fifth EstateTurnbull's TurnSix weeks into Turnbull’s turn as leader, host Sally Warhaft is joined by revered political journalists Michelle Grattan and Laura Tingle to discuss the new-look Liberals, the weight of expectation – and Australian political culture more broadly. ‘Here’s the rule in the Liberal Party – if you win, you did the right thing.’ Those are the words of former treasurer Peter Costello, describing the brutal party dynamics that allowed Malcolm Turnbull to seize the leadership from Tony Abbott on 14 September. The Labor Party turned switching leaders into an unedifying team sport, but the Liberals promised Australians...2015-11-101h 04