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KQED’s Forum
Clint Smith on Telling the Truth About America's History

KQED’s Forum

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2025 57:45


In an executive order titled “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History,” President Trump targeted the Smithsonian, demanding that “improper ideology” be removed from exhibits. Under the order,  exhibits that “divide” Americans will be defunded, including  portrayals of race and its history at the National Museum of  African American History and Culture. We talk to Clint Smith, Atlantic staff writer and author of “How the Word is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America,” about the battle over how American history is told. Guests: Clint Smith, poet; author; staff writer, The Atlantic. His books are "Above Ground" and "How the Word is Passed." Key Jo Lee, chief of curatorial affairs and public program, Museum of the African Diaspora Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How to Be a Better Human
History, memories, and the stories we tell ourselves (w/ Clint Smith)

How to Be a Better Human

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2025 39:20


How do you grapple with national history, legacy, and the stories you tell yourself? Clint Smith is the author of the narrative nonfiction, How the Word is Passed, and the poetry collection, Above Ground. Clint joins Chris to talk about the cognitive dissonances that shaped American history. From understanding the complexities of Thomas Jefferson, who wrote “all men are created equal” while enslaving over 600 people – to reflecting on growing up in New Orleans – a major site for domestic slave trades, Clint urges you to examine historical contradictions. He also discusses his love for poetry and why it's crucial to teach joyous moments in Black history too. So students won't see slavery and Jim Crow as the totality of the black historical experience but can envision themselves of possibilities beyond subjugation.FollowHost: Chris Duffy (@chrisiduffy | chrisduffycomedy.com)Guest: Clint Smith (Instagram: @clintsmithiii | clintsmithiii.com) LinksAbove GroundHow the Word Is PassedSubscribe to TED Instagram: @tedYouTube: @TEDTikTok: @tedtoksLinkedIn: @ted-conferencesWebsite: ted.comPodcasts: ted.com/podcastsFor the full text transcript, visit go.ted.com/BHTranscripts Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mighty Marvel Geeks
Mighty Marvel Geeks 471: WereMuppets By Night With Kirk Thatcher

Mighty Marvel Geeks

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2025 112:08


Hello, Field Agents! This week we have in the Above Ground, Underwater, Sub-Orbital, Volcano Lair writer, actor, songwriter, and director Kirk Thatcher. We do a deep dive with him in his long and storied career that goes from Monty Python to the MCU. Seriously, there's a lot to unpack and We'd be surprised if your […]

Mighty Marvel Geeks
Mighty Marvel Geeks 469: Captain Marvel-Carol Danvers Declassified With Kelli Fitzpatrick

Mighty Marvel Geeks

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2025 66:43


Hello, Field Agents!! Your Intrepid Trio have assembled once again and, this time, we have a guest in the Above Ground, Underwater, Sub-Orbital Volcano Lair, Kelli Fitzpatrick, author of Captain Marvel: Carol Davers-Declassified. We get right into the nuts and bolts of the project and, needless to say, the book is well researched and written […]

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D&D & TV
Delicious in Dungeon - 1-10 "Giant Frogs/Aboveground"

D&D & TV

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2024 53:40


The crew avoids a stinging descent to the castle town, where the Red Dragon lurks. But to defeat it, they need a tight plan - and a morale-boosting meal! Episode 10: planning, outfits, and pre-battle RP Music by astrafreq on pixabay Delicious in Dungeon is available on Netflix (Australia) Masters of Alchemy

Art Heals All Wounds
From Commodity to Community: Rethinking Water Use with Jimmy Ramirez

Art Heals All Wounds

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2024 36:23 Transcription Available


In this episode of *Art Heals All Wounds*, I sit down with Jimmy Ramirez, an artist and high school teacher from Oakley, California. We talk about Jimmy's film Above Ground, which delves into the ways that streams and creeks in Oakland have been ‘entombed' in culverts in Oakland, California. We also discuss re-imagining our relationship to water.**Key Topics Discussed:** 1. **Discovery of Hidden Waterways**:   - My personal experience of discovering the hidden Providence River during my college years in Providence, Rhode Island, drawing a parallel to the hidden creeks of Oakland. 2. **Jimmy's Film "Above Ground"**:   - The film explores how Oakland has buried many of its natural waterways under concrete, a practice known as "entombing." This impacts local ecosystems previously supporting species like salmon and trout. 3. **Personal Connection to Peralta Creek**:   - Jimmy discusses his family's history with Peralta Creek in Fruitvale, Oakland, emphasizing how urban development has drastically altered the waterway. 4. **Impact of Water Management Practices**:   - Water management practices designed to prevent flooding have dried out natural water bodies despite heavy rainfalls, disrupting ecological balance. 5. **Historical Decisions and Urban Planning**:   - The conversation addresses the historical decisions to bury natural waterways and how early urban planning overlooked long-term environmental impacts. 6. **Environmental and Mental Health Implications**:   - We discuss the concept of "slow violence" where the lack of natural elements in urban areas contributes to mental health issues and community stress. 7. **Neighborhood Disparities**:   - Disparities between wealthier neighborhoods with more greenery and lower-income areas in Oakland are highlighted, showing the uneven distribution of environmental resources. 8. **Community Initiatives and Successes**:   - Some residents have successfully removed culverts to restore natural water flow, though legal ambiguities persist. 9. **Government and Political Dynamics**:   - Oakland officials have shown interest in Jimmy's film to raise awareness about these environmental issues, and the conversation touches on the politicized nature of water management in California. 10. **Reimagining Water Use**:    - Jimmy advocates for a collectivist approach to water systems, inspired by indigenous wisdom, contrasting America's individualistic mindset. 11. **Challenges and Resistance**:    - Addressing restrictive regulations around rainwater collection and gray water reuse, and how contractors are now more conscious about concreting over backyards. 12. **Future Projects and Art's Role**:    - Jimmy discusses future projects and the significance of art in processing climate grief and inspiring change. He also expresses gratitude for support from the California Arts Council. **Closing Thoughts and Listener Engagement:**Don't forget to go to my website and leave me YOUR story of belonging to feature on a future episode!Buy Me a Coffee!Follow Jimmy! InstagramLinkedInFollow Me!●      My Instagram&

Chuck Shute Podcast
Billy Morrison (Billy Idol guitarist) on His #1 Hit with Ozzy Osbourne, Sobriety & More!

Chuck Shute Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2024 45:29 Transcription Available


Billy Morrison is a musician and artist who currently plays guitar with Billy Idol.  He recently released a new solo record called "The Morrison Project."  In this episode he discussed his journey from drug addiction to achieving success with the number one hit "Crack Cocaine." He emphasized the importance of making honest music and the strategic inclusion of guest stars like Billy Idol and Corey Taylor. Morrison recounted his friendship with Ozzy Osbourne, formed at a Christmas party. He highlighted his involvement with the charity Above Ground and his commitment to helping others. Morrison also shared his experiences with sobriety, the impact of the pandemic, and his ongoing art and music projects, including an upcoming video for "Incite the Watch" featuring Steve Vai & Corey Taylor. 00:00 - Intro00:15 - Becoming a Raider Fan 01:45 - Doing Drugs 03:25 - Having a #1 Song & Guests on Record 07:47 - Becoming Friends with Ozzy 10:45 - Meeting Celebrities  11:45 - Fan of Artists & Doing Paintings 13:08 - Sobriety, Art & Meaning 15:45 - New Solo Songs & Artistic Meaning 17:00 - It's Come to This & Pandemic 19:55 - Gratitude, Acceptance, Slumps & Helping Others 31:10 - New Song "Drowning" & Album Credits 36:15 - Corey Taylor & "Incite the Watch" 41:00 - Happier As Older & Learning Lessons Sooner 45:12 - Outro Billy Morrison website:https://billymorrison.com/Chuck Shute link tree:https://linktr.ee/chuck_shuteSupport the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!

Lunar Sea Spire
Episode 519: Delicious in Dungeon episode 10 (Giant Frogs and Aboveground)

Lunar Sea Spire

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2024 28:24


GC13, Soren, and David discuss the tenth episode of Delicious in Dungeon, Giant Frogs and Aboveground. Well we're not even halfway through the season and they've already arrived where they're going to need to do battle with a red dragon in order to save Falin's life, things probably don't go well for them (Chilchuck probably … Continue reading

Culture of Convenience
Episode 0133 | Aboveground Fuel Storage for Convenience

Culture of Convenience

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2024 33:33


Using aboveground tanks for fuel storage is a polarizing topic, but for guests Ethan Henderson and Cameron Hogan from Major Oil, it's what they do best. Portable convenience stores, saving communities, and bringing convenience to the outer regions of the world are just some of the topics we get into today on the Culture of Convenience.  About Our Guest:  Headquartered in Birmingham, AL, Major Oil LLC is marked by innovation, unwavering commitment, and a forward-thinking vision for a smarter energy climate. In response to the demand for fuel, real estate limitations in growing communities, alternative energy, and the increased demand for automated and seamless shopping experiences, Major Oil LLC will deploy its Hybrid Energy Stations throughout the United States to meet these demands and challenges.

Mighty Marvel Geeks
Mighty Marvel Geeks 454: G.I. JOE With Alex Antone

Mighty Marvel Geeks

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2024 59:24


Greetings, Field Agents! Your Intrepid Trio have a guest in the Above Ground, Underwater, Sub-Orbital Volcano Lair. Skybound editor extraordinaire Alex Antone, to discuss the Kickstarter campaign for the original Marvel run of the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero comics which ran from 1982-1994. We're bringing all of the intel on the behind the […]

DEEP TALKS [CZE]
#189: Karel Havlíček (skladatel) – Jak na kreativitu a tvůrčí flow?

DEEP TALKS [CZE]

Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2024 45:17


Co jsou nejdůležitější ingredience úspěchu v Americe? Jak se za poslední léta proměnil Hollywood? A jak podpořit kreativní proces a získat více flow, ať člověk dělá cokoliv? Dalším hostem Deep Talks byl přední český skladatel Karel Havlíček. Karel patří k hrstce Čechů, kteří se svojí tvorbou uspěli v Americe. Skládá hudbu k filmům, seriálům či reklamám, spolupracoval s hollywoodskými hvězdami, má vlastní autorskou tvorbu a žije mezi Prahou a Los Angeles. Odkazy: Píseň Above Ground: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CC-WviUxYU Pregnancy Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LINyhcEG2Pg Kimchi od Živina.cz (+kód PETR20 na -20 % na všechny produkty, vyjma již zvýhodněných balíčků): https://www.zivina.cz/

The SDR Show (Sex, Drugs, & Rock-n-Roll Show) w/Ralph Sutton & Big Jay Oakerson

Billy Morrison joins Ralph Sutton and Big Jay Oakerson and they discuss the similarities and differences between music and comedy, Billy Morrison getting addicted to heroin at 14 years old, moving to Los Angeles from England and being homeless, being most known for being a bass guitarist, the reason for re-recording albums, the effects of drugs on creativity, Billy Morrison's artwork and the process of painting artists, the FBI raiding Gibson before Billy Morrison's guitar was released, Paris Jackson being featured in the Crack Cocaine video, the multiple collaborations on The Morrison Project album, working with Billy Idol for over 16 years, Above Ground charity with Dave Navarro, Billy Morrison's acting career, Billy Morrison's first concert, first drug and first sexual experience and so much more!(Air date: March 27th, 2024)Support our sponsors!YoDelta.com - Use promo code: Gas to get 25% off!SmallBatchCigar.com - Use promo code: GAS10 to get 10% off and 5% reward points!Capsulyte.com - Use promo code: GAS for 30% off!To advertise your product or service on GaS Digital podcasts please go to TheADSide.com and click on "Advertisers" for more information!The SDR Show merchandise is available at https://podcastmerch.com/collections/the-sdr-showYou can watch The SDR Show LIVE for FREE every Wednesday and Saturday at 9pm ET at GaSDigitalNetwork.com/LIVEOnce you're there you can sign up at GaSDigitalNetwork.com with promo code: SDR for a 7-day FREE trial with access to every SDR show ever recorded! On top of that you'll also have the same access to ALL the shows that GaS Digital Network has to offer!Follow the whole show on social media!Billy MorrisonTwitter: https://twitter.com/BillyMorrisonInstagram: https://instagram.com/BillyMorrisonOfficialArt Website: BillyMorrisonArt.comBig Jay OakersonTwitter: https://twitter.com/bigjayoakersonInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/bigjayoakerson/Website: https://bigjaycomedy.comRalph SuttonTwitter: https://twitter.com/iamralphsuttonInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamralphsutton/The SDR ShowTwitter: https://twitter.com/theSDRshowInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/thesdrshow/GaS Digital NetworkTwitter: https://twitter.com/gasdigitalInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/gasdigital/See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Otakuology
Delicious in Dungeon: Ep. 9-10 (Tentacles; Stew & Giant Frogs; Aboveground)

Otakuology

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2024 67:38


On this episode of Otakuology we discuss episodes 9 & 10 of delicious in dungeon. The smell of meat lures in uninvited guests and among them, a familiar face appears. To move forward, they must work together to defeat the Undine. The crew avoids a stinging descent to the castle town, where the Red Dragon lurks; to defeat it, the crew needs a tight plan and a morale-boosting meal. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/otakuology/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/otakuology/support

New Books Network
Terry Williams, "Life Underground: Encounters with People Below the Streets of New York" (Columbia UP, 2024)

New Books Network

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2024 27:09


Aboveground, Manhattan's Riverside Park provides open space for the densely populated Upper West Side. Beneath its surface run railroad tunnels, disused for decades, where over the years unhoused people have taken shelter. The sociologist Terry Williams ventured into the tunnel residents' world, seeking to understand life on the margins and out of sight. He visited the tunnels between West Seventy-Second and West Ninety-Sixth Streets hundreds of times from 1991 to 1996, when authorities cleared them out to make way for Amtrak passenger service, and again between 2000 and 2020.  Life Underground: Encounters with People Below the Streets of New York (Columbia UP, 2024) explores this society below the surface and the varieties of experience among unhoused people. Bringing together anecdotal material, field observations, photographs, transcribed conversations with residents, and excerpts from personal journals, Williams provides a vivid ethnographic portrait of individual people, day-to-day activities, and the social world of the underground and their engagement with the world above, which they call “topside.” He shows how marginalized people strive to make a place for themselves amid neglect and isolation as they struggle for dignity. Featuring Williams's distinctive ethnographic eye and deep empathy for those on the margins, Life Underground shines a unique light on a vanished subterranean community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

New Books in Anthropology
Terry Williams, "Life Underground: Encounters with People Below the Streets of New York" (Columbia UP, 2024)

New Books in Anthropology

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2024 27:09


Aboveground, Manhattan's Riverside Park provides open space for the densely populated Upper West Side. Beneath its surface run railroad tunnels, disused for decades, where over the years unhoused people have taken shelter. The sociologist Terry Williams ventured into the tunnel residents' world, seeking to understand life on the margins and out of sight. He visited the tunnels between West Seventy-Second and West Ninety-Sixth Streets hundreds of times from 1991 to 1996, when authorities cleared them out to make way for Amtrak passenger service, and again between 2000 and 2020.  Life Underground: Encounters with People Below the Streets of New York (Columbia UP, 2024) explores this society below the surface and the varieties of experience among unhoused people. Bringing together anecdotal material, field observations, photographs, transcribed conversations with residents, and excerpts from personal journals, Williams provides a vivid ethnographic portrait of individual people, day-to-day activities, and the social world of the underground and their engagement with the world above, which they call “topside.” He shows how marginalized people strive to make a place for themselves amid neglect and isolation as they struggle for dignity. Featuring Williams's distinctive ethnographic eye and deep empathy for those on the margins, Life Underground shines a unique light on a vanished subterranean community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/anthropology

New Books in Sociology
Terry Williams, "Life Underground: Encounters with People Below the Streets of New York" (Columbia UP, 2024)

New Books in Sociology

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2024 27:09


Aboveground, Manhattan's Riverside Park provides open space for the densely populated Upper West Side. Beneath its surface run railroad tunnels, disused for decades, where over the years unhoused people have taken shelter. The sociologist Terry Williams ventured into the tunnel residents' world, seeking to understand life on the margins and out of sight. He visited the tunnels between West Seventy-Second and West Ninety-Sixth Streets hundreds of times from 1991 to 1996, when authorities cleared them out to make way for Amtrak passenger service, and again between 2000 and 2020.  Life Underground: Encounters with People Below the Streets of New York (Columbia UP, 2024) explores this society below the surface and the varieties of experience among unhoused people. Bringing together anecdotal material, field observations, photographs, transcribed conversations with residents, and excerpts from personal journals, Williams provides a vivid ethnographic portrait of individual people, day-to-day activities, and the social world of the underground and their engagement with the world above, which they call “topside.” He shows how marginalized people strive to make a place for themselves amid neglect and isolation as they struggle for dignity. Featuring Williams's distinctive ethnographic eye and deep empathy for those on the margins, Life Underground shines a unique light on a vanished subterranean community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/sociology

New Books in American Studies
Terry Williams, "Life Underground: Encounters with People Below the Streets of New York" (Columbia UP, 2024)

New Books in American Studies

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2024 27:09


Aboveground, Manhattan's Riverside Park provides open space for the densely populated Upper West Side. Beneath its surface run railroad tunnels, disused for decades, where over the years unhoused people have taken shelter. The sociologist Terry Williams ventured into the tunnel residents' world, seeking to understand life on the margins and out of sight. He visited the tunnels between West Seventy-Second and West Ninety-Sixth Streets hundreds of times from 1991 to 1996, when authorities cleared them out to make way for Amtrak passenger service, and again between 2000 and 2020.  Life Underground: Encounters with People Below the Streets of New York (Columbia UP, 2024) explores this society below the surface and the varieties of experience among unhoused people. Bringing together anecdotal material, field observations, photographs, transcribed conversations with residents, and excerpts from personal journals, Williams provides a vivid ethnographic portrait of individual people, day-to-day activities, and the social world of the underground and their engagement with the world above, which they call “topside.” He shows how marginalized people strive to make a place for themselves amid neglect and isolation as they struggle for dignity. Featuring Williams's distinctive ethnographic eye and deep empathy for those on the margins, Life Underground shines a unique light on a vanished subterranean community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/american-studies

New Books in Public Policy
Terry Williams, "Life Underground: Encounters with People Below the Streets of New York" (Columbia UP, 2024)

New Books in Public Policy

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2024 27:09


Aboveground, Manhattan's Riverside Park provides open space for the densely populated Upper West Side. Beneath its surface run railroad tunnels, disused for decades, where over the years unhoused people have taken shelter. The sociologist Terry Williams ventured into the tunnel residents' world, seeking to understand life on the margins and out of sight. He visited the tunnels between West Seventy-Second and West Ninety-Sixth Streets hundreds of times from 1991 to 1996, when authorities cleared them out to make way for Amtrak passenger service, and again between 2000 and 2020.  Life Underground: Encounters with People Below the Streets of New York (Columbia UP, 2024) explores this society below the surface and the varieties of experience among unhoused people. Bringing together anecdotal material, field observations, photographs, transcribed conversations with residents, and excerpts from personal journals, Williams provides a vivid ethnographic portrait of individual people, day-to-day activities, and the social world of the underground and their engagement with the world above, which they call “topside.” He shows how marginalized people strive to make a place for themselves amid neglect and isolation as they struggle for dignity. Featuring Williams's distinctive ethnographic eye and deep empathy for those on the margins, Life Underground shines a unique light on a vanished subterranean community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/public-policy

Off the Page: A Columbia University Press Podcast
Terry Williams, "Life Underground: Encounters with People Below the Streets of New York" (Columbia UP, 2024)

Off the Page: A Columbia University Press Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2024 27:09


Aboveground, Manhattan's Riverside Park provides open space for the densely populated Upper West Side. Beneath its surface run railroad tunnels, disused for decades, where over the years unhoused people have taken shelter. The sociologist Terry Williams ventured into the tunnel residents' world, seeking to understand life on the margins and out of sight. He visited the tunnels between West Seventy-Second and West Ninety-Sixth Streets hundreds of times from 1991 to 1996, when authorities cleared them out to make way for Amtrak passenger service, and again between 2000 and 2020.  Life Underground: Encounters with People Below the Streets of New York (Columbia UP, 2024) explores this society below the surface and the varieties of experience among unhoused people. Bringing together anecdotal material, field observations, photographs, transcribed conversations with residents, and excerpts from personal journals, Williams provides a vivid ethnographic portrait of individual people, day-to-day activities, and the social world of the underground and their engagement with the world above, which they call “topside.” He shows how marginalized people strive to make a place for themselves amid neglect and isolation as they struggle for dignity. Featuring Williams's distinctive ethnographic eye and deep empathy for those on the margins, Life Underground shines a unique light on a vanished subterranean community.

New Books in Urban Studies
Terry Williams, "Life Underground: Encounters with People Below the Streets of New York" (Columbia UP, 2024)

New Books in Urban Studies

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2024 27:09


Aboveground, Manhattan's Riverside Park provides open space for the densely populated Upper West Side. Beneath its surface run railroad tunnels, disused for decades, where over the years unhoused people have taken shelter. The sociologist Terry Williams ventured into the tunnel residents' world, seeking to understand life on the margins and out of sight. He visited the tunnels between West Seventy-Second and West Ninety-Sixth Streets hundreds of times from 1991 to 1996, when authorities cleared them out to make way for Amtrak passenger service, and again between 2000 and 2020.  Life Underground: Encounters with People Below the Streets of New York (Columbia UP, 2024) explores this society below the surface and the varieties of experience among unhoused people. Bringing together anecdotal material, field observations, photographs, transcribed conversations with residents, and excerpts from personal journals, Williams provides a vivid ethnographic portrait of individual people, day-to-day activities, and the social world of the underground and their engagement with the world above, which they call “topside.” He shows how marginalized people strive to make a place for themselves amid neglect and isolation as they struggle for dignity. Featuring Williams's distinctive ethnographic eye and deep empathy for those on the margins, Life Underground shines a unique light on a vanished subterranean community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

NBN Book of the Day
Terry Williams, "Life Underground: Encounters with People Below the Streets of New York" (Columbia UP, 2024)

NBN Book of the Day

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2024 27:09


Aboveground, Manhattan's Riverside Park provides open space for the densely populated Upper West Side. Beneath its surface run railroad tunnels, disused for decades, where over the years unhoused people have taken shelter. The sociologist Terry Williams ventured into the tunnel residents' world, seeking to understand life on the margins and out of sight. He visited the tunnels between West Seventy-Second and West Ninety-Sixth Streets hundreds of times from 1991 to 1996, when authorities cleared them out to make way for Amtrak passenger service, and again between 2000 and 2020.  Life Underground: Encounters with People Below the Streets of New York (Columbia UP, 2024) explores this society below the surface and the varieties of experience among unhoused people. Bringing together anecdotal material, field observations, photographs, transcribed conversations with residents, and excerpts from personal journals, Williams provides a vivid ethnographic portrait of individual people, day-to-day activities, and the social world of the underground and their engagement with the world above, which they call “topside.” He shows how marginalized people strive to make a place for themselves amid neglect and isolation as they struggle for dignity. Featuring Williams's distinctive ethnographic eye and deep empathy for those on the margins, Life Underground shines a unique light on a vanished subterranean community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/book-of-the-day

Sixth & I LIVE
Common, award-winning performer, with Clint Smith

Sixth & I LIVE

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2024 71:13


In And Then We Rise: A Guide to Loving and Taking Care of Self, Common shares a comprehensive program for addressing mental and physical health and encouraging communities to do the same. In conversation with Clint Smith, a staff writer at The Atlantic and the author of the New York Times bestsellers How the Word is Passed and Above Ground. This program was held on January 27, 2024 in partnership with Loyalty Books.

Mighty Marvel Geeks
Mighty Marvel Geeks 436: The Amazing Zeb Wells

Mighty Marvel Geeks

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2023 65:01


Hi there, Field Agents! Your Intrepid Trio are all present and accounted for and we have a guest with us in the Above Ground, Underwater, Sub—Orbital Volcano Lair! We have Marvel Comics and MCU Writer Zeb Wells!! We trace his path from his early days writing for a fan film to writing for Amazing Spider-Man […]

The Catch
S3 Part II: Cod of War

The Catch

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2023 25:10


On this episode of The Catch, we kick things off with a British staple: fish and chips and a visit with chef Nick Martino, owner of Aboveground at DC's Union Market. Then we hear how this iconic dish led to an interstate dispute between Iceland and the U.K. known as the Cod Wars. Host Ruxandra Guidi is joined by historian and Icelandic President Gudni Th. Johannesson, and Mark Kurlansky, the author of Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World, to hear how the Cod Wars have shaped our oceans to this day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Poetry Unbound
Clint Smith with Krista Tippett — What We Know in the "Marrow of Our Bones"

Poetry Unbound

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2023 65:43


Friends, Pádraig here — we are awakening your Poetry Unbound feed to share this brilliant episode from the newest season of On Being, which is well underway. Conversations on love and loss, comedy and ecology, social creativity, poetry, and more all await you in the On Being feed — subscribe now and don't miss out.And — Poetry Unbound Season 8 is in production and will be arriving this winter.  And now...This phrase recurs throughout Clint Smith's writing: "in the marrow of our bones." It is an example of how words can hold encrypted wisdom — in this case, the reality that memory and emotion lodge in us physically. Words and phrases have carried this truth forward in time long before we had the science to understand it.Clint Smith is best known for his 2021 book, How the Word Is Passed, but he is first and foremost a poet. He and Krista discuss how his various life chapters have been real-world laboratories for him to investigate the entanglement between language and the intelligence of the body — and the related entanglement between history and place. His poetic sensibility has singularly opened readers to approach a generative reckoning with American history — on whatever side of that history our ancestors stood. Clint Smith has a way of making reckoning possible at a humanizing, softening, bodily level — in the marrow, you might say, of our bones. Clint Smith is a staff writer at The Atlantic. His narrative nonfiction book, How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning With the History of Slavery Across America, won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction and many other honors. His poetry collections are Counting Descent and Above Ground.Find the transcript for this show at onbeing.org.

On Being with Krista Tippett
“Ode to Those First Fifteen Minutes After the Kids Are Finally Asleep” by Clint Smith

On Being with Krista Tippett

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2023 1:55


Clint Smith reads his poem, “Ode to Those First Fifteen Minutes After the Kids Are Finally Asleep.” This poem is featured in Clint's On Being conversation with Krista, “What We Know in the ‘Marrow of Our Bones.'” Find more of his poems, along with our full collection of poetry films and readings from two decades of the show, at Experience Poetry.Clint Smith is a staff writer at The Atlantic. His narrative nonfiction book, How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning With the History of Slavery Across America, won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction and many other honors. His poetry collections are Counting Descent and Above Ground.

On Being with Krista Tippett
“Dance Party” by Clint Smith

On Being with Krista Tippett

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2023 2:25


Clint Smith reads his poem, “Dance Party.” This poem is featured in Clint's On Being conversation with Krista, “What We Know in the ‘Marrow of Our Bones.'” Find more of his poems, along with our full collection of poetry films and readings from two decades of the show, at Experience Poetry.Clint Smith is a staff writer at The Atlantic. His narrative nonfiction book, How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning With the History of Slavery Across America, won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction and many other honors. His poetry collections are Counting Descent and Above Ground.

On Being with Krista Tippett
Clint Smith — What We Know in the "Marrow of Our Bones"

On Being with Krista Tippett

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2023 64:22


This phrase recurs throughout Clint Smith's writing: "in the marrow of our bones." It is an example of how words can hold encrypted wisdom — in this case, the reality that memory and emotion lodge in us physically. Words and phrases have carried this truth forward in time long before we had the science to understand it.Clint Smith is best known for his 2021 book, How the Word Is Passed, but he is first and foremost a poet. He and Krista discuss how his various life chapters have been real-world laboratories for him to investigate the entanglement between language and the intelligence of the body — and the related entanglement between history and place. His poetic sensibility has singularly opened readers to approach a generative reckoning with American history — on whatever side of that history our ancestors stood. Clint Smith has a way of making reckoning possible at a humanizing, softening, bodily level — in the marrow, you might say, of our bones.Clint Smith is a staff writer at The Atlantic. His narrative nonfiction book, How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning With the History of Slavery Across America, won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction and many other honors. His poetry collections are Counting Descent and Above Ground.Find the transcript for this show at onbeing.org.______Sign up for The Pause — a Saturday morning companion to the podcast season. 

On Being with Krista Tippett
[Extended] Clint Smith with Krista Tippett

On Being with Krista Tippett

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2023 108:38


This phrase recurs throughout Clint Smith's writing: "in the marrow of our bones." It is an example of how words can hold encrypted wisdom — in this case, the reality that memory and emotion lodge in us physically. Words and phrases have carried this truth forward in time long before we had the science to understand it.Clint Smith is best known for his 2021 book, How the Word Is Passed, but he is first and foremost a poet. He and Krista discuss how his various life chapters have been real-world laboratories for him to investigate the entanglement between language and the intelligence of the body — and the related entanglement between history and place. His poetic sensibility has singularly opened readers to approach a generative reckoning with American history — on whatever side of that history our ancestors stood. Clint Smith has a way of making reckoning possible at a humanizing, softening, bodily level — in the marrow, you might say, of our bones.Clint Smith is a staff writer at The Atlantic. His narrative nonfiction book, How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning With the History of Slavery Across America, won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction and many other honors. His poetry collections are Counting Descent and Above Ground.This interview is edited and produced with music and other features in the On Being episode "Clint Smith — What We Know in the ‘Marrow of Our Bones.'" Find the transcript for that show at onbeing.org.______Sign up for The Pause — a Saturday morning companion to the podcast season.

Jason Scott Talks His Way Out of It
The Aboveground Episode

Jason Scott Talks His Way Out of It

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2023 14:45


The Aboveground Episode: What the Aboveground Means, The Cloak and Cosplay, The Risks Without Risks, Hacker Conferences, The Tech Industry, The Hidden Cost of Underground. Some thoughts on a concept I've been mulling about, regarding "The Aboveground", a cosplay version of being underground used by certain groups, usually for some gain, to bring the delusion of lawlessness and lack of limits, when in fact needing and depending on those limits to succeed. I also made a blog post: The Great Aboveground Empire.

Talking Pools Podcast

Heather and Chris discuss handling issues with employees. WIN a 1hp Above Ground pool pump from DohenyTo be entered to win you must like, share using the hashtags #TalkingPoolsPodcast and #HumpdaysWithHeather, and comment on the Facebook post for the episodeSend your questions and suggestions to TalkingPools@gmail.com Support the show

KQED’s Forum
Forum From the Archives: Clint Smith Celebrates Complexities of Parenthood in ‘Above Ground'

KQED’s Forum

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2023 57:33


“I experience your wounds as if they were my own,” reads the last line of Clint Smith's poem “Nociception.” Directed to a child, it explains that just as a sea creature that loses an appendage feels discomfort across its entire body, so does a parent whose child is in pain. The poem is part of Smith's new collection “Above Ground,” which also celebrates the joy, wonder and even occasional absurdity of being a parent. We talk to Smith about his poetry and what he calls the “simultaneity the human experience:” our capacity to hold fear and anxiety alongside joy and awe. This segment originally aired April 11, 2023. Guests: Clint Smith, poet and staff writer, The Atlantic - his new collection of poetry is "Above Ground." His previous books include "How the Word is Passed."

Above Ground Podcast
In Through the Out Door w/Brian Kavanaugh

Above Ground Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2023 49:22


Getting paid to help people can be one of the most rewarding career choices you can make. The exchange of energy that occurs during massage is at another level. Brian Kavanaugh helps people heal themselves. Brian is a conduit to allowing people to come in through the out door and our guest on this week's Above Ground  Podcast.  What's up everyone? Time for episode two hundred seven of Above Ground Podcast. This Sunday, Above Ground Podcast is taking part in an open house and health fair starting at 10:00am at the Center of Natural Wellness School of Massage Therapy, 14 Computer Drive West, Albany, NY 12205. This awesome opportunity led us to our InnerView this week.  Brian Kavanaugh is the Director of Admissions for the Center of Natural Wellness School of Massage Therapy (CNWSMT) in Albany, NY.  He has been a licensed massage therapist since graduating from CNWSMT in 2005.  Brian started his education after realizing you could make a good living and have a ton of flexibility compared to other vocations. What he didn't expect was the growth of self that he developed, the sense of purpose gained and the intuition to guide.  Filling your own well is a personal mantra for Brian and he teaches his students to take better care of themselves, in order to serve their clients better. Brian had such a profound experience at CNWSMT that  he says, “ if I didn't do another massage ever again. I would still go through the education again.” For him being part of the community and personal growth were great benefits on top of receiving his LMT and following his soul path.  If we do not release our traumas, pains, stressors and depressants, we store them in our bodies somewhere.  The physical will bemoan the emotional. Our bodies do tell the score and if you do not release these items we will become symptomatic. Whatever that means to you. Brian evangelizes the benefits of massage for everyone. He, especially touts it for those with depression. Massage being a healing touch, Brian has touched so many folks. Cue comedic drum fill.  Please come out this Sunday to the Center of Natural Wellness School of Massage Therapy at 14 Computer Drive West, Albany, NY 12205 from 10a-2pm for their open house and health fair. This event will have a little bit of everything, from body work, energy work, sound therapy and Above Ground Podcast. Come out and help us spread self love via self care. Set an intention to come and open yourself to something new.  Speaking of intentions. When we fired up  the engine on this pod, I set the intention of having seven episodes in the can and that it would be a weekly episode drop. I had no idea it would go two hundred plus weeks and counting. Next week we celebrate four years of stomping stigma and having real, raw conversations about mental health from the, peer-spective. Remember hope won't spread itself! Thank you! Also summer is fast approaching and AGP will be out and about. We will definitely see you at the one and only, Nipperfest 2023. Nippertown's summer party in the Electric City.on Saturday July 22, 2023. Music Haven at Central Park in Schenectady will be rocking from noon on. Come join the entire Nippertown family, stop by our table and let's talk about what happened to you.  I cannot say thank you enough to everyone who listens. If you are feeling emotionally distressed please seek help. #URL0V3D . If you are in a crisis please call or text 988 or go to your nearest emergency room immediately. Until next week get well,  be safe, stay ABOVE!

Detroit Today with Stephen Henderson
Parenthood during moments of political tumult

Detroit Today with Stephen Henderson

Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2023 51:56


Poet, staff writer at The Atlantic and author Clint Smith joins the show to discuss his new book, "Above Ground," which explores what it's like to be a parent during times of political and cultural chaos.

BrainStuff
How Did Hazardous Nuclear Testing Help Science?

BrainStuff

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2023 8:46


Aboveground nuclear weapons testing in the 1950s and '60s has exposed every living thing on Earth to harmful radiation -- but has also made dating the remains of living things much more accurate. Learn more in this episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://science.howstuffworks.com/nuclear-tests-bomb-pulse.htmSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Stacks
Ep. 264 Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude by Ross Gay -- The Stacks Book Club (Clint Smith)

The Stacks

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2023 67:22


Poet and Above Ground author Clint Smith returns to discuss our April book club selection Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude, a poetry collection by Ross Gay. We discuss the moment of the book's release and why it's important within the context of the Black Lives Matter movement. We also argue that successfully engaging with a poem doesn't require understanding what a poem is about, and we ask how much the author's intent actually matters in poetry. Be sure to listen to the end of today's episode to find out what our book club pick will be for May 2023.You can find everything we discuss on today's show on The Stacks' website:https://thestackspodcast.com/2023/04/26/ep-264-catalog-of-unabashed-gratitudeEpisode TranscriptConnect with Clint: Instagram | Twitter | Website Connect with The Stacks: Instagram | Twitter | Shop | Patreon | Goodreads | SubscribeSUPPORT THE STACKSJoin The Stacks Pack on PatreonTo support The Stacks and find out more from this week's sponsors, click here.Purchasing books through Bookshop.org or Amazon earns The Stacks a small commission.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

City Arts & Lectures
Clint Smith and Terisa Siagatonu

City Arts & Lectures

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2023 74:25


Poets Clint Smith and Terisa Siagatonu address issues like climate change, while also looking back at American history. Clint Smith is the author of the best-selling narrative nonfiction book, How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning With the History of Slavery Across America and the poetry collection Counting Descent. His latest, Above Ground, traverses the vast emotional terrain of fatherhood, particularly Black fatherhood. Terisa Siagatonu is an award-winning poet, teaching artist, mental health educator, and community leader born and rooted in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her writing blends the personal, cultural, and political in a way that calls for healing, courage, justice, and truth. On April 12, 2023, Clint Smith and Terisa Siagatonu came to the Sydney Goldstein Theater in San Francisco.  

Mighty Marvel Geeks
Mighty Marvel Geeks 414: The Secret Lair Is Where?

Mighty Marvel Geeks

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2023 50:18


Hello, field Agents! Agent Eric is out this week, so we've brought in Field Agent Bart to fill in at the Above-Ground, Underwater, Sub-Orbital Volcano Lair. T.H.U.R.S.D.A.Y. had some issues, but we resolved them! So, this week, we have a good haul of Marvel news to discuss, on thing being The Marvels trailer! We Also […]

Amanpour
Exclusive interview: Tony Blair, Bill Clinton, Bertie Ahern

Amanpour

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2023 55:39


25 years ago, the Good Friday agreement ended decades of violence and brought peace to Northern Ireland. The architects of that ground-breaking pact were former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, former US President Bill Clinton and former Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern. In a historic reunion, Blair, Clinton & Ahern sat down with Christiane for an exclusive interview reflecting on the hard choices they made all those years ago and preserving peace and stability today.  Also on today's show: Author Clint Smith discusses his new book of poetry, Above Ground, which deals with the emotional ups and downs of raising a family in today's modern world. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Here & Now
Why so many autistic kids get expelled from preschool; Clint Smith's 'Above Ground'

Here & Now

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2023 25:30


The U.S. Department of Justice is appealing a ruling suspending the Food and Drug Administration's approval of mifepristone, a drug used in medication abortions. If the ruling holds, it would effectively ban the sale of the pills across the country. We hear from Laurie Bertram Roberts, executive director and co-founder of the Mississippi Reproductive Freedom Fund. And, we talk with the University of California Riverside's Jan Blacher, the co-author of a new study about high rates of expulsions from preschools for autistic kids. Then, in "Above Ground," Clint Smith writes about the everyday joy, anxiety and exhaustion of parenthood with young children. He joins us.

KQED’s Forum
Clint Smith Celebrates Complexities of Parenthood in ‘Above Ground'

KQED’s Forum

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2023 55:33


“I experience your wounds as if they were my own,” reads the last line of Clint Smith's poem “Nociception.” Directed to a child, it explains that just as a sea creature that loses an appendage feels discomfort across its entire body, so does a parent whose child is in pain. The poem is part of Smith's new collection “Above Ground,” which also celebrates the joy, wonder and even occasional absurdity of being a parent. We talk to Smith about his poetry and what he calls the “simultaneity of the human experience:” our capacity to hold fear and anxiety alongside joy and awe. Guests: Clint Smith, poet and staff writer, The Atlantic - His new collection of poetry is "Above Ground." His previous books include "How the Word is Passed."

The Stacks
Ep. 261 All at Once with Clint Smith

The Stacks

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2023 67:34


Today we welcome author Clint Smith to The Stacks to talk about his new poetry collection Above Ground, a tribute to being a parent amidst the chaos of life. We discuss how he handled the pressure to follow up the bestselling and award-winning How the Word is Passed. We also get into how parenting has animated all facets of life, and how competition has facilitated Clint's relationship to literature. The Stacks Book Club selection for April is Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude by Ross Gay. We will discuss the book on April 26th with Clint Smith.You can find everything we discuss on today's show on The Stacks' website:https://thestackspodcast.com/2023/04/05/ep-261-clint-smithEpisode TranscriptConnect with Clint: Instagram | Twitter | WebsiteConnect with The Stacks: Instagram | Twitter | Shop | Patreon | Goodreads | SubscribeSUPPORT THE STACKSJoin The Stacks Pack on PatreonTo support The Stacks and find out more from this week's sponsors, click here.Purchasing books through Bookshop.org or Amazon earns The Stacks a small commission.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Fresh Air
Best Of: Poet Clint Smith / 'Ted Lasso' Actor Brett Goldstein

Fresh Air

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2023 48:54


Clint Smith's poems, which are addressed to his young children, describe what their ancestors endured and escaped. He also examines the joy and anxiety of parenthood, especially as a Black father. His book of poetry is called Above Ground.Justin Chang reviews the film Tori and Lokita.Brett Goldstein is a writer for Ted Lasso and plays Roy Kent, a gruff but lovable retired footballer-turned-coach. He spoke with Ann Marie Baldonado.

Late Night with Seth Meyers Podcast
Late Night Lit: Ari Shapiro | Clint Smith

Late Night with Seth Meyers Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2023 37:39


On this month's edition of our podcast devoted to literature, Late Night's Sarah Jenks-Daly talks to NPR host Ari Shapiro, who just released a book of memoir essays, The Best Strangers in the World: Stories from a Life Spent Listening.She also chats with Clint Smith, whose new poetry collection Above Ground is available now.Plus, legendary author Margaret Atwood shares a book recommendation for Late Night Lit listeners.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing
First Draft - Clint Smith

First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2023 65:35


Clint Smith is a staff writer at The Atlantic. He is the author of the narrative nonfiction book, How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning With the History of Slavery Across America, which was a #1 New York Times bestseller, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction, the Hillman Prize for Book Journalism, the Stowe Prize, the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, and selected by the New York Times as one of the 10 Best Books of 2021. He is also the author of the poetry collection Counting Descent, which won the 2017 Literary Award for Best Poetry Book from the Black Caucus of the American Library Association and was a finalist for an NAACP Image Award. His new poetry collection is called Above Ground. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert
Author Clint Smith (Extended Cut)

The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2023 11:08


Award-winning poet and journalist Clint Smith joins Stephen for an insightful conversation about what poetry can mean to people. Clint's latest collection of poems, “Above Ground,” is available now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

All Of It
Clint Smith's 'Above Ground': Poems on Fatherhood and the World

All Of It

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2023 29:19


Clint Smith's new poetry book, Above Ground, explores the triumphs and emotions experienced as a new father, meditations on social and political tumult, and reflections on connections to personal lineages and history. He joins us today in studio to discuss. Smith will also be at the 92nd Street Y tonight, you can find more information about the event here .

Fresh Air
Clint Smith's Poetry Confronts The Legacy Of Slavery

Fresh Air

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2023 47:53


Clint Smith's poems, which are addressed to his young children, describe what their ancestors endured and escaped. He also examines the joy and anxiety of parenthood, especially as a Black father. His book of poetry is called Above Ground. Also, Justin Chang reviews A Thousand and One.

Paternal
#81 Clint Smith: Holding All Of It Together

Paternal

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2023 37:54


Clint Smith is a man deeply interested in the contrasts and complexities of the human experience. Be it in his professional life as the author of the acclaimed New York Times bestselling narrative nonfiction book How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery, or in his personal life as an often-humbled father to young children, Smith is constantly considering how experiences shape us as people. Especially fatherhood. “Parenthood is the most remarkable, awe-inspiring experience of your life,” Smith says, “and it's also the most fear-inducing, humbling, and exhausting. It's the most revealing about the parts of yourself that you're most proud of, and most ashamed of.” On this episode of Paternal, Smith discusses his early days as a father, why even our best moments as parents exist alongside instances of shame, humility, and fear, and how we can hold gratitude and despair in the same hands. Smith is a staff writer at The Atlantic and the author of Above Ground, a new collection of poems focused on fatherhood, available March 28. Learn more about Paternal and sign up for our newsletter at www.paternalpodcast.com. You can also email host Nick Firchau at nick@paternalpodcast.com with any comments or suggestions for men he should profile on the show. Make sure you subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts or wherever you're listening, then keep an eye on your feed for new episodes.

MPR News with Kerri Miller
Clint Smith on how to reckon with slavery as America's original sin

MPR News with Kerri Miller

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2023 56:15


What does it mean to stand on the soil where enslaved people lived, worked and died — and to see, surrounding it, monuments to the people who did the enslaving? That's the question at the heart of Clint Smith's book, “How the Word Is Passed.” After a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee came down in his hometown of New Orleans, Smith began a quest to understand America's historic and contemporary relationship to slavery. He did that by visiting sites like Monticello Plantation, where Thomas Jefferson wrote about freedom while enslaving hundreds, and Blandford Cemetery, where 30,000 Confederate soldiers are buried, and shared his powerful reflections in his book. “How the Word Is Passed” was a New York Times bestseller, the winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award of Nonfiction and one of the New York Times Best Books of 2021. Now out in paperback, “How the Word Is Passed,” invites us to be honest about America's history, and to reckon with how slavery's legacy still shapes us today. This is a can't miss Big Books and Bold conversation between Smith and MPR News host Kerri Miller Smith as they talk about his book, his reflections on America and how current events echo those of the past. Guest: Clint Smith is a staff writer at The Atlantic. He is the author of “How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning With the History of Slavery Across America,” which just released in paperback. His latest book of poetry, “Above Ground,” comes out in March 2023. To listen to the full conversation you can use the audio player above.  Subscribe to the MPR News with Kerri Miller podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts or RSS. Subscribe to the Thread newsletter for the latest book and author news and must-read recommendations.