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On this episode of What to Reid, Joy talks with Sophia Chang, a veteran of the hip-hop world as the former manager of RZA, GZA and Ol’ Dirty Bastard of the Wu Tang Clan, Q-Tip and A Tribe Called Quest, soul singers D’Angelo and Raphael Saadiq, and the author of the fascinating biography, The Baddest Bitch in the Room. Her stories of life as an Asian-American woman in the male-dominated music world are fascinating!
Read the Interview Magazine review here: https://www.interviewmagazine.com/music/sophia-chang-baddest-bitch-room-wu-tang-clan-rza
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On this episode of What to Reid, Joy talks with Carl Hoffman about his fascinating new book: Liar's Circus: A Strange and Terrifying Journey Into the Upside-Down World of Trump's MAGA Rallies. Hoffman takes you into the strange, strange world of MAGA rallies, where you'll meet teachers and nurses devoted to Q-Anon, seemingly everyday people who live and would, in this pandemic, die for Donald Trump. #WhatToReid
Read the New York Journal of Books review here: https://www.nyjournalofbooks.com/book-review/liars-circus-strange
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On this episode of What to Reid, Joy talks with former congresswoman Katie Hill about her book: "She Will Rise: Becoming a Warrior in the Battle for True Equality." Hill tackles the horrors of "revenge porn," and tells us how she got through the scandal and public humiliation, and emerged as a warrior, not just for her self, but for all women.
Read the NPR review here: https://www.npr.org/2020/08/11/901273154/former-rep-katie-hill-aims-to-encourage-women-to-run-for-office-in-she-will-rise
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On this episode of What to Reid, Joy talks with Jennifer Palmieri, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dear Madam President, about her latest book: She Proclaims: Our Declaration of Independence from a Man's World. In it, the former communications director for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign and former White House Communications Director for President Barack Obama talks about what it means to be a powerful, independent, ambitious and fearless woman in today’s America.
Read the review here: https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/jennifer-palmieri/she-proclaims/
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On this episode of What to Reid, Robert P. Jones, author and demographer with the Public Religion Research Institute, talks about his latest book: White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity. In this deeply personal book, he combines his personal story as a white Christian growing up in the Bible belt, with a depth of history and national public polls to warn Christians about the risk of the faith falling under the spell of white nationalism.
Read The Guardian review: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jul/25/white-too-long-review-race-trump-american-christianity
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On this episode of What To Reid, Joy talks with Mikel Jollett about his fascinating book Hollywood Park: A Memoir. It's a heart-racing story of his life growing up in one of America's most infamous cults, and how he emerged from the cycle of abuse, poverty and want that it inflicted on him, his parents and his brother.
Read the NPR review here: https://www.npr.org/2020/05/28/863460131/hollywood-park-compassionately-depicts-the-suffering-and-struggles-of-addiction
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