Stacked
Stacked is a book podcast for readers who want to discover stories and voices often overlooked in traditional literary spaces. It explores books that shape culture, challenge assumptions, and help make sense of the world. The show focuses on literature, culture, and politics, sparking meaningful conversations about books that challenge the status quo.
Episodes
White Feminism w/ Gina Martin
Gina Martin joins us this week to discuss Koa Beck’s White Feminism; a book that has fundamentally shifted her understanding of feminism, activism and collective liberation. With that as a jump-off point, Gina also opens up about the journey from her successful anti-upskirting campaign (which led to the passing of the Voyeurism Act in 2019) to grappling with the complexities of law reform vs. tran
Season of Migration to the North w/ JJ Bola
JJ Bola joins us this week to discuss Tayeb Salih's Season of Migration to the North, a book that has captivated him, and led to multiple re-reads over the last decade since he discovered it.Together, we explore the novel's dual narrative as it follows an unnamed narrator and Mustafa Sa'eed, two Sudanese men whose brushes with the West and colonial education result in a fraught exploration of disp
Milk Fed w/ Amy Spalding
Amy Spalding, star of the BBC’s I Kissed A Girl, joins us this week for a discussion on Melissa Broder’s provocative novel Milk Fed.We explore how Broder weaves together food, faith and desire through the story of Rachel, a young Jewish woman caught in a cycle of restriction and indulgence.We also discuss;✨Mother-daughter dynamics✨The resurgence of diet culture, and its stronghold on women’s bodie
Sisters of the Yam (bell hooks) w/ Mireille Harper
Mireille C Harper, author and Editorial Director at Tonic, Bloomsbury, joins us for a conversation about bell hooks’ black feminist text Sisters of the Yam, a book that’s as relevant today as when it was published 30 years ago.Mireille shares how discovering this text in her twenties reshaped her understanding of Black womanhood, healing, and the radical act of self-care, and together, we explore
Blessings w/ Tamara Lawrance
Tamara Lawrence & Amanda join us this week for a book chat about Chukwuebuka Ibeh’s beautiful debut Blessings.We explore how Ibeh captures the complexities of growing up queer in contexts that don’t always make space for you; from the tender moments of becoming, to the weight of family expectations, as well as what makes this coming-of-age story so particularly moving to us.Book: Blessings by
Pride & Prejudice w/ Bolu Babalola
Bolu Babalola joins us this week to discuss love, literature, and the enduring power of Jane Austen’s Pride & Prejudice.Bolu & Ziporah explore why Austen’s masterpiece remains the blueprint for modern romance (hello, enemies-to-lovers!), faithful screen adaptations, and how our personal circumstances and social conditions can shape our expectations for ourselves. We also discuss Bolu’
Dream Count
This season we’re kicking off with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's long-awaited novel, Dream Count.We get into Adichie's exploration of the search for romantic fulfillment and marriage as achievement in the African context. We also touch on how Adichie has shaped perceptions of African feminism and storytelling, and the evolution of her characters and themes over time….as well as how we react to them n
Season 4 Trailer!
Hi friends…👀Stacked is back with a fresh format, and the same old fun.Join us for our fourth season where we'll be joined by various guests (friends, writers, readers, publishers!) for conversations on some of their favourite reads, old and new. New episodes out every other Thursday! Don't forget to follow the podcast so you never miss them.You can find us on Instagram @thestackedpod an
Zadie Smith: Beauty, Multiculturalism & NW
Join us for the last episode of season 3! We're discussing why we love our hometown fave Zadie Smith and her sprawling novels. We covered 'White Teeth', 'On Beauty' and her essay collection 'Intimations'. We also took a moment to reflect on the season and all that we've learned.Thank you for joining us along the way friends xFollow us on instagram: thestackedpodSign up for our newsletter: Stacked
Akwaeke Emezi: Creativity, Heritage & Selfhood
Join us for the penultimate episode of the season as we explore identity, gender fluidity, and the power of creative expression through the works of the inimitable Akwaeke Emezi. We'll be discussing the semi-autobiographical "Freshwater," the passionate romance "You Made A Fool of Death With Your Beauty", and the memoir "Dear Senthuran."Follow us on instagram: thestackedpodSign up for our newslett
Angela Davis: Freedom, Politics & Prisons
This week we took a break from fiction and read the work of writer, activist and academic Angela Davis. The thing that concerned us the most was just how relevant her work is today. Join us as we discuss 'Freedom Is A Constant Struggle', 'Are Prisons Obsolete?' and 'Women, Race and Class' and how they've informed the ways we want to engage with politics and contribute to change.Follow us on instag
Buchi Emecheta: Proverbs, Tragedy & Female Independence
This week we're discussing Buchi Emecheta who was a social worker and writer (often considered the first successful black woman novelist living in Britain after 1948). We've actually discussed her on the pod before and talked a lot about motherhood, but this episode was a great opportunity to talk about the other themes and contexts that come up in Emecheta's work like the immigrant experience in
Jamaica Kincaid: Family, Forgiveness & Foreign Lands
This week we read the incredible Jamaica Kincaid, Antiguan-American novelist & essayist (& gardener!), and she got us thinking about parent-child relationships, the nature of British tourism, and as always we end up circling right back to colonialism.In this episode, we discuss her debut novel, 'Lucy', her collection of short stories 'At the Bottom of the River' and her anti-colonial essay
Ocean Vuong: Love, Poetry & War
For this week's episode (coincidently landing on World Poetry Day!) we dive into the world of Vietnamese American poet and novelist Ocean Vuong, and explore some of the key themes that resonate throughout his work - the immigrant experience, the complexities of mother-child relationships, and the lingering shadows of war.In this episode, discuss Ocean Vuong's poetry collections 'Night Sky with Exi
Zora Neale Huston: Legacy, Culture & Self-Discovery
This week, we're cracking open the pages of a truly under-appreciated legend: Zora Neale Hurston. We'll be diving into respectability politics and the complexities of her relationship with the Harlem Renaissance, her choice to write in vernacular, and the heartbreaking lack of recognition she received during her lifetime (and the work Alice Walker did to remedy this!)Follow us on instagram: thesta
Bonus Episode: Nightbloom x Africa Writes with Peace Adzo Medie
Join us for our first live episode ever in collaboration with the Africa Writes festival and the Royal African Society! We spoke to Peace Adzo Medie about her latest novel Nightbloom, the power of walks and life in Ho, Ghana. We wanted to celebrate International Women's Day with Nightbloom because it explores the strength in female friendship and we're doubly excited that it has been longlisted fo
Joan Didion: Grief, Style & Purpose
Things got a little deep in the studio this week as we discussed the life and works of Joan Didion. Join us as we explore her most impactful works, including ‘Play It As It Lays’ & ’The Year of Magical Thinking’, and Ziporah comes to terms with maybe being a bit of a nihilist (and maybe that’s okay!)Follow us on instagram: thestackedpodSign up for our newsletter: Stacked WeeklyProduced by AiAi
Sally Rooney: Women, Writers & Ireland
This week we're talking all things Sally Rooney and asking ourselves where IS the beautiful world we were promised as adolescents? What we enjoy most about Sally Rooney's books is how she's able to hone in on how class impacts the details of our lives and relationships, and how she prioritises women's issues. Join us for an exploration of Ms Rooney's favourite themes, and her past life as a champi
James Baldwin: Love, Guilt & Desire
In the first episode of the season, join us as we dig into the life and novels of THE James Baldwin: author, activist, playwright, and icon (and apparently ex-pastor). As a champion and friend of so many of our faves (Maya Angelou, Toni Morrison, Miles Davis, etc.) we were SO excited to discuss him and he does not disappoint! Although Ziporah does have some questions about his female characters...
Season 3 Trailer!
Amanda and Ziporah are back! Join us for season three of Stacked, where we dive into the lives of literary giants like James Baldwin, Joan Didion, and Zadie Smith. This season isn't just about their writing, but the unique experiences that fuelled their words. Think insightful chats, thought-provoking discussions, and a deeper dive into how literature shapes who we are....as well as a bi
Bonus Episode: 2023 Reading Wrap-up
Hi friends! Did you miss us? Join hosts Amanda & Ziporah for a special end-of-year reading wrap up as we look back on 2023...and what a year it's been. We dive into our Top 3 books of the year, as well as the reading habits we've picked up (and might have to leave in 2023). Tune in for honest conversation on the current state of the world and how it's affected our reading, the authors we've ad
Revolutionary Books
It's the final episode of the season! This week we're talking about the books that have revolutionised us personally in some way and also revolutionary books as a genre. Join us as we discuss whether it's important to read the books that have revolutionised the world and constructed society as we know it today and look out for some recommendations like Are Prisons Obsolete? by Angela Davis and How
The Poetry Episode
This week we're talking about poetry! Join us for a conversation on some of our favourite poems, and poets such as Warsan Shire, Langston Hughes, Sylvia Plath, John Agard and much more.Contact us at thestackedpod@gmail.com and follow us on Instagram at: Stacked - https://www.instagram.com/thestackedpod/ Amanda - https://www.instagram.com/amandaafuaa/ Credits: AiAi Studios
It Ends With Booktok
This week, join hosts Amanda and Ziporah as we talk about the significant and impressive impact that Booktok has had on the publishing industry, and also discuss one of its darlings...Colleen Hoover! We read 'It Ends With Us', and hilarity ensues, but so does an enlightening conversation about 'bad' love, self-love, and the nature of forgiveness.Contact us at thestackedpod@gmail.com and follow us
Literary Blindspots
Join hosts Amanda and Ziporah this week as they discuss their literary blindspots (the perspectives we miss when we cling to the genres, contexts and archetypes we're used to) and how they plan on moving towards a more holistic library. Contact us at thestackedpod@gmail.com and follow us on Instagram at: Stacked - https://www.instagram.com/thestackedpod/ Amanda - https://www.instagr
Beige Flag Books
This week hosts Amanda & Ziporah discuss classics such as 'Lolita' by Vladamir Nabokov, 'The Catcher in the Rye' by JD Salinger and 'Infinite Jest' by David Foster Wallace as they question whether something really can be considered a 'red flag book', and if so, what (if anything) does it say about the reader?Contact us at thestackedpod@gmail.com and follow us on Instagram at: Stacked - ht
Children's Lit: Roald Dahl & The Gang
This week we're throwing it all the way back to our childhood faves (Roald Dahl, CS Lewis, Jacqueline Wilson, 'Lemony Snicket', etc.) and talking about why we loved them! Join us as we also discuss the books we would recommend for ourselves in retrospect and children today in general.Contact us at thestackedpod@gmail.com and follow us on Instagram at: Stacked - https://www.instagram.com/thest
Bonus Episode: Our Father, by our Amanda
This week Stacked is taking a break from regularly scheduled programming to share Amanda's short story 'Our Father'. Hope you enjoy!Contact us at thestackedpod@gmail.com and follow us on Instagram at: Stacked - https://www.instagram.com/thestackedpod/ Amanda - https://www.instagram.com/amandaafuaa/ Ziporah - https://www.instagram.com/blackandbound/ Credits: AiAi Studios -
The Case For Self-Help
Join hosts Amanda and Ziporah as they address why they are not drawn to traditional self-help books, their concerns about the genre and share other (and probably better) ways to seek out self-development in books. Contact us at thestackedpod@gmail.com and follow us on Instagram at: Stacked - https://www.instagram.com/thestackedpod/ Amanda - https://www.instagram.com/amandaafuaa/ Zip
The Short Story Episode
Join hosts Amanda and Ziporah as they discuss and reminisce over some of their favourite short stories (covering stories from writers like Angela Carter, Alice Walker and Tobias Wolff) while they try to figure out exactly what it is about short fiction they find so compelling.Contact us at thestackedpod@gmail.com and follow us on Instagram at: Stacked - https://www.instagram.com/thestackedpod
The Three of Us! (Millennial Fiction with Ore Agbaje-Williams)
This week we’re going to bat for Sally Rooney and ‘The Husband’ in The Three of Us by Ore Agbaje-Williams - our second guest of the season! And also the first author to ever make Ziporah side with a man. Join Amanda and Ziporah (and Ore!) as they unpack what qualifies as Millennial Fiction, talk Ore’s new book The Three of Us and shout out some of their other favourite books in the so-called genre
We Were All Rooting For You!
This week, we've got cancel culture and accountability on the brain and we're asking the big questions; can we separate the art from the artist? Should we even be trying to? Is cancel culture real?....and most importantly, does still loving Harry Potter make us bad people??Join hosts Amanda and Ziporah as they discuss previously beloved authors and artists who have disappointed them, how they've b
Lit Mags Matter (with Nancy Adimora)
This week we invited Nancy Adimora, founding editor of AFREADA, to discuss why literary magazines are not to be slept on! Join Amanda and Ziporah as they talk some of their favourite magazines and why they’re important for them as readers and especially for new writers.Contact us at thestackedpod@gmail.com and follow us on Instagram at: Stacked - https://www.instagram.com/thestackedpod/
Did Not Finish
When there’s so many books to read, and yet so little time, is there merit in knowing when to put down a book? And could curating our reading in this way lead to more thoughtful and beneficial reading? Join hosts Amanda and Ziporah as they start the season off with some vulnerability (and accountability) about some of the books that they just could not finish, and why.Contact us at thestackedpod@g
Season 2 Trailer!
Hi friends, Amanda and Ziporah are back for season 2 of Stacked! Join us each Thursday for fun and thoughtful conversations on books, life and culture. On this season we'll be covering a wide range of topics such as the literary magazines we love and support, the books we didn't finish (and why!) and the concept of a 'red-flag book'. Contact us at thestackedpod@gmail.com and follow us on Instagram
Nervously Conditioned?
For the final episode of the season, Amanda & Ziporah go right back to the beginning and re-read the book that started it all…Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga. They discuss their journey so far, honouring both their cultures and themselves, and exactly what it was about this incredible book that set them on the path they now find themselves.Contact us at thestackedpod@gmail.com and fol
It's time to read Beloved, beloved
Amanda & Ziporah read Beloved by Toni Morrison and discuss book-to-film adaptations, the black gothic & just how damn inconvenient trauma can be...Contact us at thestackedpod@gmail.com and follow us on Instagram at: Stacked - https://www.instagram.com/thestackedpod/ Amanda - https://www.instagram.com/amandaafuaa/ Ziporah - https://www.instagram.com/blackandbound/
One Hundred Years of Solitude: On Writing Back
Amanda and Ziporah read Gabriel Garcia Marquez's 'One Hundred Years of Solitude' and discuss magical realism, main character energy and the the act of writing back as postcolonial resistance.Contact us at thestackedpod@gmail.com and follow us on Instagram at: Stacked - https://www.instagram.com/thestackedpod/ Amanda - https://www.instagram.com/amandaafuaa/ Ziporah - https://www.inst
On Why the Caged Bird Sings
Amanda and Ziporah discuss the first instalment of DOCTOR Maya Angelou's series of autobiographies and consider therapy as they dive back into their childhood, and what it means to continue to rise.You can find us on Instagram @thestackedpod and drop us an email at thestackedpod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
A Room of One's Own: On Feminism & Writing
Amanda and Ziporah read Virgina Woolf’s ‘A Room of One’s Own’ and discuss what we need to in order to be our most creative selves.(Spoiler alert: it's money)Contact us at thestackedpod@gmail.com and follow us on Instagram at: Stacked - https://www.instagram.com/thestackedpod/ Amanda - https://www.instagram.com/amandaafuaa/ Ziporah - https://www.instagram.com/blackandbound/ &nbs
The Joys of Motherhood: On Motherhood & Sacrifice
Amanda & Ziporah discuss a joint favourite by Buchi Emecheta and wonder, where is the joy?Contact us at thestackedpod@gmail.com and follow us on Instagram at: Stacked - https://www.instagram.com/thestackedpod/ Amanda - https://www.instagram.com/amandaafuaa/ Ziporah - https://www.instagram.com/blackandbound/ Credits: AiAi Studios - https://www.instagram.com/
Sula: On Toni Morrison, Freedom & Friendship
Amanda and Ziporah discuss one of their favourite authors, Toni Morrison, as well as what it means to live for yourself versus for your community.Contact us at thestackedpod@gmail.com and follow us on Instagram at: Stacked - https://www.instagram.com/thestackedpod/ Amanda - https://www.instagram.com/amandaafuaa/ Ziporah - https://www.instagram.com/blackandbound/ Cre
Brit(ish)? On Identity, Black History Month & Legacy
Amanda and Ziporah discuss Afua Hirsch’s Brit(ish) and explore what it means to be both black and Brit….ish.Contact us at thestackedpod@gmail.com and follow us on Instagram at: Stacked - https://www.instagram.com/thestackedpod/ Amanda - https://www.instagram.com/amandaafuaa/ Ziporah - https://www.instagram.com/blackandbound/ Credits: AiAi Studios - https://www.
Introducing Stacked!
Hi! We're Amanda and Ziporah, co-hosts of the new book podcast, Stacked. Join us each week for fun and thoughtful discussions on books, life and culture. Our first season focuses on the books that 'made us', and we spend each episode diving into some of the books that have impacted our lives the most, and how they did it. Contact us at thestackedpod@gmail.com and follow us on Instagram at:Stacked
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