Story Behind the Story

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Against Tech Oligarchy with JS Tan & Clarissa Redwine

1 September 2026 | 50 mins 46 secs

interviews, labor, multiple authors, nonfiction

Host Clara Sherley-Appel talks to JS Tan and Clarissa Redwine about their new book, AGAINST TECH OLIGARCHY: WORKER RESISTANCE IN THE WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL INDUSTRY.
Episode 60: Christopher Blackwell and Deborah Zalesne - ENDING ISOLATION: THE CASE AGAINST SOLITARY CONFINEMENT

6 September 2025 | 56 mins 33 secs

authors, interviews, ksqd, nonfiction

I talk to prison journalist Christopher Blackwell and legal scholar Deborah Zalesne about their book, ENDING ISOLATION: THE CASE AGAINST SOLITARY CONFINEMENT, which comes out later this month.
Episode 57: John Gibler - TORN FROM THE WORLD

3 May 2025 | 54 mins 48 secs

authors, interviews, ksqd, nonfiction

I talk to author and journalist John Gibler about his 2014 book, TORN FROM THE WORLD: A GUERILLA'S ESCAPE FROM A SECRET PRISON IN MEXICO.
Episode 56: Laura Spinney - PROTO

21 April 2025 | 54 mins 4 secs

authors, interviews, ksqd, nonfiction

I talk to author and journalist Laura Spinney about her latest book, PROTO: HOW ONE ANCIENT LANGUAGE WENT GLOBAL.
Episode 49: Tedd Siegel - SIGNS OF THE GREAT REFUSAL

8 April 2024 | 46 mins 37 secs

authors, interviews, ksqd, nonfiction

Clara talks to author and ex-academic administrator Tedd Siegel about his book SIGHTS OF THE GREAT REFUSAL: THE COMING STRUGGLE FOR A POSTWORK SOCIETY.
Episode 44: Jenn Shapland - THIN SKIN

7 October 2023 | 55 mins 21 secs

authors, interviews, ksqd, nonfiction

Host Clara Sherley-Appel speaks with Jenn Shapland, whose new essay collection, Thin Skin, explores the porousness of boundaries — between humans and the environments we inhabit, between ourselves and other people, and between the identities we construct and the social pressures and expectations we encounter.
Episode 43: Brett Christophers - RENTIER CAPITALISM

2 September 2023 | 53 mins 52 secs

authors, interviews, ksqd, nonfiction

Host Clara Sherley Appel speaks with Brett Christophers, author of Rentier Capitalism.
Episode 36: Stephanie Foo - WHAT MY BONES KNOW

1 April 2022 | 54 mins 10 secs

authors, interviews, ksqd, nonfiction

Host Clara Sherley-Appel talks to author and former NPR producer Stephanie Foo about her memoir, WHAT MY BONES KNOW.