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Tracy Thomas

Film producer

Jun 17, 2026

8:52
Tracy, do you want to get us started?
8:54
I'm going to start with my least summer reading pick, which is The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson.
9:02
And the reason I say it's my least summer reading pick is because it's a little bit slower, especially at the start.
9:09
This is a book that you're going to want to read if you have a nice, long trip.
9:15
Like, if you've got two weeks, you want to take one book.
9:18
It's a big, big boy book.
9:20
It's a big book.

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33:09
Kool-Aid,
8:32
Now, if you're trying to read a book and you've been struggling to get into it, ask yourself, "Do I even like this?" Tracy Thomas is the host of the literary podcast The Stacks.
8:43
For my work, I have to read books and finish books that I do not always like.
8:48
I can tell you usually within 10 to 20 pages if I will like a book.
8:53
But your reading hobby is not a job, and you don't have to finish that book.
8:57
I think if you're falling asleep while you're reading it, that's a good sign that maybe you don't like it.
9:02
I think that if you are constantly checking your phone while you're reading, that that might be a sign that you don't like it.
9:08
I think that if you want to do anything else but read, [laughs] that might be a sign that you don't like what you're reading.
40:26
Okay.
40:26
Carried away.
40:26
I haven't been there long.
40:28
But I saw this thread where this person was, like, indignantly being like, "The reason they keep showing the full pal- pill bottle is because the, Rue didn't overdose, she was poisoned," or like, she was drugged or whatever.
40:42
And there was sort of this debate going back and forth-

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48:35
Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.
48:35
They only have wrong options.
48:38
And I'm not saying that like ...

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