<description>&lt;p&gt;On the heels of his latest book &lt;a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/653438/the-message-by-ta-nehisi-coates/"&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Message&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, author Ta-Nehisi Coates joins Sam for a conversation in Los Angeles.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;At the top, we discuss how his Atlantic piece &lt;a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/06/the-case-for-reparations/361631/"&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Case for Reparations&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; guided these three new essays (6:10), Coates’ early education growing up in West Baltimore (14:57), and his powerful dispatches from South Carolina (22:00) and the Middle East (29:30).&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;On the back-half, Coates unpacks why he believes the mainstream media prioritizes “factual complexity over self-evident morality” (37:47), his advocacy for Palestinian journalists (39:20), and his reflections about the U.S. election (47:28). To close, a formative passage from James Baldwin's &lt;em&gt;The Lost Generation&lt;/em&gt; (52:38) and a story about love and writing (57:45).&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Thoughts or future guest ideas? Email us at &lt;a href="mailto:sf@talkeasypod.com"&gt;sf@talkeasypod.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener"&gt;omnystudio.com/listener&lt;/a&gt; for privacy information.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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Ta-Nehisi Coates (‘The Message’) is Live in Los Angeles

NOV 3, 202460 MIN
Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso

Ta-Nehisi Coates (‘The Message’) is Live in Los Angeles

NOV 3, 202460 MIN

Description

On the heels of his latest book The Message, author Ta-Nehisi Coates joins Sam for a conversation in Los Angeles.

At the top, we discuss how his Atlantic piece The Case for Reparations guided these three new essays (6:10), Coates’ early education growing up in West Baltimore (14:57), and his powerful dispatches from South Carolina (22:00) and the Middle East (29:30).

On the back-half, Coates unpacks why he believes the mainstream media prioritizes “factual complexity over self-evident morality” (37:47), his advocacy for Palestinian journalists (39:20), and his reflections about the U.S. election (47:28). To close, a formative passage from James Baldwin's The Lost Generation (52:38) and a story about love and writing (57:45).

Thoughts or future guest ideas? Email us at [email protected].

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.