Smartest Person in the Room

Ep 38 Best Books of 2018

It's finally here! Our best books of the year episode. Host Laura Tremaine and her real life book club friends Stephanie Newman-Smith and Yasmin Dunn discuss their favorite books of the year and some of the most buzzed about books of 2018. Books mentioned on this episode: Becoming by Michelle Obama The Big Picture: The Fight for the Future of Movies [https://amzn.to/2s3wXjG] by Ben Fritz You Think It, I'll Say It [https://amzn.to/2JpCCut] by Curtis Sittenfeld Friday Black [https://amzn.to/2Ru9kii] by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah Florida [https://amzn.to/2rX1AXY] by Lauren Goff Lethal White [https://amzn.to/2QWm4Pk] by Robert Galbraith (aka JK Rowling) Heads of the Colored People [https://amzn.to/2Rk3joz] by Nafissa Thompson-Spires Dark Sacred [https://amzn.to/2VinCSq] Night by Michael Connelly The Music Shop [https://amzn.to/2rZnXfr] by Rachel Joyce Alone Together [https://amzn.to/2BOD3ZJ] by Sherry Turkle The Yes Brain [https://amzn.to/2LFA8H1] by Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson Heavy [https://amzn.to/2VmDzH5] by Kiese Laymon Good and Mad [https://amzn.to/2Ro9YOh] by Rebecca Traister Seduction: Sex, Lies, and Stardom in Howard Hughes's Hollywood [https://amzn.to/2R4DkCk] by Karina Longworth (30:40) Circe [https://amzn.to/2PSJCUI] by Madeline Miller (34:50) 9 Perfect Strangers [https://amzn.to/2CYSIb9] by Liane Moriarty (44:36) The Witch Elm [https://amzn.to/2wdfdEN] by Tana French (54:55) An American Marriage [https://amzn.to/2wfBuRI] by Tayari Jones (1:00:10) The Great Believers [https://amzn.to/2PumN5q] by Rebecca Makkai (1:04:04) Educated [https://amzn.to/2r43CFH] by Tara Westover (1:12:30) The Line That Held Us [https://amzn.to/2Roz4g6] by David Joy * Follow SPITR on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/smartestpersonintheroom/] Follow SPITR on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/smartestpersonintheroom/] Sign up [http://bit.ly/2eCWUQS] to receive episode emails

Ep 37 Princess and Pirate Rachael MacFarlane

You've probably heard Rachael MacFarlane speak at some point in her 20 year acting career. She's given voice to characters from Johnny Bravo, Tom & Jerry, Fancy Nancy, Family Guy, and she has played Hayley on American Dad since 2005. Now Rachael has written a children's book titled Eleanor Wyatt, Princess and Pirate. Laura talks with Rachael about her career, her new book, parenting in L.A., and why the message of Eleanor Wyatt is so important. * Sign up for new episode emails here [http://bit.ly/2eCWUQS] Follow SPITR on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/smartestpersonintheroom/] Follow SPITR on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/smartestpersonintheroom/]

Ep 36 Laura's favorite books of 2018 (so far)

On today's episode, Laura is the smartest person in the room because she is the ONLY person in the room. That's right, it's a first for this podcast: a solo show! Laura shares the best books she's read so far in 2018. Click here for the full show notes. Follow Laura on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/laura.tremaine/] where she shares what she's reading in real time, or sign up for her Secret Post emails here [http://bit.ly/2eAJWl0]. * Follow SPITR on facebook [https://www.facebook.com/smartestpersonintheroom/] Follow SPITR on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/smartestpersonintheroom/] Sign up for episode emails here [http://bit.ly/2eCWUQS]

BIAS: A series wrap-up and Q&A

This is the final episode in the BIAS series. We're sharing our thoughts on creating and releasing this series, and answering some of the questions we've received over the last few weeks. We're also making an announcement about the future of this conversation in this space, since of course this work doesn't stop here. Please check out our ever-evolving resource page here [http://www.smartestpersonintheroom.com/show-notes/2018/4/19/bias-series-recommended-resources]. Thanks for joining us for the BIAS series of Smartest Person in the Room! * Follow SPITR on facebook [https://www.facebook.com/smartestpersonintheroom/] Follow SPITR on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/smartestpersonintheroom/] Don't miss an episode! Sign up here [http://bit.ly/2eCWUQS] to be in the know.

Ep 35 BIAS: Marriage burst the bubble

Over the past several episodes, we’ve mentioned several times that my friend and co-host for this series Yasmin is married to a white man. Yasmin has talked about how being part of an interracial marriage has given her a unique perspective on the dynamics of race in our culture, and I couldn’t think of a better way to conclude our series on bias than by asking her husband Jason to sit down and talk with us about his perspectives on the reality of racial bias in our country. SPITR on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/smartestpersonintheroom/] SPITR on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/smartestpersonintheroom/] Sign up for episode emails here [http://bit.ly/2eCWUQS]