Episode 041: Educated

04/06/2021 56 min Episodio 41
Episode 041: Educated

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Thanks for joining us! This month we are discussing Educated by Tara WestoverWelcome, dear readers, you are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club.  We are recording today from various locations around Winnipeg, all within Treaty One Territory, the traditional lands of the Anishinaabe, Cree and Dakota as well as the Birthplace of the Métis Nation and the heart of the Métis Homeland. Our drinking water comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation in Treaty Three territory.MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE“Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.” Albert EinsteinThe New Yorker fiction podcast: https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/fictionTara Westover Sings at the 2019 Northeastern University Commencement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yyNI0DrDX4Mexican Hooker #1 and my other roles since the revolution by Carmen AguirreReview of Educating by Laree Westover (Tara’s Mother)TELL US ABOUT ANOTHER BOOK I MIGHT LIKEDennis: A Child Called It: One Child’s Courage to Survive by Dave PelzerKirsten: Something Fierce: memoir of a revolutionary daughter by Carmen AguirreTrevor: Unfollow: a memoir of loving and leaving the Westboro Baptist Church by Megan Phelps-RoperNERD WORDS FOR WORD NERDSDennis: SuboptimalKirsten: MemoirTrevor: BungalowThank you to everyone who wrote in with their thoughts this month!Next month we will be talking about Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me by Mariko TamakiWe’re looking forward to hearing what you think! Join our Facebook group, or follow Winnipeg Public Library on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Email us at [email protected] with suggestions, comments, and questions. Visit us at wpl-podcast.winnipeg.ca.Time to Read is a production of the Winnipeg Public Library. Our panel today included Kirsten Wurmann, Dennis Penner and Trevor Lockhart.