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Hopeton Hay Podcasts
Hopeton Hay Podcasts is the founder, producer, and host of Diverse Voices Book Review (formerly known as KAZI Book Review) which features interviews with a wide range of culturally diverse authors of recently published fiction and nonfiction, and Economic Perspectives, an audio interview show featuring discussions on finance, economic, and small businesses and policies.
Episodes
Hopeton Hay PodcastsEpisode 404: New Novel Explores Living With a Scandalous Past
On Diverse Voices Book Review, host Hopeton Hay talks with David Liss about his novel The Death and Birth of Ileana Marek. They explore the novel’s…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsEpisode 403: Walter Mosley Latest King Oliver Mystery, Hanging & Burning
On Diverse Voices Book Review, Hopeton Hay welcomes Walter Mosley back to discuss Hanging & Burning, the fourth novel in the King Oliver series. Mosley…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsEpisode 402: Myth, Memory, and Fierce Mothering: Jennifer Givhan on The Sleeping Sisters
Author Jennifer Givhan joins DVBR contributor Kimberly Lau to discuss The Sleeping Sisters, a genre-blending novel of magical realism, crime, and horror…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsEpisode 401: The Revolutionary Power of Taxation
On this episode of Diverse Voices Book Review, host Hopeton Hay speaks with Vanessa S. Williamson, author of The Price of Democracy: The Revolutionary Power of…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsEpisode 400: Tomas Moniz Addresses Aging, Community, and Rejuvenation in New Novel
In this episode of Diverse Voices Book Review, host Hopeton Hay talks with Tomas Moniz about his new novel, The King of Aloe Vera. Moniz discusses Ray, a…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsEpisode 398: Sheryl Lister on Sisterhood, Family, and Healing
Diverse Voices Book Review contributor Amanda Moore interviewed Sheryl Lister, the author of All My Sisters and Me. In her novel, four women explore the…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsEpisode 399: Langston Hughes, Democracy, and the Meaning of My America
In this episode of Diverse Voices Book Review, host Hopeton Hay welcomes back Randal Maurice Jelks for a powerful conversation about My America: Langston…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsEpisode 397: Wit, Tenderness, and Displacement: Inside Hasan Dudar’s Novel Carryout
In this episode of Diverse Voices Book Review, contributor Tayyba Kanwal interviews Hasan Dudar, author of Carryout. Carryout is a collection of linked short…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsEpisode 396: Their Stories, Our Stories: Dr. Rosalee Martin Shares the Legacy of Huston-Tillotson University
In this episode of Diverse Voices Book Review, host Hopeton Hay speaks with Dr. Rosalee Martin about her book Their Stories, Our Stories: Four Presidents of…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsEpisode 395: A Woman on the Run: Yu-Mei Balasingamchow’s Names Have Been Changed
Diverse Voices Book Review contributor Kimberly Lau interviews Yu-Mei Balasingamchow about her debut novel, Names Have Been Changed. Their conversation…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsEpisode 394: Literary Agents and Authors' Success in American Literature
Diverse Voices Book Review host Hopeton Hay interviewed Laura B. McGrath, author of MIDDLEMEN: Literary Agents and the Making of American Fiction, a revealing…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsEpisode 393: Friendship and Motherhood Explored in Naima Coster's Novel
"I wanted to write about friendships that are really, really close, and so they are more complicated, say, than friendships that are less close... And so I…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsEpisode 392: ire'ne lara silva dreams, history, spirituality and erotic longing
ire'ne lara silva's latest book, THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD, is a collection of lyrical and rhapsodic stories wrought from dreams, history, spirituality and erotic…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsEpisode 391: Novel Explores Heist of Tech Billionaire's Bunker and Its Aftermath in Los Angeles
"It's a heist novel... and invariably in the aftermath, something goes wrong, something goes sideways, something that...O'Connor, the mastermind, didn't see…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsEpisode 390: May Cobb’s East Texas Noir
In this episode of Diverse Voices Book Review, host Hopeton Hay welcomes contributor Amanda Moore for a lively conversation with bestselling author May Cobb…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsEpisode 389: Man Overboard Novel Explores Young Manhood
Diverse Voices Book Review contributor Amran Gowani interviewed Kathleen Rooney, bestselling author of the contemporary novel MAN OVERBOARD!. They discussed…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsEpisode 389: American Actor Ensnared in Murder Intrigue in India
Diverse Voices Book Review host Hopeton Hay interviewed Abir Mukherjee, author of the thriller THE PINNACLE. In the novel, a washed-up American actor living in…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsEpisode 388: Best Of: A Reading of the Declaration of Independence in Defense of Equality
On June 28, 2014, Diverse Voices Book Review host Hopeton Hay interviewed Danielle Allen about her newly published book, OUR DECLARATION: A Reading of the…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsEpisode 387: Pushing for Freedom: Black Journalists, Podcasters and Other Mediamakers
In the latest episode of Diverse Voices Book Review, media scholar Sarah J. Jackson chronicles the contributions of Black mediamakers since the 1700s in…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsEpisode 386: BEST OF: History of Juneteenth
Diverse Voices Book Review host Hopeton Hay interviewed award winning historian Annette Gordon-Reed, author of ON JUNETEENTH. In the interview, Gordon-Reed…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsEpisode 385: A Fresh Historical Perspective on the Renaissance
Historian Ada Palmer provides a fresh perspective on the Renaissance in her book INVENTING THE RENAISSANCE: The Myth of A Golden Age. In the conversation with…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsEpisode 384: Austin Nonprofit & Black Bookstore Support Local Storytelling
Austin nonprofit Put It In A Book and Black Pearl Books recently launched a new program to support community storytelling. Diverse Voices Book Review host…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsEpisode 383: Andi Osho Novel Examines Couple's Desperation to Buy Home
British writer and actor Andi Osho's latest novel explores how a couple's desperation to buy a home in a hot housing market pushes them into petty crime in her…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsEpisode 382: Mystery Novel Explores Hawaiian Culture and Family Drama
In this episode of Diverse Voices Book Review, host Hopeton Hay and author Tori Eldridge discuss her writing experience exploring Hawaiian cowboys, the…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsEpisode 381: How the Indigenous and Other Non-Elites Challenged the Spanish Empire
In this episode of Diverse Voices Book Review, host Hopeton Hay speaks with historians Jorge Cañizares‑Esguerra and Adrian Masters, co‑authors of THE RADICAL…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsEpisode 380: The Anti-Western: An Indigenous Point of View
In this episode of Diverse Voices Book Review, contributor Kimberly Lau interviews Blair Palmer Yoxall, author of the debut novel TREAT THEM AS BUFFALO. In the…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsEpisode 379: THE GRAY NEW DEAL Explores Grief, Love, Memory, and Friendship
Diverse Voices Book Review host Hopeton Hay interviewed Miriam Kuznets, author of the novel THE GRAY NEW DEAL. In praise of THE GRAY NEW DEAL, author Chaitali…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsEpisode 378: Gathering of Water Revisits the Emmett Till Murder
Back in 2012, Diverse Voices Book Review host Hopeton Hay conducted a short interview with Bernice L. McFadden on KAZI Book Review (the name of this show…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsEpisode 377: Thriller Explores Underside of American Dream
Diverse Voices Book Review contributor Amran Gowani interviewed Amin Ahmad, author of the propulsive psychological thriller, A KILLER IN THE FAMILY. They…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsEpisode 376: Revisiting Bernice L. McFadden and THE BOOK OF HARLAN
This is a rebroadcast of a conversation first aired live on KAZI 88.7 FM in April 2016, featuring Bernice L. McFadden, author of the 2016 award-winning novel…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsEpisode 375: Restoring Upward Mobility for Families
Diverse Voices Book Review host Hopeton Hay interviewed A. Mechele Dickerson, author of THE MIDDLE CLASS NEW DEAL: RESTORING UPWARD MOBILITY AND THE AMERICAN…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsEpisode 374: Immigration, Family, and Finding Your Voice: Karan Mahajan on THE COMPLEX
In this episode of Diverse Voices Book Review, host Hopeton Hay speaks with novelist Karan Mahajan about his latest novel, THE COMPLEX. Mahajan discusses how…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsEpisode 373: The Coroner’s Silence
Diverse Voices Book Review host Hopeton Hay interviewed Terence Keel, author of THE CORONER’S SILENCE: Death Records and the Hidden Records of Police Violence…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsEpisode 372: Mirta Ojito Remembers the Past: Identity, Family, and Migration
In this episode of Diverse Voices Book Review contributor Kimberly Lau interviews Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and novelist Mirta Ojito about her novel…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsEpisode 371: Behind the Movement: Clyde Ford on Hidden Black Voices
In this episode of Diverse Voices Book Review, host Hopeton Hay welcomes author and historian Clyde Ford for a conversation about his book A HIGH PRICE FOR…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsEpisode 370: Jennifer Chow Blends Warmth, Culture, and Magic in Telltale Treats
Diverse Voices Book Review contributor Amran Gowani interviewed Jennifer Chow, author of the cozy mystery novel TELL-TALE TREATS. They discussed the importance…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsEpisode 369: Waiting for Change: A Brazilian Story of Resistance
Diverse Voices Book Review host Hopeton Hay interviewed Johnny Lorenz, translator of the Brazilian novel THE FRONT by Edimilson de Almeida Pereira. Set in…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsEpisode 368: Black History Month Best of: Dana Williams Recounts Impact of Toni Morrison on Black Writers As Editor
In celebration of Black History Month, we're reposting Diverse Voices Book Review host Hopeton Hay's interview with Dana A. Williams, author of TONI AT RANDOM…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsEpisode 367: THE MURDER AT WORLD’S END
Diverse Voices Book Review contributor Amran Gowani interviewed Ross Montgomery, author of the locked-room mystery THE MURDER AT WORLD’S END. They discussed…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsEpisode 366: Jarvis Givens Explores the History of Black History Month
Diverse Voices Book Review host Hopeton Hay interviewed Jarvis R. Givens, author of I'LL MAKE ME A WORLD: The 100-Year Journey of Black History Month. In the…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsEpisode 365: Behind These Four Walls: Secrets, Suspense, and Storytelling with Yasmin Angoe
Diverse Voices Book Review contributor Amanda Moore interviewed Yasmin Angoe about her new book, Behind These Four Walls. Yasmin tells the story of a young…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsEpisode 364: Book Nerd Alerts: Deone Wilhite’s Love of Reading
I was really excited to interview my friend and fellow book lover, Deone Wilhite. Deone and I were in a book club together in the mid-1990s in Austin, Texas…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsEpisode 363: Martin Luther King, Jr. and Barry Goldwater: The Battle Over the Meaning of Freedom
Join Hopeton Hay on Diverse Voices Book Review as he talks with Nicholas Buccola, author of One Man’s Freedom: Goldwater, King, and the Struggle Over an…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsEpisode 362: Stories Collection Explores Culture, Community, and Agency from Houston to Lahore
Diverse Voices Book Review host Hopeton Hay interviewed Tayyba Kanwal about her debut story collection, TALKING WITH BOYS. In the conversation, Kanwal shared…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsEpisode 361: Elizabeth MacBride Explores Challenges and Needed Reforms to Capitalism in America
Diverse Voices Book Review host Hopeton Hay interviewed Elizabeth MacBride, co-author with Seth Levine of CAPITAL EVOLUTION: The New American Economy. In the…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsEpisode 360: Mona Awad Pens Dark Comic Thriller in MFA World
Diverse Voices Book Review host Hopeton Hay and contributor Maya Hay interviewed Mona Awad, author of the novel WE LOVE YOU, BUNNY, the prequel-sequel to her…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsEpisode 359: Global Fiction, Local Realities: Gemini Wahhaj on the Immigrant Experience
Diverse Voices Book Review contributor Chaitali Sen interviewed Gemini Wahhaj, author of the short story collection KATY FAMILY. In the conversation, they…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsEpisode 358: Secret Lives of Fairy Tales: What Might Be Queer About the Fairy Tale
This is the final of three episodes in the Diverse Voices Book Review Limited Podcast Series: Secret Lives of Fairy Tales. Created and hosted by fairy-tale…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsEpisode 357: Secret Lives of Fairy Tales: How Classic Fairy Tales Silence Women and Girls
This is the second of three episodes in the Diverse Voices Book Review Limited Podcast Series: Secret Lives of Fairy Tales. Created and hosted by fairy-tale…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsEpisode 356: Secret Lives of Fairy Tales Limit: What Fairy Tale Illustrations Tell Us Beyond the Scenes They're Depicting
This is the first of three episodes in the Diverse Voices Book Review Limited Podcast Series: Secret Lives of Fairy Tales. Created and hosted by fairy-tale…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsEpisode 356: Introduction to Secret Lives of Fairy Tales Limited Series
Diverse Voices Book Review has produced a new three-episode podcast limited series, Ever Wonder...the Secret Lives of Fairy Tales. The creator and host is…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsEpisode 355: Unmasking the Civil War: Dennard Dayle on Satire, Race, and American Memory
Diverse Voices Book Review guest host Amran Gowani interviewed Dennard Dayle, author of the Civil War satire HOW TO DODGE A CANNONBALL. The story follows…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsEpisode 354: Inequality Unveiled: Chuck Collins on the Cost of Concentrated Wealth
Diverse Voices Book Review host Hopeton Hay interviewed Chuck Collins, author of BURNED BY BILLIONAIRES: How Concentrated Wealth and Power Are Ruining Our…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsEpisode 353: Jarvis Givens Reframes Myth of Education Historically for Blacks and Native Americans
In this episode of Diverse Voices Book Review, host Hopeton Hay interviewed Jarvis R. Givens, author of AMERICAN GRAMMAR: Race, Education, and the Building of…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsEpisode 352: Marc Egnal Challenges Comforting American Historical Narratives
Diverse Voices Book Review host Hopeton Hay interviews history professor Marc Egnal about his book CHALLENGING THE MYTHS OF US HISTORY: Seven Short Essays on…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsEpisode 351: Amran Gowani’s Novel Leverage Uses Satire to Expose the Dark Side of Finance
Diverse Voices Book Review host Hopeton Hay interviews Amran Gowani, author of the financial thriller and satire LEVERAGE. Gowani, a former organic chemist and…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsEpisode 350: Justice in the Shadows: Aaron Philip Clark on Malibu, Memory, and The Bluest Night
In this episode of Diverse Voices Book Review, Hopeton Hay welcomes back Aaron Philip Clark to discuss THE BLUEST NIGHT, the third installment in his Trevor…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsEpisode 349: Family History Inspires Historical Novel Set in Post World War 2 Paris
Diverse Voices Book Review host Hopeton Hay interviewed David Wright Faladé, author of the novel, THE NEW INTERNATIONALS. Set in post–World War II Paris…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsEpisode 348: From Trail of Tears to School Lunch: Andrea Freeman on the Politics of Food
Diverse Voices Book Review contributor Amanda Moore interviewed Southwestern Law School professor Andrea Freeman about her book, RUIN THEIR CROPS ON THE…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsEpisode 347: The Mexican American Roots in the Novels of Rudy Ruiz
In this episode of Diverse Voices Book Review, host Hopeton Hay welcomes back Rudy Ruiz, the author of THE BORDER BETWEEN US, which was just released in…