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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 PodcastsMagical Realism Novel Set on Texas-Mexico Border
Rudy Ruiz’s debut novel, THE RESURRECTION OF FULGENCIO RAMIREZ, is set in a fictional town on the border of Texas and Mexico. A work of magical realism, it’s…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsScottish Crime Novelist Denise Mina
Denise Mina’s novel , THE LESS DEAD, opens with the protagonist, Margo, meeting her birth mother’s sister for the first time. She learns from her Aunt that her…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsArt Historian Cherise Smith Book on Provocative Black Artist Michael Ray Charles
Art historian Cherise Smith’s new book, MICHAEL RAY CHARLES: A Retrospective, is an in-depth examination of the art of its namesake, a Black artist whose…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsBernice McFadden Discusses Her 2000 Debut Novel SUGAR
I interviewed award winning author Bernice McFadden on September 19 on Zoom at the Fourth Annual Celebration of Diverse Literary Voices of Texas: Austin…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsBlack Female Private Investigator in Los Angeles Protagonist of New Rachel Howzell Hall Crime Novel
At the beginning of Rachel Howzell Hall’s latest crime novel, AND NOW SHE’S GONE, a fledgling black female private investigator, Gray Sykes, is trying to find…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsKoritha Mitchell, author of FROM SLAVE CABINS TO THE WHITE HOUSE
In Koritha Mitchell's book FROM SLAVE CABINS TO THE WHITE HOUSE, she argues that it is black success that is most likely to draw the ire of white mobs. Using…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsJames Lee Burke & Crime Fiction Picks for August
I interviewed James Lee Burke about his latest Dave Robicheaux novel, PRIVATE CATHEDRAL. I also had my monthly discussion about new crime novels recommended by…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsLisa B. Thompson and Her Plays Addressing Racial Violence, Feminism, Black Families, and Trauma
Lisa B. Thompson's new book features three of her plays, UNDERGROUND, MONROE, AND THE MAMALOGUES. In these plays, the black feminist playwright and scholar…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsAkwaeke Emezi's Novel Challenges Traditional Forms of Love
In the novel THE DEATH OF VIVEK OJI by Awaeke Emezi, it opens in a town in southeastern Nigeria, where a mother opens her front door to discover her young…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsPolitical Analyst Tiffany D. Cross on Black Voters, White Narratives, and Saving Our Democracy
In her book SAY IT LOUDER, media and political analyst Tiffany Cross provides a sweeping snapshot of American Democracy and the role that African Americans…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsAuthors Discuss Writing about Detroit
Detroit area authors Stephen Mack Jones and Michael Zadoorian have written several novels with Detroit as the setting. In our interview we discussed how…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsFormer Labor Organizer Shaun Richman Writes about State of Unions
In his book TELL THE BOSSES WE'RE COMING: former labor organizer Shaun Richman discusses the state of unions today, how they got to this point, and what…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsAce Atkins Discusses New Crime Novel, THE REVELATORS
THE REVELATORS is Ace Atkin's 10th novel featuring Sheriff Quinn Colson set in Northern Mississippi. In the Revelators, Colson battles to take down the…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsShawn A. Cosby Debuts Rural Noir Novel, Black Protagonist
hawn A. Cosby's debut crime novel, BLACKTOP WASTELAND, features as its protagonist a black, former getaway driver in rural Virginia, Beauregard “Bug” Montage…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsJohn Hervey Wheeler, Influential Civil Rights Leader
The KAZI Book Review guest was Brandon K. Winford, author of JOHN HERVEY WHEELER, BLACK BANKING, AND THE ECONOMIC STRUGGLE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS. John Hervey…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsInterview with Thriller Novelist Jeff Abbott and July Crime Fiction Picks of the Month
On this episode of KAZI Book Review we featured an interview with Austin thriller writer, Jeff Abbott, and our crime fiction picks of the month with Scott…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsDebut Novel by Richard Z. Santos
This riveting novel barrels through the New Mexican landscape in an exploration of innocence and guilt, power and wealth, and the search for love and…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsSOULFUL PRAYERS VOLUME 2
Debra Dibble Boone is one of the contributors to SOULFUL PRAYERS VOLUME 2: The Power Of Intentional Communication WITH GOD. In our interview she read an…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsKimberla Lawson Roby Discusses Her Spiritual Memoir
Bestselling author Kimberla Lawson Roby is best know for her Reverend Curtis Black series of novels, which deal with the trials and tribulations of a black…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsSteven Wright Discusses His Political Campaign Novel THE COYOTES OF CARTHAGE
In his debut novel THE COYOTES OF CARTHAGE, Steven Wright presents a disturbing portrayal of a corporate financed political campaign through the eyes of a the…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsPawan Dhingra, author of HYPER EDUCATION: Why Good Schools, Good Grades, and Good Behavior Are Not Enough
In HYPER EDUCATION, Pawan Dhingra uncovers the growing world of high-achievement education and the after-school learning centers, spelling bees, and math…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsNovelist Michael Zadoorian Chronicles A Relationship in Peril
THE NARCISSM OF SMALL DIFFERENCES by Michael Zadoorian, is a novel that examines a couple, Joe and Ana, and how they begin to question the state of their…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsTHESE WOMEN by Ivy Pochoda, a Crime Novel
I interviewed Ivy Pochoda about her crime novel, THESE WOMEN, when it came out in May. THESE WOMEN explores the lives of five women connected by murders in…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsCity of Austin Grants for Small Businesses & No n-Profits
On my KAZI 88.7 FM show, Economic perspectives, I interviewed Sylnovia Holt-Rabb, deputy economic development director of the City of Austin.
Hopeton Hay PodcastsMay Crime Fiction Picks of Month including Ivy Pochoda
Scott Montgomery, crime fiction coordinator of BookPeople, Molly Odintz, senior editor of CrimeReads,andand special guest crime novelist Ivy Pochoda joined…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsTheodore Roosevelt, J.P. Morgan, and the Battle to Transform American Capitalism
In the book THE HOUR OF FATE, Susan Berfield portrays the momentous legal battle between 1902 and 1904 between President Theodore Roosevelt and investment…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsBenjamin Mays Biography
Randal Maurice Jelks’s biography, BENJAMIN ELIJAH MAYS: Schoolmaster of the Movement, chronicles the life of the man Martin Luther King Jr. called his…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsTexas Workforce Commission Resources for Employers and Workers
On May 20, 2020, I interviewed Aaron Demerson, the Texas Workforce Commissioner representing employers. We discussed the initiatives of TWC to assist…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsTulsa Race Riot of 1921
While the Tulsa 1921 race massacre is well known to black historians, President Trump's initial decision to hold a campaign rally in Tulsa on Juneteenth…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsMarriage Matters in Contemporary African American Culture
In VEIL AND VOW, Aneeka Ayanna Henderson critically examines the representation of Black women and their relationships in popular fiction, music, and movies in…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsA-LIST ANGELS: How a Band of Actors, Artists, and Athletes HACKED Silicon Valley
In Zack O'Malley Greenburg's latest book, A-LIST ANGELS, Basketball legend Shaquille O'Neal, actor Ashton Kutcher, and rapper Nas are among the athletes and…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsA BLACK WOMEN’S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES
In A BLACK WOMEN’S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, authors Daina Ramey Berry and Kali Gross centering of Black women’s stories show their unique ability to make…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsOLYMPIC PRIDE, AMERICAN PREJUDICE
When we think about the 1936 Olympics, the first memory for many black Americans is Jessie Owens winning four gold medals in Berlin and embarrassing Nazi…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsSTAND YOUR GROUND: Black Bodies and the Justice of God
This interview with Rev. Kelly Brown Douglas was recorded in 2015, shortly after the publication of her book STAND YOUR GROUND. For Rev. Douglas, the death of…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsTAXING BLACKNESS
In her book TAXING BLACKNESS, Norah Gharala examines how free blacks in colonial Mexico faced specific tax burdens beginning in 1574, because of their African…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsAmerica’s Lost Youth and the Crisis of Disconnection
As many as 4.5 million young people between 16 and 24 years of age were neither in school nor working writes Anne Kim in her book ABANDONED. In the book she…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsNovel Explores Race & Legacy of Slavery
Yvonne Battle-Felton’s novel, REMEMBERED, begins in 1910 with a race riot in Philadelphia where the protagonist Spring learns her son Edward is one of the…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsTHE AMERICAN SHERLOCK HOLMES
In the biography AMERICAN SHERLOCK, journalism professor Kate Winkler Dawson tells the story of Edward Oscar Heinrich, one of America's greatest forensic…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsSPECIAL INTERVIEW: Pandemic Resources for Travis County Workers
I interviewed Melanie Flowers, chair of the Capital Area Workforce Solutions Board of Directors. We discussed the training and childcare resources available to…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsIN DEFENSE OF PUBLIC SERVICE: How 22 Million Government Workers Will Save our Republic
Cedric Alexander spent over 40 years in public service including serving as police chief in Rochester, NY and police chief and director off public safety in…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsThe Journey of a Black Journalist from Jim Crow to Barack Obama
In Wanda Smalls Lloyd's memoir COMING FULL CIRCLE, the award winning journalist chronicles her journey from being editor of her high school newspaper in…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsWalter Mosley Novel Features New York Private Investigator Assisting Mississippi Bluesman
TROUBLE IS WHAT I DO is the sixth Walter Mosley novel featuring private investigator Leonid McGill, a former criminal who now uses his past felonious…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsNew Thriller Series Features Heroine Recovering from Trauma
In Jason Pinter's new thriller, HIDE AWAY, Rachel Marin's family and life is shattered by an unspeakable crime forcing her to change her identity and move to a…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsLITTLE GODS, An Immigrant Novel
Set in China, Meng Jin’s debut novel, LITTLE GODS, is not the traditional immigrant novel. It largely looks back in time at the life of a brilliant Chinese…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsCrime Fiction Picks from February Featuring Meg Gardiner
Meg Gardiner (www.megagrdiner.com)discussed her latest thriller from her UNSUB series, THE DARK CORNERS OF THE NIGHT with the KAZI Book Review crime fiction…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsBank in Houston Making SBA Loans
Laurie Vignaud, President of Unity National Bank in Houston, discussed how the bank is helping small businesses with the SBA's Paycheck Protection Program…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsSPECIAL INTERVIEW: Loans for Small Businesses Suffering Economic Disruption
In addition to hosting KAZI Book Review, Hopeton Hay also hosts Economic Perspectives on KAZI which airs Mondays, 5:30 p.m. - 6 p.m. CDT. Because of the…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsHistorian David Farber - Origins of the Crack Epidemic
David Farber, author of CRACK: Rock Cocaine, Street Capitalism, and the Decade of Greed, explains the factors that led to its spread including the rising…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsOCCUPIED TERRITORY: Policing Black Chicago from Red Summer to Black Power
In Simon Balto’s book, OCCUPIED TERRITORY, he examines the history of the Chicago police departments contentious relationship with the black community. He…
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OCCUPIED TERRITORY: Policing Black Chicago from Red Summer to Black Power
In Simon Balto’s book, OCCUPIED TERRITORY, he examines the history of the Chicago police departments contentious relationship with the black community. He…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsMystery Writer Joe Ide Discusses His Latest Novel
HI FIVE is the fourth Joe Ide novel featuring black amateur sleuth, Isaiah Quintabe, nicknamed IQ. In the novel, IQ is coerced into taking the case of an arms…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsLatest Brad Taylor Thriller Novel HUNTER KILLER
In Brad Taylor’s latest Pike Logan novel, HUNTER KILLER, the assassination of Logan’s best friend by Russian gangsters has the counter-terrorist leader on a…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsTHE ETHICAL SELLOUT: MAINTAINING YOUR INTEGRITY IN THE AGE OF COMPROMISE
How do you balance your authentic self, your values, and your identity with the compromises your career and life may demand. In the book THE ETHICAL SELLOUT…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsPanel Discussion of Texas Based Young Adult Novelists
Austin writer Natalia Sylvester, author of the forthcoming young adult (YA)novel RUNNING (May 2020), organized and moderated a panel, Forever Complicated…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsBorderless Conversations Panel at Diverse Literary Voices of Texas
What is the power of short fiction and lyric essays? Can short forms help comment on the world with greater urgency than novels and memoirs? As part of Austin…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsThe Future of Black Journalism
On February 22, KAZI Book Review sponsored its second event in its Diverse Literary Voices of Texas 2020 Writer Series in Austin, Texas at Austin Community…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsInterview with Danielle McGhee, Author of EVERY GIRL POOPS
I had a hilarious live interview with Austinite Danielle McGhee, a librarian by profession, complete with readings of some of her funniest poems from the book…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsInterview with Jeffrey Colvin, Author of AFRICAVILLE
In Jeffrey Colvin's debut novel, AFRICAVILLE, he writes about the fluidity of racial identity and racism through the story of three generations of a black…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsInterview with Writer Karin Cecile Davidson
Karin Cecile Davidson is originally from the Gulf Coast. Her novel SYBELIA DRIVE is forthcoming from Braddock Avenue Books in Autumn 2020. Her stories have…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsInterview with Biographer of Earl Campbell, Asher Price
On this edition of the KAZI Book REview podcast we're featuring a live interview I did with Asher Price, author of a biography of legendary NFL running back…