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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 PodcastsInterview with Maaza Mengiste, author of THE SHADOW KING
Maaza Mengiste’s second novel, THE SHADOW KING, examines Ethiopia’s 1935 War with Italy through the eyes of two women who volunteered as soldiers, Hirut, a…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsInterview with Actor Tembi Locke About her Memoir FROM SCRATCH
With her memoir, FROM SCRATCH, Houston born black actress Tembi Locke has penned a courageous story of love, family, and healing through the story of the…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsInterview with Megan Abbott, Co-Creator of New TV Series DARE ME
The new USA series DARE Me debuts December 29, 2019. It chronicles the cutthroat world of competitive high school cheerleading and is based on the novel of the…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsInterview with Tade Thompson About His Afrofuturistic Science Fiction Novels
Tade Thompson’s new novel, The Rosewater Redemption, concludes the Wormwood trilogy, his science fiction novels set in Nigeria in the not to distant future. In…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsInterview with Curdella Forbes, Author of Novel Set in Jamaica, A TALL HISTORY OF SUGAR
Set primarily in Jamaica from the 1950s to present day, the Curdella Forbes novel, A TALL HISTORY OF SUGAR, is the story of Moshe and Arienne, from birth to…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsInterview with Debut Crime Novelist John Vercher About Race and Identity
John Vercher's debut crime novel, THREE-FIFTHS, is about a young man of mixed race whose best friend, after going to prison, comes out a white nationalist…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsInterview with Former NFL Quarterback and Author Don McPherson about Violence Against Women
In the book YOU THROW LIKE A GIRL former NFL and College All American quarterback Don McPherson asserts that men’s violence against women is a men’s issue…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsNicky Drayden Discusses Her Latest Afrofuturistic Science Fiction Novel
In her third novel, ESCAPING EXODUS, Nicky Drayden has set it in deep space, in which the fate of humanity rests on the slender shoulders of an idealistic and…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsCraig Johnson Discusses Latest Sheriff Walt Longmire Novel
In Craig Johnson’s latest Sheriff Walt Longmire novel, LAND OF WOLVES, while struggling to recover from his almost lethal confrontation with drug gang in…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsRetired Army Captain Larry Wallace, Jr. Discusses Preparing Financially and for New Career After Military
Larry Wallace is co-author of THE TRANSITION: Preparing for Financial Combat. His book focuses on preparing transitioning service members psychologically for…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsAuthor Sean Gandert Discusses Religion in Novel American Saint
In Sean Gandert's novel AMERICAN SAINT, he spins the tale of Gabriel Romero, a charismatic, religious leader who some view as a saint, others as a charlatan…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsAuthor Marie Arana: SILVER, SWORD, & STONE: Three Crucibles in the Latin American Story
In Marie Arana’s sweeping saga of the influence of economic exploitation, violence, and religion on the history of Latin America, SILVER, SWORD, & STONE, she…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsBlack Author Sets Science Fiction Novel Set in U.S. Virgin Islands
In Cadwell Turnbull’s debut science fiction novel, THE LESSON, an ensemble cast of characters are at turning points in their lives when an alien ship lands on…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsCrime Novelist Steph Cha Discusses Her Book YOUR HOUSE WILL PAY
Steph Cha’s new novel, YOUR HOUSE WILL PAY, is based on the 1991 murder of Latasha Harlins, a fifteen-year-old black girl shot in the back of the head by…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsMAKING A DEMOCRATIC ECONOMY: An Interview with Ted Howard
In the book THE MAKING OF A DEMOCRATIC ECONONOMY co-authors Ted Howard and Marjorie Kelly outline seven principles of what they call a Democratic Economy…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsMelissa Rivero’s Debut Novel About Undocumented Peruvian
Melissa Rivero's debut novel, THE AFFAIRS OF THE FALCONS, is a searing portrayal of an undocumented immigrant mother of two from Peru trying to keep her family…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsInterview with Legendary Crime Novelist James Lee Burke
James Lee Burke is the author of 39 novels including 22 featuring the Cajun detective Dave Robicheaux. He has won two Edgar Awards from the Mystery Writers of…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsInterview with best-selling crime novelist Alafair Burke
In Alafair Burke’s new thriller, THE BETTER SISTER, a prominent feminist magazine editor and NewYork socialite, Chloe, is living the good life. She is the face…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsExploration of Race in Attica Locke Novel HEAVEN, MY HOME
With HEAVEN MY HOME, Locke continues her exploration of race and racism in America through the prism of her crime novels. She displays it through her…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsInterview with Alex Segura, author of Pete Fernandez PI Novel MIAMI MIDNIGHT
In Alex Segura’s latest Pete Fernandez novel, MIAMI MIDNIGHT, the Miami private investigator has retired from sleuthing after a close encounter with death…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsInterview with Clyde Ford, author of THINK BLACK - A Memoir About IBM's Second Black Employee
In 1971 Clyde Ford went to work for IBM as a system engineer following the footsteps of his his father, John Stanley Ford, who became the first black systems…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsInterview with Ace Atkins, author of the Crime Fiction Novel THE SHAMELESS,
In Ace Atkins latest Quinn Colson novel, THE SHAMELESS, the Mississippi county sheriff is prodded into reopening an investigation of the death of a high school…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsInterview with Michael Bobelian, author of Battle For The Marble Palace: Abe Fortas, Earl Warren, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon and the Forging of the Modern Supreme Court
In Michael Bobelian’s book on the U. S. Supreme Court, BATTLE FOR THE MARBLE PALACE, he argues that the doomed nomination of Associate Supreme Court Justice…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsInterview with Simon Balto, author of 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 PodcastsSilicon Valley/Hardboiled Crime Fiction Satire: An Interview With Matt Richtel
Writing as A. B. Jewel, journalist Matt Richtel’s novel THE MAN WHO WOULDN'T DIE, is a satirical take on hardboiled crime fiction and Silicon Valley. It is set…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsInterview with W. Caleb McDaniel, author of SWEET TASTE OF LIBERTY: A True Story of Slavery and Restitution in America
Since the promise of forty acres and a mule to former slaves by Union General William T. Sherman in 1865, reparations have been on the agenda for former slaves…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsInterview with Mona Awad, author of the novel BUNNY
Mona Awad’s novel BUNNY is a wicked satire of life at a graduate program for creative writing. The grad student Samantha resents and envies her classmates in…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsInterview with Daina Ramey Berry, author of THE PRICE FOR THEIR POUND OF FLESH: The Value of the Enslaved, from Womb to Grave, in the Building of a Nation
Dr. Berry, a professor of history at The University of Texas at Austin, provides a groundbreaking look at how slaves were treated as commodities through every…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsInterview with Lisa Lutz, author of the novel THE SWALLOWS
In Lisa Lutz’s latest novel, THE SWALLOWS, it’s an all out gender war at a private boarding school in Vermont. In the book, a group of high school girls with…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsInterview with Lisa B. Thompson, professor, scholar, playwright and author of the play The Mamalogues
Lisa's play focuses on three successful black single mothers,sharing the good times and bad times about motherhood as a black woman. The play is comedic at…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsInterview with Virginia Cumberbatch, Co-Editor of As We Saw It: The Story of Integration at The University of Texas at Austin
As We Saw It honors the contributions of black students to the cultural, social, and political landscape of UT Austin. The material in this book was collected…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsInterview with Thomas Lockley, co-author of AFRICAN SAMURAI
Co-written with Geoffrey Girard, Thomas Lockley’s new book African Samurai, is a biography of Yasuke, a Legendary Black Warrior in Feudal Japan. The book…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsInterview with Deborah Gabriel, Co-Editor of INSIDE THE IVORY TOWER: Narratives of women of colour surviving and thriving in British academia
INSIDE THE IVORY TOWER features narratives of ten women of color in the British academic world centered on their perspectives, experiences and career…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsA Border Novel: Interview with Oscar Casares, author of Where We Come From
Where We Come From is a timely novel about a Mexican-American family in Brownsville, Texas, that reluctantly becomes involved in smuggling immigrants into the…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsLegacy of Toni Morrison: Excerpts from an Interview with Michael DeRell Hill, Professor of Africana Studies at Washington and Lee University
In 2015 I interviewed Michael on my talk show KAZI Book Review about his book The Ethics of Swagger: Prizewinning African American Novels, 1977–1993. Among the…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsInterview with Darryl Wimberly, author of Post Facto
Austin author's twelfth novel, POST FACTO, is centered around a Boston newspaper journalist, Clara, who moved back to her small hometown in northern Florida…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsInterview with Randal Maurice Jelks, author of FAITH AND STRUGGLE IN THE LIVES OF FOUR AFRICAN AMERICANS: Ethel Waters, Mary Lou Williams, Eldridge Cleaver, and Muhammad Ali
In our interview, Randal Maurice Jelks a Professor of American Studies and African American Studies at the University of Kansas, discusses why he chose to…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsInterview with Timothy McNulty and Brendan McNulty, co-authors of The Meanest Man in Congress
The Meanest Man in Congress is a biography of the late Congressman Jack Brooks, who represented Beaumont and southeast Texas from 1953-1995. He was one of the…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsInterview with Rachel Howzell Hall, author of the suspense novel THEY ALL FALL DOWN
In Rachel Howzell Hall’s new novel THEY ALL FALL DOWN, the protagonist Miriam Macy, is a 40 something year divorced mother of a teenaged daughter who has seen…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsInterview with Daniel Brook, author of The Accident of Color: A Story of Race in Reconstruction
In THE ACCIDENT OF COLOR, Daniel Brook recounts the fight for equality by the biracial free people of color in New Orleans and Charleston after the Civil War…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsAkashic Books: Interview with Jessica Luther, author of Unsportsmanlike Conduct
A meticulously researched and powerful exposé on the epidemic of cover-up that surrounds sexual assault and college football players…More information on the…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsAkashic Books: Interview with Bernice McFadden, author of The Book of Harlan
During World War II, two African American musicians are captured by the Nazis in Paris and imprisoned at the Buchenwald concentration camp…More information on…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsAkashic Books: Interview with Eric Charles May, author of Bedrock Faith
A deeply engaging debut novel about a morality clash in an insular Chicago neighborhood…More information on the book is available at…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsAkashic Books: Interview with Adam Smyer, author of Knucklehead
A fierce, intelligent, and often hilarious novel about a young African American attorney who struggles to keep his cool in the personally and politically…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsAkashic Books: Interview with C.J. Farley, author of Around Harvard Square
Race, class, and hormones combine and combust when a Harvard freshman and his two friends attempt to join the staff of the Harpoon, the school’s iconic humor…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsInterview with Dr. John Moran Gonzalez, Professor of English and Director of The University of Texas at Austin Center for Mexican-American Studies
KAZI Book Review Host Hopeton Hay was joined by new KAZI Book Review contributor Mariel Lindsay to interview John Moran Gonzalez about his book on the…
Hopeton Hay PodcastsKAZI Book Review - Interview with Robin Kelley
Hopeton Hay is the founder, producer, and host of KAZI Book Review, a weekly 30 minute radio show on KAZI 88.7 FM in Austin, Texas