Tom's guest for the hour today is Celeste Headlee, an award-winning public media journalist and author who is heard frequently as a guest host on NPR and American Public Media. Her TEDx Talk about how to have better conversations has been viewed more than 26 million times, and she has served as a consultant to companies around the world on race, diversity and inclusion.

She is the author of three books, the latest of which arrives just in time for those potentially difficult conversations around the Thanksgiving dinner table. It’s called Speaking of Race: Why Everybody Needs to Talk About Racism-And How to Do It. 

Celeste Headleejoins us now from Bethesda, Maryland, on our digital line.

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Ms. Headlee will be speaking about her book tonight at 7:00 in the Wheeler Auditorium at the Enoch Pratt Central Library. It’s part of theBaltimore Festival of Jewish Literature. There’s an on-line option available as well. For more information and tickets, clickhere.

And on Sunday afternoon at 2:30, the Festival will present an interactive event for children at the Oregon Ridge Nature Center. Noa Baum, the Israeli author and storyteller, will talk about her book, How the Birds Became Friends. For more information, click here.

Tom's guest for the hour today is <a href="https://celesteheadlee.com/celeste-headlee/">Celeste Headlee</a>, an award-winning public media journalist and author who is heard frequently as a guest host on NPR and American Public Media. Her <a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/celeste_headlee_10_ways_to_have_a_better_conversation">TEDx Talk </a>about how to have better conversations has been viewed more than 26 million times, and she has served as a consultant to companies around the world on race, diversity and inclusion.
She is the author of three books, the latest of which arrives just in time for those potentially difficult conversations around the Thanksgiving dinner table. It&rsquo;s called <a href="https://www.harpercollins.com/products/speaking-of-race-celeste-headlee?variant=33090880864290">Speaking of Race: Why Everybody Needs to Talk About Racism-And How to Do It. </a>
<a href="https://twitter.com/CelesteHeadlee">Celeste Headlee</a> joins us now from Bethesda, Maryland, on our digital line.
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Ms. Headlee will be speaking about her book tonight at 7:00 in the Wheeler Auditorium at the <a href="https://calendar.prattlibrary.org/event/writers_live_celeste_headlee_speaking_of_race#.YZPluZDMJrI">Enoch Pratt Central Library</a>. It&rsquo;s part of the <a href="https://jcc.org/gordon-center/BJ-LitFest">Baltimore Festival of Jewish Literature</a>. There&rsquo;s an on-line option available as well. For more information and tickets, click <a href="https://calendar.prattlibrary.org/event/writers_live_celeste_headlee_speaking_of_race#.YZPegZDMJrI">here</a>.
And on Sunday afternoon at 2:30, the Festival will present an interactive event for children at the <a href="https://www.oregonridgenaturecenter.org/">Oregon Ridge Nature Center</a>. Noa Baum, the Israeli author and storyteller, will talk about her book, How the Birds Became Friends. For more information, click <a href="https://feedback.facebook.com/gordonctr/videos/308369150911346/">here.</a>

Monday-Friday from noon-1:00, Tom Hall and his guests are talking about what's on your mind, and what matters most to Marylander's, the latest news, local and national politics, education and the environment, popular culture and the arts, sports and science, race and religion, movies and medicine. We welcome your questions and comments. E-mail us at midday@wypr.org

Monday-Friday from noon-1:00, Tom Hall and his guests are talking about what's on your mind, and what matters most to Marylander's, the latest news, local and national politics, education and the environment, popular culture and the arts, sports and science, race and religion, movies and medicine. We welcome your questions and comments. E-mail us at <a href="mailto:midday@wypr.org">midday@wypr.org</a>

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Monday-Friday from noon-1:00, Tom Hall and his guests are talking about what's on your mind, and what matters most to Marylander's, the latest news, local and national politics, education and the environment, popular culture and the arts, sports and science, race and religion, movies and medicine.  We welcome your questions and comments. E-mail us at midday@wypr.org.

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