Few writers have examined the tension between history and morality more urgently than Ta-Nehisi Coates.

 

Last fall, on the heels of his new book The Message, Coates joined Sam for a conversation live in Los Angeles. At the top, they discuss how his Atlantic piece The Case for Reparations guided these three new essays (6:10), Coates’ early education growing up in West Baltimore (14:57), and his powerful dispatches from South Carolina (22:00) and the Middle East (29:30).

 

On the back-half, Coates unpacks why he believes the mainstream media prioritizes “factual complexity over self-evident morality” (37:47), his advocacy for Palestinian journalists (39:20), and his reflections about the U.S. election (47:28). To close, a formative passage from James Baldwin's The Lost Generation (52:38) and a story about love and writing (57:45).

 

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Few writers have examined the tension between history and morality more urgently than Ta-Nehisi Coates.
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Last fall, on the heels of his new book <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/653438/the-message-by-ta-nehisi-coates/">The Message</a>, Coates joined Sam for a conversation live in Los Angeles. At the top, they discuss how his Atlantic piece <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/06/the-case-for-reparations/361631/">The Case for Reparations</a> guided these three new essays (6:10), Coates&rsquo; early education growing up in West Baltimore (14:57), and his powerful dispatches from South Carolina (22:00) and the Middle East (29:30).
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On the back-half, Coates unpacks why he believes the mainstream media prioritizes &ldquo;factual complexity over self-evident morality&rdquo; (37:47), his advocacy for Palestinian journalists (39:20), and his reflections about the U.S. election (47:28). To close, a formative passage from James Baldwin's The Lost Generation (52:38) and a story about love and writing (57:45).
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Thoughts or future guest ideas? Email us at mail@talkeasypod.com.

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