Introducing Storybound
Now celebrating its fifth season, Storybound is a radio theater program designed for the podcast age. Hosted by 2021 KCRW Radio Race winner Jude Brewer, Storybound presents the voices of today’s best writers, like Mitchell S. Jackson, Tamara Winfrey-Harris, and Chuck Klosterman, reading accomplished works of fiction and non-fiction. You’ll also hear original music specially composed for the respective text. Needless to say, it’s an immersive storytelling experience.
The episode we’re sharing today features Clint Smith reading from How the Word Is Passed, which explores the legacy of slavery down the centuries across the entire United States. How the Word is Passed is the #1 New York Times bestseller and Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction.
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