Flat Earthers with Phalin and Vanessa + The Personal Librarian review by Mariquita

Every month, Phalin and Vanessa will bring you their new podcast miniseries “Cultified,” where they address the burning question: wait, is this a cult?! They use a 4-point cult scorecard they invented, they run through a juicy checklist to see whether or not it actually deserves cult status…or if it’s just a movement. Today’s cultish topic of conversation is Flat Earthers.

Then Mariquita shares her review of The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray, which publishes at the end of June. (Preorder here!) This book tells the story of Belle da Costa Green who was J.P. Morgan’s personal librarian, a Black woman who passed as white at the turn of the century. 

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Vanessa: @themathguru

Mariquita: @oh_murray

Mentioned in this episode:

Behind the Curve (Netflix documentary)

The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray

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This episode was edited by Phalin Oliver and produced by Renee Powers on the ancestral land of the Dakota people.

Original music by @iam.onyxrose

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Renee Powers founded Feminist Book Club in 2018 to provide a space for intersectional feminists to learn, grow, and connect. When not reading or running the biz, you can find her drinking coffee and trying unsuccessfully to teach her retired racing greyhound how to fetch. Favorite genres: feminist thrillers, contemporary literary fiction, short stories, and anything that might be described as "irreverent"