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Insight With Vicki Gonzalez

 

Hosted By Vicki Gonzalez

Award-winning journalist Vicki Gonzalez hosts interviews with community leaders, advocates, experts, artists and more to provide background and understanding on breaking news, big events, politics and culture in the Sacramento region and beyond.

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'Bad Stories' Author Steve Almond Reflects On Recent Political Turmoil

  •  Jen Picard 
Thursday, August 30, 2018 | Sacramento, CA
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Author Steve Almond returns to revisit the themes of his book “Bad Stories: What The Hell Just Happened To Our Country?” in light of the recent news from the Trump Administration. Steve Almond also co-hosts the “Dear Sugars” advice podcast with Cheryl Strayed for the New York Times and WBUR.

The digital audiobook of “Bad Stories” was released on Aug. 28, and a CD of the audiobook will be released next month.

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    Steve Almond’s new book “Bad Stories: What Just Happened To Our Country” looks at how the stories Americans have been telling themselves about their history misses the truth and leads them to delusion.

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