Commonplace Podcast

Commonplace Podcast


Latest Episodes

Episode 131: Reading Sabrina Orah Mark’s Happily
January 21, 2025

a "Reading with Rachel"/Commonplace School Creation

Episode 130: Lois Conner
October 18, 2024

Rachel talks to photographer and (her former) photography teacher Lois Conner about Conners path to becoming a photographer, working at the UN, her yearly trips to China, teaching, the challenges and delights of a two-decade-long project of photographing

Episode 129: Reading Eugenia Leigh’s Bianca
October 11, 2024

a "Reading with Rachel"/Commonplace School Creation

KTCO Feed Drop: Hey, it’s Me
July 18, 2024

Welcome to a new podcast by Mike Sakasegawa and Rachel Zucker: Hey, Its Me. In this feed drop from Keep the Channel Open, Mike asks Rachel: What are we going to talk about? And are we really doing this? We hope you enjoy this strange, relatable, meta m

Episode 127: Hanif Abdurraqib with Stuti Sharma
July 08, 2024

Hanif Abdurraqib is interviewed by guest host Stuti Sharma. Hanif and Stuti discuss writing communities, traveling to US cities, and music as a vessel for connection. They also talk about cultivating literary friendships, vulnerability, and memory both in

Episode 126: D. A. Powell
May 28, 2024

Hosted by Rachel Zucker

Episode 125: The Poetics of Motherhood
May 11, 2024

Rachel introduces the full-length audio of her fourth lecture for the Bagley Wright Lecture Series

Episode 124: Reading Hafizah Augustus Geter’s The Black Period
April 12, 2024

a "Reading with Rachel" / Commonplace School Creation

Episode 123: Mary Ruefle
March 18, 2024

Hosted by Rachel Zucker

Episode 122: Reading Nicole Sealey’s The Ferguson Report: an erasure
February 22, 2024

a "Reading with Rachel" / Commonplace School Creation