Commonplace Podcast

Latest Episodes
Episode 131: Reading Sabrina Orah Mark’s Happily
a "Reading with Rachel"/Commonplace School Creation
Episode 130: Lois Conner
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
a "Reading with Rachel"/Commonplace School Creation
KTCO Feed Drop: Hey, it’s Me
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
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 125: The Poetics of Motherhood
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
a "Reading with Rachel" / Commonplace School Creation
Episode 122: Reading Nicole Sealey’s The Ferguson Report: an erasure
a "Reading with Rachel" / Commonplace School Creation