Bedrosian Bookclub Podcast

About Bedrosian Bookclub Podcast

An audio book club. Our geeks read and discuss new and classic works in the policy field – fictional and non. Social justice, tech, politics, policy … we cover it all and more. Let's think about what is at the heart of being a citizen in America. This book club helps us get at the heart of what it means to be a citizen in a democracy. Sponsored by the USC Bedrosian Center http://bedrosian.usc.edu/ Recorded at the USC Sol Price School of Public Policy http://priceschool.usc.edu

Publisher

USC Bedrosian Center

Category

arts · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

26 Sept 2016

Latest episode

5 Jun 2026

Latest episodes

1 of 101 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   5 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Beyond the Personalities: Rethinking 1929

   Host Richard K. Green and guests Liz Falletta and Aubrey Hicks explore how personality-driven narratives obscure systemic risk in financial crises, using the 1929 crash as a lens.

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   26 Jan 2022

   The 1619 Project

   This is the last episode of the Bedrosian Bookclub in this incarnation, it's been a blast. We discuss the importance of The 1619 Project, the book, the project, and it's impact on our political discourse. Why should we pay attention to history, how does the historical narrative of a country affect the way we face the future? Aubrey Hicks is joined by Yesenia Hunter, LaVonna Lewis, Jen Bravo, and David Sloane in a conversation on the meaning and joy in the The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story. Follow Aubrey on Twitter @AubreyHi for a new book club announcement soon! Catch up on past episodes in the meantime! Thanks to all the listeners, to all our guests (past and present), and to all the authors who help us think about the world we find ourselves awed by every day.

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   16 Dec 2021

   Eat the Mouth That Feeds You

   Three votes for Carribean Fragoza’s Eat the Mouth that Feeds You to be something every high school senior is exposed to. This debut collection of short stories is genius, this is late 20th early 21st century Southern California. This is Chicanx, this is Latinx, this is SoCal, this is women, this is body horror, magic realism all in 120 pages. Ten stories about place and placemaking, about community and how we lift each other up, or tear each other apart. A must read! “This collection of visceral, often bone-chilling stories centers the liminal world of Latinos in Southern California while fraying reality at its edges. Full of horror and wonder.”—Kirkus Reviews

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Beyond the Personalities: Rethinking 1929

Published 5 Jun 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] And if the stock goes down to 40, you basically purchase those shares you borrowed at 40, sell at 50 and make a profit of $10 a share on the deal. And if stocks actually fall and your shorts are correct, you will make a lot of money doing that because you didn't have to buy stock. You just have borrowed it, which means you do have to pay like an interest payment on it, but you don't have to pay somebody for those shares, right? Mm-hmm. So that's the good news. The bad news is, so let's say you make the short sale for $50 and you agree to fulfill the contract at the end of March, say we're toward the end of March and the stock goes up to $80. […]

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