Please find below a roundup of this week’s recent articles, media, and essays from PRH Speakers Bureau speakers.
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Media Spotlight
In the News
Our speakers provide clarity and shrewd analysis of today’s issues to help make sense of our current and future political and societal landscape.
- Harvard Professor Condemns GOP’s Jan. 6 Response | MSNBC: Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt discuss America’s antidemocratic institutions.
- ‘We have to learn how to live with this’: Some U.S. governors say it’s time for an endemic approach to COVID | The New York Times: Carl Zimmer writes about the path forward.
- Menstruation Gets a Gen Z Makeover | The New York Times: Cara Natterson, M.D. speaks on how the conversation around menstruation has changed.
- Opinion: It’s pointless to yearn for a post-pandemic return to normalcy. Or is it normality? | The Washington Post: Benjamin Dreyer reflects on the pandemic.
- Burgerville Is the Future of Fast Food | Bloomberg: Amanda Little interviews Jill Taylor, the outgoing CEO of a regional hamburger chain that’s forging a template for local, sustainable sourcing.
Books Connect Us
With their imaginative, impactful pieces of literature, our speakers provide incredibly valuable perspectives to be read by all.
- Annunciation | The New Yorker: Lauren Groff reads a short piece of fiction.
- 20 books that are essential reading for Black History Month | CNN: CNN recommends Yaa Gyasi and Brit Bennett as some of the most brilliant Black authors to read throughout the month.
- She died of cystic fibrosis. A new film tells her story — in her own words | Forward: Diane Shader Smith has given over 200 talks on Mallory’s story, cystic fibrosis and the experimental treatment her daughter received.
- Reacher blows up Lee Child’s character to ‘full size’ for the smaller screen | CNN: The Amazon series based on Lee Child’s series premiered February 4.
- On Being Unmoored: Chang-rae Lee Charts Fiction with Anne Anlin Cheng | Public Books: Chang-rae Lee discusses his relationship to his own work and the benefits of taking an “orbital view” on his writing.