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Ep. 381 This Is a True Story with Haley Cohen Gilliland

July 23
1h 3m

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Episode Description

Haley Cohen Gillian, the director of the Yale Journalism Initiative, joins us this week to discuss her new book, A Flower Traveled in My Blood: The Incredible True Story of the Grandmothers Who Fought to Find a Stolen Generation of Childrenwhich chronicles the grandmothers who searched for their children and grandchildren who were disappeared by Argentina's brutal dictatorship. In this episode, Haley gives us insight into how she came across this history and how she grappled with the moral complexities throughout. She also talks about the subjectivity of truth and details her research process and organization.

The Stacks Book Club pick for July is God Help the Child by Toni Morrison. We will discuss next Wednesday, July 30th with Dana A. Williams.


You can find everything we discuss on today's show on The Stacks' website:

https://www.thestackspodcast.com/2025/7/23/ep-381-haley-cohen-gilliland


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