The St. Louis County Library Foundation and St. Louis Public Radio Present
“Pop Culture Happy Hour” Co-Host
Aisha Harris
Author of “Wannabe: Reckonings with the Pop Culture That Shapes Me”
In Conversation with Elaine Cha, Host of St. Louis Public Radio’s “St. Louis on the Air”
Ethical Society of Saint Louis
9001 Clayton Rd., St. Louis, MO 63117
314-994-3300
As co-host of NPR’s popular “Pop Culture Happy Hour” podcast, Aisha Harris has made a name for herself as someone you can turn to for an engaging and incisive take on whatever new show or book or movie everyone is talking about. In her lively essay collection, “Wannabe,”she turns her analytical talents inward, reflecting on the culture that raised her into the person and thinker she is today. In essays that span the personal and political, the high-brow and low, she contrasts the formative touchstones of her 90s childhood with both iconic precursors and more recent sensations to analyze the various tropes that have shaped her heart and mind.