You can find any book youre looking for and support independent book sellers across the country. With that out of the way, lets get started. Youll probably recognize the voices of both of our guests tonight but our host is laura ziegler, a national npr reporter covering the midwest. Currently shes producer and Community Engagement reporter as kansas city affiliate kcur. Laura, thank you very much for joining us tonight. Youre welcome. Good to be here. And im jumping in now, i guess. Im delighted to be here and introduced you to pam fessler, who is an awardwinning journalist at npr. Shes covered poverty and election issues, voter issues for many years. Now in the tradition of npr journalists who you recognize as excellent storytellers, podcasts and online, shes proven the ability to translate that ability to tell stories on the radio, to the platform of the printed word and, of course, a book. Her new book car villes fear, leprosy, stigma and fight for justice. Im delighted to have the
Hosted the program and provided the video. Interviewing ms. Fessler is Laura Zeigler Community Reporter and producer with kcur radio in kansas city. Director of marketing at the Kansas City Public Library. My job, take care of housekeeping items before i hand it over to the two women smarter and more capable than i am. Any questions put them in the comments q a or chat box. If you hope to purchase the book, i hope you will, available through most major retailers and the Kansas City Public Library refer you are to bookshop. Org. Find any book and support authors across the country. With that out of the way, lets get started. Youll probably recognize voices of both of ourest go esest gues tonight. Host, Laura Zeigler, with npr washington, d. C. And covering the midwest and currently producer and commune engagement reporter at kansas citys npr and kcur. Laura, thank you for joining us tonight. Youre welcome, and good to be here. And jumping in now, i guess. [ laughter ] im delighted to be