I’m an Italian-born Swiss scientist who comes to regret studying chemistry and biology at university

For context: Each episode centered on a theme related to a children's book. LeVar was then sent out into the world to explore the themes of the episode through a number of on-location segments or stories. Here is a segment from one of my favorite episodes - "'tis wondrous well" as they say 😉

I highly recommend following Stacey Abrams as she dissects, interviews, and recommends week after week. I am sharing this episode first because LeVar Burton played a such an important role in my childhood on Reading Rainbow and literacy is paramount to me. "But you don't take my word for it!"

If you need something to add to your TBR pile (among others on the list, I can wholeheartedly recommend War and Peace!)

"20 Books That Inspired Dr. Martin Luther King Jr."
radicalreads.com/martin-luthe...

"In this paper for Davis’s course History of Living Religions, MLK Jr. explores the tenets of Mahayana Buddhism and implicitly associates that religion’s morality and popular appeal with the ideals of Christianity. Davis gave King an A for the paper"