There were some interesting pieces to this podcast style free download.  I typically love Mulgrew as a narrator, but I am not a fan of mixing dramatic reenactments of historical events with non-fiction narrative and interviews. Much of the history is a summary of what I've read pieces of in other places, so there wasn't much new or interesting about that.  Of note, they barely mention the Hidden Figure women, although they do talk about the lack of women in general. The part that got me thinking about something I hadn't thought much about was the chapter about the privatization of space and how that program, funded in large part of Jeff Bezos, will allow people to spend $250,000 for a ride into space without much in the way of regulatory or government oversight. This got me thinking about the privatization of science in general, both in terms of the benefits for innovation and the  pressures of capitalism. Good food for thought there, but that was like ten minutes of material.  So, no recommendation on this one.  
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This book reminds me of the The Riot Grrls music in the 1990s.  Powerful, righteous anger channeled into stories about sexual abuse and assault that resonate with me on a deep level and that I really want to like.  They are art forms that I want to support and I want there to be more of this type of works out there in the world because sometimes people need to hear these messages.  I want everyone to buy this book so that there is more like it in the world.  I want more Inuit poets with raw emotion and brutal honesty to make a living telling dark stories that unmask childhood horrors and complicated lives.  

The only problem is that I don't actually like this book (or the music of Riot Grrls, for that matter) and this just really sucks because I really want to like it.  Maybe I'm just not edgy or angsty enough, but at the end of the book I was wowed and impressed, but definitely not feeling like recommending it.  Sadly, not recommended.

Homecoming (Sybil) : A collection of inter-generational short stories, sometimes difficult to follow how they fit together, but some of the stories are lovely and poignant, others not as strong. Sort of like up updated Roots meets Color Purple meets Americanah meets Beloved. Not my favorite because of the jumping from story to story, but not bad, either. Next up, Fire & Fury. 

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​Recommended by my lawyer friend, Sybil: ​Homegoing, by Yaa Gyasi, a brilliant young Ghanain-American author. I can't stop thinking about it.