{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Conversation Piece Podcast","title":"In Conversation With Ruba Marshood | 143","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/36fea7f7\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3535,"description":"Episode 143: In Conversation with Ruba Marshood\nRecorded live at Indy Reads in Fountain Square (October 2025)\n\nIn this live episode of Conversation Piece, host Patrick Armstrong sits down with Ruba Marshood, CEO of Indy Reads, for a wide-ranging conversation about literacy, identity, community, and what it truly means to be seen.\nRuba shares her personal journey as a first-generation Palestinian American, her path from global community development work to local impact in Indianapolis, and how literacy extends far beyond reading and writing into confidence, agency, and belonging. Together, Patrick and Ruba unpack literacy as a relational practice—one that can either reinforce systems of oppression or open doors to liberation, understanding, and shared humanity.\nRecorded in the Indy Reads bookstore, this conversation highlights the power of place, storytelling, and community-centered learning—and why creating space for people to tell their own stories matters now more than ever.\nLearn more about Indy Reads: https://indyreads.org/\nSubscribe to the newsletter: https://patrickintheworld.substack.com/\nFull archives: https://conversationpiecepod.com/\nFollow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/conversationpiecepod/\n\nProduced and hosted by: Patrick Armstrong\nFilmed and edited by: Ziad Hefni\nEngineered and mixed by: Popular Rapture\nFilmed at: Indy Reads\nMusic by: Mandog","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/bm-A1xb4SftX9z_olHJkk6u1BFHTOUHWbJms4LlHBtA/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS81MDgw/ZDA5YjE4M2I4ZTA3/ZTliZGEwNjMwM2I5/NDRhZS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}