Emily Nussbaum’s “Cue the Sun! The Invention of Reality TV”
Eric Newman and Medaya Ocher are joined by New Yorker staff writer and former television critic Emily Nussbaum to discuss her book “Cue the Sun...
Eric Newman and Medaya Ocher are joined by New Yorker staff writer and former television critic Emily Nussbaum to discuss her book “Cue the Sun...
Jun 28
Medaya Ocher and Eric Newman speak with author Patrick Nathan about his latest novel, and this month’s LARB Book Club pick, “The Future Was Color.”
Jun 21
Claire Messud joins Medaya Ocher and Kate Wolf to discuss her latest novel, “This Strange Eventful History.”
Jun 14
In this special episode, hosts Medaya Ocher, Kate Wolf, and Eric Newman debate an age-old question: what does it mean for criticism to “matter”?
Jun 11
Rachel Khong joins Eric Newman to discuss her latest novel, “Real Americans.”
Jun 7
Erik Davis joins Kate Wolf to speak about his latest book, “Blotter: The Untold Story of an Acid Medium.”
May 31
Physically putting your body in a place where history happened gives you a different sense of intimacy, a different sense of proximity to that...
Dec 14, 2023
Going through a crisis and having a positive vision of the future are not the same thing. You need to have a positive vision of the future to get...
Nov 30, 2023
There is an understanding that between humans we have this one thing called language and it brings us - or can bring us - together.” Writer and poet...
Oct 19, 2023
Host Tom Zoellner sat down with professor William Wiggins to discuss the ongoing importance of African-American history within the larger context of...
Mar 23, 2023
Time is a political resource. How time is distributed is a question of structures we find within a society. It’s structured by the economic system we...
Mar 2, 2023
I’ve been through war. I’ve witnessed the workings of genocide. I have gone to mass graves across the entire continent (…) We have to un-forget to...
Feb 16, 2023