LARB Radio Hour

The LARB Radio Hour is hosted by Eric Newman, Medaya Ocher, and Kate Wolf.

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Joyce Chopra’s “Lady Director” and Chris Smith’s “Sr.”
A LARB Radio Hour double feature with Kate Wolf and Eric Newman joined by Joyce Chopra to discuss her memoir, “Lady Director: Adventures in Hollywood, Television, and Beyond.” And Kate Wolf in conversation with Chris Smith about his most recent movie, “Sr.”
LARB Radio HourDec 9, 2022
Jamieson Webster’s “Disorganisation and Sex”
Kate Wolf speaks with the writer and psychoanalyst Jamieson Webster about her recent book “Disorganisation and Sex.”
LARB Radio HourDec 2, 2022
Hilton Als’ “My Pinup”
Hilton Als, joins Eric Newman to discuss his hybrid memoir-essay, “My Pinup.”
LARB Radio HourNov 28, 2022
Dionne Irving’s “The Islands”
Dionne Irving joins Eric Newman to talk about her debut story collection, “The Islands.”
LARB Radio HourNov 18, 2022
Peter Brooks’ “Seduced by Story: The Use and Abuse of Narrative”
Kate Wolf and Medaya Ocher are joined by literary critic Peter Brooks to discuss “Seduced by Story: The Use and Abuse of Narrative.”
LARB Radio HourNov 11, 2022
Jon Wiener on the Life and Work of Mike Davis, plus Constance Debré’s “Love me Tender”
Jon Wiener on the Life and Work of Mike Davis, plus Constance Debré’s “Love me Tender.”
LARB Radio HourNov 4, 2022
Darryl Pinckney’s “Come Back in September”
Eric Newman and Kate Wolf speak with Darryl Pinckney about his memoir, "Come Back in September: A Literary Education on West Sixty-Seventh Street, Manhattan."
LARB Radio HourOct 28, 2022
Namwali Serpell's “The Furrows”
On this special LARB Book Club episode of the Radio Hour, Boris Dralyuk and Medaya Ocher are joined by Namwali Serpell, to speak about her new novel, “The Furrows.”
LARB Radio HourOct 21, 2022
Kathryn Scanlan’s “Kick the Latch”
Kathryn Scanlan joins Kate Wolf and Medaya Ocher to discuss her new novel, “Kick the Latch.”
LARB Radio HourOct 14, 2022
Hua Hsu’s “Stay True”
Hua Hsu joins Eric Newman to discuss his latest book, "Stay True."
LARB Radio HourOct 7, 2022
Andrew Sean Greer’s “Less Is Lost”
Andrew Sean Greer joins Eric Newman to talk about “Less Is Lost,” a sequel to his 2017 Pulitzer Prize winner, “Less.”
LARB Radio HourSep 30, 2022
Yiyun Li’s “The Book of Goose”
Kate Wolf speaks to Yiyun Li about her latest novel, “The Book of Goose.”
LARB Radio HourSep 23, 2022
Rachel Aviv’s “Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us”
Kate Wolf and Medaya Ocher are joined by New Yorker staff writer Rachel Aviv to discuss her first book, "Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us."
LARB Radio HourSep 16, 2022
For the Love of Print: Chloe Watlington, Michelle Chihara, Jeff Weiss, and Schessa Garbutt
Editors of “The LARB Quarterly,” Chloe Watlington and Michelle Chihara, join Jeff Weiss of “theLAnd” and Schessa Garbutt at this summer’s LITLIT Festival.
LARB Radio HourSep 9, 2022
Andrew Way Leong, Bruna Dantas Lobato, Robin Myers, and Magdalena Edwards on "The Art of Translation"
Andrew Way Leong, Bruna Dantas Lobato, Robin Myers, and Magdalena Edwards on "The Art of Translation" at LIT LIT.
LARB Radio HourSep 2, 2022
K-Ming Chang’s “Gods of Want”
Boris Dralyuk and Lindsay Wright are joined by K-Ming Chang to discuss her collection of stories, “Gods of Want.“
LARB Radio HourAug 19, 2022