LARB Radio Hour

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

Articles

Téa Obreht's Western for the 21st Century
What if that most celebrated of American genres, the Western, was stripped of its traditional tropes? Téa Obreht discusses her novel "Inland."
LARB Radio HourSep 13, 2019
Literary LA: Susan Straight In the Country of Women
LARB Radio HourSep 9, 2019
Race and Reparative Writing; plus, the Cutthroat World of Translation
LARB Radio HourAug 30, 2019
American Factory: 21st Century Globalized Capitalism in Microcosm
LARB Radio HourAug 23, 2019
Among the Believers: Ammon Bundy and America's Armed Libertarian Right-Wing
LARB Radio HourAug 16, 2019
The Roots of California's Modernist Utopia: Tuberculosis and Teutonic Nudism
On this week's LARB Radio Hour, Lyra Kilston discusses her book "Sun Seekers: The Cure of California" and challenges common understandings of L.A. history.
LARB Radio HourAug 9, 2019
James Ellroy and Tom Lutz: The Storm in 1942 Los Angeles
What could be more of an L.A. literary event than James Ellroy reading from his novel "This Storm"? Listen to the new Radio Hour episode, taped live in L.A.
LARB Radio HourAug 5, 2019
Brazil's Tragedy and the Global Crisis of Democracy
LARB Radio HourJul 30, 2019
Ariana Reines's Quest for 21st-Century Epic Verse
LARB Radio HourJul 19, 2019
Generosity: Frederic Tuten's Life of Art, Literature, and Solidarity
This episode of the LARB Radio Hour features guest Frederic Tuten, who discusses his memoir "My Young Life," plus book recommendations from John Waters.
LARB Radio HourJul 12, 2019
Tragedy and Inspiration: Cherrie Moraga on Her Mother, the Chicanx Diaspora, and the Age of Trump
Legendary Chicanx feminist Cherrie Moraga joins the LARB Radio Hour to talk about her new memoir, Native Country of the Heart.
LARB Radio HourJul 9, 2019
Historical Frictions: Jordy Rosenberg, Jack Sheppard and Imagining Transgender Lives in the Archive
LARB Radio HourJun 28, 2019
Breaking Down the Binary with Jacob Tobia
Author Jacob Tobia joins co-hosts Eric Newman and Medaya Ocher to discuss their first book, "Sissy: A coming of Gender Story."
LARB Radio HourJun 21, 2019
John Waters: Holding Court with the King of Filth
John Waters discusses his new memoir "Mr. Know-It-All: The Tarnished Wisdom of a Filth Elder."
LARB Radio HourJun 14, 2019
LARB Radio Hour: Commitment and Trust, Past and Present, with Erica Jong and Susan Choi
Authors Erica Jong and Susan Choi join LARB for our third and final installment from the 2019 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books on USC Campus.
LARB Radio HourJun 7, 2019
The LA Times Book Prize Winners: Nafissa Thompson-Spires and Carl Phillips
LARB speaks with Nafissa Thompson-Spires and Carl Phillips at the Los Angeles Time Festival of Books.
LARB Radio HourMay 31, 2019