LARB Radio Hour

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

Articles

Our Homes, Ourselves: Reading Interiors with Lydia Millet
Lydia Millet talks about her new short story collection "Fight No More," which covers the wide swathe of Los Angeles life through intimate, quiet stories in homes magnificent and modest.
LARB Radio HourAug 3, 2018
LARB Radio Hour: Tim Wardle, Three Identical Strangers and the Ties That Bind
Director Tim Wardle discusses his Sundance-winning documentary "Three Identical Strangers," which tells the story of identical triplets separated at birth and re-united by chance in their late teens.
LARB Radio HourJul 27, 2018
The Science of Fiction: David Naimon on Ursula K. Le Guin
David Naimon explains the backstory to his new book "Ursula K. Le Guin: Conversations on Writing."
LARB Radio HourJul 20, 2018
LARB Radio Hour: Mister Rogers and the Art of Radical Empathy
Morgan Neville discusses "Won’t You Be My Neighbor?," about the work and impact of Fred Rogers and his iconic children’s show "Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood."
LARB Radio HourJul 13, 2018
LARB Radio Hour: Joseph O'Neill is Up to "Good Trouble"
Joseph O'Neill talks about his new collection of stories, "Good Trouble."
LARB Radio HourJul 6, 2018
LARB Radio Hour: Rebecca Makkai and the Burdens of History
Author Rebecca Makkai discusses her heralded new novel, "The Great Believers."
LARB Radio HourJun 29, 2018
LARB Radio Hour: "Would You Have Waited for Me?" Tayari Jones's "An American Marriage"
Author Tayari Jones LARB to talk about her latest novel, "An American Marriage."
LARB Radio HourJun 22, 2018
Johanna Drucker: The Ecological Longview
Johanna Drucker discusses her eco-novel "Downdrift" and her work of social philosophy, "The General Theory of Social Relativity."
LARB Radio HourJun 15, 2018
LARB Radio Hour: Carmen Maria Machado and Jenny Zhang
Carmen Maria Machado discusses "Her Body and Other Parties" and Jenny Zhang discusses "Sour Heart."
LARB Radio HourJun 9, 2018
LARB Radio Hour: Morgan Jerkins’s Vulnerable Bravery
Morgan Jerkins, author of "This Will Be My Undoing," talks about tackling the personal as political as a black woman author in these troubled times, nuancing what each of those terms mean.
LARB Radio HourJun 1, 2018
Wim Wenders on Pope Francis: The Man and His Words
Wim Wenders, one of cinema's greatest living directors, tells the astonishing story behind his new documentary "Pope Francis: A Man of His Word."
LARB Radio HourMay 25, 2018
LARB Radio Hour: Talking About Race with Ijeoma Oluo
Ijeoma Oluo, author of "So You Want to Talk About Race," joined co-hosts Eric Newman and Medaya Ocher for a discussion on race in America at The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books.
LARB Radio HourMay 18, 2018
LARB Radio Hour: Ryan Holiday on Nick Denton, Peter Thiel, and the Conspiracy Against Gawker
Ryan Holiday discusses his sensational new book "Conspiracy: Peter Thiel, Hulk Hogan, Gawker, and the Anatomy of Intrigue."
LARB Radio HourMay 11, 2018
In the Frame: Los Angeles and Sharp Women Writers
Lynell George discusses "After/Image: Los Angeles Outside the Frame" and Michelle Dean discusses "Sharp: The Women Who Made An Art Of Having An Opinion."
LARB Radio HourMay 4, 2018
LARB Radio Hour: A Deep Dive into Pop Culture with Hanif Abdurraqib
Hanif Abdurraqib discusses "They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us," his magisterial collection of essays on the contemporary music scene.
LARB Radio HourApr 27, 2018
LARB Radio Hour: Ayelet Waldman's Psychedelic Salvation
Medaya Ocher talks with Ayelet Waldman, author of "A Really Good Day: How Microdosing Made a Mega Difference in My Mood, My Marriage, and My Life," about her experience micro-dosing LSD.
LARB Radio HourApr 20, 2018