LARB Radio Hour

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

Articles

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
Junot Diaz Writes for a New Generation
Author Junot Diaz joins co-hosts Eric Newman and Kate Wolf to discuss the inspiration behind Islandborn, the story of five year-old Lola learning about her family's history and culture, beautifully illustrated by Leo Espinoza.
LARB Radio HourApr 13, 2018
LARB Radio Hour: The Science of Feelings and the Origins of Culture
USC Professor of Neuroscience, Psychology and Philosophy Antonio Damasio discusses his latest book, "The Strange Order of Things: Life, Feeling, and the Making of Cultures."
LARB Radio HourApr 6, 2018
Sean Penn's Latest Role: Novelist
A conversation with Sean Penn, about his novel "Bob Honey Who Just Do Stuff," an absurdist/realist antic fiction.
LARB Radio HourMar 30, 2018
Maxine Hong Kingston: Warrior of Peace
Maxine Hong Kingston reflects on a lifetime of writing, an unorthodox career, and her current work as a teacher and healer, which couldn't be more relevant for our troubled times.
LARB Radio HourMar 23, 2018
LARB Radio Hour: Dispatches From The Border
Francisco Cantu talks about his new book "The Line Becomes a River," an impressionistic chronicle of his five year stint as an agent for the United States Border Patrol.
LARB Radio HourMar 16, 2018
LARB Radio Hour: Bassem Youssef's Revolutionary Comedy
Bassem Youssef, author of "Revolution for Dummies: Laughing through the Arab Spring," discusses how he became Egypt's most popular TV host before having to flee the country.
LARB Radio HourMar 9, 2018
LARB Radio Hour: The Literature of Exile
Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi joins LARB Radio Hour to discuss her novel "Call Me Zebra," released to universal praise this past month.
LARB Radio HourMar 2, 2018
LARB Radio Hour: Huck Finn on the LA River
Author Tim DeRoche's and illustrator Daniel Gonzalez's discuss their 21st century recasting of Mark Twain's American Classic: "The Ballad of Huck and Miguel."
LARB Radio HourFeb 23, 2018