May 22, 2018

Part III of Seth Greenland's novel "The Hazards of Good Fortune," forthcoming from Europa Editions on August 21, 2018....

May 15, 2018

Part II of Seth Greenland’s novel “The Hazards of Good Fortune,” forthcoming from Europa Editions on August 21, 2018....

May 8, 2018

Part I of Seth Greenland's novel "The Hazards of Good Fortune," forthcoming from Europa Editions on August 21, 2018....

July 25, 2017

Seth Greenland reviews Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's new memoir, "Coach Wooden and Me."...

August 25, 2016

Journalist Walter Shapiro comes in to discuss his new book, HUSTLING HITLER: THE JEWISH VAUDEVILLIAN WHO FOOLED THE FUHRER....

August 4, 2016

This week our hosts talk with LA Times reporter Jill Leovy about her new book, GHETTOSIDE....

July 29, 2016

This week our hosts discuss the DNC and talk to journalist Meghan Daum about what makes for a good column....

July 24, 2016

This week Margaret Wappler joins the show to talk about her debut novel, 'Neon Green.' Plus, hosts discuss the Hulk Hogan Lawsuit against Gawker....

July 14, 2016

This week, Seth, Laurie and Tom talk about Jared Kushner, Gay Talese, Jonah Lehrer, and one of our favorite subjects: bullshit....

July 8, 2016

Writer Claire Hoffman discusses her memoir, 'Greetings from Utopia Park,' and explores the idea of faith....

July 1, 2016

Subscribe on iTunes  -  Listen Live on KPFK This week, our hosts talk with novelist Julia Claiborne Johnson about her debut work '...

June 24, 2016

Actor and writer Lauren Weedman talks about her collection of funny, personal essays 'Miss Fortune'...

June 17, 2016

Subscribe on iTunes  -  Listen Live on KPFK This week, Seth and Laurie discuss the Tony Awards. Novelist Julia Claiborne Johnson recommends ...

June 2, 2016

This week our hosts tackle more religions than you can shake a stick at when they interview Jack Miles, editor of the Norton Anthology of World Religion....

May 27, 2016

Subscribe on iTunes  -  Listen Live on KPFK This week, our hosts talk with Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney about her bestselling novel The ...

May 19, 2016

Subscribe on iTunes  -  Listen Live on KPFK This week's show features an interview with Ryan Gattis, author of All Involved, a ...

May 12, 2016

Subscribe on iTunes  -  Listen Live on KPFK On this week’s show we talk with BLDGBLOG writer Geoff Manaugh about his ...

May 5, 2016

Subscribe on iTunes  -  Listen Live on KPFK This week’s show features Bruce Eric Kaplan, also known as BEK, a longtime ...

April 29, 2016

Today marks the 24th anniversary of the Rodney King riots, a wound still healing in the collective psyche of Los Angeles ...

April 28, 2016

Subscribe on iTunes  -  Listen Live on KPFK This week’s show features our final interviews from the Los Angeles Times Festival ...

April 21, 2016

Subscribe on iTunes  -  Listen Live on KPFK This week’s show features more interviews from the Los Angeles Times Festival of ...

March 17, 2016

Subscribe on iTunes  -  Listen Live on KPFK This week’s guest is the acclaimed and often controversial author, playwright, actress, and ...

March 10, 2016

nbsp; Subscribe on iTunes  -  Listen Live on KPFK On this week’s show we discuss the new FX miniseries American Crime ...

March 3, 2016

Subscribe on iTunes  -  Listen Live on KPFK On this week’s show we discuss the new Showtime series Billions, Jerry Stahl ...

February 18, 2016

Subscribe on iTunes  -  Listen Live on KPFK On this week’s show we talk with LARB law editor Don Franzen about ...

February 11, 2016

Podcasting mogul Andy Bowers, comedian Bonnie McFarlane, and a memorable interview with food writer Dana Goodyear....

February 4, 2016

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's debut novel "Mycroft Holmes," rereading the character of Tom Sawyer, and finally we tackle Donald Trump....

January 28, 2016

nbsp; Subscribe on iTunes  -  Listen Live on KPFK On this week’s show, a conversation on the wildly popular Netflix show ...

January 21, 2016

Co-authors Darry Holter and William Deverell discuss their new book, "Woody Guthrie L.A.: 1937 to 1941."...

January 14, 2016

The legacy of David Bowie, the journalism of Sean Penn, and an interview with author Alex Espinoza on launching a bilingual MFA program at Cal State LA....

January 7, 2016

David Shields criticizes war photography, Jonathan Lethem on the "reality field" of Claremont, and Sam Quinones explains America's opiate epidemic....

January 1, 2016

A special "LARB Radio Hour" taped in front of a live audience featuring Terry McMillan, Jonathan Gold, and Geoff Dyer....

December 10, 2015

Matt Kaplan on the science of liver prophecies, Eli Horowitz on pickle fascism, and Wally Rudolph's "Mighty, Mighty."...

December 3, 2015

Subscribe on iTunes  -  Listen Live on KPFK On this week’s show, author and critic Luc Sante discusses his new book, ...

November 19, 2015

Film critic Karina Longworth discusses her acclaimed podcast "You Must Remember This," about the politics, culture, and scandals of classic Hollywood icons....

November 12, 2015

Novelist Bruce Bauman on his new rock 'n' roll novel "Broken Sleep" and the Halloween email fracas at Yale University....

November 5, 2015

In his new book, Sam Harris puts his views in dialogue with former radical Islamist and current counter-extremism activist Maajid Nawaz....

October 29, 2015

Acclaimed Brazilian writer Clarice Lispector, Harry G. Frankfurt's 'On Inequality,' and the similarities between Ta-Nehisi Coates and Elena Ferrante....

October 22, 2015

L.A. Times book critic David L. Ulin talks about his new book 'Sidewalking', his obsession with The Grove, and the urban qualities of New York vs. L.A....

October 15, 2015

On this week’s show, New York–based writer, filmmaker, and visual artist Gary Indiana stops by to talk about resentment ...

October 8, 2015

On this week’s show, LARB Radio Hour favorite Boris Dralyuk returns to talk about the pivotal and yet shamefully unknown ...

October 1, 2015

On this week’s show, screenwriter and novelist Peter Lefcourt discusses his latest book Purgatory Gardens, author Katherine Taylor talks about ...

September 24, 2015

On this week’s show, author David Shields talks about his new collaboration That Thing You Do With Your Mouth, LARB ...

September 17, 2015

Author Dana Johnson teaches sex writing, Rae Dubow helps authors make their readings more exciting, and Antoine Wilson recommends Heinrich von Kleist....

September 10, 2015

Salman Rushdie, Jill Essbaum, and Jerry Stahl on "LARB Radio Hour."...

September 3, 2015

Nina Revoyr talks about her new backpacking thriller "Lost Canyon," and LARB senior editor Sarah Mesle explains "mansplaining."...

August 27, 2015

Katherine Taylor talks “Valley Fever,“ and author Antoine Wilson explains why he refused to review John Barth’s forthcoming “Collected Stories.“...

August 20, 2015

Karolina Waclawiak's The Invaders, Boris Dralyuk on the literary footprint of Russian immigrants in Los Angeles, and reading Paul Beatty’s The Sellout....

August 6, 2015

Featuring an interview with Jason Segel and James Ponsoldt, star and director of the film "The End of the Tour," about the late author David Foster Wallace....

July 30, 2015

Author Diana Wagman on her new novel 'Life #6', Joshua Oppneheimer's 'The Look of Silence,' and whether schools should be named after D.W. Griffith....

July 16, 2015

This week's show features Harper Lee's 'Go Set a Watchman' and a discussion on the state of American film, TV, and book reviews with critic John Powers....

July 9, 2015

Mark Haskell Smith talks about his research into nudism for his new book "Naked at Lunch." Also Betsy Borns, Dinah Lenney, and the crisis in Greece....

June 25, 2015

Since 1989 Michael Silverblatt has hosted the syndicated radio show Bookworm and has interviewed over a thousand writers of literary fiction and poetry....

June 11, 2015

Since 1989 Michael Silverblatt has hosted the syndicated radio show Bookworm and has interviewed over a thousand writers of literary fiction and poetry....

June 4, 2015

We hear multiple perspectives on Vanessa Place's 'Gone with the Wind' controversy, featuring Vanessa Place, Matthew Shenoda, and Meri Nana-Ama Danquah....

May 28, 2015

Naomi Hirahara is the author of the Mas Arai and Ellie Rush mystery series', and co-writer of a new nonfiction book on the history of Terminal Island....

May 14, 2015

Eric Bogosian's "Operation Nemesis" tells the story of a network of assassins who tracked and murdered former Ottoman leaders to avenge the Armenian genocide....

May 7, 2015

Historian Jon Wiener explains why he supports the protest against The PEN American Center's recognition of Charlie Hebdo with their 2015 award for courage....

April 19, 2012

I held my father's copy of Mein Kampf in my hand wondering if it should be kept, donated, or set on fire in the backyard....

April 15, 2012

Six writers talk about truthiness in nonfiction....

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