Podcasts

Andrew Chan’s “Why Mariah Carey Matters”
Eric Newman and Medaya Ocher are joined by writer and critic Andrew Chan to discuss his latest book, “Why Mariah Carey Matters.”
Dec 1
Sasha Frere-Jones’s “Earlier”
Writer, musician, and critic Sasha Frere-Jones joins Kate Wolf to discuss his first book, “Earlier.”
Nov 27
Nicole Newnham’s “The Disappearance of Shere Hite”
Eric Newman and Medaya Ocher are joined by award-winning director Nicole Newnham to discuss her latest film, “The Disappearance of Shere Hite.”
Nov 17
Dan Sinykin’s “Big Fiction”
Eric Newman and Medaya Ocher are joined by writer and professor, Dan Sinykin, to talk about his new book “Big Fiction: How Conglomeration Changed the...
Nov 10
Justin Torres’s “Blackouts”
Medaya Ocher and Eric Newman speak with author Justin Torres about his latest novel, “Blackouts.”
Nov 3
Dorothea Lasky’s “The Shining” and Anna Biller’s “Bluebeard’s Castle”
An LARB Radio Hour double-header Halloween horror special. In the first half, Kate Wolf is joined by the poet Dorothea Lasky to discuss her most...
Oct 27

Marina Weisband on What Gets us Through the Crisis
Going through a crisis and having a positive vision of the future are not the same thing. You need to have a positive vision of the future to get...
Nov 30
Lynne Thompson on the Role of Poetry in Democracies
There is an understanding that between humans we have this one thing called language and it brings us - or can bring us - together.” Writer and poet...
Oct 19
Bill Wiggins on African-American History & Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Host Tom Zoellner sat down with professor William Wiggins to discuss the ongoing importance of African-American history within the larger context of...
Mar 23
Teresa Bücker on Time as a Political Resource
Time is a political resource. How time is distributed is a question of structures we find within a society. It’s structured by the economic system we...
Mar 2
Roberto Lovato on the Tenderness that Survives the Terror
I’ve been through war. I’ve witnessed the workings of genocide. I have gone to mass graves across the entire continent (…) We have to un-forget to...
Feb 16
Antonia Juhasz on the Impact of Fossil Fuels on Democracy
Part of what has led the movement against fossil fuels is the increased number of people being confronted with the effects of oil drilling and...
Jan 5