LARB Radio Hour

Hosted by Editor-in-Chief Medaya Ocher and Editors-at-Large Kate Wolf and Eric Newman, Los Angeles Review of Books Radio Hour is a weekly show featuring interviews, readings, and discussions about all things literary.

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  Special Show: Jenny Slate and Sarah Manguso

  LARB Radio HourDec 26

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  Tales from Two Critics: A.S. Hamrah and Melissa Anderson on the Year in Film

  Film critics and authors A.S Hamrah and Melissa Anderson join the podcast to talk about 2025 in film, the Warner Bros. sale, AI use, and more.

  LARB Radio HourDec 19

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  Best of 2025

  LARB Radio Hour hosts pick their favorite books, movies, TV shows, music, magazines, and scandals from 2025. Listen to hear about Nuzzi, Superman, and more

  LARB Radio HourDec 12

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  Julia Loktev's "My Undesirable Friends"

  Julia Loktev joins the podcast to talk about her new documentary "My Undesirable Friends," following a team of journalists in Russia right before the invasion of Ukraine.

  LARB Radio HourDec 5

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  Robin Coste Lewis's "Archive of Desire"

  Robin Coste Lewis joins the podcast to talk about her new poetry collection, Archive of Desire. The four part collection came from collaboration around the 160th birthday of poet Constantin Cavafy

  LARB Radio HourDec 1

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  Brandon Taylor's "Minor Black Figures"

  Brandon Taylor talks about his latest novel “Minor Black Figures” on LARB Radio Hour. The book, out now, centers on Wyeth, a Black artist in his thirties wrestling with sudden viral fame.

  LARB Radio HourNov 21

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  Angela Flournoy's "The Wilderness"

  Kate Wolf and Eric Newman speak with Angela Flournoy about her novel, "The Wilderness."

  LARB Radio HourNov 7

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  The Shit Show

  In this special episode, hosts Kate Wolf, Medaya Ocher, and Eric Newman discuss how Big Tech dreams—from iPhones to social media to AI—have become nightmares.

  LARB Radio HourOct 31

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  Kelly Reichardt's “Mastermind”

  Filmmaker Kelly Reichardt talks to Kate Wolf and Medaya Ocher about her new movie, “The Mastermind,” out in theaters now.

  LARB Radio HourOct 24

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  Grace Byron’s “Herculine”

  Medaya Ocher and Eric Newman speak with writer Grace Byron about her debut novel, “Herculine.”

  LARB Radio HourOct 17

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  Chris Kraus’s “The Four Spent the Day Together”

  Chris Kraus joins Kate Wolf to talk about her new novel, “The Four Spent the Day Together.”

  LARB Radio HourOct 10

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  J. Hoberman’s “Everything is Now: Primal Happenings, Radical Music, Underground Movies, and the 1960s New York Avant-Garde”

  Kate Wolf speaks to J. Hoberman about his latest book, “Everything is Now: Primal Happenings, Radical Music, Underground Movies, and the 1960s New York Avant-Garde.”

  LARB Radio HourOct 3

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