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.

Maya Binyam’s “Hangman”
Writer Maya Binyam joins Kate Wolf and Medaya Ocher to speak about her debut novel “Hangman.”
LARB Radio HourSep 1, 2023
Prudence Peiffer’s “The Slip: The New York City Street That Changed American Art Forever”
Writer, editor, and art historian Prudence Peiffer joins Kate Wolf to speak about her first book, “The Slip: The New York City Street That Changed American Art Forever.”
LARB Radio HourAug 25, 2023
Andrew Leland’s “The Country of the Blind”
Andrew Leland joins Kate Wolf and Medaya Ocher to talk about his first book, “The Country of the Blind: A Memoir at the End of Sight.”
LARB Radio HourAug 18, 2023
Koritha Mitchell and Michelle Lanier on Harriet Jacobs’s “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl”
In this special edition LARB Book Club episode of the Radio Hour, Editor-in-Chief Michelle Chihara talks with Koritha Mitchell, editor of Harriet Jacobs’s “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl,” and Michelle Lanier, professor and public historian in North Carolina.
LARB Radio HourAug 11, 2023
D. Smith’s “Kokomo City” and Claire Simon’s “Our Body”
An LARB Radio Hour double feature. First, Eric Newman speaks to D. Smith about her new documentary “Kokomo City.” Then, in the second half of the show, Kate Wolf is joined by filmmaker Claire Simon to discuss her new documentary, “Our Body.”
LARB Radio HourAug 4, 2023
Heidi Julavits’s “Directions to Myself”
Kate Wolf and Medaya Ocher are joined by author Heidi Julavits, whose new book is called “Directions to Myself: A Memoir of Four Years.”
LARB Radio HourJul 28, 2023
Wes Anderson and Jake Perlin’s “Do Not Detonate Without Presidential Approval”
Kate Wolf is joined by filmmaker Wes Anderson and film programmer and distributor Jake Perlin to discuss “Do Not Detonate Without Presidential Approval,” an anthology inspired by Anderson’s latest, “Asteroid City,” which is out in theaters now.
LARB Radio HourJul 21, 2023
John Yau’s “Please Wait By the Coatroom: Reconsidering Race and Identity in American Art”
The poet and longtime art critic John Yau joins Kate Wolf and Eric Newman to speak about his latest collection of criticism, “Please Wait By the Coatroom: Reconsidering Race and Identity in American Art.”
LARB Radio HourJul 14, 2023
Juana María Rodríguez’s “Puta Life: Seeing Latinas, Working Sex”
Eric Newman is joined by scholar and critic Juana María Rodríguez to discuss her latest book, “Puta Life: Seeing Latinas, Working Sex.”
LARB Radio HourJul 7, 2023
Rachel Nuwer’s “I Feel Love: MDMA and the Quest for Connection in a Fractured World”
Medaya Ocher and Eric Newman speak to Rachel Nuwer about her recent book, “I Feel Love: MDMA and the Quest for Connection in a Fractured World.”
LARB Radio HourJun 30, 2023
Kristin Ross’s “The Politics and Poetics of Everyday Life”
Eric Newman and Kate Wolf speak to the author Kristin Ross about her recent book, “The Politics and Poetics of Everyday Life,” a collection of essays that examine how everyday life emerges as a vantage point for understanding and transforming our social world.
LARB Radio HourJun 23, 2023
Martine Syms’s “Loser Back Home”
Kate Wolf is joined by the acclaimed artist and filmmaker Martine Syms to discuss her new exhibition “Loser Back Home.”
LARB Radio HourJun 16, 2023