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.

Historical Frictions: Jordy Rosenberg, Jack Sheppard and Imagining Transgender Lives in the Archive
LARB Radio HourJun 28, 2019
Breaking Down the Binary with Jacob Tobia
Author Jacob Tobia joins co-hosts Eric Newman and Medaya Ocher to discuss their first book, "Sissy: A coming of Gender Story."
LARB Radio HourJun 21, 2019
John Waters: Holding Court with the King of Filth
John Waters discusses his new memoir "Mr. Know-It-All: The Tarnished Wisdom of a Filth Elder."
LARB Radio HourJun 14, 2019
LARB Radio Hour: Commitment and Trust, Past and Present, with Erica Jong and Susan Choi
Authors Erica Jong and Susan Choi join LARB for our third and final installment from the 2019 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books on USC Campus.
LARB Radio HourJun 7, 2019
The LA Times Book Prize Winners: Nafissa Thompson-Spires and Carl Phillips
LARB speaks with Nafissa Thompson-Spires and Carl Phillips at the Los Angeles Time Festival of Books.
LARB Radio HourMay 31, 2019
LARB Radio Hour: Hanif Abdurraqib's Love Letters to A Tribe Called Quest and Claire Vaye Watkins's Desert Futurism
Hanif Abdurraqib and Claire Vaye Watkins discuss their books, "Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest," and "Gold Fame Citrus."
LARB Radio HourMay 24, 2019
Homecoming: Laila Lalami on "The Other Americans," and A Mother's Day Tribute with Jo Giese
Laila Lalami talks about her most recent novel, "The Other Americans," a story about a Moroccan immigrant family in the Mojave Desert, and Jo Giese discusses the lessons we learn from our mothers.
LARB Radio HourMay 17, 2019
LARB Radio Hour: Werner Herzog on Meeting Mikhail Gorbachev
Werner Herzog talks about his new documentary "Meeting Gorbachev," co-directed with André Singer.
LARB Radio HourMay 10, 2019
Sally Rooney: Great Expectations
Co-hosts Medaya Ocher and Kate Wolf speak with Sally Rooney about her two novels "Conversations with Friends" and "Normal People."
LARB Radio HourMay 3, 2019
Talent Show: Juliet Lapidos and Tom Lutz
Tom Lutz joins Juliet Lapidos to discuss "Talent," her new novel about a 29-year-old English grad student who can’t finish her dissertation, spending her days eating pop tarts rather than producing pages.
LARB Radio HourApr 26, 2019
LARB Radio Hour: Opening Up with William E. Jones
Author and artist William E. Jones joins LARB to discuss his first novel I'm Open to Anything
LARB Radio HourApr 19, 2019
LARB Radio Hour: A Tale of Two Karens
Author Karen Tongson talks with co-hosts Eric Newman and Kate Wolf about the tragic life and beautiful voice of Karen Carpenter.
LARB Radio HourApr 12, 2019