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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  American Factory: 21st Century Globalized Capitalism in Microcosm

  LARB Radio HourAug 23, 2019
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  Among the Believers: Ammon Bundy and America's Armed Libertarian Right-Wing

  LARB Radio HourAug 16, 2019
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  The Roots of California's Modernist Utopia: Tuberculosis and Teutonic Nudism

  On this week's LARB Radio Hour, Lyra Kilston discusses her book "Sun Seekers: The Cure of California" and challenges common understandings of L.A. history.

  LARB Radio HourAug 9, 2019
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  James Ellroy and Tom Lutz: The Storm in 1942 Los Angeles

  What could be more of an L.A. literary event than James Ellroy reading from his novel "This Storm"? Listen to the new Radio Hour episode, taped live in L.A.

  LARB Radio HourAug 5, 2019
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  Brazil's Tragedy and the Global Crisis of Democracy

  LARB Radio HourJul 30, 2019
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  Ariana Reines's Quest for 21st-Century Epic Verse

  LARB Radio HourJul 19, 2019
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  Generosity: Frederic Tuten's Life of Art, Literature, and Solidarity

  This episode of the LARB Radio Hour features guest Frederic Tuten, who discusses his memoir "My Young Life," plus book recommendations from John Waters.

  LARB Radio HourJul 12, 2019
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  Tragedy and Inspiration: Cherrie Moraga on Her Mother, the Chicanx Diaspora, and the Age of Trump

  Legendary Chicanx feminist Cherrie Moraga joins the LARB Radio Hour to talk about her new memoir, Native Country of the Heart.

  LARB Radio HourJul 9, 2019
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  Historical Frictions: Jordy Rosenberg, Jack Sheppard and Imagining Transgender Lives in the Archive

  LARB Radio HourJun 28, 2019
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  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
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  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
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  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