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.

Telling Stories and Telling Histories: Wayétu Moore's "She Would Be King"
Wayétu Moore speaks with host Eric Newman about her debut novel "She Would Be King," which interweaves history with magical realism to re-tell Liberia's founding in the 19th century.
LARB Radio HourJan 4, 2019
LARB Radio Hour: John Wray's Improbable Leap of Faith
Author John Wray reads from and discusses his critically-lauded new novel, "Godsend."
LARB Radio HourDec 21, 2018
LA Stories: Howard Hughes, Starlets, and Outcast Punks in Dystopia
Karina Longworth returns to discuss her intriguing book, "Seduction: Sex, Lies, and Stardom in Howard Hughes Hollywood."
LARB Radio HourDec 14, 2018
LARB Radio Hour: The Body as Archive
In a wide-ranging conversation about her new book, "No Archive Will Restore You," Julietta Singh and LARB hosts touch on gender, sexuality, parenting, and navigating the world in and as a body.
LARB Radio HourDec 7, 2018
LARB Radio Hour: William Cooper, Conspiracy Theories, and the Decline of the American Mind
Journalist and Author Mark Jacobson discusses his timely new book, "Pale Horse Rider: William Cooper, the Rise of Conspiracy, and the Fall of Trust in America."
LARB Radio HourNov 30, 2018
LARB Radio Hour: Chris Kraus's Social Practice
Author, publisher, and critic Chris Kraus talks about her new collection "Social Practices."
LARB Radio HourNov 23, 2018
LARB Radio Hour: Rethinking Identity with Kwame Anthony Appiah
Philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah talks with host Eric Newman about his new book "The Lies That Bind: Rethinking Identity."
LARB Radio HourNov 16, 2018
Centering the Margins: A Conversation with Patrisse Cullors
Patrisse Cullors, author of "When They Call You a Terrorist: a Black Lives Matter Memoir," speaks about her activism and the philosophy that undergirds #BlackLivesMatter.
LARB Radio HourNov 9, 2018
LARB Radio Hour: Sandi Tan Talks Inspiration, Betrayal, and Shirkers, Singapore's First Indie Film
Sandi Tan discusses her Netflix documentary "Shirkers," the story behind a film she made in 1992 in Singapore that was stolen and rediscovered 20 years later.
LARB Radio HourNov 2, 2018
LARB Radio Hour: Matt Tyrnauer's Histories of American Glamour and Sexuality
Director Matt Tyrnauer’s recent documentaries "Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood" and "Studio 54" capture sexual utopias before the dawn of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
LARB Radio HourOct 26, 2018
Your Brain on Capitalism: Martijn Konings Deconstructs the Neoliberal Order
Political economist Martijn Konings talks about his ambitious new book, "Capital and Time: For a New Critique of Neoliberal Reason."
LARB Radio HourOct 19, 2018
Owls in the Fog: Ben Marcus and Brian Phillips
In a doubleheader, Brian Phillips talks about his new essay collection, "Impossible Owls," and Ben Marcus about his new collection, "Notes from the Fog."

LARB Radio HourOct 12, 2018