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.

• 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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  LARB Radio Hour: Seth Greenland's New 19th Century Novel

  The original triumvirate of hosts — Seth Greenland, Laurie Winer, and Tom Lutz — reconvene on the occasion of the publication of Seth's new novel, "The Hazards of Good Fortune."

  LARB Radio HourOct 5, 2018
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  LARB Radio Hour: The Delightful Rage of Fran Lebowitz

  In her iconic unvarnished style, Fran Lebowitz proves that she’s still one of the most fascinating people to chat with about the lofty and mundane.

  LARB Radio HourSep 28, 2018
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  LARB Radio Hour: Minding the Gap with Bing Liu

  Documentary filmmaker Bing Liu joins host Eric Newman to discuss his award winning and critically acclaimed documentary "Minding the Gap."

  LARB Radio HourSep 21, 2018
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  Michael Arceneaux's Faith: Beyoncé, Writing, and Romance

  Michael Arceneaux discusses the first collection of his writing, the critically heralded "I Can't Date Jesus: Love, Sex, Family, Race and Other Reasons I've Put My Faith in Beyoncé."

  LARB Radio HourSep 14, 2018