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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  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
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  Porochista Khakpour: Reflections on Being Sick

  Author Porochista Khakpour talks about her new book "Sick: A Memoir," which chronicles her struggle with Lyme disease.

  LARB Radio HourSep 7, 2018
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  LARB Radio Hour: Reconciling the Mother and the Artist with Jori Finkel

  Legendary LA-based art reporter Jori Finkel discusses her first documentary film "Artist and Mother."

  LARB Radio HourAug 31, 2018
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  LARB Radio Hour: Martin Duberman on The Gay Movement Past and Present

  Emeritus Professor Martin Duberman and LARB's Eric Newman assess the state of the LGBTQ+ movement and Duberman's book "Has the Gay Movement Failed?"

  LARB Radio HourAug 24, 2018
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  LARB Radio Hour: The Poverty of Wealth with Lauren Greenfield

  Photographer and documentarian Lauren Greenfield has built a brilliant career both capturing and critiquing the conspicuous consumption of the 1% and wanna-be one-percenters. Lauren discusses her new film "Generation Wealth."

  LARB Radio HourAug 17, 2018
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  LARB Radio Hour: Inside Bachelor Nation with Amy Kaufman

  Amy Kaufman discusses her book "Bachelor Nation: Inside the World of America's Favorite Guilty Pleasure."

  LARB Radio HourAug 10, 2018
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  Our Homes, Ourselves: Reading Interiors with Lydia Millet

  Lydia Millet talks about her new short story collection "Fight No More," which covers the wide swathe of Los Angeles life through intimate, quiet stories in homes magnificent and modest.

  LARB Radio HourAug 3, 2018
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  LARB Radio Hour: Tim Wardle, Three Identical Strangers and the Ties That Bind

  Director Tim Wardle discusses his Sundance-winning documentary "Three Identical Strangers," which tells the story of identical triplets separated at birth and re-united by chance in their late teens.

  LARB Radio HourJul 27, 2018
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  The Science of Fiction: David Naimon on Ursula K. Le Guin

  David Naimon explains the backstory to his new book "Ursula K. Le Guin: Conversations on Writing."

  LARB Radio HourJul 20, 2018