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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  Wim Wenders on Pope Francis: The Man and His Words

  Wim Wenders, one of cinema's greatest living directors, tells the astonishing story behind his new documentary "Pope Francis: A Man of His Word."

  LARB Radio HourMay 25, 2018
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  LARB Radio Hour: Talking About Race with Ijeoma Oluo

  Ijeoma Oluo, author of "So You Want to Talk About Race," joined co-hosts Eric Newman and Medaya Ocher for a discussion on race in America at The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books.

  LARB Radio HourMay 18, 2018
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  LARB Radio Hour: Ryan Holiday on Nick Denton, Peter Thiel, and the Conspiracy Against Gawker

  Ryan Holiday discusses his sensational new book "Conspiracy: Peter Thiel, Hulk Hogan, Gawker, and the Anatomy of Intrigue."

  LARB Radio HourMay 11, 2018
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  In the Frame: Los Angeles and Sharp Women Writers

  Lynell George discusses "After/Image: Los Angeles Outside the Frame" and Michelle Dean discusses "Sharp: The Women Who Made An Art Of Having An Opinion."

  LARB Radio HourMay 4, 2018
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  LARB Radio Hour: A Deep Dive into Pop Culture with Hanif Abdurraqib

  Hanif Abdurraqib discusses "They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us," his magisterial collection of essays on the contemporary music scene.

  LARB Radio HourApr 27, 2018
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  LARB Radio Hour: Ayelet Waldman's Psychedelic Salvation

  Medaya Ocher talks with Ayelet Waldman, author of "A Really Good Day: How Microdosing Made a Mega Difference in My Mood, My Marriage, and My Life," about her experience micro-dosing LSD.

  LARB Radio HourApr 20, 2018
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  Junot Diaz Writes for a New Generation

  Author Junot Diaz joins co-hosts Eric Newman and Kate Wolf to discuss the inspiration behind Islandborn, the story of five year-old Lola learning about her family's history and culture, beautifully illustrated by Leo Espinoza.

  LARB Radio HourApr 13, 2018
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  LARB Radio Hour: The Science of Feelings and the Origins of Culture

  USC Professor of Neuroscience, Psychology and Philosophy Antonio Damasio discusses his latest book, "The Strange Order of Things: Life, Feeling, and the Making of Cultures."

  LARB Radio HourApr 6, 2018
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  Sean Penn's Latest Role: Novelist

  A conversation with Sean Penn, about his novel "Bob Honey Who Just Do Stuff," an absurdist/realist antic fiction.

  LARB Radio HourMar 30, 2018
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  Maxine Hong Kingston: Warrior of Peace

  Maxine Hong Kingston reflects on a lifetime of writing, an unorthodox career, and her current work as a teacher and healer, which couldn't be more relevant for our troubled times.

  LARB Radio HourMar 23, 2018
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  LARB Radio Hour: Dispatches From The Border

  Francisco Cantu talks about his new book "The Line Becomes a River," an impressionistic chronicle of his five year stint as an agent for the United States Border Patrol.

  LARB Radio HourMar 16, 2018
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  LARB Radio Hour: Bassem Youssef's Revolutionary Comedy

  Bassem Youssef, author of "Revolution for Dummies: Laughing through the Arab Spring," discusses how he became Egypt's most popular TV host before having to flee the country.

  LARB Radio HourMar 9, 2018