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: The Literature of Exile

  Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi joins LARB Radio Hour to discuss her novel "Call Me Zebra," released to universal praise this past month.

  LARB Radio HourMar 2, 2018
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  LARB Radio Hour: Huck Finn on the LA River

  Author Tim DeRoche's and illustrator Daniel Gonzalez's discuss their 21st century recasting of Mark Twain's American Classic: "The Ballad of Huck and Miguel."

  LARB Radio HourFeb 23, 2018
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  LARB Radio Hour: Love and Jealousy with Giulia Sissa

  Giulia Sissa, Professor of Classics and Political Science at UCLA, joins us to discuss her new book "Jealousy: A Forbidden Passion."

  LARB Radio HourFeb 16, 2018
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  LARB Radio Hour: The Faith and Fortitude of Min Jin Lee

  Min Jin Lee discusses her National Book Award-nominated historical novel "Pachinko."

  LARB Radio HourFeb 9, 2018
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  LARB Radio Hour: An Evening with Alan Alda and K.C. Cole

  Science writer K.C. Cole in dialogue with actor and author Alan Alda discuss his new book, "If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face?: My Adventures in the Art and Science of Relating and Communicating."

  LARB Radio HourFeb 3, 2018
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  LARB Radio Hour: Lovers and Liars

  Authors Ivy Pochoda and Galt Niederhoffer join LARB to talk about their new noir novels, "Wonder Valley" and "Poison."

  LARB Radio HourJan 26, 2018
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  LARB Radio Hour: Queer Memoir Part Two: Feeling Mean with Myriam Gurba

  Author and artist Myriam Gurba joins us for a conversation about her new book "Mean."

  LARB Radio HourJan 19, 2018
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  Queer Memoir Part One: Feeling Creepy with Jonathan Alexander

  Memoirist, composition theorist, and educator Jonathan Alexander talks about his new critical memoir "Creep: a Life, a Theory, an Apology."

  LARB Radio HourJan 12, 2018
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  LARB Radio Hour: Russia, Romance, Revolution! Janet Fitch’s "The Revolution of Marina M."

  Janet Fitch talks about her new work, "The Revolution of Marina M.," which tells the story of a young woman poet in the early days of the October Revolution.

  LARB Radio HourJan 5, 2018
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  LARB Radio Hour: Masha Gessen on Russia's Evolution from Soviet Socialism to Putinism

  Masha Gessen discusses her National Book Award-nominated "The Future of History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia."

  LARB Radio HourDec 30, 2017
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  LARB Radio Hour: Errol Morris Explores the Death of Truth in America, Past and Present

  Errol Morris discusses his new film "Wormword," and how it relates to the current crisis of a government we feel we fundamentally can’t trust.

  LARB Radio HourDec 15, 2017
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  LARB Radio Hour: "Controversial Jews" With Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady, and Eric Lax on Woody Allen

  This week's LARB Radio Hour features two full length interviews, both all about conspicuous, yet mysterious, New York Jews.

  LARB Radio HourDec 8, 2017