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.

Edwin Frank’s “Stranger than Fiction: Lives of the Twentieth Century Novel”
Kate Wolf and Medaya Ocher are joined by the editorial director of the New York Review of Books and the founder of the NYRB classic series, Edwin Frank, to discuss his first work of nonfiction.
LARB Radio HourNov 22, 2024
Politics on the Couch: Psychoanalysis and the Presidency
In this special episode, Kate Wolf, Medaya Ocher, and Eric Newman are joined by writer and psychoanalyst Jamieson Webster to talk about the role of psychoanalysis in politics.
LARB Radio HourNov 19, 2024
Forrest Gander’s “Mojave Ghost”
Kate Wolf and Eric Newman are joined by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, novelist, and translator Forrest Gander to discuss his new book, “Mojave Ghost.”
LARB Radio HourNov 8, 2024
The Fight to Unionize Amazon
Kate Wolf speaks with filmmakers Brett Story and Stephen Maing about their new documentary “Union,” which is out in theaters now.
LARB Radio HourNov 1, 2024
Simon Critchley’s “Mysticism”
Kate Wolf and Medaya Ocher speak with writer and scholar Simon Critchley about his new book, “Mysticism.”
Oct 25, 2024
Alexis Pauline Gumbs’s “Survival Is A Promise: the Eternal Life of Audre Lorde”
Kate Wolf and Eric Newman speak with Alexis Pauline Gumbs about “Survival Is A Promise: the Eternal Life of Audre Lorde.”
LARB Radio HourOct 18, 2024
Deborah Levy’s “The Position of Spoons: And Other Intimacies”
Kate Wolf speaks to the author Deborah Levy about her new book, a collection of essays called “The Position of Spoons: And Other Intimacies.”
LARB Radio HourOct 11, 2024
Rumaan Alam’s “Entitlement”
In this special episode of the LARB Radio Hour in advance of LARB’s fall Book Club, Medaya Ocher talks with Rumaan Alam about his new novel, “Entitlement.”
LARB Radio HourOct 4, 2024
Emily Witt’s “Health and Safety: A Breakdown”
Kate Wolf and Medaya Ocher talk to Emily Witt about her latest book, “Health and Safety: A Breakdown.”
LARB Radio HourSep 27, 2024
Garth Greenwell’s “Small Rain”
Eric Newman speaks with Garth Greenwell about his latest novel, “Small Rain.”
LARB Radio HourSep 20, 2024
Katherine Bucknell’s “Christopher Isherwood Inside Out”
Eric Newman and Kate Wolf speak with Katherine Bucknell about her new biography of Christopher Isherwood, Christopher Isherwood Inside Out.
LARB Radio HourSep 13, 2024
Danzy Senna’s “Colored Television”
Kate Wolf talks to Danzy Senna about her latest novel, “Colored Television.”
LARB Radio HourSep 6, 2024