Cele mai bune LARB podcast-uri (2024)

1
Danzy Senna's ''Colored Television" 50:52

1d ago50:52

50:52

Kate Wolf talks to Danzy Senna about her latest novel, Colored Television. It follows a writer named Jane Gibson who’s finally making headway on her second book, a magnus opus her husband calls the “mulatto War and Peace” that’s been nearly a decade in the making. Jane’s helped along by her family’s stay in the tony, Eastside Los Angeles home of a …

1
Danzy Senna's ''Colored Television" 50:51

1d ago50:51

50:51

Kate Wolf talks to Danzy Senna about her latest novel, Colored Television. It follows a writer named Jane Gibson who’s finally making headway on her second book, a magnus opus her husband calls the “mulatto War and Peace” that’s been nearly a decade in the making. Jane’s helped along by her family’s stay in the tony, Eastside Los Angeles home of a …

1
Sofia Samatar's "Opacities: On Writing and the Writing Life" 49:19

8d ago49:19

49:19

Sofia Samatar speaks with Kate Wolf about her new book Opacities: On Writing and the Writing Life. Opacities is addressed to a fellow writer, Samatar’s close friend Kate Zambreno, and considers both the process of composing a book—the wellspring of inspiration, wishes and anxieties that accompany it— as well as the distance between a work and its a…

1
Sofia Samatar's "Opacities: On Writing and the Writing Life" 49:20

8d ago49:20

49:20

Sofia Samatar speaks with Kate Wolf about her new book Opacities: On Writing and the Writing Life. Opacities is addressed to a fellow writer, Samatar’s close friend Kate Zambreno, and considers both the process of composing a book—the wellspring of inspiration, wishes and anxieties that accompany it— as well as the distance between a work and its a…

1
Charlotte Shane's "An Honest Woman: A Memoir of Love and Sex Work" 1:00:23

15d ago1:00:23

1:00:23

Charlotte Shane joins Kate Wolf to speak about her latest book, An Honest Woman: A Memoir of Love and Sex Work. Detailing Shane’s many years as a sex worker, the book is also a candid examination of her own sexuality, as well as her deep fascination with the sex lives and interior worlds of men. Shane writes about the importance of her early “sexpe…

1
Charlotte Shane's "An Honest Woman: A Memoir of Love and Sex Work" 1:00:24

15d ago1:00:24

1:00:24

Charlotte Shane joins Kate Wolf to speak about her latest book, An Honest Woman: A Memoir of Love and Sex Work. Detailing Shane’s many years as a sex worker, the book is also a candid examination of her own sexuality, as well as her deep fascination with the sex lives and interior worlds of men. Shane writes about the importance of her early “sexpe…

1
Eugene Lim's "Fog & Car" 44:29

22d ago44:29

44:29

Eric Newman speaks with Eugene Lim about his novel Fog & Car. First published in 2008 and freshly brought back into print this year, the novel dilates on the experiences of a couple making a life on their own in the wake of their divorce, the novel explores loneliness, grief, and the struggles of human relation through rotating perspectives of each…

1
Eugene Lim's "Fog & Car" 44:30

22d ago44:30

44:30

Eric Newman speaks with Eugene Lim about his novel Fog & Car. First published in 2008 and freshly brought back into print this year, the novel dilates on the experiences of a couple making a life on their own in the wake of their divorce, the novel explores loneliness, grief, and the struggles of human relation through rotating perspectives of each…

1
Writing Climate Futures 1:03:05

29d ago1:03:05

1:03:05

On July 18th, Los Angeles Review of Books and The Berggruen Institute hosted a panel discussion titled "Writing Climate Futures," featuring David Wallace-Wells, Jenny Offill, Bharat Venkat, and Jonathan Blake.As our planet faces a climate crisis, questions about the role and efficacy of environmental writing assume greater urgency by the day. Throu…

1
Writing Climate Futures 1:03:06

29d ago1:03:06

1:03:06

On July 18th, Los Angeles Review of Books and The Berggruen Institute hosted a panel discussion titled "Writing Climate Futures," featuring David Wallace-Wells, Jenny Offill, Bharat Venkat, and Jonathan Blake. As our planet faces a climate crisis, questions about the role and efficacy of environmental writing assume greater urgency by the day. Thro…

1
Pessimism and Politics 40:47

1M ago40:47

40:47

Could feeling bad actually be good? In this special episode, hosts Medaya Ocher, Kate Wolf, and Eric Newman consider the uses of pessimism in our approach to contemporary politics. Digging into Joshua Foa Dienstag’s 2006 book Pessimism: Philosophy, Ethic, Spirit they discuss this branch of philosophical thought: its core beliefs and practitioners, …

1
Pessimism and Politics 40:48

1M ago40:48

40:48

Could feeling bad actually be good? In this special episode, hosts Medaya Ocher, Kate Wolf, and Eric Newman consider the uses of pessimism in our approach to contemporary politics. Digging into Joshua Foa Dienstag’s 2006 book Pessimism: Philosophy, Ethic, Spirit they discuss this branch of philosophical thought: its core beliefs and practitioners, …

1
Sarah Manguso's "Liars" 48:43

1M ago48:43

48:43

Kate Wolf and Medaya Ocher speak to Sarah Manguso about her new novel, Liars, which focuses on a marriage and its disintegration. Jane is a writer, and her husband John is an artist and entrepreneur. Even early on in their relationship, John gives Jane plenty of reason to doubt their future. By the time they have their first child, Jane is subsumed…

1
Sarah Manguso's "Liars" 48:44

1M ago48:44

48:44

Kate Wolf and Medaya Ocher speak to Sarah Manguso about her new novel, Liars, which focuses on a marriage and its disintegration. Jane is a writer, and her husband John is an artist and entrepreneur. Even early on in their relationship, John gives Jane plenty of reason to doubt their future. By the time they have their first child, Jane is subsumed…

1
Two Decades of N+1 51:28

2M ago51:28

51:28

Editors Dayna Tortorici and Mark Krotov join Kate Wolf and Medaya Ocher to speak about 20 years of the magazine n+1, as well as their new anthology The Intellectual Situation: The Best of n+1’s Second Decade. The book collects n+1 essays, short stories, and reviews from the last ten years, covering the rise of Bernie Sanders and democratic socialis…

1
Two Decades of N+1 51:29

2M ago51:29

51:29

Editors Dayna Tortorici and Mark Krotov join Kate Wolf and Medaya Ocher to speak about 20 years of the magazine n+1, as well as their new anthology The Intellectual Situation: The Best of n+1’s Second Decade. The book collects n+1 essays, short stories, and reviews from the last ten years, covering the rise of Bernie Sanders and democratic socialis…

1
Yasmin Zaher's "The Coin" 46:59

2M ago46:59

46:59

Kate Wolf speaks with writer and journalist Yasmin Zaher about her debut novel, The Coin. An allegorical tale of alienation, loneliness, and repulsion, the book follows a Palestinian woman who’s recently fulfilled her family’s dream of moving to America. In New York, working as a middle school teacher, she finds herself disillusioned with the filth…

1
Yasmin Zaher's "The Coin" 47:00

2M ago47:00

47:00

Kate Wolf speaks with writer and journalist Yasmin Zaher about her debut novel, The Coin. An allegorical tale of alienation, loneliness, and repulsion, the book follows a Palestinian woman who’s recently fulfilled her family’s dream of moving to America. In New York, working as a middle school teacher, she finds herself disillusioned with the filth…

1
Nell Irvin Painter at the Crossroads of Art, Politics, and Race in America 1:01:30

2M ago1:01:30

1:01:30

Eric Newman is joined by historian Nell Irvin Painter to discuss I Just Keep Talking: A Life in Essays, a compendium of Painter's writing about art, politics, and race across nearly four decades. The wide-ranging discussion moves from how researching Sojourner Truth inspired Painter to get her MFA in visual art, to the struggle over what can be tau…

1
Nell Irvin Painter at the Crossroads of Art, Politics, and Race in America 1:01:31

2M ago1:01:31

1:01:31

Eric Newman is joined by historian Nell Irvin Painter to discuss I Just Keep Talking: A Life in Essays, a compendium of Painter's writing about art, politics, and race across nearly four decades. The wide-ranging discussion moves from how researching Sojourner Truth inspired Painter to get her MFA in visual art, to the struggle over what can be tau…

1
Emily Nussbaum's "Cue the Sun! The Invention of Reality TV" 58:48

2M ago58:48

58:48

Eric Newman and Medaya Ocher are joined by New Yorker staff writer and former television critic Emily Nussbaum to discuss her book Cue the Sun! The Invention of Reality TV. Nussbaum's overview of the most dominant genre of our time moves from reality TV's origins in radio to its role in forging the public image of a US president. In a sweeping conv…

1
Emily Nussbaum's "Cue the Sun! The Invention of Reality TV" 58:49

2M ago58:49

58:49

Eric Newman and Medaya Ocher are joined by New Yorker staff writer and former television critic Emily Nussbaum to discuss her book Cue the Sun! The Invention of Reality TV. Nussbaum's overview of the most dominant genre of our time moves from reality TV's origins in radio to its role in forging the public image of a US president. In a sweeping conv…

1
A Queer Vision of Old Hollywood 44:59

3M ago44:59

44:59

Medaya Ocher and Eric Newman speak with author Patrick Nathan about his latest novel, and this month's LARB Book Club pick, The Future Was Color. The novel chronicles the life of Hungarian immigrant writer George Curtis. When we meet George, he's writing the hacky sort of monster movies that are today's cult classics, trying to find sex and love am…

1
A Queer Vision of Old Hollywood 44:58

3M ago44:58

44:58

Medaya Ocher and Eric Newman speak with author Patrick Nathan about his latest novel, and this month's LARB Book Club pick, The Future Was Color. The novel chronicles the life of Hungarian immigrant writer George Curtis. When we meet George, he's writing the hacky sort of monster movies that are today's cult classics, trying to find sex and love am…

1
Claire Messud's "This Strange Eventful History" 39:26

3M ago39:26

39:26

Medaya Ocher and Kate Wolf are joined by celebrated writer Claire Messud, the author of six works of fiction including the highly-acclaimed bestseller The Emperor's Children. Messud's latest novel is This Strange Eventful History, which follows the Cassars, a Pied-Noir family from Algeria, who find themselves constantly displaced by the changing ti…

Podcasturi care merită ascultate

LARB Podcast-uri

Podcasturi care merită ascultate

1
LARB Radio Hour

Los Angeles Review of Books

1
LA Review of Books

LA Review of Books

1
The Larbes Podcast

Hunter Larbes

1
Danzy Senna's ''Colored Television" 50:52

1
Danzy Senna's ''Colored Television" 50:51

1
Sofia Samatar's "Opacities: On Writing and the Writing Life" 49:19

1
Sofia Samatar's "Opacities: On Writing and the Writing Life" 49:20

1
Charlotte Shane's "An Honest Woman: A Memoir of Love and Sex Work" 1:00:23

1
Charlotte Shane's "An Honest Woman: A Memoir of Love and Sex Work" 1:00:24

1
Eugene Lim's "Fog & Car" 44:29

1
Eugene Lim's "Fog & Car" 44:30

1
Writing Climate Futures 1:03:05

1
Writing Climate Futures 1:03:06

1
Pessimism and Politics 40:47

1
Pessimism and Politics 40:48

1
Sarah Manguso's "Liars" 48:43

1
Sarah Manguso's "Liars" 48:44

1
Two Decades of N+1 51:28

1
Two Decades of N+1 51:29

1
Yasmin Zaher's "The Coin" 46:59

1
Yasmin Zaher's "The Coin" 47:00

1
Nell Irvin Painter at the Crossroads of Art, Politics, and Race in America 1:01:30

1
Nell Irvin Painter at the Crossroads of Art, Politics, and Race in America 1:01:31

1
Emily Nussbaum's "Cue the Sun! The Invention of Reality TV" 58:48

1
Emily Nussbaum's "Cue the Sun! The Invention of Reality TV" 58:49

1
A Queer Vision of Old Hollywood 44:59

1
A Queer Vision of Old Hollywood 44:58

1
Claire Messud's "This Strange Eventful History" 39:26

Ghid rapid de referință