Podcast Episodes

Speaking Out of Place - DAVID PALUMBO-LIU on Reclaiming Our Political Voices - Highlights

Season 15 Episode 1206

On the urgent need to reclaim our political voices, the forces that silence dissent, and how art and poetry are crucial tools for survival

Our guest today is an activist scholar who believes the class…

Published on 13 hours ago

Reclaiming the American Dream with DAVID PALUMBO-LIU – Stanford Professor, Author & Host, Speaking Out of Place

Season 15 Episode 1204

On the urgent need to reclaim our political voices, the forces that silence dissent, and how art and poetry are crucial tools for survival

“There is a dispute about what the American Dream is or how i…

Published on 13 hours ago

The Writer's Voice: Novelists, Poets, Memoirists & Editors Share Their Stories

Season 15 Episode 1204

How do writers develop their voice, showing us what is important in life?

ADA LIMÓN (24th U.S. Poet Laureate, Startlement, The Carrying) explains that her poetry begins with a bodily sensation or curi…

Published on 2 weeks ago

Writers on Memory, Language & the Power of the Unconscious

Season 15 Episode 1203

How can we use negative spaces in fiction to engage with readers’ imaginations? How are memory and trauma passed onto us through language? How do we become more than the stories we tell ourselves?

KAT…

Published on 2 weeks, 1 day ago

The AI Wager: Betting on Technology’s Future w/ Philosopher & Author SVEN NYHOLM - Highlights

Season 15 Episode 1202

“ I think we're betting on AI as something that can help to solve a lot of problems for us. It's the future, we think, whether it's producing text or art, or doing medical research or planning our li…

Published on 2 weeks, 1 day ago

The Ethics of AI w/ SVEN NYHOLM, Author & Lead Researcher, Munich Centre for Machine Learning

Season 15 Episode 1201

As we move towards 2026, we are in a massive “upgrade moment” that most of us can feel. New pressures, new identities, new expectations on our work, our relationships, and our inner lives. Throughout…

Published on 2 weeks, 1 day ago

BASQUIAT: The Price of Fame w/ Author DOUG WOODHAM - Highlights

Season 15 Episode 1196

“People today are so used to Basquiat's prices being extraordinarily high and rising that it's almost hard for people to understand that wasn't always the case. In the year he died, 1988, a terrific …

Published on 1 month ago

JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT: The Making of an Icon with DOUG WOODHAM, Fmr. President of Christie's Americas

Season 15 Episode 1195

“All of the great artists are there for a reason: because they rebelled in some way. They created a visual vocabulary that felt fresh and new, which excited people. So, the great artists are not buil…

Published on 1 month ago

Mind Games, Power & Obsession - Veteran Showrunner HOWARD GORDON & Writer DANIEL PEARLE on THE BEAST IN ME - Highlights

Season 15 Episode 1190

“How do you render something interior filmically? How do you communicate the details of the lost child, of the amount of time of the stuck creative process, and even the exterior, or the externalizat…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

The Beast in Me starring CLAIRE DANES - Behind the Scenes w/ HOWARD GORDON & DANIEL PEARLE

Season 15 Episode 1189

“And I think there's also just something about an unfettered or uncensored id that is so captivating. We all have that fantasy of doing exactly what we want with no consequences and sort of letting t…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago