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How to Make an Algorithm in the Microwave with Poet MAYA SALAMEH
Season 15 Episode 1176
“Poetry is like one of the great loves of my life, and I think it's probably the longest relationship I'll ever have. I read a lot of poetry. I also wrote these short stories even when I was pretty y…
Published on 10 hours ago
Why We Need Stories in Times of Crisis: ETGAR KERET on Healing, Connection & Creativity in the Age of AI - Highlights
Season 15 Episode 1174
“I feel that when you don't tell your story, it's as if you have a limited existence. We can always have some kind of choice, but I'm saying that the story we choose may be the most crucial choice th…
Published on 1 week, 4 days ago
To Save and to Destroy: Writing as an Other with Author VIET THANH NGUYEN - Highlights
Season 15 Episode 1153
“As a writer, I do believe that art and literature in and of themselves are important. I'm going to keep on writing novels, and one of the most important reasons why is because, as you mentioned, lan…
Published on 1 month, 4 weeks ago
The Theory of Water with LEANNE BETASAMOSAKE SIMPSON
Season 15 Episode 1151
“So I think that part of colonialism for Indigenous peoples has been this idea that Indigenous peoples aren't thinking peoples and that we don't have thought on a kind of systemic level. One of the t…
Published on 2 months, 1 week ago
On Writing, America's Forever Wars & Challenging Power with Author VIET THANH NGUYEN
Season 15 Episode 1150
“What I've discovered as a writer is that fear is a good indicator that there is a truth. To speak the truth in a society is oftentimes an act that requires some courage. Those processes of being an …
Published on 2 months, 1 week ago
On Borges, Gore Vidal, Robert Frost & The Writing Life with Author & Filmmaker JAY PARINI
Season 15 Episode 1149
“Poetry is the prince of the literary arts to me. It's at the very top because it's language refined to its apex of memorability. I am interested in poetry as memorability and poetry as something you…
Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago
THE DREAM HOTEL with LAILA LALAMI
Season 15 Episode 1143
What happens when the state, with the pretext of protecting public safety, can detain indefinitely certain individuals whose dreams seem to indicate they may be capable of committing a crime? Set in…
Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago
Examining Monuments, Memory & The History of White Supremacy IRVIN WEATHERSBY JR. - Highlights
Season 15 Episode 1142
“I'm hopeful for revolution. I'm optimistic. I want radical change. I think there's such a disinterest in education in America that it is sickening. I think we are repeating history. We are going thr…
Published on 3 months ago
An Actor Prepares - SHARON LAWRENCE on Crafting Complex Characters - Highlights
Season 15 Episode 1139
“I would encourage you, as I do if you're an actor, to know your own equipment, know your own psychology, and use the great teachers that are synthesized in my favorite teacher's book, Moss, who I st…
Published on 3 months, 1 week ago
Exploring Family Dynamics & Fierce Female Friendships with Novelist MEGAN ABBOTT
Season 14 Episode 1137
“I think that it all goes back to childhood. I’ve always really been writing about family. I suppose we always are. I do think that it is the original wound, and it's where we are kind of wired and b…
Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago