Episode Details

On this week’s episode of You Are What You Read, we are joined by bestselling author Kurt Andersen with his new novel, The Breakup. Kurt’s work includes: Evil Geniuses, Fantasyland and the novels True Believers, Heyday and Turn of the Century, among other books. He contributes to The New York Times and was host and co-creator of Studio 360, the Peabody Award–winning public radio show and podcast. Kurt also co-founded Spy magazine. In this conversation and in Kurt's novel, he offers us a portal into a different world, one overcoming crisis and division but ultimately still searching for hope.