Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchSpecial Show: Jenny Slate and Sarah Manguso
Today's episode features a live recording from a LARB Luminary Dinner honoring writer, performer and actor Jenny Slate. Author Sarah Manguso sits dow…
2 months, 1 week ago
Tales from Two Critics: A.S. Hamrah and Melissa Anderson on the Year in Film
Kate Wolf is joined by two of today's finest film critics to discuss the current state of Hollywood—including the sale of Warner Brothers Discovery—t…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Best of 2025
It's that time of the year again! Hosts Kate Wolf, Medaya Ocher, and Eric Newman look back on some of the bright lights from a pretty dark year with …
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Julia Loktev "My Undesirable Friends"
Medaya Ocher and Eric Newman speak with director Julia Loktev about her new documentary My Undesirable Friends. Filmed in 2021, just before Russia's …
3 months ago
Robin Coste Lewis's "Archive of Desire"
Kate Wolf and Eric Newman speak with Robin Coste Lewis about her new poetry collection, Archive of Desire. The four part collection emerged out of a …
3 months, 1 week ago
Brandon Taylor's "Minor Black Figures"
Eric Newman speaks to Brandon Taylor about his latest novel, Minor Black Figures. It centers on Wyeth, a Black artist in his thirties wrestling with …
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Sarah Schulman's "The Fantasy and Necessity of Solidarity"
This week we are listening back to an episode from earlier this year. Eric Newman and Kate Wolf speak with Sarah Schulman about her latest book, The …
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Angela Flournoy's "The Wilderness"
Kate Wolf and Eric Newman speak with Angela Flournoy about her novel, The Wilderness. Moving back and forth from the early 2000s to the present, the …
4 months ago
The Shit Show
In this special episode, hosts Kate Wolf, Medaya Ocher, and Eric Newman discuss how Big Tech dreams – from iPhones to social media to AI – have becom…
4 months, 1 week ago
Kelly Reichardt's "The Mastermind"
Kate Wolf and Medaya Ocher speak with the filmmaker Kelly Reichardt about her new movie, The Mastermind, out in theaters now. Josh O'Connor stars as …
4 months, 1 week ago