Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchHaley Mlotek's "No Fault: A Memoir of Divorce and Romance"
Kate Wolf and Medaya Ocher speak to writer Haley Mlotek about No Fault: A Memoir of Divorce and Romance. The book blends the history of divorce law a…
1 year, 1 month ago
LARB Radio Hour x Film Comment 2025 Oscars Preview
In this special episode, host Eric Newman joins LARB senior editor Paul Thompson and Film Comment co-editors Devika Girish and Clinton Krute for a lo…
1 year, 2 months ago
Hal Foster's "Fail Better: Reckonings with Artists and Critics"
Kate Wolf and Medaya Ocher are joined by the art critic and historian Hal Foster to speak about his latest book, Fail Better: Reckonings with Artists…
1 year, 2 months ago
Deborah Treisman's "A Century of Fiction in The New Yorker"
Kate Wolf and Medaya Ocher are joined by Deborah Treisman, the fiction editor at The New Yorker and host of The New Yorker's Fiction podcast. Deborah…
1 year, 2 months ago
Colette Shade's "Y2K: How the 2000s Became Everything"
Eric Newman speaks with Colette Shade about her book "Y2K: How the 2000s Became Everything." Revisiting the strange hallmarks of that era–remember in…
1 year, 2 months ago
Aria Aber's "Good Girl"
Kate Wolf and Medaya Ocher are joined by writer and poet Aria Aber to discuss her first novel, Good Girl. Aber is the author of the poetry collection…
1 year, 3 months ago
Trump L'Oeil: Spectacle in the Age of Trump
In this week's episode, Medaya Ocher, Kate Wolf, and Eric Newman are joined by LARB contributor Gideon Jacobs for a discussion about the power of ima…
1 year, 3 months ago
The L.A. Fires
In this week's episode, we are talking about the wildfires that have ravaged L.A. Medaya Ocher and Kate Wolf speak to author David L. Ulin about Los …
1 year, 3 months ago
Writing Climate Futures: David Wallace-Wells, Jenny Offill, Bharat Venkat, and Jonathan Blake
In light of the recent fires in Los Angeles, we're re-airing an episode featuring a panel discussion titled "Writing Climate Futures" with David Wall…
1 year, 3 months ago
On Giving Up
In this encore special episode, hosts Medaya Ocher, Kate Wolf, and Eric Newman discuss the case for and against giving up—on life, vices, dreams, cre…
1 year, 3 months ago