Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchBrandon Taylor on the Sally Rooney Phenomenon
Episode 364
The novelist Brandon Taylor, who has generated his own buzz with his debut novel, “Real Life,” and a collection of stories, “Filthy Animals,” visits …
4 years, 8 months ago
Andrew Sullivan on Being ‘Out on a Limb’
Episode 363
“Out on a Limb” is a selection of Andrew Sullivan’s essays from the past 32 years of American history. On this week’s podcast, Sullivan talks about t…
4 years, 8 months ago
A.O. Scott Talks About William Maxwell
Episode 362
A.O. Scott, The Times’s co-chief film critic, returns to the Book Review’s podcast this week to discuss the work of William Maxwell, the latest subje…
4 years, 9 months ago
Life at Seven Miles Below the Sea
Episode 361
In her new book, “The Brilliant Abyss,” Helen Scales writes about the largely unseen realm of the deepest parts of the ocean. On this week’s podcast,…
4 years, 9 months ago
Dana Spiotta Talks About ‘Wayward’
Episode 360
In Dana Spiotta’s new novel, “Wayward,” a woman named Sam buys a dilapidated house in a neglected neighborhood in Syracuse, leaving her husband and h…
4 years, 9 months ago
Katie Kitamura Talks About ‘Intimacies’
Episode 359
The slightly directionless, unnamed narrator of Katie Kitamura’s fourth novel, “Intimacies,” takes a job as a translator at an international criminal…
4 years, 9 months ago
Echoes of a Fairy Tale in a Devastating Novel
Episode 358
Omar El Akkad’s new novel, “What Strange Paradise,” uses some fablelike techniques to comment on the migrant crisis caused by war in the Middle East.…
4 years, 10 months ago
A Heartbreaking Novel About Mothers, Daughters and Secrets
Episode 357
The latest pick for Group Text, our monthly column for readers and book clubs, is Esther Freud's “I Couldn’t Love You More,” a novel about three gene…
4 years, 10 months ago
S.A. Cosby on 'Razorblade Tears'
Episode 356
On this week’s podcast, S.A. Cosby says that a writer friend once told him: “I think you’re like the bard of broken men.” In Cosby’s new novel, “Razo…
4 years, 10 months ago
The Lives of Flies
Episode 355
The subtitle of Jonathan Balcombe’s new book, “Super Fly: The Unexpected Lives of the World’s Most Successful Insects” leads to the first question on…
4 years, 10 months ago