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The Angry Children Are Our Future
Episode 294
Lydia Millet talks about “A Children’s Bible,” and Barry Gewen discusses “The Inevitability of Tragedy.”
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6 years ago
Lawrence Wright on Researching a (Fictional) Pandemic
Episode 293
Wright talks about “The End of October,” and Dalia Sofer discusses “Man of My Time.”
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6 years ago
The Great Alaska Quake of 1964
Episode 292
Jon Mooallem talks about “This Is Chance!” and Elisabeth Egan discusses Charlie Mackesy’s “The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse.”
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6 years, 1 month ago
Samantha Irby Talks About ‘Wow, No Thank You’
Episode 291
Irby on her new essay collection, and Jon Meacham discusses three books about leadership during times of crisis.
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6 years, 1 month ago
Robert Kolker Discusses 'Hidden Valley Road'
Episode 290
Kolker talks about a large family beset by schizophrenia, and Elisabeth Egan discusses Lily King's "Writers & Lovers."
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6 years, 1 month ago
Parenting When the Family Is Locked Inside
Episode 289
The clinical psychologist Lisa Damour discusses the specific challenges of raising children during the pandemic, and Dwight Garner asks Pamela Paul a…
6 years, 1 month ago
From the Archives: Colson Whitehead and Jeffrey Toobin
Episode 288
Whitehead discusses “The Underground Railroad,” and Toobin talks about “American Heiress.”
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6 years, 2 months ago
Robert Caro on How He Does It
Episode 287
The acclaimed biographer of Lyndon Johnson and Robert Moses talks about his book “Working: Researching, Interviewing, Writing.”
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6 years, 2 months ago
From the Archive: Michael Lewis and Tana French
Episode 286
Lewis discusses "The Fifth Risk," and French talks about "The Witch Elm."
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6 years, 2 months ago
James McBride Talks About ‘Deacon King Kong’
Episode 285
McBride discuss his latest novel, and Rebecca Solnit talks about “Recollections of My Nonexistence.”
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6 years, 2 months ago