Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchMatthew Quick on WE ARE THE LIGHT
"I grew up in a blue-collar neighborhood. And you know, nobody was expected to be a novelist — that was not a thing, that was not a choice in my neig…
3 years, 10 months ago
Adam Hochschild on AMERICAN MIDNIGHT: THE GREAT WAR, A VIOLENT PEACE, AND DEMOCRACY'S FORGOTTEN CRISIS
"One of the ways you can get into my cast of characters is by leaving a very detailed written record. Because that's what we historians have to work …
3 years, 10 months ago
Erika T. Wurth on WHITE HORSE
"When I was a kid, I was super, super geeky, it was so nerdy. And all I read was dragon books, or ghost books, or elf books…someone tried to give me …
3 years, 10 months ago
Sue Lynn Tan on HEART OF THE SUN WARRIOR
"They're rooted in our culture as well. And because of all that, I think they feel a little bit more real, even though they are fantastical magical r…
3 years, 11 months ago
Jerry Saltz on ART IS LIFE
"We are writing our stories to the world, as opposed to just reading the old stories. And somehow, some way accidentally, intentionally, desperately …
3 years, 11 months ago
Patti Smith on A BOOK OF DAYS
"I'm really driven by poetry. I'm really driven by language. But also, I'm driven by a desire to connect with the people. So I could have been a teac…
3 years, 11 months ago
Kevin Wilson on NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO PANIC
"It's hard to be funny, you can't really plan on — you don't know what will land with people…. absurdity just exists constantly in the world that we …
3 years, 11 months ago
Rabia Chaudry on FATTY FATTY BOOM BOOM: A MEMOIR OF FOOD, FAT, AND FAMILY
"I had never known what it was like to feel full. And I know that sounds like really odd, but because most people can — I would be with friends and a…
3 years, 11 months ago
Madeline Miller on GALATEA
"I always feel like as a reader, I always want to go in ready to be changed, ready to be transformed by what I'm reading, ready to be expanded. And t…
3 years, 11 months ago
Anand Giridharadas on THE PERSUADERS: AT THE FRONT LINES OF THE FIGHT FOR HEARTS, MINDS, AND DEMOCRACY
"More people than we realize are works in progress, are trying to figure out a way to think about the world… As Beyoncé said in her new album, they'r…
3 years, 11 months ago