Podcast Episodes

The Catastrophe Hour Book Club, Week One - The Broken-In World

The Catastrophe Hour Book Club begins June 11 with a discussion of the first essay in the book, The Broken-In World, an examination of divorce, loss, and finding unexpected peace and camaraderie in a…

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago

Alma Deutscher's First Dance - The celebrated young composer collaborates with the American Contemporary Ballet

Alma Deutscher, often described as a modern-day Mozart, was a prodigy whose early accomplishments include composing a piano sonata at age six, a short opera at seven, a violin concerto at nine, and h…

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago

Audio Essay: The End Of The Personal - Listen to an essay from The Catastrophe Hour

This week, I share an essay from The Catastrophe Hour. There’s no audiobook available (yet), so I offer this reading of the final essay in the collection, The End Of The Personal. It’s a meditation o…

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago

How To Solve Crime - Peter Moskos on New York City’s policing triumph

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Published on 3 months, 4 weeks ago

Why Joni Mitchell Matters - Henry Alford on his book, "I Dream Of Joni: A Portrait of Joni Mitchell in 53 Snapshots”

In this much-anticipated interview (at least by me), humorist and journalist Henry Alford joins me to discuss his recent bestselling book I Dream Of Joni: A Portrait of Joni Mitchell in 53 Snapshots.…

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

Louise Perry’s Counter-sexual Revolution

Writer and podcaster Louise Perry returns to the pod to discuss her new book, A New Guide to Sex in the 21st Century, in which she takes ideas from her 2022 book The Case Against The Sexual Revolutio…

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

What's A Conservative To Do? Undercurrents' Emily Jashinsky on Trump, DOGE, and how worried we should be

Journalist and political commentator Emily Jashisnky, host of Undercurrents and co-host of Counterpoints, is a 31-year-old Evangelical Christian from Wisconsin. She’s also (for my money) one of the s…

Published on 6 months, 1 week ago

Is The Online Right Eating Itself? The Free Press’s River Page deconstructs the trolls

For the last several years, we yelled about the left eating itself. Is the right now feasting on the same poisonous meal? This week Meghan is joined by Free Press reporter River Page, whose February…

Published on 6 months, 1 week ago

Special Episode Part 4 Los Angeles Fires: What Is A Catastrophe?

Recorded February 13, 2025

On my birthday, with my laryngitis almost gone, I share some audio reflections about my recent New York Times opinion essay about losing my home in the fire, my current hou…

Published on 7 months ago

How Not To Go Insane: Chloé Valdary on leaving Twitter, the new Puritanism, and the virtues of reading aloud.

February 10, 2025 edition

Recorded December 16, 2024

Chloé Valdary was last on the podcast in May 2021, talking about Theory of Enchantment, an enterprise devoted to more nuanced and art-focussed app…

Published on 7 months ago