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Is Everything Terrible? Tablet editor Alana Newhouse on the problem with burning it all down.
This week I'm joined by Alana Newhouse, journalist, cultural critic, and founder/editor-in-chief of Tablet Magazine. Since launching Tablet in 2009, …
1 year, 1 month ago
How Are Those Luxury Beliefs Working Out? Rob Henderson and the coinage that keeps on giving.
This week, I welcome back Rob Henderson, the social psychologist, author, and commentator who coined the concept of luxury beliefs: ideas that confer…
1 year, 1 month ago
Extreme Religious Conversion - Kelsey Osgood on women, religious transformations, and what anorexia has to do with it. (FULL INTERVIEW)
This week, I'm joined by author Kelsey Osgood to discuss her recent book "Godstruck: Seven Women's Unexpected Journeys To Religious Conversion." The …
1 year, 1 month ago
Is the Racial Reckoning Over? John McWhorter on language, the arts, and defunding the grammar police
Paid subscribers get early access to my interview with John McWhorter, who will be at the coed New York City Retreat. If you’re interested in meeting…
1 year, 1 month ago
How To Survive a Mania - Lionel Shriver hates groupthink. And so should everyone else.
September 3 in NYC at 6 pm, I'll be in conversation with Lionel live at The Village Underground. Tix available here. Use promo code CATASTROPHE18 at …
1 year, 1 month ago
Extreme Religious Conversion - Kelsey Osgood on women, religious transformations, and what anorexia has to do with it (PREVIEW)
This week, I'm joined by author Kelsey Osgood to discuss her recent book "Godstruck: Seven Women's Unexpected Journeys To Religious Conversion." The …
1 year, 2 months ago
70 Million Songs: The Catastrophe Hour Book Club Week 7
The next meeting of The Catastrophe Hour Book Club is scheduled for Wednesday, July 23, at 3:00 p.m. ET. We will discuss the fifth essay of the colle…
1 year, 2 months ago
Do Women Owe Men An Apology? with Dr. Carole Hooven
This episode starts with a Very Special introduction in which I explain what's been going on with the podcast over the last six months (lots of diffe…
1 year, 2 months ago
The Unbearable Halfness Of Being: The Catastrophe Hour Book Club Week 6
The next meeting of The Catastrophe Hour Book Club is scheduled for Wednesday, July 16, at 3:00 p.m. ET. We will discuss the fifth essay of the colle…
1 year, 2 months ago
Death On A Movie Set - Rachel Mason on Last Take, her documentary about the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of Rust
In this episode, I speak with filmmaker Rachel Mason about her documentary Last Take*: Rust and the Story of Halyna*, which explores the death of cin…
1 year, 2 months ago