The Best of 2023
LARB Radio Hour hosts Kate, Medaya, and Eric share their favorite books, movies, TV shows, music, magazines, and more in this look back at the year...
LARB Radio Hour hosts Kate, Medaya, and Eric share their favorite books, movies, TV shows, music, magazines, and more in this look back at the year...
LARB Radio HourDec 22, 2023
Kate Wolf and Medaya Ocher speak with the writer and editor Blake Butler about his latest book, a memoir called “Molly.”
LARB Radio HourDec 15, 2023
Eric Newman and Kate Wolf are joined by the author, editor, and co-founder of the New Narrative movement Robert Glück to discuss his latest book...
LARB Radio HourDec 8, 2023
Eric Newman and Medaya Ocher are joined by writer and critic Andrew Chan to discuss his latest book, “Why Mariah Carey Matters.”
LARB Radio HourDec 1, 2023
Writer, musician, and critic Sasha Frere-Jones joins Kate Wolf to discuss his first book, “Earlier.”
LARB Radio HourNov 27, 2023
Eric Newman and Medaya Ocher are joined by award-winning director Nicole Newnham to discuss her latest film, “The Disappearance of Shere Hite.”
LARB Radio HourNov 17, 2023
Eric Newman and Medaya Ocher are joined by writer and professor, Dan Sinykin, to talk about his new book “Big Fiction: How Conglomeration Changed the...
LARB Radio HourNov 10, 2023
Medaya Ocher and Eric Newman speak with author Justin Torres about his latest novel, “Blackouts.”
LARB Radio HourNov 3, 2023
An LARB Radio Hour double-header Halloween horror special. In the first half, Kate Wolf is joined by the poet Dorothea Lasky to discuss her most...
LARB Radio HourOct 27, 2023
LARB Editor-in-Chief Michelle Chihara and Executive Director Irene Yoon speak with author Lydia Kiesling about her novel “Mobility,” this fall’s LARB...
LARB Radio HourOct 20, 2023
Kate Wolf speaks to author and translator Lydia Davis about her latest collection of stories, “Our Strangers.”
LARB Radio HourOct 13, 2023
Journalist and author Mary Gabriel joins Eric and Medaya to talk about her latest book, “Madonna: A Rebel Life.”
LARB Radio HourOct 6, 2023
In the first half of the show, Medaya Ocher speaks with Hilary Leichter about her novel “Terrace Story.” Then, Kate Wolf is joined by writer, artist...
LARB Radio HourSep 29, 2023
Ross Gay joins Eric Newman and Medaya Ocher to talk about his latest, book, “The Book of (More) Delights,” a second installment of “The Book of...
LARB Radio HourSep 22, 2023
Writer and longtime TLS editor Thea Lenarduzzi joins Kate Wolf and Medaya Ocher to speak about her debut book “Dandelions,” a winner of the Fitzcarral...
LARB Radio HourSep 15, 2023
Colin Dickey joins Eric Newman and Medaya Ocher to discuss his latest book, “Under the Eye of Power.”
LARB Radio HourSep 8, 2023
Writer Maya Binyam joins Kate Wolf and Medaya Ocher to speak about her debut novel “Hangman.”
LARB Radio HourSep 1, 2023
Writer, editor, and art historian Prudence Peiffer joins Kate Wolf to speak about her first book, “The Slip: The New York City Street That Changed...
LARB Radio HourAug 25, 2023
Andrew Leland joins Kate Wolf and Medaya Ocher to talk about his first book, “The Country of the Blind: A Memoir at the End of Sight.”
LARB Radio HourAug 18, 2023
In this special edition LARB Book Club episode of the Radio Hour, Editor-in-Chief Michelle Chihara talks with Koritha Mitchell, editor of Harriet...
LARB Radio HourAug 11, 2023
An LARB Radio Hour double feature. First, Eric Newman speaks to D. Smith about her new documentary “Kokomo City.” Then, in the second half of the...
LARB Radio HourAug 4, 2023
Kate Wolf and Medaya Ocher are joined by author Heidi Julavits, whose new book is called “Directions to Myself: A Memoir of Four Years.”
LARB Radio HourJul 28, 2023
Kate Wolf is joined by filmmaker Wes Anderson and film programmer and distributor Jake Perlin to discuss “Do Not Detonate Without Presidential...
LARB Radio HourJul 21, 2023
The poet and longtime art critic John Yau joins Kate Wolf and Eric Newman to speak about his latest collection of criticism, “Please Wait By the...
LARB Radio HourJul 14, 2023