Rachel Aviv's "Strangers to Ourselves"
This week we are listening back to Kate Wolf and Medaya Ocher speak with New Yorker staff writer Rachel Aviv as she discuss her first book,...
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LARB Radio Hour
The Los Angeles Review of Books Radio Hour is a weekly show featuring interviews, readings and discussions about all things literary. Hosted by LARB Editor-at-Large Kate Wolf, Managing Edito...
LARB Radio Hour Podcast Guide
Listen to LARB Radio Hour, a Arts podcast by Medaya Ocher. Stream 112 episodes in English, follow new audio stories, and play episodes online on Radio and Podcast.
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20 of 112 episodesPemi Aguda's "One Leg on Earth"
Medaya Ocher and Eric Newman speak with the Nigerian writer Pemi Aguda about her debut novel, One Leg on Earth . Set in Lagos, a young woman...
Forever Young
Medaya Ocher, Kate Wolf, and Eric Newman come together for a special episode about aging. In the past decade, medical miracles and technolog...
Harriet Clark's "The Hill"
Harriet Clark joins Kate Wolf and Medaya Ocher to speak about her debut novel, The Hill , which mirrors Clark's own life story. It follows a...
Carlos Barragán's "The Yahoo Boys"
Eric Newman and Medaya Ocher are joined by journalist Carlos Barragán, whose new book is called The Yahoo Boys: Love, Deception, and the Rea...
Barry Walters' "Mighty Real"
Eric Newman and Kate Wolf speak to journalist and music critic Barry Walters about Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music 1969-2000 . Spannin...
Kimberlé Crenshaw's "Backtalker: an American Memoir"
Eric Newman interviews Kimberlé Crenshaw about her memoir Backtalker: An American Memoir . One of the most influential legal scholars of the...
Andrew Durbin's "The Wonderful World that Almost Was"
Kate Wolf and Eric Newman speak with Andrew Durbin about his new biography, The Wonderful World that Almost Was: A Life of Peter Hujar and P...
Nose Jobs and Reality TV
A double header show on beauty, class, surgical intervention, media manipulation, and assimilation American style. First Kate Wolf and Meday...
On Honesty
In this special episode, Kate Wolf, Medaya Ocher, and Eric Newman discuss the "honesty crisis" facing contemporary culture. Using a recent b...
Suzy Hansen's "From Life Itself"
Kate Wolf speaks to the Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist Suzy Hansen about her new book, From Life Itself: Turkey, Istanbul, and a Neighb...
Lucrecia Martel "Nuestra Tierra"
Acclaimed filmmaker Lucrecia Martel joins Kate Wolf to discuss her documentary Nuestra Tierra, which follows a 2018 trial in Argentina over...
A Return to the Queer 90's
Medaya Ocher and Kate Wolf are joined by French writer Ann Scott, whose cult novel, Superstars , was just translated into English. Superstar...
Patrick Radden Keefe's "London Falling"
Eric Newman and Medaya Ocher are joined by investigative journalist and New Yorker staff writer Patrick Radden Keefe, to discuss his new boo...
Karan Mahajan's "The Complex"
Medaya Ocher and Eric Newman speak with Karan Mahajan about his latest novel, The Complex . Taking its name from the collection of buildings...
Reynaldo Rivera's "Propiedad Privada"
Kate Wolf and Eric Newman are joined by photographer Reynaldo Rivera, whose work is featured on the cover of the LARB's spring issue, which...
Hyperpolitics
In this special episode, Medaya Ocher, Kate Wolf, and Eric Newman discuss the current political quagmire we find ourselves in through the fr...
The War in Iran and the Limits of American Journalism
Kate Wolf is joined by veteran journalist Jonathan Shainin, who has worked at The Guardian , The New Yorker , and The Caravan , among other...
LARB Radio Hour x Film Comment 2026 Oscars Preview
In this special episode, host Eric Newman is joined by LARB Film Editors Annie Berke and Elizabeth Alsop and Film Comment co-editors Devika...
Vigdis Hjorth's "Repetition"
Kate Wolf speaks to Vigdis Hjorth about her latest novel, Repetition . In the book, the narrator, a novelist in her 60s, returns with an alm...