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LARB Radio Hour

Medaya Ocher

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...

Episodes

20 of 121 episodes

Izabella Scott's "The Bed Trick"

Eric Newman and Medaya Ocher are joined by writer Izabella Scott. Scott is the author of the new book The Bed Trick: Sex and Deception on Tr...

01:02:34Sep 11, 2026

Izabella Scott's "The Bed Trick"

Eric Newman and Medaya Ocher are joined by writer Izabella Scott. Scott is the author of the new book The Bed Trick: Sex and Deception on Tr...

01:02:34Sep 11, 2026

Marlon James' "The Disappearers"

Eric Newman speaks with Marlon James about his latest novel, The Disappearers . Returning to Jamaica as an historical setting for the first...

01:07:17Sep 4, 2026

Susan Stryker's "Changing Gender"

Medaya Ocher and Eric Newman speak with Susan Stryker about her new book Changing Gender . Part cultural history, part grammar lesson, and p...

01:09:39Aug 28, 2026

Chang-Rae Lee's "A Tender Age"

Eric Newman speaks with Chang-Rae Lee about his latest novel, A Tender Age, a coming-of-age novel centered on Jeon-Gi, the troubled son of h...

54:01Aug 21, 2026

Claudia Rankine's "Triage"

Claudia Rankine joins Kate Wolf and Medaya Ocher to speak about her new book, Triage. It follows the lifelong friendship between its narrato...

57:45Aug 14, 2026

Eleni Sikelianos' "Memory Rehearsal"

The writer and poet Eleni Sikelianos joins Kate Wolf to discuss Memory Rehearsal , a hybrid-memoir that tracks the history of her great-gran...

55:07Aug 7, 2026

Erin Maglaque's "Presence"

Medaya Ocher and Kate Wolf speak to historian Erin Maglaque about Presence: A Hidden History of the Female Body , which interrogates contemp...

47:31Jul 31, 2026

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,...

44:46Jul 17, 2026

Pemi 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...

50:14Jul 10, 2026

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...

45:28Jul 3, 2026

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...

51:21Jun 26, 2026

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...

47:14Jun 19, 2026

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...

49:59Jun 12, 2026

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...

01:12:09May 22, 2026

On Honesty

In this special episode, Kate Wolf, Medaya Ocher, and Eric Newman discuss the "honesty crisis" facing contemporary culture. Using a recent b...

48:43May 15, 2026

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...

55:28May 8, 2026