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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...

LARB Radio Hour Podcast Guide

Listen to LARB Radio Hour, a Arts podcast by Medaya Ocher. Stream 116 episodes in English, follow new audio stories, and play episodes online on Radio and Podcast.

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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

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...

37:02May 1, 2026

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...

59:28Apr 24, 2026

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...

52:45Apr 17, 2026

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...

52:32Apr 10, 2026

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...

48:56Apr 3, 2026