June 22, 2020 Issue-- MOMENT IN HISTORY! We discuss a beautiful cover by artist Kadir Nelson; a lyrical essay by poet Elizabeth Alexander; and reportage from MN by Luke Mogelson!
June 1, 2020 Issue! CONTRARIANISM! We discuss Ariel Levy on Lionel Shriver; Louis Menand on Gehrig & Ruth; and more!
Salinger in the Magazine: Episode 1
May 18, 2020 Episode-- CATCH & CONTROVERSY! We discuss the Ronan Farrow Times piece; Jia Tolentino on mutual aid; Alexandra Schwartz on Richard Nelson; Peter Schjeldahl on virtual MOMA & more!
May 11, 2020 Issue- GEEK LOVE! On the publication of a posthumous story from legend Katherine Dunn, Eric talks with her son. Plus we discuss David Quammen, Jill Lepore, Thomas Beller & more!
April 20, 2020 Episode- HEROES & VILLAINS! We discuss Jane Mayer on Moscow Mitch; Michael Specter on Anthony Fauci; and more!
April 13, 2020 Episode-DISPATCHES! We discuss covid pieces by Karen Russell, Gary Shtyengart, Rick Moody, Edwidge Danticat & more!
April 6, 2020 Episode- THE GREAT HUNKER DOWN II! We discuss Elizabeth Kolbert on pandemic history; a new George Saunders story; Siddhartha Mukherjee on virology and more!
March 24 & 30 Issues- THE GREAT HUNKER DOWN! We're back. We discuss COVID-19 pieces by Adam Gopnik, Jill Lepore & Geoff Dyer, plus Jorie Graham, Dan Chiasson, David Remnick and more!
January 27 and February 3, 2020 episode! FICTIONS! We discuss a debut Mary South short story; critic Hilton Als on Toni Morrison; and a fun David Rabe story!
January 20, 2020 Episode-- ARBITERS OF DOOM! We discuss: David Rohde on Bill Barr; Louis Menand on the history of affirmative action; and more!
January 13, 2020 Episode-- BOTH SIDES NOW! We discuss John McPhee looking back from his 80's; Douglas Stuart debut fiction on growing up in Glasgow; and more!
January 6, 2020 Episode! MONEY AND GRIEF! We discuss a Sheelah Kolhatkar piece on wealth inequality; VS Naipaul on grief; and we revisit our discussion of Richard Brody
Guest Episode REDUX!: Emily Flake again. To accompany last week's Cartoons issue, prominently featuring cartoonist/essayist Emily Flake, we re-present Dan's interview w/ Emily Flake.
December 23, 2019 issue: PETE AND PETE! We discuss Richard Brody on Marriage Story; a beautiful Peter Schjeldahl essay on death; and Mayor Pete profiled!
December 16, 2019 issue– PROTESTS AND POETS! We discuss: writer Jiayang Fan on Hong Kong protests; what we read on our pod vacay; and Thomas Mallon on Lowell/Hardwick letters!
November 4, 2019- BETTER CALL ZEL! We discuss a v funny Bob Odenkirk Shouts; Joshua Yaffa on Zelensky; and Sam Knight on more Brexit!
October 28, 2019-IMPEACHMENT GETTING REAL! We discuss Jill Lepore on the history of impeachment; Luke Mogelson on Afghanistan; and a Michael Schulman profile of actor Adam Driver!
October 21, 2019--AMAZON SCHMAMAZON! We discuss Charles Duhigg's blockbuster on Amazon; a lovely new David Means short story; and an amazing web feature on Kerouac and Ginsberg!
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