October 14, 2019 Issue-- Nihilism, Robots, Poems! We discuss: Alex Ross on Nietzsche; poems by Louise Glück and Robert Pinsky; and John Seabrook on AI for sentences!
MURAKAMI AND MORE! October 2, 2019 Issue: We discuss Haruki Murakami on his own family history; Rachel Aviv on a horrible crime in GA; and new Rion Amilcar Scott fiction!
September 30, 2019 Issue-- We discuss Elizabeth Kolbert on Greta Thunberg; Remnick on Preet Bharara's show; Jia Tolentino on TikTok; and a new Joy Williams short story!
September 25, 2019- IMPEACHMENT WEEK! We discuss: NYer pieces on impeachment; Jane Mayer on Succession; Janet Malcolm on a new Sontag bio; and a Thomas McGuane story!
September 16, 2019 Issue- AD ASTRA PLUS! We discuss Michael Schulman on fans; Nathan Heller on director James Gray; and a beautiful new Garth Greenwell short story!
September 9, 2019 Issue- FRANZEN KICKS THE HIVE! We discuss Dan Piepenbring on his time with Prince; an inflammatory Franzen essay on climate change; and a beautiful new Louise Erdrich short story!
September 2, 2019 issue-- BOOKS AND VACCINES! We discuss Evan Osnos on Hong Kong; Nick Paumgarten on Measles; a Kate Walbert story; and Dan Chiasson on books!
August 26, 2019 Issue- SYCOPHANTS AND MORE! We discuss Amy Davidson Sorkin on Epstein; Susan B Glasser on sycophantic Pompeo; Andrew Marantz on tech weak; and more!
August 19, 2019 Issue- SAUNDERS RETURNS! We discuss: Remnick on Toni Morrison; Jelani Cobb on Stacey Abrams; and the triumphant return of George Saunders short fiction.
August 5 & 12 Issue-- We discuss Amy Davidson Sorkin on Mueller; a Connie Bruck blockbuster on Alan Dershowitz/Jeffrey Epstein; Ruth Franklin, Anthony Lane and more!
July 29, 2019 Episode- CONTROVERSY ABOUNDS! We discuss Jane Mayer's blockbuster on Al Franken; Jill Lepore on Melville; and Hilton Als' controversial piece on Hannah Gadsby.
July 21, 2019 Episode! We discuss: Sarah Larson on a visit to the Met w/ Marc Maron and his director; Dana Goodyear on Kamala Harris; a great new Hanif Kureishi short story; and more!
Guest Episode: Fiction writer Mary Gaitskill! In this episode Eric talks with novelist and short story writer Mary Gaitskill, author of VERONICA, BAD BEHAVIOR, THE MARE and many other books.
July 8 & 15th Issue! We discuss: Amy Sorkin Davidson on the margins; a great Dan Chiasson review of poet James Tate; and a mind-blowing David Rabe short story!
July 1, 2019 Episode! We discuss: Robin Wright on T***p's Iran folly; an epically good Lauren Collins profile of Macron; and Emma Cline fiction!
June 24 Issue! We discuss: Amy Sorkin Davidson on Biden/T***p; Sheelah Kolhatkar on Elizabeth Warren's economics; Peter Schjeldahl on Whitman at 200; and much more!
Special Guest: Rebecca Curtis
June 10&17, 2019 Issue-- We discuss the Fiction Issue! Amy Davidson Sorkin on the EU; an excerpt of Ta-Nehisi Coates' debut novel; Jennifer Egan remembering travel in China; & more!
June 3, 2019 Issue-- We discuss: Margaret Talbot on child separation's continuation; William Finnegan on Beto; Emily Nussbaum on #metoo on TV; and a great Rivka Galchen piece on Curious George!
May 27, 2019 Issue-- We discuss: Jeffrey Toobin on threats to Roe; a glorious Mark Singer profile of David Milch; some fiction from Ben Lerner; and more!
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