Eric talks to fiction writer and New Yorker contributor, George Saunders, about first getting published in the magazine, finding the right ending to "Sea Oak," the legacies of fiction editors at the NYer, his first big New York City literary party, teaching fiction writing, his friendship with David Foster Wallace, and so much more.
May 20, 2019 Issue-- We discuss Elizabeth Kolbert on mass extinction; essayist John Jeremiah Sullivan on musician Rhiannon Giddens; a killer short story by Camille Bordas; and pods!
May 13, 2019 Issue-- We discuss Margaret Talbot on Barr shame; Vinson Cunningham's genius profile of Tracy Morgan; a great new Lauren Groff short story; and more!
May 6, 2019 Issue-- We discuss Jeffrey Toobin on Michael Cohen; a genius Rivka Galchen piece about the moon; critic Adam Kirch on a new Buber bio; & a takedown of the new David Brooks
April 29, 2019 Issue- We discuss Amy Davidson Sorkin on Mueller; an excellent Rebecca Mead piece on Air BnB; good stuff on John Hersey and the First Amendment; and a Greg Jackson short story!
April 22, 2019 Issue: We discuss David Remnick on Bibi; Ben Taub on a Guantanamo release story; a Catherine Lacey fiction; and a lot more!
April 15, 2019 Episode: Toobin on Barr; Paumgarten on the sad tale of a sports radio show host; Booker Prize winner Pat Barker's NYer debut; Jonathan Dee on Nelson Algren; & Hilton Als on Sam Gold.
April 8, 2019 Episode: Steve Coll on Mueller, Rachel Aviv on mental health; and a new short story writer!
April 1, 2019 Episode- We discuss John Cassidy on the Barr letter; Elizabeth Kolbert on the bayou; James Wood on Amy Hempel and more!
March 25, 2019- We discuss Ed Caesar on Brexit's Trump; a gorgeous new Lore Segal short story; and way more!
March 18, 2019 Episode- We discuss Adam Gopnik on impeachment; Tad Friend on Bill Hader's BARRY; a new Sally Rooney story and more!
March 11, 2019- We discuss Evan Osnos on N Korea, Jane Mayer's Fox blockbuster, Yiyun Li and more
Guest Episode: Japanese Breakfast's Michelle Zauner
March 4, 2019 Issue-- We discuss Jeffrey Toobin on McCabe; Sam Knight on ESP; a new Jonathan Lethem story and more!
Guest Episode: Akhil Sharma
February 18 & 25 Issue- Part Two! We discuss a new piece by Ronan Farrow and cartoons by Maggie Larson
Guest Episode: Keith Gessen
February 18 & 25 Issue- Jelani Cobb on voting rights; Toobin on Roger Stone & Jerome Corsi; a new story from the author of THE PERFECT NANNY; and more!
BONUS! The Debrief: Eric's George Saunders interview. In a podcast bonus episode, Dan & Eric chat about the George talk.
February 11, 2019- Ian Parker's profile of novelist Dan Mallory goes viral; a new TC Boyle short story; Dan Chiasson on poet Shane McCrae's new book and more!
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