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Interviews, conversations, discussions, events and more from the writers and staff of The New York Review of Books
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Interviews, conversations, discussions, events and more from the writers and staff of The New York Review of Books
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English
Episodes
Pandemic Journal
4/15/2020
Duration:00:41:18
President Obama and Marilynne Robinson: A Conversation—II
10/26/2015
In the second part of this exclusive conversation, President Obama and writer Marilynne Robinson discuss literature, politics, competition, American restlessness, teaching, and citizenship. The conversation was recorded on September 14, 2015 in Des Moines, Iowa.
Duration:00:30:13
President Obama and Marilynne Robinson: A Conversation
10/12/2015
In this exclusive conversation, President Obama and author Marilynne Robinson discuss topics ranging from the problems of American democracy and the responsibilities of citizenship to the challenges of Christianity and their shared sense of the values and virtues of small-town America. The conversation was recorded on September 14, 2015 in Des Moines, Iowa. This is the first part of their conversation; the second part will appear on October 26.
Civil Rights & Policing
10/5/2015
A panel discussion with Laurie Robinson, co-chair of the President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing, critic and novelist Darryl Pinckney, and Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams. The panelists reflect on issues of race and bias in law enforcement and whether the recommendations of the White House Task Force, if implemented, can practically address and dismantle sources of conflict, deepening racial divisions, and high rates of incarceration in the US. Recorded on September 20, 2015...
Duration:00:33:53
Literary Journalism: A Discussion
5/3/2013
Ian Buruma, Joseph Lelyveld, Zoë Heller, Alma Guillermoprieto, and Andrew Delbanco discuss the future of literary journalism. This podcast was recorded on April 3, 2013 at the New York Public Library.
Duration:00:11:28
Michael Chabon on the Mysteries of Pittsburgh
3/15/2013
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Duration:00:19:06
Daniel Mendelsohn on September 11 at the Movies
3/15/2013
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Duration:00:16:12
Mark Danner on Reporting from the Campaign Trail
3/14/2013
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Duration:00:17:00
Darryl Pinckney on James Baldwin
3/13/2013
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Duration:00:12:45
Mary Beard on Reading the Classics
3/12/2013
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Duration:00:12:07
John Banville on Hubert Butler
3/8/2013
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Duration:00:07:34
Joan Didion on the Central Park Jogger
3/7/2013
The New York Review
Duration:00:17:23
Steve Coll on the Killing of Osama bin Laden
10/9/2012
No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama bin Laden
Duration:00:06:02
Henri Cole Reads Selected Poems
5/25/2012
Touch
Duration:00:20:45
Jonathan Freedland on the Royal Wedding
4/28/2011
Jonathan Freedland talks with Emily Greenhouse about gilded-coach celebrity in an era of austerity, the hereditary principle, and why all bets are off when it comes to Wills and Kate.
Duration:00:22:18
Andrew Delbanco on Mark Twain
4/14/2011
Autobiography
Duration:00:16:27
Geoffrey O'Brien on Duke Ellington
3/11/2011
Geoffrey O'Brien talks with Chris Carroll about Duke Ellington's mid-career crisis and stunning comeback, revisiting his often-overlooked albums of the 1960s and 1970s.
Duration:00:17:40
Robert Gottlieb on Charles Dickens
8/13/2010
Robert Gottlieb speaks to Andrew Martin about Charles Dickens's troubled life, his best and worst novels, and how to read without editing.
Duration:00:15:08
Derek Walcott, Two Poems
7/9/2010
White Egrets
Duration:00:04:07
Charles Rosen Plays Chopin
7/1/2010
spianato
Duration:00:18:06