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<p>Adam Levin joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/03/07/backbone"><strong>Backbone</strong></a>,” by David Foster Wallace, which was published in <em>The New Yorker</em> in 2011. Levin, a winner of the New York Public Libra ... Show More

<p>Karen Russell joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/09/09/the-stone"><strong>The Stone</strong></a>,” by Louise Erdrich, which was published in <em>The New Yorker</em> in 2019. Russell is the author of six books of fiction ... Show More

<p>Victor Lodato joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/03/03/the-largesse-of-the-sea-maiden"><strong>The Largesse of the Sea Maiden</strong></a>,” by Denis Johnson, which was published in <em>The New Yorker</em> in 2014. Loda ... Show More

<p>Marc Maron discusses “Waiting for the Punch,” and Victor Sebestyen talks about his new biography of Lenin.</p> <p><p>Subscribe today at <a href="http://nytimes.com/podcasts">nytimes.com/podcasts</a> or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite pod ... Show More

<p>Director Judd Apatow reads an essay about a date that goes very wrong. This is an encore presentation.</p> <p><p>Subscribe today at <a href="http://nytimes.com/podcasts">nytimes.com/podcasts</a> or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast ... Show More

<p>Jamison talks about Offill’s new novel, and Courtney Maum talks about “Before and After the Book Deal.”</p> <p><p>Subscribe today at <a href="http://nytimes.com/podcasts">nytimes.com/podcasts</a> or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcas ... Show More

<p>Wesley Morris, Parul Sehgal and Dwight Garner talk about Morrison’s career, and Sarah M. Broom talks about her debut memoir, “The Yellow House.” </p> <p><p>Subscribe today at <a href="http://nytimes.com/podcasts">nytimes.com/podcasts</a> or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You c ... Show More

Money is all things... or it can become all things, says Hernan Diaz, author of Trust. In his new book, readers are presented with narratives on wealth, reality, and a woman set on separating fact from fiction. In an interview on Weekend Edition Saturday, Diaz told Scott Simon th ... Show More

Jann discusses the concept of soulmates, the validity of Valentine’s Day and her worst date story with Caitlin and Adam. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 

We know - or we think we know - what friendship is today, but what did it mean to Dante? In this episode, Jacke travels back to the Middle Ages with Professor Elizabeth Coggeshall (On Amistà: Negotiating Friendship in Dante's Italy) to discuss how Dante and his contemporaries und ... Show More