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June 3, 2012
This week, Peter Keepnews talks about “Animal House”; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Robin Finn discusses Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen; Gregory Cowles has best-seller news; and Times staffers share their summer reading plans. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
May 27, 2012
This week, Michael Lind talks about his economic history of the United States, “Land of Promise”; John Leland discusses a biography of Richard Brautigan; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
May 20, 2012
This week, Joe Klein talks about Jonah Goldberg’s “The Tyranny of Clichés”; Jeff Shesol discusses Eric Alterman’s history of liberalism from the New Deal to the present; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
May 13, 2012
This week, Judith Newman discusses Anne Enright’s memoir “Making Babies”; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Pamela Paul talks about children’s books; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
May 6, 2012
This week, Robert Caro discusses the new volume in his series about Lyndon Johnson; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Charlotte Rogan discusses her debut novel, “The Lifeboat”; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
April 29, 2012
This week, Nell Freudenberger discusses “The Newlyweds,” her new novel; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; T. M. Luhrmann talks about how evangelical Christians relate to God; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
April 22, 2012
This week, Frank Langella discusses his new memoir; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Kevin Young talks about his book “The Grey Album”; Andrew Delbanco on the essays of Marilynne Robinson; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
April 15, 2012
This week, Michael Kranish and Scott Helman discuss their biography of Mitt Romney; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Jeremy Denk talks about the sounds of nature; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
April 8, 2012
This week, Elaine Pagels discusses the Book of Revelation; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Zbigniew Brzezinski on America and the crisis of global power; Anne Sebba talks about the life of Wallis Simpson; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
April 1, 2012
This week, Mark Leyner discusses his new novel, “The Sugar Frosted Nutsack”; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Meg Wolitzer on the cultural reception of fiction written by women; Tim Weiner talks about his new history of the F.B.I.; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
March 25, 2012
This week, Jeanette Winterson discusses her new memoir; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Jonathan Haidt talks about his new book, “The Righteous Mind”; Charles McGrath revisits a golden age of golf; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
March 18, 2012
This week, David Oshinsky discusses the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Lawrence v. Texas; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Bill Keller talks about two new books examining Vladimir Putin; Phillip Lopate remembers the critic John Leonard; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
March 11, 2012
This week, Hari Kunzru on his new novel, “Gods Without Men”; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Charles Duhigg discusses the science of habits; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
March 4, 2012
This week, Amber Dermont discusses her debut novel, “The Starboard Sea”; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Jennifer Schuessler on a dictionary of regional American English; J. Hoberman talks about Geoff Dyer’s “Zona”; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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