A Podcast About Nothing with Jenny Odell episode artwork

EPISODE · Sep 20, 2019 · 43 MIN

A Podcast About Nothing with Jenny Odell

from LA Review of Books · host LA Review of Books

Jenny Odell, author of How To Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy, joins co-hosts Medaya Ocher and Kate Wolf to asses the state of the human soul in the age of social media reproduction. The verdict is clear: we need strategies of resistance. Constantly tracked and hunted by the digital panopticon, we have no time for reverie, reflection, letting go, or just being. We desperately need Nothing, which is everything. Jenny shares details of her own liberation. Also, Susan Straight, author of In The Country of Women, returns to honor Toni Morrison by sharing how she has read her favorite book every single year since she was twelve, Morrison's luminous second novel, Sula.

Episode metadata supplied by the publisher feed · Published Sep 20, 2019

Embed this episode

NOW PLAYING

A Podcast About Nothing with Jenny Odell

0:00 43:20

No transcript for this episode yet

We transcribe on demand. Request one and we'll notify you when it's ready — usually under 10 minutes.

No similar episodes found.

No similar podcasts found.

Frequently Asked Questions

How long is this episode of LA Review of Books?

This episode is 43 minutes long.

When was this LA Review of Books episode published?

This episode was published on September 20, 2019.

Can I download this LA Review of Books episode?

Yes. Use the download control on the episode player to save the publisher-provided media file.
URL copied to clipboard!