1

Yiyun Li on “The Try-Works”

May 8, 2026

58:11

2

Adrienne Mayor on Geomyths

Apr 24, 2026

55:46

3

Robert Moor on Trees

Apr 10, 2026

87:17

4

Philip Hoare on William Blake and “Monstrous Pictures of Whales”

Mar 27, 2026

84:16

5

Anne Fadiman on Essays, Personal and Historical

Mar 13, 2026

68:08

6

Morgan Meis on Three Painters (Rubens, Marc, Mitchell)

Feb 27, 2026

83:32

7

Atossa Araxia Abrahamian on the Offshore World

Feb 13, 2026

66:10

8

Episode 22: James Romm on Plato and Tyranny

Jan 30, 2026

70:43

9

Episode 21: The Friends of Attention

Jan 16, 2026

75:19

10

Encore Episode: Stacy Schiff on Samuel Adams

Jan 2, 2026

46:46

11

Episode 20: Charles King on Handel's “Messiah”

Dec 19, 2025

77:39

12

Episode 19: Jeremy Eichler on “Time’s Echo”

Dec 5, 2025

80:14

13

Episode 18: Stephen Greenblatt on Christopher Marlowe

Nov 21, 2025

69:13

14

Episode 17: Queequeg and Ishmael in Love (with Alexander Chee, Aaron Sachs, and Caleb Crain)

Nov 7, 2025

120:13

15

Episode 16: Brenda Wineapple on the Scopes Trial

Oct 24, 2025

75:03

16

Episode 15: Elizabeth Kolbert

Oct 10, 2025

56:08

17

Episode 14: Charles Baxter on “The Sermon”

Sep 26, 2025

57:11

18

Episode 13: Nicholas Boggs on James Baldwin

Sep 12, 2025

84:08

19

Episode 12: James Marcus on Emerson and Melville

Aug 29, 2025

59:44

20

Episode 11: Matthew Hollis on "The Seafarer"

Aug 22, 2025

81:22

21

Episode 10: "Loomings," with Francine Prose

Aug 8, 2025

42:14

22

Episode 9: Roger Berkowitz

Aug 1, 2025

64:55

23

Episode 8: Herman Melville, Extracted (with Wyatt Mason)

Jul 25, 2025

91:57

24

Episode 7: Daniel Mendelsohn and Lewis H. Lapham

Jul 18, 2025

91:23

25

Episode 6: Justin Smith-Ruiu and Rachel Richardson

Jul 11, 2025

79:35

26

Episode 5: Ben Tarnoff and John Jeremiah Sullivan

Jul 4, 2025

100:07

27

Episode 4: Kira Brunner Don and Nathan Brown

Jun 27, 2025

89:46

28

Episode 3: Francine Prose

Jun 20, 2025

46:58

29

Episode 2: Lewis H. Lapham, Part Two

Jun 14, 2025

61:53

30

Episode 1: Lewis H. Lapham, Part One

Jun 13, 2025

35:48

31

Episode 102: Robert D. Kaplan

Aug 18, 2023

27:24

32

Episode 101: Elizabeth Winkler

Jul 28, 2023

47:51

33

Episode 100: Jared Yates Sexton

Mar 24, 2023

28:04

34

Episode 99: Ben Jealous

Mar 10, 2023

37:07

35

Episode 98: Edward Achorn

Feb 17, 2023

35:33

36

Episode 97: Stacy Schiff

Oct 28, 2022

45:22

37

Episode 96: Adam Hochschild

Oct 14, 2022

42:10

38

Episode 95: Andrea Wulf

Sep 23, 2022

36:38

39

Episode 94: Kermit Roosevelt III

Sep 9, 2022

37:32

40

Episode 93: Aaron Sachs

Aug 26, 2022

20:01

41

Episode 92: Olivier Zunz

Jun 24, 2022

30:49

42

Episode 91: Leo Damrosch

Jun 10, 2022

37:42

43

Episode 90: Eric Jay Dolin

May 27, 2022

45:04

44

Episode 89: Richard Cohen

May 13, 2022

43:19

45

Episode 88: Andrew S. Curran

Apr 29, 2022

42:58

46

Episode 87: Peter S. Goodman

Apr 1, 2022

36:05

47

Episode 86: Oliver Milman

Mar 18, 2022

32:59

48

Episode 85: Roosevelt Montás

Mar 4, 2022

32:33

49

Episode 84: Andrew J. O’Shaughnessy

Feb 18, 2022

32:54

50

Episode 83: Joseph J. Ellis

Feb 4, 2022

38:08

51

Episode 82: David Wengrow

Dec 22, 2021

39:54

52

Episode 81: Geoffrey Wheatcroft

Dec 3, 2021

40:48

53

Episode 80: Nicholas Crane

Nov 12, 2021

45:15

54

Episode 79: Charles Foster

Oct 15, 2021

51:05

55

Episode 78: Michael Knox Beran

Oct 1, 2021

34:35

56

Episode 77: Philip Hoare

Sep 17, 2021

37:44

57

Episode 76: Eric Berkowitz

Sep 3, 2021

51:06

58

Episode 75: Simon Winchester

Aug 20, 2021

49:35

59

Episode 74: Alan Taylor

Jun 25, 2021

40:13

60

Episode 73: Sonia Shah

May 21, 2021

45:07

61

Episode 72: Louis Menand

Apr 30, 2021

35:18

62

Episode 71: Nathaniel Rich

Apr 16, 2021

31:55

63

Episode 70: Dennis C. Rasmussen

Apr 2, 2021

42:27

64

Episode 69: Richard Thompson Ford

Mar 19, 2021

42:36

65

Episode 68: Lance Morrow

Mar 5, 2021

31:59

66

Episode 67: David S. Brown

Feb 12, 2021

38:08

67

Episode 66: Michael J. Sandel

Jan 28, 2021

38:49

68

Episode 65: George Dyson

Jan 15, 2021

36:56

69

Episode 64: Harold Holzer

Jan 1, 2021

53:35

70

Episode 63: Jacob Goldstein

Dec 11, 2020

46:09

71

Episode 62: Edward D. Melillo

Nov 27, 2020

38:22

72

Episode 61: Derek W. Black

Nov 13, 2020

39:48

73

Episode 60: Richard Kreitner

Sep 4, 2020

35:59

74

Episode 59: Thomas Frank

Aug 14, 2020

50:51

75

Episode 58: Tracy Campbell

Jul 24, 2020

44:33

76

Episode 57: Edward Achorn

Jun 19, 2020

26:04

77

Episode 56: Peter Fritzsche

Mar 20, 2020

31:49

78

Episode 55: Richard J. King

Feb 14, 2020

34:06

79

Episode 54: Gaia Vince

Jan 31, 2020

46:28

80

Episode 53: Eugene McCarraher

Dec 6, 2019

41:27

81

Episode 52: Matt Stoller

Nov 22, 2019

42:24

82

Episode 51: Andrew Delbanco

Nov 8, 2019

46:52

83

Episode 50: Harlow Giles Unger

Oct 11, 2019

50:56

84

Episode 49: William Dalrymple

Sep 27, 2019

51:14

85

Episode 48: Isabella Tree

Sep 13, 2019

32:59

86

Episode 47: Ziya Tong

Aug 16, 2019

46:47

87

Episode 46: Rick Atkinson

Jun 28, 2019

50:26

88

Episode 45: David Wallace-Wells

Jun 14, 2019

46:15

89

Episode 44: Brenda Wineapple

May 31, 2019

56:01

90

Episode 43: Nigel Hamilton

May 17, 2019

44:13

91

Episode 42: Greg Grandin

May 3, 2019

46:15

92

Episode 41: Andrew S. Curran

Apr 19, 2019

39:07

93

Episode 40: Philipp Blom

Apr 5, 2019

31:18

94

Episode 39: Alan Rusbridger

Dec 21, 2018

44:02

95

Episode 38: Joseph J. Ellis

Dec 7, 2018

46:21

96

Episode 37: David Wootton

Nov 9, 2018

35:38

97

Episode 36: Sarah Churchwell

Oct 26, 2018

34:28

98

Episode 35: Jill Lepore

Oct 12, 2018

37:51

99

Episode 34: David Levering Lewis

Sep 28, 2018

52:50

100

Episode 33: Jim Holt

Aug 31, 2018

39:23

101

Episode 32: Steven Ujifusa

Jul 27, 2018

39:43

102

Episode 31: Roland Philipps

Jul 13, 2018

57:34

103

Episode 30: Catherine Nixey

Jun 29, 2018

36:05

104

Episode 29: Steve Fraser

Jun 15, 2018

34:49

105

Episode 28: Stephen Greenblatt

Jun 1, 2018

28:16

106

Episode 27: Barbara Ehrenreich

May 18, 2018

30:27

107

Episode 26: Susan Dunn

May 4, 2018

34:48

108

Episode 25: David Cannadine

Apr 20, 2018

33:46

109

Episode 24: Richard White

Mar 2, 2018

23:42

110

Episode 23: Victor Sebestyen

Feb 2, 2018

47:43

111

Episode 22: Holger Hoock

Jan 19, 2018

43:53

112

Episode 21: Eric Foner

Jan 5, 2018

37:46

113

Episode 20: Maya Jasanoff

Dec 22, 2017

33:32

114

Episode 19: Gordon S. Wood

Dec 8, 2017

50:00

115

Episode 18: Adrian Goldsworthy

Nov 24, 2017

34:54

116

Episode 17: Roger D. Hodge

Nov 10, 2017

39:28

117

Episode 16: Victor Davis Hanson

Oct 27, 2017

35:13

118

Episode 15: Mark Kurlansky

Oct 12, 2017

35:02

119

Episode 14: Peter Frankopan

Sep 26, 2017

32:18

120

Episode 13: Stephen Greenblatt

Sep 13, 2017

41:24

121

Episode 12: Peter Brooks

Aug 28, 2017

32:00

122

Episode 11: John Strausbaugh

Aug 16, 2017

38:41

123

Episode 10: Simon Winchester

Aug 2, 2017

39:20

124

Episode 09: Michael Kazin

Jul 20, 2017

33:15

125

Episode 08: Erica Benner

Jul 5, 2017

35:20

126

Episode 07: Kory Stamper

Jun 20, 2017

24:48

127

Episode 06: Ed Yong

Jun 8, 2017

25:46

128

Episode 05: Ian Mortimer

May 23, 2017

27:35

129

Episode 04: William Hogeland

May 12, 2017

40:12

130

Episode 03: John Micklethwait

Apr 28, 2017

39:52

131

Episode 02: Andrew Bacevich

Apr 17, 2017

31:53

132

Episode 01: Nancy Isenberg

Apr 2, 2017

32:54

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