Podcast appearances and mentions of Katie Roiphe

In this episode, Alex and Calvin return to a favorite hobby horse: the University of Austin (UATX). First discussed back in episode 62, this ultra-conservative "university concept" is still not accredited and has no undergraduate degrees planned until at least 2028-2031. In that previous episode, we described UATX variously as right-wing academia's answer to the Fyre Festival and a pitch deck/PowerPoint scam masquerading as an education; this time, we call it a fast-casual university concept (Chipotle for higher ed). We catch up with the myriad ways that UATX continues to struggle under the weight of its own internal contradictions, while occasionally benefitting from being confused for UT Austin (home of some of our favorite previous guests, like Scott Graham and Karma Chávez).After taking stock of US free speech generally in the age of seemingly intractable US-led conflicts in the Middle East and the criminalization of student peace activism, we examine a Quillette article from Ellie Avishai asking if UATX is betraying its founding principles. As Avishai explains, her UATX research center was terminated in response to her posting a rather benign (and ideologically nuanced) LinkedIn post about DEI. We discuss how UATX's claims of championing academic freedom and viewpoint diversity necessarily conflict with its increasingly extreme anti-woke conservative agenda. Given that it is bankrolled by dark money funders and figures connected to corporate interests and political power like Harlan Crow and Joe Lonsdale, the institution appears more dedicated to fortifying right-wing ideas and providing a filter bubble than fostering genuine free inquiry. This makes it particularly ironic that its corporate doublespeak response to Avishai's termination was to use language like "wind up Mill" and "restructure." In these ways, UATX seems to combine the worst of mainstream academia (neoliberal austerity measures justified through corporate doublespeak) with new heights of conservative radicalism. Drawing on Noah Rawlings' piece in The New Inquiry, we peek into the "Forbidden Courses" summer program held at Harlan Crow's Old Parkland office complex in Dallas, where figures like Peter Boghossian and Katie Roiphe hold court. What does it mean for a university to exist primarily as a "safe space" isolating students from opposition, or worse, a "money and influence laundering operation for some of the most abhorrent ideas" (as Alex calls it)? We conclude that despite the real structural flaws in mainstream academia, the pursuit of knowledge and evidence-based argumentation is still vital in higher ed, but it's something that UATX seems fundamentally opposed to.Articles Analyzed in this Episode“Is the University Of Austin Betraying Its Founding Principles?” by Ellie Avishai (in Quillette)“An American Education: Notes from UATX” - Noah Rawlings (in The New Inquiry)Previous Episodes ReferencedE62: re:joinder - The University of the CancelledWorks and Concepts CitedVan Dijk, T. A. (1993). Principles of critical discourse analysis. Discourse & society, 4(2), 249-283.

This week we go back to basics and investigate what one of the world's hottest young women has to teach us about our own self hate (!). We revisit the classic STARGIRL paradigm of Ripe vs. Dead and examine the latent Threat of Dead beauty, and traverse Lily-Rose's metaphorical potential as a descendant of Hollywood Royalty, ready and willing sex object, and generational leader in her own right. We also revisit our conversation about the simultaneous crumbling of and longing for trusted institutions via a few current events: the LA fires and David Lynch's passing, the TikTok ban fakeout, and President Trump's inauguration.  Plus! A Rave on classic and beloved Stargirl Sky Ferreira, from Helen

This week we are joined by a real-life Stargirl, the writer Katie Roiphe, to discuss Mary McCarthy, one of the best and most controversial writers of the 20th century. We talk about the sharpness and brutality of her voice, her rejection of political movements in favor of a more intimate, material investigation of people's behavior, how her mass appeal violated the norms of her intellectual circle, and why she's been written out of certain feminist literary histories. Plus, Katie shares a handful of quotes about the myth of McCarthy's unnerving smile. Discussed: Stories in The Company She Keeps: A Cruel and Barbarous Treatment, The Genial Host, The Man in the Brooks Brothers Shirt The Group "My Confession" On The Group by Apoorva Tadepalli, The Point "The Naked and the Conflicted" by Katie, NYT

This week, we are joined by my dear friend Mikaela Dery to discuss Sally Rooney, the Irish novelist. We talk about the high-brow/low-brow nature of her books, how to make malaise stylish, the power dynamics between bookish girls and jock-y dudes, and how Sally foretold young people's preoccupation with Catholicism. Discussed: "What's Really Driving the Sally Rooney Obsession?" Katie Roiphe in WSJ "Normal Novels," Becca Rothfeld in The Point Follow Mikaela on Twitter and Instagram Coming events at McNally Jackson

A Mississippi lawsuit has the U.S. closer to overturning Roe vs. Wade. Frank discussions with feminist author Katie Roiphe, and Charles Fried, Ronald Reagan's Solicitor General ... A new report declares China the biggest captor of journalists. Christianne speaks to a columnist-turned-activist from a Hong Kong newspaper that was forced to close … A look back at Angela Merkel, a woman who shaped an era. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

This is the story of a man who had not one but two double lives. It is the story of the disorientating topsy-turvy world you'll find through the looking glass, where all is not what it seems. This is the story of GCHQ's mole... From Lewis Carroll to Geoffrey Prime, this episode looks at the lies we tell to keep our worst secrets from the outside world. It is an episode that looks at how lies expand to fill the space they're afforded and how once you start living in the shadows, dishonesty and deception becomes easier and easier. Contributors to this episode: Katie Roiphe, Jenny Woolf, Peter Picken, Dominic Carman, Nick Davies, John D'oh, Ian Bailey, Anna Leszkiewicz, and Dallas G. Denery II. Voice acting by Evelyn Lockley and Keif Gwinn. This is the third episode of The Town That Knew Too Much, written, produced and presented by Nick Hilton. The music is by George Jennings, based on The Planets by Gustav Holst. The entire score for the series is available to stream on Spotify. This is the third part of a 7-part series available on all good podcast platforms. You can find out more about the show on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook – just go to @thetownpod – or visit www.thetownpod.com for episode notes and more information. If you've enjoyed the show, please go to your podcast provider and leave a rating and review. The Town That Knew Too Much is a Podot podcast, for more information visit podotpods.com.

"Inspiration" var länge något som helgon och apostlar drabbades av. Den som googlar "inspiration" idag hittar mest inredningstips, men visst söker vi fortfarande andlig vägledning hos andra? Bara inte hos Linda Skugge, konstaterar Linda Skugge själv i denna essä. ESSÄ: Detta är en text där skribenten reflekterar över ett ämne eller ett verk. Åsikter som uttrycks är skribentens egna. Jag är en obehaglig människa Det är jag övertygad om Vad skulle jag annars vara Hur skulle man annars kunna vara Jag försöker inte ens Läser jag i Lars Noréns prosalyriska Efterlämnat och funtar på att göra något av det där att jag en obehaglig människa. Som jag så ofta fått höra. Kanske upprepa det som ett slags omkväde i min kommande tusensidiga Lundell- slash Norén-ripoff som bär titeln Rigor mortis. Eventuellt använda mig av kursiver. Eller bara be mina barn skriva det på min gravsten om jag dör. Jag är en obehaglig människa. Fast gudarna ska veta att jag försökt. I hela mitt liv har jag försökt att passa in. Att vara som folk är mest. Att vara som något slags härlig Pippi Långstrump som på morgonen till synes i blindo rafsat ihop något att klä på sig och sedan så där ofantligt populärt komma minst en halvtimme för sent. Problemet är bara att det inte går så bra. Faktum är att det går jättedåligt. Så dåligt att mina vänner aldrig missar en chans att tråka mig näst intill ren mobbning. En tjejkompis och jag är på väg till en av de där jättelika sportbutikerna för att köpa nya längdskidor till Vasaloppet och hon råkar på ett jättepajigt sätt spilla något över hela sig bakom ratten och vänder sig mot mig och säger för jag är perfekt och jag har alltid näsdukar med mig, ge mig en! Ja, hon har känt mig hur länge som helst och trots min till synes så vidriga persona Jag är en obehaglig människa vill hon uppenbarligen umgås med mig. Och hon gör ju på ett förvisso kärleksfullt sätt narr av mig, men ändå. Händelsen slår an något hos mig och får mig att i en enda sittning att vräka ur mig den här texten att en gång för alla bearbeta mitt livs trauma, som är att vara perfekt. För det visade sig att jag var lurad. Att det som vuxenvärlden lärde ut och jag ANAMMADE (kom i tid, håll deadlines, håll koll på dina grejer, var hel och ren) visade sig inte stämma. Att de som gjorde tvärtom (bohemiga slarvers) blev de som alla älskar och går att känna igen sig i och får ofantligt många sociala medier-följare. Har du aldrig tänkt skriva för scenen och uppträda med din egen text? Att inspirera andra? frågar en teaterproducent. Nej, svarar jag omedelbart. För jag inspirerar INGEN. Ingen skulle komma, säger jag och berättar om den gången då jag fortfarande trodde på det vuxenvärlden lärt mig om noggrannhet och att vara ordentlig. Då jag på någon sorts inspirationsdag stod på en scen och inledde med att berätta hur jag brukade trippelnatta mina tre barn under sex år så att de jämt sov klockan sju sharp så att jag kunde fortsätta läsa och skriva hela kvällen och en kvinna ur publiken efter endast ett par minuter avbröt mig och reste sig för att upprört fråga: På vilket sätt inspirerar du oss? Jag har aldrig urladdad mobil, det är ju bara att ladda den. Efter mig talade Amelia Adamo om sin livsresa: fattig mamma, Italien, revansch i Sverige et cetera. Och sedan en idrottskvinna som berättade hur ofantligt mycket tid hon lagt ner på träning för att ta sig till den absoluta toppen där hon nu befann sig. Hur mycket hon försakat. Hur hårt hon pressat kroppen gällande både träning och kost. De inspirerar. Det gör inte jag. Har aldrig gjort. Kommer aldrig göra. Ingen tycker om en perfekt människa. Jag är en obehaglig människa. Jag har aldrig urladdad mobil, det är ju bara att ladda den. Jag glömmer aldrig något, det är ju bara att lägga fram det man vill komma ihåg. Jag kommer aldrig för sent, det är ju bara att se till att ha tillräckligt med tid på sig och alltid ta höjd för force majeure så som stopp i tunnelbanan och eventuella bilköer. Framför allt, det handlar om att bara gå upp en timme tidigare. Jag orkar inte längre bry mig varför en idrottare som exempelvis en fridykare som kan hålla andan i upp till tio minuter, eller en företagsledare som snittar hundra arbetstimmar i veckan, inspirerar. Jag har förstått att jag, som säger att det är ju bara att ladda mobilen, inte gör det. Det är okej. Jag har ändå gett upp. Jag är en obehaglig människa. Jag kommer aldrig mer likt min gamla 00-talsbok Ett tal till min systers bröllop mot en bakgrund av Sylvia Plaths liv LJUGA ihop en historia om en kämpande fullständigt ojämställd och helt misslyckad mamma, för att någon antingen ska tycka om mig, eller för att jag ska sälja några böcker. För det funkar ändå inte. Att jag på fullaste allvar tycker att det är ju bara att ladda mobilen lyser liksom igenom. Jag har insett att det är kört. Det är som en av mina döttrar sa när en närstående råkat ta min airpods-dosa: Har du airpodsen i en liten fryspåse? Ja, annars försvinner de ju! Det kommer dröja en evighet innan jag får tillbaka dem. Vet du, du skulle platsa i det militära eller kanske som någon högt uppsatt inom Hitlers Schutzstaffel. Alla hatade Sylvia Plath. Det sa till och med hennes man Ted. På hennes begravning till på köpet. Hon var med sin perfekta persona den där obehagliga människan Lars Norén skriver om. Hon var, hur mycket hon än åt, naturligt mager. Hon var lång, Hon var extremt beläst. Hon älskade att städa och höll sitt hem nitiskt rent. Hon sa alltid vad hon tyckte. Alla hatade Sylvia Plath. Hade det funnits mobiler på Sylvias tid hade hennes naturligtvis aldrig varit vare sig sprucken eller urladdad. För hallå, det är ju bara att inte tappa den eller att ladda den. Och likt mig hade hon PLUS att alltid ha laddad mobil hunnit göra precis allt hon brinner för. För egen del är det att dagligen gå upp klockan fem för att läsa en timme och sedan jogga i fyrtiofem minuter och sedan gymma en timme och sedan ja, jag vet: på vilket sätt inspirerar jag er? Point taken. Jag fattar. Jag är körd. Jag är en obehaglig människa. New York University-journalisten och -professorn Katie Roiphe skriver i The power notebooks att om jag inte visar mig tillräckligt svag är jag unlikable. Om jag visar för mycket svaghet blir jag unlikable. Hennes elever vill gärna prata om vikten av att en författare är likable eller relateble. Kan något vara bra eller fascinerande utan att man kan identifiera sig med författaren? Kan man ens tycka om något om det inte är relatable? Eleverna nämner författare de anser vara relatable och likable: Zadie Smith, Leslie Jamison, Roxane Gay och till och med Joan Didion trots att hon äter middag med filmstjärnor på dyra LA-krogar är relatable och likable. Katie Roiphe har identifierat att för eleverna är relatable och likable synonymt med mitt liv är kaos, jag gråter offentligt, jag skär mig, jag dricker för mycket, jag har absolut ingen koll. Det vill säga, det finns inte särskilt mycket för en sådan obehaglig människa som jag att hämta där. Trots att även jag druckit för mycket, gråtit vid bardiskar och vällustigt noterat hur Erika i Elfriede Jelineks Pianolärarinnan med ett rakblad skär sig i underlivet (snacka om att INGEN kommer upptäcka såren. Dessutom förhöjs ju BDSM-et av blodet och smärtan. Det är genialt.) blir en sådan som jag aldrig någonsin relaterbar. Bara för att jag aldrig haft en oladdad mobil. Eller tappat bort ett paraply. Eller kommit för sent. Jag är en obehaglig människa Jag återgår till Lars Norén. Noggrannheten skall göra er fria, skriver han. Tyvärr kan jag inte fråga honom om han tyckte att det var så. Linda Skugge

This is an EXCERPT from the full episode, available only to our subscribers at Patreon.com/ThePopularPod. In the first of a series of discussions of philanthropists and non-profits, we teamed up with author and journalist Katie Roiphe to discuss the role of #MeToo discourse in the reportage of the divorce of Bill and Melinda Gates. On the way Katie discussed her own brush with the dynamics of #MeToo and her prescient critique of it in Harper's, and looked back on her tv debate from 1994 with Christopher Hitchens and Naomi Wolf. Follow us everywhere and spread the word! https://linktr.ee/ThePopularShow !

Licensed mental health counselor and author Jill Sylvester discusses strategies and tips, along with trusting your own inner voice, to live your very best life.   Today's discussion:  Fear vs Love

Lieve luisteraars! Zijn we weer, met z’n tweetjes. Doortje dook afgelopen weken in het thema macht in relatie. Lena verloor zich ondertussen in roddel en achterklap over het Koningshuis, Diana, Kim Kardashian en Timothée Chalamet. Besproken in de podcast: The Power Notebooks van Katie Roiphe: https://www.bol.com/nl/f/the-power-notebooks/9200000115125850/Biografie over Hannah Arendt: https://www.bol.com/nl/p/hannah-arendt/9200000132692739/Documentaire over Ruut Weissman: https://www.npostart.nl/het-uur-van-de-wolf/14-11-2020/VPWON_1296121Artikel in NRC over Julian Andeweg: https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2020/10/30/hoe-een-kunstenaar-carriere-maakt-onder-aanhoudende-beschuldigingen-van-aanranding-en-verkrachting-a4018047Podcast over Diana, You're wrong about: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5E6PqZfA8TqUQ324SYNrUg?si=pXSc0A8sS4yCLFT9UA6fMwOver de kleding van Diana: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/17/style/crown-diana-dresses.html?referringSource=articleShareArtikel in The Atlantic over Kim K:https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2020/11/how-covid-19-dethroned-kardashians/617125/Profiel over Timothee Chalamet: https://www.gq.com/story/timothee-chalamet-november-2020-cover-profileInterview Nigella Lawson: https://www.theguardian.com/food/2020/oct/10/nigella-lawson-i-didnt-think-id-be-a-mended-person-but-i-am

Why are so many successful women attracted to abusers and philanderers? Katie Roiphe joins Christina & Danielle to discuss her new book "The Power Notebooks" to discuss this and other sexual imbalances.

Why are so many successful women attracted to abusers and philanderers? Katie Roiphe joins Christina & Danielle to discuss her new book "The Power Notebooks" to discuss this and other sexual imbalances.

Feminist author and journalist Kate Roiphe is the author of In Praise of Messy Lives, a ''daring, vivid, combative'' (Wall Street Journal) collection of essays that explores everything from Joan Didion to Mad Men. Her other books include The Morning After: Sex, Fear, and Feminism; The Violet Hour, and Uncommon Arrangements. Director of the Cultural Reporting and Criticism program at New York University's Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute, she has contributed articles to such varied publications as the New York Times, Esquire, Vogue, and the Paris Review. Presented as a series of journal entries, The Power Notebooks chronicles Roiphe's charged personal history, weaving it together with deeper insights into the ways in which famous female writers such as Sylvia Plath and Simone de Beauvoir repeatedly saw their own power subjugated. Help us keep providing digital content during the closure through your contributions. (recorded 3/31/2020)

Helicopter moms, snowplow moms, tiger moms, free-range moms… we usually define all of these parenting types in the negative: well, at least I’m not THAT. But are there useful takeaways from each of these parenting styles that we can combine cafeteria-style to create our own? Can we reject some of the judginess of free-range parenting, or the tyranny of tiger momming, and still find things to love? What do we miss when we reject other moms' ways of doing things full-stop?  Here are links to the books and articles we mention in this episode: Frank Bruni: Where You Go Is Not Who You'll Be: An Antidote to the College Admissions Mania Amy Chua: Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother Foster Cline and Jim Fay: Parenting With Love and Logic Nancy Gibbs for Time: Roaring Tigers, Anxious Choppers The Grammarphobia Blog: The Original Tiger Mother? Dr. James R. Laider for Autism Watch: The "Refrigerator Mother" Hypothesis of Autism Heather Marcoux for Motherly: 'Snowplow parents' and the lessons we can take from them Jessica McCrory Calarco for The Atlantic: 'Free Range' Parenting's Unfair Double Standard Claire Cain Miller and Jonah Engel Bromwich for NYT: How Parents Are Robbing Their Children of Adulthood Arti Patel for Global News: ‘Panda parenting’ is all about giving children more freedom — but does it work? Katie Roiphe for Slate: The Seven Myths of Helicopter Parenting Lenore Skenazy: Free-Range Kids: How to Raise Safe, Self-Reliant Children (Without Going Nuts with Worry) Emma Waverman for Today's Parent: Snowplow Parenting: The Latest Controversial Technique Esther Wojcicki for Time: I Raised Two CEOs and a Doctor. These Are My Secrets to Parenting Successful Children Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Katie Roiphe talks to Tom Slater about the ‘weird energy' and censorious rage of Twitter-feminism.

Katie Roiphe is a writer and essayist. She sits down with Isaac Chotiner to discuss her controversial Harper’s essay on #MeToo, why she thinks the movement has gone too far, and whether people who speak out against feminism are really at risk of being “silenced.”  Email: ask@slate.comTwitter: @IHaveToAskPod  Podcast production by Max Jacobs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Dahlia and Amy (a.k.a your friendly neighborhood rage cheerleaders) talk about Rose McGowan’s confrontation with trans activist Andi Dier and Katie Roiphe’s “feminist” screed against #MeToo. At a recent stop on her book tour, Dier asked McGowan to explain remarks she made on Rupaul’s podcast about how transwomen didn’t grow up as women. Then they talk about the Roiphe essay you don’t need to read and how exhausting contrarian feminists need to step away from writing unproductive fodder criticizing young women.

Katie Roiphe is a writer and essayist. She sits down with Isaac Chotiner to discuss her controversial Harper’s essay on #MeToo, why she thinks the movement has gone too far, and whether people who speak out against feminism are really at risk of being “silenced.”  Email: ask@slate.comTwitter: @IHaveToAskPod  Podcast production by Max Jacobs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why the Aziz Ansari story blew up ... Are women like "Grace" damned if they do, damned if they don't? ... Libertarianism and consent ... Katie Roiphe vs. the creator of the Shitty Media Men list ... Is giving the benefit of the doubt possible in the age of the Twitter mob? ... Having good politics vs. being a good person ...

Episode #1822: Sign up to support Allison's future BRAND-NEW podcast at patreon.com/allisonkilkenny for as little as $1/month! Katharine (@spkheller) joins the show to help answer a Patreon question about sneaking cats into apartments. Also, Steve Bannon is out at Breitbart, NYC plans to divest $5 billion from fossil fuels and sue oil companies, federal judge orders Trump admin to keep DACA in place, Trump holds bipartisan meeting on immigration in which he accidentally embraces the idea of a "clean Dream Act," Trump admin orders that nearly 200,000 Salvadorans must leave the country, ICE agents descend on 7-Eleven stores in 17 states to harass employees, New Jersey prisons reverse course on banning The New Jim Crow after ACLU of New Jersey letter, Lady Bird director Greta Gerwig says she will never work with Woody Allen again, court strikes down North Carolina's GOP-drawn congressional map as partisan gerrymander, Trump dissolves voter fraud commission: adviser says it went "off the rails," Katie Roiphe threatens to out the creator of the Shitty Men in Media list but Moira Donegan beats her to the punch in an excellent, honest defense of her actions, James Franco accused of sexual misconduct by five women, New York Times cancels James Franco event amid "recent allegations," and Franco addresses sexual assault claims with Colbert: "If I have done something wrong, I will fix it" Your Fun Aunts have created vision boards for their 2018 vision goals! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9U00itaysY You know the drill: subscribe, like, and comment! *** Desi calendars are available again for the Patreon supporters who sign up or upgrade to $10/month! patreon.com/allisonkilkenny

Jacob Weisberg is joined by Katie Roiphe and Philip Gourevitch to discuss Michel Houellebecq's novel, Submission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jacob Weisberg is joined by Katie Roiphe and Philip Gourevitch to discuss Michel Houellebecq's novel, Submission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jacob Weisberg, Philip Gourevitch, and Katie Roiphe discuss what, if anything, Margaret Atwood's book can tell us about the Trump administration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jacob Weisberg, Philip Gourevitch, and Katie Roiphe discuss what, if anything, Margaret Atwood's book can tell us about the Trump administration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jacob Weisberg, Philip Gourevitch, and Katie Roiphe are back for the Trumpcast Book Club to discuss Arlie Russell Hochschild's Strangers in Their Own Land. Don't miss our upcoming live shows in Austin, TX and San Francisco, CA! For more info and tickets go to Slate.com/Live. We're also still taking your questions for a future episode with Jacob Weisberg and Virginia Heffernan. Use the hashtag #AskTrumpcast on Twitter or send us a voice message at: (646)-598-6510. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jacob Weisberg, Philip Gourevitch, and Katie Roiphe are back for the Trumpcast Book Club to discuss Arlie Russell Hochschild's Strangers in Their Own Land. Don't miss our upcoming live shows in Austin, TX and San Francisco, CA! For more info and tickets go to Slate.com/Live. We're also still taking your questions for a future episode with Jacob Weisberg and Virginia Heffernan. Use the hashtag #AskTrumpcast on Twitter or send us a voice message at: (646)-598-6510. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jacob Weisberg, Katie Roiphe, and Philip Gourevitch discuss Herman Melville's The Confidence Man and just what the book can tell us about President Trump. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jacob Weisberg, Katie Roiphe, and Philip Gourevitch discuss Herman Melville's The Confidence Man and just what the book can tell us about President Trump. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jacob Weisberg is joined by Katie Roiphe and Philip Gourevitch to discuss Philip Roth's novel The Plot Against America and what the book can tell us about the current state of affairs in America. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jacob Weisberg is joined by Katie Roiphe and Philip Gourevitch to discuss Philip Roth's novel The Plot Against America and what the book can tell us about the current state of affairs in America. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Shelter in Place (Europa Editions)   Set in the Pacific Northwest in the jittery, jacked-up early 1990s, Shelter in Place, by one of America’s most thrillingly defiant contemporary authors, is a stylish literary novel about the hereditary nature of mental illness, the fleeting intensity of youth, the obligations of family, and the dramatic consequences of love. Joseph March, a twenty-one year-old working class kid from Seattle, has just graduated college, has fallen in love with the fiercely independent Tess Wolff, and his future beckons, unencumbered, limitless, magnificent. Joe’s life implodes when he starts to suffer the symptoms of bipolar disorder, and, not long after, his mother kills a man she’s never met with a hammer. Later, spurred on by his mother’s example and her growing fame, Tess enlists Joe in a secret, violent plan that will forever change their lives. Maksik sings of modern America’s battered soul and of the lacerating emotions that make us human. Magnetic and masterfully told, Shelter in Place is about the things in life we are willing to die for, and those we’re willing to kill for. Praise for Shelter in Place “Shelter in Place is a magnificent novel. Alexander Maksik charts the legacy of violence and the limits of justice with grace, power, and clarity.”—Anthony Marra, author of A Constellation of Vital Phenomena “Unsettling and honest, a remarkably insightful portrait of mental illness, Shelter in Place is elegiac, savage and mournful, a beautifully written novel about the echoes of our actions, of love and its consequences.”—Aminatta Forna, author of The Hired Man “Shelter In Place is a love story like none I’ve ever read before…Densely ruminative, and bracingly unromantic, the ballad of Tess, Joe, and his parents tests the brutal outer-limits of patriarchy, the bleak realities of untreated mental illness, and the nature of loyalty in a world where every woman is out for herself.  And every man, as well.”—Kate Bolick, author of Spinster: Making a Life of One’s Own  “An unsettling and beautiful exploration of mental illness, love, violence, family and sexual politics. Maksik’s artful story outruns all sorts of received ideas and cliched narratives...You’ll be haunted by it in the best possible way.”—Katie Roiphe, author of The Violet Hour “On every page we’re reminded of the paradox of how mysterious, thorny, and delicate family relationships can be.”—Kirkus Reviews Alexander Maksik is the author of the novels You Deserve Nothing and A Marker to Measure Drift, which was a New York Times Book Review Notable Book of 2013, as well as finalist for both the William Saroyan International Prize for Writing and Le Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger. His writing has appeared in The Pushcart Prize Anthology, Best American Nonrequired Reading, Harper's, Tin House, Harvard Review, The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, and Narrative Magazine, among other publications. He is a contributing editor at Condé Nast Traveler, and his work has been translated into more than a dozen languages. He is the recipient of a Pushcart Prize as well as fellowships from the Truman Capote Literary Trust and The Corporation of Yaddo. Marisa Silver is the author of the novel Mary Coin, a New York Times bestseller and winner of the Southern California Independent Bookseller’s Award. She is also the author of The God of War (a Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist); No Direction Home; and two story collections, Alone with You and Babe in Paradise (a New York Times Notable Book and Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year). Silver’s fiction has won the O. Henry Award and been included in The Best American Short Stories, The O. Henry Prize Stories, and other anthologies. She lives in Los Angeles.

Icelandic writer Sjón talks to Matthew Sweet about fiction, poetry and making music with Björk. Curator Sacha Llewellyn explores the art of Winifred Knights, Katie Roiphe looks at writers dying and in the first of our commissioned columns from 2016 New Generation Thinkers - Sarah Jackson from Nottingham Trent University explores touch and frostbite. Moonstone: The Boy Who Never Was by Sjón was named Best Icelandic Novel of 2015. The English translation which is out now is from Victoria Cribb. Winifred Knights (1899-1947) is the first major retrospective of the award-winning Slade School artist which will display all her completed paintings for the first time since their creation, including the apocalyptic masterpiece The Deluge, 1920. It runs at the Dulwich Picture Gallery from June 8th to September 18th 2016. Katie Roiphe's new book The Violet Hour considers the deaths of six literary figures Susan Sontag, Sigmund Freud, John Updike, Dylan Thomas, Maurice Sendak and James Salter. Sarah Jackson from Nottingham Trent University is one of the 2016 New Generation Thinkers and a poet whose collection Pelt was nominated for the Guardian First Book Award. New Generation Thinkers is a scheme run by BBC Radio 3 in partnership with the Arts and Humanities Research Council to find academics who can turn their research into radio programmes. Find out more from our website and hear them introducing their research in the programme which broadcast on May 31st - available as an arts and ideas podcast. Producer: Fiona McLean.

Katie Roiphe is the author of several books, including The Morning After: Sex, Fear and Feminism, Uncommon Arrangements, and In Praise of Messy Lives. Her articles have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, Harper’s, Vogue, Esquire, Slate, and Tin House, among many other places. She has a Ph.D. in literature from Princeton University, and is currently the director of the Cultural Reporting and Criticism program at New York University. Her latest book is The Violet Hour: Great Writers at the End. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week's show features Bruce Eric Kaplan, also known as BEK, a longtime cartoonist for The New Yorker and a writer and producer on HBO's Girls, talking about his new memoir I Was a Child. We also talk with author and critic Katie Roiphe about her new book The Violet Hour, stories of writers coping with death, and with David Gessner about his new book All The Wild That Remains: Edward Abbey, Wallace Stegner, and the American West. Featuring Tom Lutz, Laurie Winer, and Seth Greenland. Produced by Jerry Gorin. The LARB Radio Hour airs Thursdays at 2:30pm on KPFK 90.7 FM in Los Angeles.

Hanna Rosin and Noreen Malone discuss celebrity sex tapes, Hillary vs. Trump, and interview Katie Roiphe about her new book, "The Violet Hour."  Double X is brought to you by Smith & Noble, offering custom window treatments—including blinds, shutters, shades, and panels—without the custom price. For a limited time, get 25 percent off your window coverings, plus a free in-home consultation, when you visit smithandnoble.com/doublex or call 1-800-659-3300. And by BollandBranch.com, offering luxury bedding at affordable prices. Order right now and they'll give you 20 percent off, plus free shipping. Get sheets, towels, blankets, duvet covers, and more at BollAndBranch.com and use the promo code DOUBLEX. And by Blue Apron. For less than $10 per meal, Blue Apron delivers right to your door everything you need to create a home-cooked meal. Farm-fresh ingredients are perfectly portioned and come with an easy to follow recipe card—so you can create a delicious dinner in 40 minutes or less. Visit BlueApron.com/doublex to get your first two meals free. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hanna Rosin and Noreen Malone discuss celebrity sex tapes, Hillary vs. Trump, and interview Katie Roiphe about her new book, "The Violet Hour." Double X is brought to you by Smith & Noble, offering custom window treatments—including blinds, shutters, shades, and panels—without the custom price. For a limited time, get 25 percent off your window coverings, plus a free in-home consultation, when you visit smithandnoble.com/doublex or call 1-800-659-3300. And by BollandBranch.com, offering luxury bedding at affordable prices. Order right now and they'll give you 20 percent off, plus free shipping. Get sheets, towels, blankets, duvet covers, and more at BollAndBranch.com and use the promo code DOUBLEX. And by Blue Apron. For less than $10 per meal, Blue Apron delivers right to your door everything you need to create a home-cooked meal. Farm-fresh ingredients are perfectly portioned and come with an easy to follow recipe card—so you can create a delicious dinner in 40 minutes or less. Visit BlueApron.com/doublex to get your first two meals free. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

(November 12, 2013) Dr J is Todd Wilkin's guest on Issues, Etc., where they discussed Katie Roiphe's recent Slate article entitled "The Dutch Don't Care About Marriage." You can check out all of Todd's guests and topics in the on-demand archives at IssuesEtc.org.

This week: Skateboarding legend Tony Hawk does some extreme couchsurfing… “Beasts of the Southern Wild” director Benh Zeitlin on axe-painting… Controversy-courting essayist Katie Roiphe offers advice… author Susanna Moore dines in wartime Berlin… Brendan learns the difference between jerks and Ethels… and SF band Thao & The Get Down Stay Down give us a tune that gets you up, keep you up. Plus the history of a New-Wave Band Aid, the science of Xmas music, and sherry wine: it’s not just for Grandmas anymore.

Samhita and Amanda are appalled by Katie Roiphe's aggressive anti-feminist trolling. The hologram of Tupac Shakur creates a rift in the space-time continuum, causing your hosts to wonder what your post-death hologram will show you doing. More #femquery answers, and Amanda is traumatized by the results of a momentary brain fart on a public bus. 

Samhita and Amanda introduce themselves, and discuss the feminist politcs of Occupy Wall St., the Herman Cain sexual harassment debacle, and Katie Roiphe's strange defense of sexual harassment in the workplace. Also, cats. There is no escaping the talk of cats.

Meghan O’Rourke, Katie Roiphe, and Troy Patterson discuss Mary Karr's memoir, Lit. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Meghan O’Rourke, Katie Roiphe, and Troy Patterson discuss Vladimir Nabokov's book, The Original of Laura. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Slate's Audio Book Club. Meghan O'Rourke, Katie Roiphe, and Troy Patterson compare two versions of a story by Raymond Carver - "The Bath," and "A Small Good Thing." One version was heavily edited by Gordon Lish. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the stories before listening to this audio program Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Slate's Audio Book Club. Meghan O'Rourke, Katie Roiphe, and guest Laura Kipnis discuss Cristina Nehring's "A Vindication of Love: Reclaiming Romance for the Twenty-First Century." We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Slate's Audio Book Club. Meghan O'Rourke, Katie Roiphe, and Troy Patterson discuss Gay Talese's "Thy Neighbor's Wife." We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Slate's Audio Book Club. Meghan O'Rourke, Katie Roiphe, and Troy Patterson discuss two short stories - John Cheever's 'The Swimmer,' and Flannery O'Connor's 'A Good Man is Hard To Find.' We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Slate's Audio Book Club. Meghan O'Rourke, Katie Roiphe, and Troy Patterson discuss Rivka Galchen's Atmospheric Disturbances. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Slate's Audio Book Club. Katie Roiphe, Troy Patterson, and James Surowiecki discuss David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Slate's Audio Book Club. Meghan O'Rourke, Troy Patterson, and Katie Roiphe discuss John Updike's Rabbit, Run. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Slate's Audio Book Club. Stephen Metcalf, Troy Patterson, and Katie Roiphe discuss the American classic The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Slate's Audio Book Club. Meghan O'Rourke, Katie Roiphe, and Troy Patterson discuss New York Times columnist David Carr's The Night of the Gun, a memoir in which he uses his journalistic skills to dig up the details he's forgotten about his earlier life as a drug addict. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program. The next book we'll be discussing is The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Slate's Audio Book Club. Meghan O'Rourke, Katie Roiphe, and Julia Turner discuss the novel American Wife, by Curtis Sittenfeld. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Slate's Audio Book Club. Meghan O'Rourke, Troy Patterson, and Katie Roiphe discuss the novel Brideshead Revisited, by Evelyn Waugh. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Slate's Audio Book Club. Stephen Metcalf, Meghan O'Rourke, and Katie Roiphe discuss the novel Netherland, by Joseph O'Neill. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Slate's Audio Book Club. Stephen Metcalf, Troy Patterson, and Katie Roiphe discuss Anna Karenina, by Leo Tolstoy. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Slate's Audio Book Club. Stephen Metcalf, Troy Patterson, and Katie Roiphe discuss the novel Beautiful Children, by Charles Bock. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Slate's Audio Book Club. Stephen Metcalf, Katie Roiphe, and Julia Turner discuss Eat Pray Love, by Elizabeth Gilbert. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Slate's Audio Book Club. Meghan O'Rourke, Katie Roiphe, and James Surowiecki discuss the novel Tree of Smoke, by Denis Johnson. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Slate's Audio Book Club. Meghan O'Rourke, Katie Roiphe, and John Burnham Schwartz discuss the novel The Road, by Cormac McCarthy. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Slate's Audio Book Club. Stephen Metcalf, Meghan O'Rourke, and Katie Roiphe discuss the novel The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton, along with a new biography of Wharton by Hermione Lee. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read The House of Mirth before listening to this audio program. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Slate's Audio Book Club. Stephen Metcalf, Katie Roiphe, and John Burnham Schwartz discuss the novel Independence Day by Richard Ford. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Slate's Audio Book Club. Critics Stephen Metcalf, Meghan O'Rourke, and Katie Roiphe discuss the novel The Emperor's Children by Claire Messud. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Slate's Audio Book Club. Critics Stephen Metcalf, Meghan O'Rourke, and Katie Roiphe discuss the nonfiction book The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by journalist Michael Pollan. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the book before listening to this audio program. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Slate's Audio Book Club. Critics Stephen Metcalf, Meghan O'Rourke, and Katie Roiphe discuss the novel Beloved by Toni Morrison. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Slate's Audio Book Club. Critics Stephen Metcalf, Meghan O'Rourke, and Katie Roiphe discuss the novel Everyman by Philip Roth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Slate's Audio Book Club. Critics Stephen Metcalf, Meghan O'Rourke, and Katie Roiphe discuss the novel Saturday by Ian McEwan. Thanks to the Housing Works Book Store Cafe in New York City for providing the venue for this month's club meeting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Slate critics Stephen Metcalf, Meghan O'Rourke, and Katie Roiphe sit down at the Housing Works Used Book Cafe in New York's Soho neighborhood to discuss The Year of Magical Thinking, Joan Didion's memoir of the year following the death of her husband John Gregory Dunne, during which her daughter also came close to death. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices