Podcast appearances and mentions of Philip Roth

To celebrate the release of their new film Pavements, Alex Ross Perry and Robert Greene joined me on the show. We talked about the band, taste-making and influences, irony, Philip Roth, and more. Get an extra episode every week and support the show at patreon.com/extended_clip extendedclippodcast@gmail.com Go see Pavements! In select theaters now and expanding, eventually landing on Mubi.

"We know no spectacle so ridiculous as the British public in one of its periodical fits of morality,” a man once said, When it has come to the pursuit of Kneecap, the ridiculousness has extended far beyond the British public to its media and politicians too. It has reached the Irish political class and media as well.Kneecap have apologised to the families of murdered MPs but still they are pursued by those lost in what Philip Roth called the “ecstasy of sanctimony”.On Free State, Joe and Dion ask what does it tell us about the ability to comment freely in the modern world? At a time when n it seems critical to be able to speak out, it is under constant threat.Dion also recalls a GAA road trip while Joe explains why he considers Jesus Christ a role model. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

durée : 00:58:59 - Toute une vie - par : Mariannick Bellot - Aharon Appelfeld, écrivain israélien, a marqué la littérature par la justesse et la densité de son œuvre. Cet « écrivain errant de fictions errantes », comme le qualifiait son ami Philip Roth, n'a eu de cesse de traduire son expérience d'enfant ayant survécu à la destruction des Juifs d'Europe. - réalisation : Lionel Quantin - invités : Valérie Zenatti Autrice, traductrice et scénariste pour le cinéma; Judith Appelfeld Épouse de Aharon Appelfeld; Yigal Schwartz Editeur, directeur des archives de littérature à HEKSHERIM; Michal Govrin Écrivaine; Olivier Cohen Editeur, romancier, fondateur des éditions de L'Olivier; Michel Spinosa Cinéaste

Dice Roberto Colajanni che una casa editrice è come una costellazione. Ma la similitudine si può allargare ad autori, generi e formati letterari: pensare la letteratura come un universo composto di galassie, costellazioni e singoli pianeti, generi, autori, formati. La puntata di Alice di oggi tiene insieme oggetti letterari apparentemente lontani, accomunati dall'unica teoria del tutto possibile, quella dell'amore per i libri e per le storie. Una passione che guida le scelte dello stesso Roberto Colajanni, direttore editoriale della casa editrice Adelphi, insignita del premio Enrico Filippini agli Eventi Letterari Monte Verità 2025. Colajanni ha raccontato al microfono di Moira Bubola alcuni degli autori che più risplendono all'interno della costellazione Adelphi, da Philip Roth a Han Kang. E sembrano parte di costellazioni lontane le due proposte letterarie fresche di stampa presentate oggi da Alice: da una parte il romanzo storico La bambolaia (La nave di Teseo) di Giuseppina Manin, che ci porta nella Monaco del primo dopoguerra, per raccontare la storia dell'ossessione amorosa del pittore Oskar Kokoschka nei confronti di Alma Mahler, vedova del grande compositore austriaco; dall'altra la raccolta di racconti Undici – Non dimenticare (Sellerio) di Andrej Longo, ambientata in una Napoli sotterranea, lontanissima dalla grande storia, dall'arte e dalla cultura, eppure splendente di vita e di contrasti. Un grande ritorno alla forma breve per Longo, che già aveva vinto il Premio Chiara con la sua prima raccolta Dieci, ristampata proprio da Sellerio. Chiude la puntata di Alice Mirador, lo spazio in cui voci della letteratura in italiano raccontano le novità letterarie più sorprendenti: oggi Djarah Kan presenta Cancellazione (La nave di Teseo), ristampa del più noto romanzo dello scrittore Percival Everett, diventato nel 2023 un film – American Fiction – vincitore dell'Oscar per la miglior sceneggiatura non originale.undefinedundefinedundefinedundefined

Jesmyn Ward has been hailed as the standout writer of her generation, proving her “fearless and toughly lyrical” voice in novels, memoir, and nonfiction. She's been called “the new Toni Morrison.” Ward is a MacArthur “Genius Grant” recipient and in 2017, she became the first woman and the first person of color to win two National Book Awards for Fiction—joining the ranks of William Faulkner, Saul Bellow, John Cheever, Philip Roth, and John Updike. Her books include "Let Us Descend," "Sing, Unburied, Sing," "Salvage the Bones," and "Navigate Your Stars." The professor of creative writing at Tulane University joins host Dean Nelson for this evocative conversation as part of the 30th anniversary of the Writer's Symposium by the Sea at Point Loma Nazarene University. Series: "Writer's Symposium By The Sea" [Humanities] [Show ID: 40217]

Jesmyn Ward has been hailed as the standout writer of her generation, proving her “fearless and toughly lyrical” voice in novels, memoir, and nonfiction. She's been called “the new Toni Morrison.” Ward is a MacArthur “Genius Grant” recipient and in 2017, she became the first woman and the first person of color to win two National Book Awards for Fiction—joining the ranks of William Faulkner, Saul Bellow, John Cheever, Philip Roth, and John Updike. Her books include "Let Us Descend," "Sing, Unburied, Sing," "Salvage the Bones," and "Navigate Your Stars." The professor of creative writing at Tulane University joins host Dean Nelson for this evocative conversation as part of the 30th anniversary of the Writer's Symposium by the Sea at Point Loma Nazarene University. Series: "Writer's Symposium By The Sea" [Humanities] [Show ID: 40217]

Jesmyn Ward has been hailed as the standout writer of her generation, proving her “fearless and toughly lyrical” voice in novels, memoir, and nonfiction. She's been called “the new Toni Morrison.” Ward is a MacArthur “Genius Grant” recipient and in 2017, she became the first woman and the first person of color to win two National Book Awards for Fiction—joining the ranks of William Faulkner, Saul Bellow, John Cheever, Philip Roth, and John Updike. Her books include "Let Us Descend," "Sing, Unburied, Sing," "Salvage the Bones," and "Navigate Your Stars." The professor of creative writing at Tulane University joins host Dean Nelson for this evocative conversation as part of the 30th anniversary of the Writer's Symposium by the Sea at Point Loma Nazarene University. Series: "Writer's Symposium By The Sea" [Humanities] [Show ID: 40217]

Jesmyn Ward has been hailed as the standout writer of her generation, proving her “fearless and toughly lyrical” voice in novels, memoir, and nonfiction. She's been called “the new Toni Morrison.” Ward is a MacArthur “Genius Grant” recipient and in 2017, she became the first woman and the first person of color to win two National Book Awards for Fiction—joining the ranks of William Faulkner, Saul Bellow, John Cheever, Philip Roth, and John Updike. Her books include "Let Us Descend," "Sing, Unburied, Sing," "Salvage the Bones," and "Navigate Your Stars." The professor of creative writing at Tulane University joins host Dean Nelson for this evocative conversation as part of the 30th anniversary of the Writer's Symposium by the Sea at Point Loma Nazarene University. Series: "Writer's Symposium By The Sea" [Humanities] [Show ID: 40217]

Hey Dude, my super funky weekend was redeemed after Reverend Rick let his freak flag fly from the pulpit of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Studio City. QUOTE: "I don't know if I should say this in church." PEOPLE: Kris Kristofferson, Philip Roth, Jack Nicholson PLACES: Altadena, Los Angeles, DTLA, Los Angeles Central Library, Universal City, Studio City, Harvard Westlake Sports Complex, UUCSC THINGS: Sunday Morning Coming Down, The Last Detail, Shore Patrol  PHOTO: "Beautiful UU Springstar" shot with my iPhone XS RECORDED: March 31, 2025 in "The Cafe" under the flight path of the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, California GEAR: Zoom H1 XLR with Sennheiser MD 46 microphone. HYPE: "It's a beatnik kinda literary thing in a podcast cloak of darkness." Timothy Kimo Brien (cohost on Podwrecked and host of Create Art Podcast) DISCLAIMER/WARNING: Proudly presented rough, raw and ragged. Seasoned with salty language and ideas. Not for most people's taste. Please be advised.  

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Episode 306Guest: Blake BaileyBook: Canceled Lives---This week Kyler welcomes acclaimed author Blake Bailey to discuss his new memoir Canceled Lives. Known for his masterful biographies, including the celebrated work on Philip Roth, shares his journey through the complexities of personal scandal and the intricate relationship he had with his father.The conversation delves into the fallout from the controversies surrounding his Roth biography, exploring how public perception can shift dramatically and how it impacted Blake's life and career. He reflects on the profound bond he shared with his father, a celebrated attorney, and how their relationship evolved amidst the turbulence of Blake's own challenges.Listeners will find this episode engaging as it tackles themes of cancel culture, the ethics of biography, and the importance of freedom of speech in literature. Blake's candidness about his experiences and the vulnerability displayed in Canceled Lives make this a compelling discussion for anyone interested in the intersections of personal narrative and public life.Thanks for listening!---Episode Links:PURCHASE Canceled Lives---SLD Podcast Info:www.saltlakedirt.comRadio Broadcast every Monday on KPCR 92.9 FM Los Gatos & 101.9FM Santa Cruz - 6PM - 8PM PSTListen on SPOTIFYListen on APPLE PodcastsInstagram: @saltlakedirtFollow KPCR on Instagram

durée : 00:38:30 - France Culture va plus loin (l'Invité(e) des Matins) - par : Guillaume Erner, Isabelle de Gaulmyn - Dans "Le Complot contre l'Amérique", Philip Roth imaginait son pays tombé aux mains d'un dirigeant fasciste, fervent défenseur de l'"America First". Deux décennies après sa parution, cette uchronie nous offre un éclairage salutaire sur l'actualité. - réalisation : Félicie Faugère - invités : Josyane Savigneau Écrivaine et journaliste; Marc Weitzmann Ecrivain et producteur de l'émission "Signes des temps" sur France Culture; Virginie Bloch-Lainé Productrice à France Culture, critique littéraire, romancière.

durée : 02:30:08 - Les Matins - par : Guillaume Erner, Isabelle de Gaulmyn - . - réalisation : Félicie Faugère

Protagonista románu Lidská skvrna od Philipa Rotha poznamenává, že západní písemnictví vzniká ze sporu – ze sporu nad krásnou Helenou, který nakonec přerostl ve válku. V nadsázce lze totéž říct i o filozofii. Pro mnohé myslitele napříč staletími je stěžení Hérakleitův výrok, dle kterého je válka otcem všech věcí. Znamená to, že sklon k agresivitě je vlastní i filozofii a že se snad tato agresivita může přelévat do skutečných válek?Tuto tezi formuluje v knize Totalita a nekonečno filozof Emmanuel Lévinas. Má za to, že princip identity vládnoucí filozofii, tedy snaha převést stejnost na různost, se skutečně ozývá i ve válce. Válka je v tom případě bytostně spjatá s naším myšlením. Jsme bojové plemeno, protože jsme se naučili myslet skrze kategorie my a oni. Lze se to odnaučit? Lévinas říká, že nám nic jiného nezbývá, ne po druhé světové válce.A možná jsme se i ledacos odnaučovali, třeba i tím, že jsme si poslední roky říkali, že pravou sílou je slabost. I to má své kulturní dějiny. Ježíš učil, že skutečnou mocí je služba. Tato myšlenka – či spíše Ježíšova existence – se podle italského filozofa Giovanni Vattima vtělila do dějin západu. Navzdory tomu, že i křesťanství má svou agresivní stránku, obecně kulturu zjemňuje. A přestože byl Ježíš vše jiné jen ne slabý, formuloval Vattimo právě na pozadí křesťanství tzv. pensiore debole, slabé myšlení, které je prý pravou silou západní společnosti.V čem tkví tato „slabost“? Třeba v tomto: Postupně přestáváme fyzicky trestat; neupalujeme, ale diskutujeme; odbouráváme hierarchie; společnost stavíme na konsensu, ne na moci. Ale není to nakonec jen část pravdy? Nemá v sobě každé myšlení kus agrese, bez níž by nebylo ani nic dobrého? A jak rozumět tomu, že se nám na veřejnosti náhle mísí dva imperativy? Ještě si opakujeme „slabost je síla“, ale také už slýcháme, že je třeba dát „zbraně na stůl“. Znamená to, že se chceme částečně rozejít s principem „slabého myšlení“? Nebo nechceme, ale musíme?KapitolyI. Hádka, z níž vyrůstá západní písemnictví [začátek až 16:20]II. Pryč od totality! [16:20 až 42:00]III. Richard Overy: Války jsou dobré „k myšlení“. [42:00 až 57:30]IV. Fašistický princip uprostřed současnosti [57:30 až konec]BibliografieEmmanuel Levinas, Totalita a nekonečno, přel. Miroslav Petříček – Jan Sokol, Praha: OIKOYMENH, Tamtéž, str. 10.Tereza Matějčková, „Jsem na Tebe alergická. Hegel a Lévinas o vztahu k druhému“, in: Jakub Sirovátka – Ondřej Sikora, Lévinas v konfrontaci, Praha: OIKOYMENH, 2020, str. 36–53.Richard Overy, Why Wars? New York: Norton Company, 2024.Philip Roth, The Human Stain, London: Vintage, 2000.Peter Trawny ve skvělé knize Hitler, die Philosophie und der Hass (Berlin: Matthes & Seitz, 2022).Gianni Vattimo, Transparentní společnosti, přel. Antonín Kosík, Praha: Rubato, 2013.Zlomky předsokratovských myslitelů, přel. Karel Svoboda, Praha: Československý akademie věd, 1962.

The Raft is an extremely funny micronovel by Phil Rot, Philip Roth's ghost-operated online nom de plume. You (yes, you, the one reading right now) should buy and read it.Buy The Raft on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DQ5PV8BXPhil's Book RecommendationsThe Amazonian Uteroboscus - BL OvermanBehead all Satans - NMN-DRThe Call of Horror series - Frank GardnerKeller Memento: 25 Years of David H Keller - David H KellerImprovidence - David HerodIncel - ARX-HanBumper Crop - Joe R LansdaleLawnmower Man - Stephen KingEggplant - Ogden NesmerVERY IMPORTANT INFORMATIONJack has published a novel called Tower!Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Tower-Jack-BC-ebook/dp/B0CM5P9N9M/ref=monarch_sidesheetThe first nine chapters of Tower are available for free here: jackbc.substack.comOur Patreon: www.patreon.com/TheBookClubfromHellJack's Substack: jackbc.substack.comLevi's website: www.levioutloud.comwww.thebookclubfromhell.comJoin our Discord (the best place to interact with us): discord.gg/ZMtDJ9HscrWatch us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0n7r1ZTpsUw5exoYxb4aKA/featuredX: @bookclubhell666Jack on X: @supersquat1Levi on X: @optimismlevi

Aunque Donald Trump y Adolf Hitler llegaron al poder en contextos muy distintos y salvando las distancias de épocas, hay algunas similitudes en su proceder. Estas no significan que sus gobiernos sean iguales, pero muestran patrones comunes en el ascenso de líderes populistas y autoritarios, lo que plantea una gran inquietud. La comparación entre la llegada de nuevo al poder de Trump en 2025 y la de Hitler en 1933 en Alemania debe abordarse con cuidado, siendo conscientes de que se trata de contextos históricos, políticos y sociales diferentes, pero, con todo, son evidentes los paralelismos en estrategias políticas, discursos y posibles consecuencias. Ya dedicamos sendos programas tanto a la situación interna de los Estados Fallidos de América como al ascenso de la ola ultraconservadora o fascista en todo el mundo desde hace décadas, y que hoy parece eclosionar con toda virulencia en tantos lados. Precisamente dedicaremos un programa para mecenas a esta cuestión en Estados Unidos, donde la distopía escrita por Philip Roth, La conjura contra América, luego exitosa serie para HBO, parece que hoy pueda cobrar realidad. Ahora ofreceremos datos que prueban esta concomitancia de tiempos y cómo los discursos e intereses autoritarios son los mismos, con el capitalismo desbocado como escenario. OGP es un podcast de El Abrazo del Oso Producciones dirigido por Javier Fernández Aparicio y Eduardo Moreno Navarro. ¿Quieres más Observador Global? Hazte mecenas, ayuda a esta producción independiente y accede a los contenidos extra: https://www.ivoox.com/support/1640122 www.elabrazodeloso.es Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/oglobalpod.bsky.social Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/elabrazodeloso ¡Suscríbete! Telegram abierto de El Abrazo del Oso: https://t.me/+tBHrUSWNbZswNThk

Tor Boman-Larsen fullførte første etappe av klassikerstafetten til stående applaus, og sendte stafettpinnen videre til Kristian Klausen.Kristian som tok for seg Philip Roth på Drammensbiblioteket 10.2.2025.Roth var i mange år blant favorittene til å vinne Nobelprisen i litteratur, men ble aldri tildelt denne prisen. Til gjengjeld mottok han en rekke andre høythengende priser, blant annet Pulitzerprisen for American Pastoral.Velkommen! Gratis inngang.---Klausen, født 1971, har etablert seg som en av Norges fremste samtidsforfattere. Og er utvilsomt den fremste og mest aktive nålevende forfatteren fra Drammen.Han debuterte i 2008 med novellesamlingen "Måltidet i Emmaus" og har siden debuten utgitt 12 bøker. I hele hans forfatterskap har Drammen stått som et sentralt motiv. Og fra og med romanen "Døden i arbeid" 2020 har han i et fiktivt univers trukket kjente personer til Drammen i et banebrytende litterært prosjekt.

Kate Wolf and Medaya Ocher are joined by Deborah Treisman, the fiction editor at The New Yorker and host of The New Yorker's Fiction podcast. Deborah is the editor of a new anthology of short stories, A Century of Fiction in The New Yorker, 1925-2025, which features some of the incredible writers that The New Yorker has published over the past 100 years. There are stories by J.D. Salinger, Philip Roth, Muriel Spark, Vladimir Nabokov, Jamaica Kincaid, Mary Gaitskill, Don DeLillo and Zadie Smith and many, many more. Deborah discusses how she put the collection together and how she thinks about the short story as a form.

Kate Wolf and Medaya Ocher are joined by Deborah Treisman, the fiction editor at The New Yorker and host of The New Yorker's Fiction podcast. Deborah is the editor of a new anthology of short stories, "A Century of Fiction in The New Yorker, 1925-2025," which features some of the incredible writers that The New Yorker has published over the past 100 years. There are stories by J.D. Salinger, Philip Roth, Muriel Spark, Vladimir Nabokov, Jamaica Kincaid, Mary Gaitskill, Don DeLillo and Zadie Smith and many, many more. Deborah discusses how she put the collection together and how she thinks about the short story as a form.

On this episode, Erin & Elizabeth talk to animal intuitive Phoebe Hoffman, one of the stars of the new documentary about NYC psychics, Look Into My Eyes (currently on Max). The film hints at Phoebe's colorful life growing up with her divorced father Stanley, who Phoebe lived with in a studio apartment in Manhattan throughout her teenage years, when she dropped out of LaGuardia High School of Music and Art in 9th grade. Stanley, an English teacher who nonetheless played fast and loose with the concept of mentoring, was compared to Philip Roth in 1974 when his debut novel was published, but his literary dreams ended with a gig writing forScrew magazine. As Phoebe chain-smoked the Marlboros her dad procured for her, she skipped school to watch John Waters movies on repeat, all while longing for boundaries, apologies, and parenting. A botched stint in therapy with Stanley led to Phoebe finding a way to lovingly detach from her dad, and led to an unlikely new purpose in life: pet psychic. Phoebe tells us about an otherworldly experience with a horse changed everything, what's up with animals as the conduits of our dead loved ones, and whether our pets love us as much as we love them. 

Hello Interactors,Language shapes power, but it can also obscure and manipulate. Words like woke and decolonize, rooted in justice, are now tools for distortion by figures like Trump and Modi. In this essay, we'll explore how these terms connect to economic and political geography, tracing their co-opting, parallels to colonialism, and the need to reclaim their transformative potential. Let's dig in — and stay woke.STAY WOKE, START TALKINGAre you woke? It's a provocative question these days. Especially since this term was co-opted by the right as a pejorative since the Black Lives Matter uprising of 2020. Even last June Trump said regarding so-called woke military generals, “I would fire them. You can't have woke military.”And then there's Elon Musk. He's been increasingly waging a war on what he calls the ‘woke mind virus'. It seems he started abusing the term in 2021, along with other political rhetoric he's been ramping up in recently. The Economist reports a “leap in 2023 and 2024 in talk of immigration, border control, the integrity of elections and the ‘woke mind virus'.”Folks more on the left are also starting to distance themselves from the term or use it as a pejorative. Including some of my friends. Even self-described leftist and socialist, Susan Neiman criticized "wokeness," in her 2023 book Left Is Not Woke. She argues, as do many, that it has become antithetical to traditional leftist values — especially as it becomes a weapon by the right.According to the definition in the Cambridge dictionary, I am decidedly woke. That means I'm “aware, especially of social problems such as racism and inequality.” It worries me that people are eagerly running from this word. I'd rather they interrogate it. Understand it. Find it's meanings and question the intent behind its use. We should be discussing these nuances, not shushing them.Using the word in a sentence (in an approving manner), Cambridge offers hints at one of the original meanings: “She urged young black people to stay woke.” In 1938 the great blues legend Lead Belly also urged “everybody, be a little careful when they go along through there (Scottsboro, Alabama) – best stay woke, keep their eyes open." Those are spoken words in his song "Scottsboro Boys", about nine young Black men falsely accused of raping two white women in Alabama seven years earlier in 1931.Not a decade before, the Jamaican philosopher and social activist Marcus Garvey wrote in 1923, "Wake up Ethiopia! Wake up Africa!" Fifty years later that inspired playwright and novelist Barry Beckham to write “Garvey Lives!”, a 1972 play that included this line, “I been sleeping all my life. And now that Mr. Garvey done woke me up, I'm gon stay woke.” #StayWoke was trending on Twitter the summer of 2020.In 1962, ten years before Beckham's play, novelist William Melvin Kelley wrote this headline for a piece in the New York Times Magazine: “If You're Woke You Dig It; No mickey mouse can be expected to follow today's Negro idiom without a hip assist. If You're Woke You Dig It.” The article, which is an uneasy glimpse of how mainstream media regarded Black people in 1962, is about how white people co-opt terms from the Black community. His target was white woke Beatniks of the 1960s.Awakening others to injustice in the United States may have originated with white folks inspired by Abraham Lincoln. In the lead up to the his 1860 election, the, then woke, Republican Party helped organize a paramilitary youth movement in the Northern states called the ‘Wide Awakes'. These activists, which included some Black people, were inspired by Lincoln's fight to abolish slavery and promote workers' rights.They took up arms to defend Republican politicians who brazenly awakened others to injustices in America in their campaign speeches. This armed aggression — especially armed Black men — in part is what woke the South to the dawning wokeness across the North. Frightened as they were, they organize their own paramilitary and soon a civil war broke out.RECLAIM, RESIST, REVIVEWords can have unusual lifecycles. The term "queer" evolved from a pejorative label for homosexuals to a term of empowerment. Particularly after the activism of the 1960s and 1970s, including the Stonewall Riots. Its reclamation was reinforced by academic queer theory, which critiques societal norms around sexuality and gender. Today, "queer" is widely embraced as a self-identifier that reflects pride and resistance against stigma.Christopher Hobson, of the Substack Imperfect Notes, suggested in a post about the word polycrisis, this progression of terminology:Proposed — A new word or meaning is introduced through individuals, cultural interactions, academia, or mass media.Adopted — A word or meaning is embraced by a community, shaped by social relevance and media influence.Spread — Diffusion occurs through social networks and media exposure, leading to wider acceptance.Critiqued — As words gain popularity, they face scrutiny from linguistic purists and cultural commentators. The appropriateness of a term can be questioned, highlighting the intent behind its dissemination.Institutionalized — Widely used words become institutionalized, appearing in dictionaries and everyday language as standards.Hobson adds one other stage that is particularly relevant today, ‘pipiked.' It's a term he ‘adopted' as ‘proposed' and I'm now ‘spreading'. It comes from Naomi Klein's book, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World. Hobson writes:"A useful concept she introduces is ‘pipikism', which she takes from Philip Roth's, Operation Shylock, one of the texts about doppelgangers that Klein engages with. She quote's Roth's description of ‘pipikism' as ‘the antitragic force that inconsequencializes everything—farcicalizes everything, trivializes everything, superficializes everything.' This captures the way in which the concepts and frames we use to help understand our world are rendered useless by bad actors and bad faith, caught in ‘a knot of seriousness and ridiculousness that would never be untangled.'" (3)This lifecycle certainly applies to the word woke, but let's turn to a term more closely related to economic geography that's also in the cross-hairs of being ‘pipiked' — decolonize.Like woke, the term decolonize began as a call to dismantle injustice, exposing the deep roots of exploitation in European colonial systems. It symbolized hope for liberation and justice for the oppressed. Over time, like many critical terms, its meaning shifted. Once radical, decolonize risks becoming performative as its potency weakens through co-optation, especially by bad faith actors.Narendra Modi exemplifies this, using decolonization rhetoric to promote Hindutva, a Hindu nationalist agenda. His government renames cities, revises textbooks to erase Muslim rulers like the Mughals, and marginalizes minorities, particularly Muslims, under the guise of rejecting British colonial legacies. This parallels America's own rewriting of history to reinforce a white Christian narrative. Protestant colonizers replaced Indigenous names and erased Native perspectives, reframing days like Thanksgiving, a time of mourning for many, into celebratory myths.DOCTRINES, DISSENT, AND DOMINIONEarly colonial educational curricula framed colonization as a divine mission to civilize the so-called savages. Native Americans were often depicted as obstacles to progress rather than as sovereign peoples with rich cultures and governance systems. Systems, like the Iroquois League, impressed and inspired the early framers of American government, like Benjamin Franklin.But it was Christian dogma like the Doctrine of Discovery, a theological justification for seizing Indigenous land, that was integrated into educational and legal frameworks. Slavery was sanitized in textbooks to diminish its horrors, portraying it as a benign or even benevolent system. Early 20th-century textbooks referred to enslaved people as “workers” and omitted the violence of chattel slavery.Early colonizers established theological institutions like Harvard University, originally intended to train ministers and propagate Christian doctrine. My own family lineage is culpable. I've already written about Jonas Weed (circa 1610–1676), a Puritan minister who helped colonize Weathersfield, Connecticut. But there's also the brother of my ninth Mother, Jonathan Mitchell (1624–1668). He was a Harvard graduate and Puritan minister who played a pivotal role in shaping the Protestant-oriented writing of American history.He promoted a Christian God-given view of history, framing events as manifestations of God's will. He emphasized covenant theology that cast Puritans as a chosen people. As a fellow at Harvard, he shaped the intellectual environment that influenced figures like Cotton Mather, who's Magnalia Christi Americana (1702) depicted New England as a "city upon a hill" destined to fulfill a divine mission. JFK ripped this quote from history, as did Reagan and Obama to further their campaigns but also to ingrain messages that started with people like Mitchell and Mather.Institutions like the church and universities advanced Christian-nationalist ideologies that justified colonial rule, marginalizing Indigenous, African, and non-European cultures by framing European Christian values as superior. European imperial powers reshaped local economies for their gain, turning colonies into sources of raw materials and markets for goods. Monocultures like sugar and cotton left regions vulnerable, while urban centers prioritized resource export over local needs, fostering uneven development.By the mid-20th century, America had risen to global dominance, cementing its power through institutions like the IMF and World Bank, which reinforced economic dependencies. Decolonization movements emerged in response, with nations in Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean seeking justice and sovereignty. Yet many former colonies remain trapped in systemic inequalities shaped by imperial and American influence. While initiatives like the G-77 — a UN coalition of developing nations promoting collective economic interests and South-South cooperation — aim to reshape global systems, progress remains slow and resistance strong.Today, Project 2025 seeks to revive Christian-nationalist doctrines, echoing colonial practices. Signs of rising authoritarianism, white Christian nationalism, and silencing dissent are evident. The Levant, too, reflects another iteration of the colonial Doctrine of Discovery — seizing land and subjugating oppressed populations under theological justifications.Even in the early days of American colonization, there were woke voices. One of them happened to be another ancestor of mine. My tenth grandfather, Stephen Bachiler (circa 1561–1656) was an English clergyman and an early advocate for the separation of church and state. His life exemplified the struggles for religious autonomy in early American history, but also the importance of sustained critique of power and injustice.Educated at St. John's College, Oxford, he became the vicar of Wherwell but was ousted in 1605 for his Puritan beliefs. At nearly 70, he left to New England in 1632 to establish the First Church of Lynn near Boston. It was there it is assumed he cast the sole vote against the expulsion of Roger Williams — a proponent of equitable treatment of Native Americans and a fellow Separatist.Both men showed a commitment to religious freedom, tolerance, and fair dealings. While they were clearly colonizers and missionaries, each with their own religion, they were also relatively woke. They showed the importance of a sustained quest for liberty and justice amid prevailing authoritarian orthodoxies.Trump wields language as a tool to cement his prevailing authoritarian orthodoxies. He surrounds himself with figures who reduce substantive critical discourse to noise. His media allies, from Fox News to populist voices like Joe Rogan, amplify his rhetoric, diverting attention from systemic injustices. These platforms trivialize urgent issues, overshadowing genuine grievances with performative derision and bad faith gestures.When language meant to confront injustice is co-opted, maligned, or muted, its power is diminished. Performative actions can “pipikize” critical terms, rendering them absurd or hollow while leaving entrenched problems untouched — many rooted in centuries of European colonization. Yet Trump's alignment with a new breed of colonization deepens these issues.Figures like Elon Musk and JD Vance, champions of libertarian techno-optimism, feed into Trump's agenda. Musk dreams of private cities and space colonies free from governmental oversight, while Vance benefits from Silicon Valley backers like Peter Thiel, who pour millions into advancing deregulation and creating self-governing enclaves.These visions are the new face of colonialism — enclaves of privilege where exploitation thrives, disconnected from democratic accountability. They mirror the hierarchies and exclusions of the past, dressed as innovation but steeped in familiar patterns of dominance.In this age of populism — another word twisted and worn thin — vigilance is essential. Language must be scrutinized not just for its use but for its intent. Without this, we risk falling into complacency, lulled by superficial gestures and farcical displays. Stay awake. Words can preserve the power to transform — but only when their intent remains grounded in uprooting injustice and inhumanity.References:* Cambridge Dictionary. Definition of woke. * Economist. (2024). Immigration, border control, and the ‘woke mind virus': Tracking political rhetoric. * Hobson, Christopher. (Sep 13, 2024). Imperfect Notes: In conversation with Pete Chambers. * Klein, Naomi. (2023). Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.* Macmillan Publishers. (2023). Crack-Up Capitalism: Market Radicals and the Dream of a World Without Democracy. * Neiman, Susan. (2023). Left Is Not Woke. Cambridge, MA: Polity Press.* New York Times Magazine. (1962). Kelley, William Melvin. If You're Woke You Dig It; No Mickey Mouse Can Be Expected to Follow Today's Negro Idiom Without a Hip Assist.* Press, Eyal. (2012). Beautiful Souls: Saying No, Breaking Ranks, and Heeding the Voice of Conscience in Dark Times. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.* Roth, Philip. (1993). Operation Shylock: A Confession. New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.* Time Magazine. (2023). India's textbook revisions spark controversy over history and ideology. * Walker, Corinne A. (2024). Aeon. What is behind the explosion in talk about decolonisation. * Dull, Jonathan. (2021). Post-Colonialism: Understanding the Past to Change the Future. World History Connected, 18(1), 125–142. This is a public episode. 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Uno de los libros del año es La península de las casas vacías, de un autor hasta ahora desconocido, David Uclés, que ha dedicado quince años de su vida a escribir una novela sobre la guerra civil, pero con un enfoque novedoso: valiéndose las herramientas del realismo mágico.Novela que ha puesto de acuerdo a lectores y críticos, publicada por Siruela.Enric Marco es un personaje que utilizó la mentira para construir su vida. Durante mucho tiempo se hizo pasar por superviviente de un campo de concentración de nazi, y hasta llegó a ser presidente de la Asociación Amical de Mauthausen en España. Pero un día fue descubierto. Y Javier Cercas le dedicó una novela, El impostor, y ahora Aitor Arregi y Jon Garaño, una película.En la sección de Audiolibros, Patrimonio, de Philip Roth, una de las obras más personales del autor nacido en Newark.Y últimas novedades, con el regreso de Dolores Redondo.

De uitslag van de Amerikaanse presidentsverkiezingen op 5 november 2024 kwam veel sneller dan verwacht. Donald Trump won. Inmiddels wordt dit resultaat door kenners diepgaand geanalyseerd; cijfers uitgeplozen, trends vastgesteld. Veel van wat de vele zelfbenoemde Amerika-deskundigen vertelden op ‘the day after' blijkt toch echt anders te zitten.Het was bepaald géén aardverschuiving. Dit was niet 'the greatest comeback in history'. Er is geen sprake van een ongekend mandaat. Het is niet de sprong naar een nieuw tijdperk. Deze uitslag doet denken aan 1828. En het meest nog misschien aan 1940, althans zoals het ging in de roman The Plot Against America.***Deze aflevering is mede mogelijk gemaakt met donaties van luisteraars die we hiervoor hartelijk danken. Word ook vriend van de show!Heb je belangstelling om in onze podcast te adverteren of ons te sponsoren? Zend een mailtje naar adverteren@dagennacht.nl en wij zoeken contact.Op sommige podcast-apps kun je niet alles lezen. De complete tekst plus linkjes en een overzicht van al onze eerdere afleveringen vind je hier***1] Geen aardverschuivingTrump won van Kamala Harris. Maar historisch uitzonderlijk is het feit dat hij voor de derde keer op rij minder dan de helft van de kiezers kon overtuigen. Hij won ook duidelijk minder kiezers dan Joe Biden in 2020 en overschrijdt de 50% niet, bij 76,7 miljoen stemmen. Harris haalde 74 miljoen stemmen en net iets meer dan 48%.De smadelijkste landslide was die van 1992. Jaap en PG vertellen over het drama van George H.W. Bush die ten onder ging tegen de gouverneur van Arkansas, Bill Clinton, hoewel die maar 43% won. De spelbederver was 'de Berlusconi van Texas', Ross Perot. Aan niemand doet Donald Trump méér denken.Episch waren de aardverschuivingen van Ronald Reagan in 1980 en nog meer in 1984. En de allergrootste overwinning was die van 1964 door president Lyndon Baines Johnson. Ook een zeer kleurrijke Texaan. Maar er schuilde ook tragiek en verdriet achter deze ongeëvenaarde triomf.2] Niet dé comebackJD Vance riep op verkiezingsavond: “The greatest comeback in history”. Viktor Orbán leende ‘m meteen. Maar het is onzin.Trump lag de hele tijd vóór op Biden in de polls en Harris moest zich als underdog juist terugvechten. De GOP had het Huis en de halve Senaat ook al. Ze knokten samen tot het 50/50 werd. De echte comeback kid was Kamala Harris dus, maar ze scoorde net niet hoog genoeg.Welke presidenten waren wel zulke electorale tovenaars? Wie kwamen er roemrijk terug uit verloren posities? Diezelfde Bill Clinton in 1996. Jaap en PG vertellen hoe de Republikeinen de overwinning op de geheel mislukte eerste ambtstermijn van 'The man from Hope' zich uit de vingers lieten glippen. Een aanslag, een aarzelende kandidaat die bedankte en een extremistisch financieel beleid deden de Republikeinen toch nog de das om.De klassieke comeback was natuurlijk Harry Trumans triomf in 1948. Zijn tactieken en zijn strategie had team-Harris heel goed moeten bestuderen. Hij negeerde zijn opponent en streed tegen het 'do nothing Congress' en won in de rurale streken.3] Geen echt mandaatTrump haalde niet meer dan 50 procent, won veelal dunbevolkte regio's en had geen heldere to do lijst. Zijn overwinning in het Huis is nipter dan ooit in de geschiedenis en in de Republikeinse fractie in het Huis van Afgevaardigden is het permanent gekrakeel.Vergelijk dat met eerdere presidenten. Barack Obama won fors in 2008 en met een glasheldere missie: een grote stimuleringswet tegen de kredietcrisis en enorme werkloosheid en de gezondheidszorg met Obamacare. Ook Reagan, LBJ en al helemaal Franklin Delano Roosevelt hadden een uiterst scherpe politieke focus op wat hun overwinning hen mest opleveren.4] Geen nieuw tijdperkHet was Harris die zei: sla de bladzij om naar een nieuwe toekomst. Trumps campagne was allereerst wraak op het mislukte verleden. Wraak op zijn flop van 2020 toen in de pandemie de kiezers liever 'a safe pair of hands' kozen. Hij beloofde hen nu daarom een glanzend verleden.PG stipt de vele gouwe ouwen aan uit het Amerikaans verleden waar Trump mee kwam. Van een wet tegen illegalen uit 1798 tot het campagneliedje uit 1984, bij Reagans triomf. Van tol uit 1885 tot het afschaffen van het ministerie van Onderwijs in 1980. Zelfs Trumps plan met abortuswetgeving en dat onderwijsbeleid waren hondenfluitjes naar het 19e-eeuwse Zuiden.Trump staat dan ook in stil contrast met Republikeinse matadoren uit vroeger tijden. Van Theodore Roosevelt die de macht van kartels brak tot Dwight D. Eisenhower die brede welvaart voor de middenklasse vooropzette en grote infrastructuur. En natuurlijk Reagan met zijn fiscale hervormingen en het winnen van de koude Oorlog.5] Hét rolmodelWaar spiegelt Trump zich dan aan als hij opnieuw het Witte Huis betreedt? Voor zichzelf is hij 'the greatest president ever'. Maar er is een opmerkelijke voorganger waarover hij vaak vertelt. Andrew Jackson. Die regeerde van 1829 tot 1837 en zijn jaren waren net zo turbulent als die van Trump.Hij was de eerste 'niet-elite' president, een generaal die het idool was van de gewone man en vrouw. Ook hij wilde wraak op een hem gestolen verkiezing. Hij haatte de elite en was een demagoog die zich van niemand of de wet iets aantrok. Met iedereen maakte hij heibel, zelfs ook hij met zijn vicepresident. "De tolk van de meerderheid en haar hartstochten" schreef zijn tijdgenoot Alexis de Tocqueville.Maar omdat Trump eigenlijk de hoofdpersoon is uit een tv-serie, een fictief personage, kan het niet verrassen dat hij meest lijkt om die president uit die magnifieke roman van Philip Roth. Dat verhaal speelt in 1940 en de kandidaat van de America First Party wint van FDR. De overeenkomsten met nu zijn groot.***Verder luisteren459 – Rolmodel George Washington405 - De Amerikaanse democratie in gevaar: het gevecht tussen Biden en Trump360 - 4th of July: Mar-a-Lago, de plek waar het al 100 jaar gebeurt345 - Leiders op leeftijd. Krasse knar Joe Biden is niet de enige319 - Lyndon B. Johnson, politiek genie en manipulator van de buitencategorie289 - Donald Trump als gevaar voor de democratie - Joe Biden en zijn strijd voor de ziel van Amerika281 - Fourth of July: Amerika reisgids voor politieke junkies221 - Madam Speaker: de spijkerharde charme van Nancy Pelosi206 - 'Aardverschuiving': Michael Wolff over Donald Trumps laatste dagen als president. En: zijn bezoek aan Mar-a-Lago202 - 4th of July: Joe Biden in het spoor van LBJ (met als gast: Jan Paternotte)185 - De Amerikaanse Burgeroorlog (1): Black Lives Matter en George Floyd, hoe de burgeroorlog op de VS nog altijd zijn stempel drukt159 - Washington DC: na de afgang van Trump optimisme over Biden en Harris150 - De memoires van Barack Obama146 - Amerikaanse presidentsverkiezingen: de machtsoverdracht142 - De smerigste verkiezingscampagnes in de Amerikaanse geschiedenis133 - Amerikaanse presidenten: boeken die je volgens PG móet lezen!121 - 4th of July special: Zakenlui als president van Amerika111 - De onverwachte herrijzenis van Helmut Kohl – en van Truman, Merkel en Rutte57 - Alexis de Tocqueville wilde Amerika begrijpen44 - Amerika Special: Michael Wolff over Donald J. Trump ** PG over Franklin D. Roosevelt***Tijdlijn00:00:00 – Deel 100:27:49 – Deel 200:51:43 – Deel 301:34:00 – EindeZie het privacybeleid op https://art19.com/privacy en de privacyverklaring van Californië op https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

di Matteo B. Bianchi | Dopo la bellissima esperienza live della scorsa puntata, Copertina torna in studio ma sempre con tanti ospiti, a cominciare da Serena Di Lecce della libreria Millelibri di Bari, dedicata interamente alla poesia. Andiamo a conoscere anche Nicolò S. Centemero e Mariarosa Loddo, autori e voci del podcast "Malati di letteratura", e Norman Gobetti, traduttore di autori come Philip Roth e Mohsin Hamid, ed eccezionalmente anche dell'ultimo attesissimo romanzo di Sally Rooney "Intermezzo". Infine, la scrittrice Ilaria Tuti ci dà un suo personale consiglio di lettura.  LIBRI CONSIGLIATI IN QUESTO EPISODIO: GLI ALTRI FANNO VOLUME di Angelo Calvisi, editore Piedimosca IL MALE CHE NON C'È di Giulia Caminito, Bompiani SULLE STRADE DI MIO PADRE di José Enrique Bortoluci, Iperborea CIO CHE SCRIVO NON È SCRIVERE. MODELLI DI PENSIERO, PROBLEMI DI POESIA di Paul Valéry, Argo Libri e Industria & Letteratura Collana ISOLA (microprogetto editoriale di poesia e illustrazione) I POVERI di William Vollmann, Minimumfax ALL'AMICO CHE NON MI HA SALVATO LA VITA di Hervé Guibert, GOG Edizioni EXIT WEST di Mohsin Hamid, Einaudi LA STANZA DEGLI UFFICIALI di Marc Dugain, Ponte alle Grazie Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

L'émission 28 minutes du 30/10/2024  La région de Valence en Espagne confrontée à des inondations dantesques et mortelles Plus de 72 personnes sont décédées en Espagne dans des inondations qui touchent le sud-est du pays depuis le mardi 29 octobre. Ce sont les inondations les plus dramatiques depuis août 1996. La région de Valence, et la côte méditerranéenne espagnole en général, sont souvent sujettes à des phénomènes de “goutte froide”, qui provoquent des pluies soudaines et très violentes. Ces épisodes peuvent durer plusieurs jours. Le météorologue Gaël Musquet nous explique les causes de ces inondations impressionnantes et leur lien avec le réchauffement climatique. Trump fait-il vraiment peser une menace fasciste sur l'Amérique ? Dans “Le complot contre l'Amérique”, l'écrivain américain Philip Roth imagine ce qu'il se serait passé aux États-Unis si son pays s'était rallié à l'Allemagne nazie, en portant à sa tête l'aviateur Charles Lindbergh, antisémite notoire. À moins d'une semaine de l'élection présidentielle américaine, les contempteurs de Donald Trump, comme sa rivale Kamala Harris, le qualifient de fasciste. Le candidat républicain s'en est défendu lundi 28 octobre affirmant être “le contraire d'un nazi”. L'américaniste Sylvie Laurent analysait la situation, dans “Libération” le 26 octobre : “Donald Trump n'est ni Hitler, ni Mussolini. Mais des éléments indiscutables de fascisation, qui s'ancrent dans l'histoire américaine, sont rassemblés dans la parole et le projet politiques du candidat.”  Aide aux Palestiniens : l'interdiction de l'Unrwa par Israël est-elle défendable ? Le Parlement israélien a voté lundi 28 octobre en faveur d'une loi interdisant les activités de l'Unrwa, l'agence des Nations unies pour les réfugiés palestiniens, en Israël. Il y a quelques mois, l'État hébreu avait accusé des employés de cet agence d'avoir participé aux massacres du 7 octobre aux côtés du Hamas. Cette décision a provoqué un tollé international et pourrait avoir d'importantes conséquences sur l'acheminement de l'aide humanitaire aux Palestiniens, en particulier dans la bande de Gaza. Cette loi semble également marquer l'hostilité d'Israël à l'égard de l'ONU et de son secrétaire général, António Guterres, qui a condamné à plusieurs reprises la riposte israélienne sur Gaza. Cette décision est-elle susceptible d'amplifier davantage la crise humanitaire dans la bande de Gaza ? Marjorie Adelson nous emmène au Royaume-Uni, préoccupé par un mystérieux voleur de cheddar et Marie Bonnisseau nous explique comment l'extrême droite allemande s'en prend à l'héritage architectural du Bauhaus. 28 Minutes est le magazine d'actualité d'ARTE, présenté par Elisabeth Quin du lundi au jeudi à 20h05. Renaud Dély est aux commandes de l'émission le vendredi et le samedi. Ce podcast est coproduit par KM et ARTE Radio. Enregistrement : 30 octobre 2024 - Présentation : Élisabeth Quin - Production : KM, ARTE Radio

L'émission 28 minutes du 30/10/2024  Trump fait-il vraiment peser une menace fasciste sur l'Amérique ? Dans “Le complot contre l'Amérique”, l'écrivain américain Philip Roth imagine ce qu'il se serait passé aux États-Unis si son pays s'était rallié à l'Allemagne nazie, en portant à sa tête l'aviateur Charles Lindbergh, antisémite notoire. À moins d'une semaine de l'élection présidentielle américaine, les contempteurs de Donald Trump, comme sa rivale Kamala Harris, le qualifient de fasciste. Le candidat républicain s'en est défendu lundi 28 octobre affirmant être “le contraire d'un nazi”. L'américaniste Sylvie Laurent analysait la situation, dans “Libération” le 26 octobre : “Donald Trump n'est ni Hitler, ni Mussolini. Mais des éléments indiscutables de fascisation, qui s'ancrent dans l'histoire américaine, sont rassemblés dans la parole et le projet politiques du candidat.”  Aide aux Palestiniens : l'interdiction de l'Unrwa par Israël est-elle défendable ? Le Parlement israélien a voté lundi 28 octobre en faveur d'une loi interdisant les activités de l'Unrwa, l'agence des Nations unies pour les réfugiés palestiniens, en Israël. Il y a quelques mois, l'État hébreu avait accusé des employés de cet agence d'avoir participé aux massacres du 7 octobre aux côtés du Hamas. Cette décision a provoqué un tollé international et pourrait avoir d'importantes conséquences sur l'acheminement de l'aide humanitaire aux Palestiniens, en particulier dans la bande de Gaza. Cette loi semble également marquer l'hostilité d'Israël à l'égard de l'ONU et de son secrétaire général, António Guterres, qui a condamné à plusieurs reprises la riposte israélienne sur Gaza. Cette décision est-elle susceptible d'amplifier davantage la crise humanitaire dans la bande de Gaza ? 28 minutes est le magazine d'actualité d'ARTE, présenté par Élisabeth Quin du lundi au jeudi à 20h05. Renaud Dély est aux commandes de l'émission le vendredi et le samedi. Ce podcast est coproduit par KM et ARTE Radio. Enregistrement : 30 octobre 2024 - Présentation : Élisabeth Quin - Production : KM, ARTE Radio

In Episode Seventeen, DDSWTNP briefly discuss new Nobel Laureate Han Kang before digging into “A History of the Writer Alone in a Room,” DeLillo's acceptance speech for an award he did win, the 1999 Jerusalem Prize. In this unpublished, hard-to-find text, DeLillo tells the humbling story of the novelist at frustratingly slow work, “shaped by the vast social reality that rumbles all around him,” in a narrative that conjures scenes that resonate with Libra, Mao II, and other of DeLillo's portraits of the artist (while also raising the question of whether DeLillo has a cat). Novelists Thomas Mann, Philip Roth, and William Gaddis make their way into our analysis of this miniature fiction, and we consider as well the meaning of the Jerusalem Prize, the “nonchalant terror” of everyday life, and the young woman writer the essay at its end envisions taking up this legacy of lonely work. Texts mentioned or cited in this episode: Don DeLillo, “A History of the Writer Alone in a Room,” 1999 Jerusalem Prize For the Freedom of the Individual in Society acceptance address. Jerusalem: Jerusalem International Book Fair, 1999. Reprinted in German translation (“Der Narr in seinem Zimmer”) in Die Zeit (March 29, 2001). See also: https://collections.library.yale.edu/catalog?op=AND&sort=score+desc%2C+pub_date_si+desc%2C+title_si+asc&search_field=advanced&all_fields_advanced=&child_oids_ssim=17371596&commit=SEARCH ---. “On William Gaddis.” Conjunctions (Issue 41, Fall 2003). https://web.archive.org/web/20031123133017/http://www.conjunctions.com/archives/c41-dd.htm[Incorrectly placed in Bookforum in the episode.] ---. “The Artist Naked in a Cage.” The New Yorker, May 26, 1997. “Don DeLillo: The Word, the Image, the Gun.” Dir. Kim Evans. BBC Documentary, September 27, 1991. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4029096/ and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DTePKA1wgc&t=63s William Gaddis, The Recognitions. Harcourt Brace & Co., 1955.

Today's great political film is Frank Capra's Mr Smith Goes to Washington (1939), a much-loved tale of the little guy taking on the corrupt establishment. But there's far more to it than that, including an origin story that suggests Jefferson Smith (James Stewart) might not be what he seems. From filibusters to fascism, from the New Deal to America First, from Burton K. Wheeler to Harry S. Truman, this is a heart-warming film that still manages to go to the dark heart of American politics.To hear our bonus episode on Philip Roth's The Plot Against America (in which Burton K. Wheeler becomes America's Hitler) sign up now to PPF+ for just £5 per month or £50 a year and get all our other bonuses plus ad free listening https://www.ppfideas.com/join-ppf-plusNext time: Citizen Kane Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With Salinger's Soul: His Personal & Religious Odyssey (Post Hill Press), author and retired journalist/editor Stephen B. Shepard explores the life of JD Salinger and the hidden core of an author who became famous for avoiding fame. We get into why Stephen decided to chase this elusive ghost, why Salinger didn't make it into his previous book about Jewish American writers, whether he believes Salinger's unpublished writing will see the light of day, and why it was important that he approach the book as biography and not literary criticism (although he does bring a reader's voice to the book). We talk about the lack of sex in Salinger's fiction, the uncanniness of Holden Caulfield's voice, Salinger's WWII trauma, his rise to fame, search for privacy, abandonment of publishing, embrace of Vedanta & ego-death, and his pattern of pursuing young women, and how it all maybe ties together. We also discuss Stephen's career as a journalist and how it influences his writing, what he learned in building a graduate program in journalism at CUNY, the ways we both started out in business-to-business magazines (he went a lot farther than I did, editing Newsweek and Business Week), how journalism has changed over the course of his career, Philip Roth's biography and what it means to separate the book from the writer, and a lot more. More info at our site • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal and via our e-newsletter

“Se toparmos um leve exagero e aceitarmos que a leitura é uma experiência suavíssima de alucinação, nos perguntamos: quantas vezes nós, mulheres, alucinamos ser homens? E que espécies de aventura – muitas delas interditas a nós na vida real – vivenciamos na pele virtual deles? Por meio da nossa imaginação, homens ficcionais existem, e carregam efeitos dessa existência para nossas vidas concretas”. Retiro o trecho da apresentação de “O Homem Não Existe”, livro que a pesquisadora, doutora em literatura, professora e crítica literária Ligia Gonçalves Diniz acaba de publicar pela Zahar. O livro é um longo ensaio no qual Ligia mostra ao leitor como busca compreender e, de alguma maneira, vivenciar a masculinidade por meio da ficção. Sexualidade, raiva e beleza (ou feiura) são alguns dos assuntos pelos quais a autora passa enquanto se debruça sobre obras de autores como Albert Camus, Philip Roth, Roberto Bolaño, Herman Melville, Dante, Graciliano Ramos e Homero. Mas nem só de homens se faz a bibliografia de Ligia. Estão por lá autoras como Susan Sontag, Anne Carson e Audre Lorde. Indo além das letras, há acenos improváveis a músicas de grupos como Art Popular e Engenheiros do Hawaii ou a filmes como “Crepúsculo”. “O Homem Não Existe” também é uma argumentação sobre viver outras experiências por meio da arte. Conversei com Ligia a respeito desse deslocamento numa época em que tantos buscam por espelhos no papo que vocês ouvirão a seguir. Os amores proibidos, as paixões assumidas e a relação entre obra, autores e leitores também foram assuntos da nossa conversa. * Aqui o caminho para a newsletter da Página Cinco: https://paginacinco.substack.com/

Enjoy an eclectic playlist featuring projects inspired by the novels of Don De Lillo and Philip Roth, champagne-making, mighty vertebrates, wood parasites, and more. The playlist features Leon Phal; Rodrigo Dominguez; Neta Raanan [pictured]; Matt Pavolka; Anna Butterss; and SML. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/19406049/Mondo-Jazz [from "Healthy Ground" to "Feed the Birds"]. Happy listening! Photo credit: Jimmy Katz.

On Naomi Klein & Naomi Wolf and "political diagonalism" Episode in association with Damage magazine. Patreon Exclusive. Ben Burgis talks to Alex and George about his review in Damage of Naomi Klein's Doppelgangers. We discuss: Whether Naomi Klein is representative of the average left-wing position this century What Klein's trajectory and that of Naomi Wolf tell us about contemporary politics What is "pipiking" – Philip Roth's term for making everything a farce? What role do conspiracy theories play for the Right today? For the Left? What's wrong with the idea of "settlers" and "indigenous", and how does it play out with regard to Jews and to Native Americans? Are we right to hold up “proper left” and “proper right” as ideals to which the ideological confusion of our times should return?   Links: Left Identitarianism Is Also A Mirror World, Ben Burgis, Damage Ben Burgis' columns at Jacobin What comes after wokeness?, Alex Hochuli, Substack The Making of a New Political Subject, George Hoare, Café american

In today's episode, I'm joined by Joan Leegant to discuss her new short story collection, Displaced Persons. Joan shares insights into her writing process, including how she often begins stories with no preset idea and allows stories to emerge from a first sentence. Many of Joan's stories are set among immigrants and Americans living in Israel. And while Joan's collection was accepted for publication before October 7th, it came in June, in the midst of a highly polarized and frightening time for people on every side of the current conflict. So we talk about what it's been like for Jewish writers publishing today, and also the way that fiction allows for empathic connections not always available in daily life."My method of writing anything, particularly short stories, is that I have no clue what I'm going to do when I sit down to write it. I have no clue what it's going to be about." Key Takeaways* Joan's collection is set in Israel and America, focusing on displaced individuals. She highlights the interplay of naive Americans with complex realities, particularly in Israel.* A notable story, Displaced Persons, features an American teaching English to African refugees. Joan explores the absurdity of a country founded by displaced persons dealing with new displaced populations.* "The material just was kind of urging itself to come out," Joan says about the stories she wrote while working on other novels. It's a testament to the compelling nature of the themes she explores.* In Remittances, the narrator empathizes with marginalized workers in Tel Aviv. It's a story of immigrants in a land that symbolizes a second chance, reflecting Israel as a haven for those on the edge.* Another powerful story, Beautiful Souls, follows two American girls in Jerusalem. Their naivete leads them into dangerous situations, showcasing the often startling collision of American innocence with Israeli realities.* Joan's stories on mental illness are deeply human, exploring family dynamics through the lens of mental health, not as a central theme but as a way to navigate complex relationships.* We discuss the impact of the Israel-Gaza war and the polarized publishing landscape. Though accepted before the October 7 attacks, Displaced Persons landed post-crisis, and Joan says she's navigated the current landscape by focusing on the universal human elements of her stories.* Fiction is transformative. Joan cites the power of fiction to expand empathy, offering a “glimpse into some deeper truth.” It's about illuminating the complexities of life through imagined worlds.* Leegant's belief in the power of fiction to expand empathy is echoed by George Saunders, who describes a story as a "black box" that provides a deeper glimpse into human nature. "You need to illuminate human truth, but you do it through imagined stories," says Leegant.* Joan's idea of “associative leaps” in writing, where characters' truths emerge organically, enriches her storytelling. Her characters' voices and feelings drive the narrative, rather than a pre-planned agenda.* On navigating the current volatile landscape: Joan learned to balance sensitivity with openness, not shying away from broader literary and academic engagements, while being mindful of the potential for polarization.* During a recent visit to Israel, Joan facilitated writing workshops helping teachers process trauma through expressive writing, a poignant testament to the healing power of storytelling.* We discuss fiction's ability to explore complex human conditions and to bridge gaps of empathy and understanding. "Our capacity should not be just read about people we already know, or we are exactly alike, but people we are nothing like," Leegant remarks."Our capacity should not be just read about people we already know, or we are exactly alike, but people we are nothing like." About Joan LeegantJoan Leegant's new story collection, Displaced Persons, won the New American Fiction Prize. Joan's first collection, An Hour in Paradise, won the PEN/New England Book Award and the Wallant Award, and was a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award and a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers pick. She is also the author of a novel, Wherever You Go, named a "Significant Jewish Book" by the Union of Reform Judaism.Formerly a lawyer, from 2007 to 2013 Joan was the visiting writer at Bar-Ilan University outside Tel Aviv where she also gave talks on American literature and culture under the auspices of the U.S. Embassy and was a volunteer ESL teacher for African refugees and asylum seekers. She has taught at Harvard, Oklahoma State, and Cornish College in Seattle where she was the writer-in-residence at Hugo HouseAdditional Links* Displaced Persons has been selected for Hadassah's One Book, One Hadassah read! Register here to join the virtual conversation on August 22 at 7 PM (ET)* Joan Leegant's website and events schedule* On Moral Fiction (Kirkus Review), by John Gardner, 1978* Ron Carlson Writes a Story, by Ron Carlson* “Writing About Jews,” by Philip Roth, Commentary Magazine, December 1963.CreditsThis episode was produced by Magpie Audio Productions. Theme music  is "The Stone Mansion" by BlueDot Productions. Get full access to The Book I Want to Write at bookiwanttowrite.substack.com/subscribe

Writer on the Seth Rogen television series "Platonic", Noah Findling stops by to talk about how he rekindled his love affair with reading by bringing "Jurrassic Park" on his honeymoon. He and Joshua get into their anxieties over the future, doomsday prepping, and how 401k plans might not be necessary in 30 years. Joshua talks starting the famous sci fi L.A. dystopian novel "Parable of the Sower" and Noah tells of how Philip Roth's bodily obsessions aligned with his own upbringing. We also read recommendations from listeners!Portland Oregon and Richmond California get tickets to Joshua's upcoming comedy shows and for signed copies of his debut poetry book on JoshuaTurek.comCheck out Noah on instagram @noahbuilttheark and noahfindlingcomedy.comBooks talks bout include:Jurassic Park by Michael CrichtonThe Sphere by Michael CrichtonPortnoy's Compaint by Philip RothParable of the Sower by Octavia Butler Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

El pasado mes de julio, el diario estadounidense The New York Times publicó una lista de “Los 100 mejores libros del Siglo XXI” que no tardó en dar de qué hablar. En este episodio, entretenido y profundo como el resto, Dani y Carla se sumergen en los libros que ellas han leído de la polémica lista y los que creen son los grandes ausentes. Si son amantes de la lectura o están buscando qué leer no pueden dejar de escuchar este episodio. Además, las invitamos a participar en el club de lectura de nuestro Patreon en el que ya discutimos “Los días del abandono” de Elena Ferrante (puesto 92 en la lista) y en la que seguramente seguiremos leyendo esos títulos y otros de interés. Libros de la lista del New York Times (con su posición correspondiente) leídos por Dani y Carla: 92 “Los días del abandono”, Elena Ferrante. 91 “La mancha humana”, Philip Roth. 81 “Temporada de huracanes”, Fernanda Melchor. 80 “La niña perdida”, Elena Ferrante. Libro 4 de la serie de “Las dos amigas”. 79 “Manual para mujeres de la limpieza”, Lucía Berlín. 59 “Middlesex”, Jeffrey Eugenides. 38 “Detectives salvajes”, Roberto Bolaño. 27 “Americanah”, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. 13 “El año del pensamiento mágico”, Joan Didion. 11 “La maravillosa vida breve de Óscar Wao”, Junot Díaz. 9 “Nunca me abandones”, Kazuo Ishiguro. 1 “La amiga estupenda”, Elena Ferrante. Libro 1 de “Las dos amigas”. La lista completa la pueden conseguir en un post publicado el 15 de julio en el Instagram de @nytbooks. Otros libros mencionados en el episodio: “Los años”, Annie Ernaux. “Fármaco”, Almudena Sánchez. “Me llamo Lucy Barton”, Elizabeth Strout. “Las Malas”, Camila Sosa Villada. “Pura pasión”, Annie Ernaux. “El acontecimiento”, Annie Ernaux. “Medio sol amarillo”, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. “Criar en feminismo”, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. “Lo que no tiene nombre”, Piedad Bonnet. “Noches azules”, Joan Didion. “Despojos: Sobre el matrimonio y la separación”, Rachel Cusk. “Un trabajo para toda la vida: Sobre la experiencia de ser madre”, Rachel Cusk. “2666”, RobertoBolaño. “La hija oscura”, Elena Ferrante. “La vida mentirosa de los adultos”, Elena Ferrante. “Una educación”, Tara Westover. “Nada se opone a la noche”, Delphine De Vigan. Charlas TED “Todos deberíamos ser feministas”, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Series “Olive Kitteridge”, HBO. “My Brilliant Friend”, HBO. “La vida mentirosa de los adultos”, Netflix. Películas “La hija oscura”. “Nunca me abandones”. Podcast “Grandes infelices. Luces y sombras de grandes novelistas”. Spotify. Patrion Apóyanos en Patrion  / podemosvivirestahistoria   Suscríbete, déjanos un comentario  y comparte con tus amigas ¿Dónde nos puedes encontrar? En nuestra redes sociales: • Carla Candia Casado es @agobiosdemadre • Daniela Kammoun es @danikammoun

Toby Brookes' novel "All That She Brings" follows the story of Matthew Banks, a young insurance executive in Hartford who suddenly finds himself a widow after losing his wife in a fiery crash. Soon after, her infidelity is uncovered and he becomes dangerously tormented, acting out in ways alarming to both his neighbors and employer. His company arranges sessions with their internal therapist, and while engaged in deeply revealing counseling, more trouble arises at home in Pasadena. He flees west to attend to his mother's affairs and the family estate, only to find his estranged father, who has appeared after fifteen years, demanding a piece of the estate.While there, a shocking call comes from the company therapist, threatening to push him over the edge. A homeless prophet living on the beach, where he often escapes to surf, offers hope. This, and a renewed love for ceramics, help Matthew Banks rebuild a life he never asked for nor imagined; but one he might be able to roll with. For readers who enjoy realist fiction in the style of Philip Roth or John Cheever, this fast-moving drama layered with multiple plot lines is reminiscent of a Wes Anderson screenplay. It's guaranteed to draw you in quickly and hold your attention to the end.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/arroe-collins-unplugged-totally-uncut--994165/support.

Something different for our last episode on the Great Political Fictions as this time David talks to the person who wrote it: Tim Rice, the lyricist of the epic musical about the life of Eva Peron, Evita (co-written with Andrew Lloyd-Webber). Where did the idea for such an unlikely subject come from? Why has it struck a chord with politicians from Thatcher to Trump? What does it say about the relationship between celebrity, populism and power?Sign up now to PPF+ to get ad-free listening and all our bonus episodes – including a new bonus episode on Philip Roth's The Plot Against America www.ppfideas.com Next time: Adam Rutherford on counterfactual science to kick off our new series on ‘What Ifs…' Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

David talks to the writer and broadcaster Helen Lewis about Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird (1960), one of the most widely read and best-loved novels of the twentieth century, and in the twenty-first century increasingly one of the most controversial. Is the book an attack on or an apology for Southern racism? How does its view of race relate to the picture it paints of class and caste in 1930s Alabama? And what on earth are we to make of the recently published prequel/sequel Go Set A Watchman? Plus we discuss Demon Copperhead, JD Vance, and more.Sign up now to PPF+ to get ad-free listening and all our bonus episodes – including a new bonus episode on Philip Roth's The Plot Against America www.ppfideas.com Our free fortnightly newsletter will be out tomorrow, including more to read, watch and listen to about To Kill A Mockingbird – just sign up here https://linktr.ee/ppfideasNext time: Tim Rice talks about Evita Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The writer and political philosopher Lea Ypi talks about the impact on her of Henrik Ibsen's The Wild Duck (1884), which she first read when she was eight – thinking it was a children's book (it isn't!) – and has been returning to ever since. A play about family and betrayal, idealism and disappointment, temptation and self-destruction, is it also a parable about the illusions of politics? And how might it shake a person's faith?Sign up now to PPF+ to get ad-free listening and all our bonus episodes – coming soon a special bonus episode on Philip Roth's The Plot Against America www.ppfideas.com Next time: Helen Lewis on To Kill A Mockingbird Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Long Island Compromise by Taffy Brodesser-Akner is a story about the benefits and consequences of wealth and the lengths we'll go to run from our real stories. Brodesser-Akner joins us to talk about family dynamics and trauma, privilege, the American dream and more with Miwa Messer, host of Poured Over. This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang.                     New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app.          Featured Books (Episode): Long Island Compromise by Taffy Brodesser-Akner Fleishman Is in Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner Capital in the Twenty-First Century by Thomas Piketty American Pastoral by Philip Roth

La escritora ecuatoriana María Fernanda Ampuero visitó la Biblioteca  de Antonio Martínez Asensio en Hoy por Hoy con su último libro "Visceral" (Páginas de espuma), a medio camino entre el ensayo ,  la autoficción y la autoibiografía. Pero ante la duda, lo que está claro es que es visceral, una exhortación furiosa de las temáticas actuales que más nos tocan directamente. Es un libro adictivo, como escuchar a su autora. Es una literatura que dispara en el buen sentido de la palabra. Lectura del libro y audición del podcast muy necesaria. También son imprescindibles  las lecturas que nos ha recomendado  María Fernanda más allá de "Visceral"  que han sido "La carretera" de Cormac McCarthy (Randon House/traductor Luis Murillo Fort) "Cuentos Reunidos" de Amparo Dávila (Páginas de Espuma ). La actualidad de la semana ha inspirado a Antonio Martínez Asensio tres libros "La conjura contra América" de Philip Roth (Random House)  "La mujer volcán" de Carla Antonelli (Plaza y Janés)  y "Río Fugitivo" de Edmundo Paz Soldán (Libros del Asteroide). Las novedades de la semana que trajo Pepe Rubio fueron "Biografía de X" de Catherine Lacey (Alfaguara) y "La última casa" de Arantxa urretabizkaia (Consonni). Y de los oyentes nos quedamos con la donación de "El salvaje"  de Guillermo Arriaga (Alfaguara) .

Las emociones más intensas se esconden tras las apariencias en este bonus. Platicamos con el escritor suizo Joël Dicker acerca de su novela más reciente, “Un animal salvaje”, y terminamos charlando acerca del mal, la envidia y un montón de sentimientos humanos que pocas veces sacamos a la luz. Hablando de lo oculto, José Luis Trueba Lara entrevistó al autor mexicano Sealtiel Alatriste, que escribió una novela impactante, “Los demonios de la culpa”, en la que retoma una historia que ha estado en la literatura desde la antigüedad: la traición entre dos hermanos. Finalmente, Gilberto Díaz nos trae el perfil de un autor estadounidense único y a la vez multifacético: Philip Roth.¿Te animas a explorar a estos escritores con nosotros? ¡Dale play!

In 2015, Viet Thanh Nguyen was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for his debut novel, The Sympathizer. Now, nearly a decade later, the book has been adapted into an HBO miniseries of the same name. This week, Michael sits down with Viet for a conversation about his latest book, A Man with Two Faces, which expands beyond the familiar beats of memoir, and features the author's trademark interest in the broader political and colonial implications of the personal.Reading list:The Sympathizer, Viet Thanh Nguyen, 2014The Committed, Viet Thanh Nguyen, 2021A Man of Two Faces, Viet Thanh Nguyen, 2023Dune, Frank Herbert, 1965Portnoy's Complaint, Philip Roth,1968 Quarterly Essay: Highway to Hell, Joëlle Gergis, 2024 You can find these books and all the others we mentioned at your favourite independent book store. Socials: Stay in touch with Read This on Instagram and TwitterGuest: Viet Thanh NguyenSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In 2015, Viet Thanh Nguyen was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for his debut novel, The Sympathizer. Now, nearly a decade later, the book has been adapted into an HBO miniseries of the same name. This week, Michael sits down with Viet for a conversation about his latest book, A Man with Two Faces, which expands beyond the familiar beats of memoir, and features the author's trademark interest in the broader political and colonial implications of the personal. Reading list: The Sympathizer, Viet Thanh Nguyen, 2014 The Committed, Viet Thanh Nguyen, 2021 A Man of Two Faces, Viet Thanh Nguyen, 2023 Dune, Frank Herbert, 1965 Portnoy's Complaint, Philip Roth,1968  Quarterly Essay: Highway to Hell, Joëlle Gergis, 2024  You can find these books and all the others we mentioned at your favourite independent book store.  Socials: Stay in touch with Read This on Instagram and Twitter Guest: Viet Thanh Nguyen

Julia Gray (Washington Post, The Ringer) and Drew H. are joined by NYLON's Culture Editor Layla Halabian to unpack Season Five, Episode Two of HBO's Girls. The girls discuss Philip Roth for eighth graders, Jessa's Alexa Chung outfits, unprotected gay sex with sinister boot dealers, and bald daddy Corey Stoll. Follow Drew on ⁠Twitter⁠. Follow Julia on ⁠Twitter⁠. Follow Layla on ⁠Twitter⁠.

Jupiter begins its year-long transit through Gemini on May 25, 2024, so we turned it into a Serendipity Session! We riff on a specific yet understated theme that Jupiter in Gemini is likely to expose: the need to transcend opposing forces. The world is seen through a binary lens in many ways. Gemini will highlight the contradictions, juxtapositions, dichotomies, contrast, and duality that's present in so many aspects of our lives. But Jupiter has an ability to create a mystical union when faced with opposites. Resources mentioned in this episode include: Doppelgänger by Naomi KleinThe Book of Disquiet by Fernando PessoaDialectical Materialism*******************************About The Serendipity Sessions:We began The Serendipity Sessions as a series in the Clairannoyance podcast so we could have real-time unscripted conversations. Unlike our subject-specific deep dives and guest interview episodes, The Serendipity Sessions is a raw reflection of the genuine bond we share. We have no rules and no episode notes in advance, just a free-flowing exchange of thoughts and emotions. It's an exploration of the outer banks of consciousness where untamed treasures are hidden away. We believe one sudden insight can hold immense value, far beyond most meticulously planned discussions. Each session is a unique encounter with chance as we defy routine and enjoy a spontaneous dance with spirituality. We aim to keep these episodes as evergreen as possible, so you can find your way here whenever you need to. And hopefully, you'll encounter pieces of yourself every time you join us.*******************************P.S. Rate us 5 stars please and leave us a review! It helps so much!*******************************Podcast & Host Resources:Clairannoyance InstagramClairannoyance TikTokClairannoyance WebsiteMegan's InstagramMegan's TikTokMegan's WebsiteRyan's InstagramRyan's TikTokRyan's Website

In a career spanning over fifty years and thirty five records, Ben Sidran has established himself as a philosopher poet. Equally celebrated for his precise, probing writing style as he is for his improvised spoken word jazz raps, he has carved out a truly unique space for himself. The Times of London aptly described Ben as “the world's first existential jazz rapper,” and The Chicago Sun Times once referred to him as “a renaissance man cast adrift in the modern world.” He is one of a kind. And he is, of course, also my dad.   There is no one else like Ben so it's not uncommon for his fans and followers to search his songs for meaning in times of trouble. When the world is uncertain, many find comfort in the wisdom of his words (myself included!). Some of those songs have become classics among his elite tribe of hipster devotees, like “Life's A Lesson,” “Face Your Fears,” and “Don't Cry For No Hipster”.  So it was curious when, during the Covid pandemic, Ben chose to make his first ever fully instrumental record in 2022, Swing State. It was as if he had finally run out of words, at least for that moment, and he chose to let his piano tell the story that he was unable to sing about.  But those who know Ben well understand that he's never really out of words, so it was just a matter of time before he began to write again. And last summer he found himself back in a Parisian studio joined by a group of American and French musicians to make what would become his latest record, Rainmaker.  In many ways Rainmaker is just another in a long line of Ben's records - a new collection of songs written in his particular style of hipster philosophy set against a backdrop of easily digestible grooves. On the other hand, he describes the process of making it as “wrestling with the devil.” The accumulation of political, environmental and personal conditions made this particular project resonate differently for him.  We spoke recently about the process of making Rainmaker, the stories behind the songs, his belief in the power of humor to help survive adverse situations, how Philip Roth's retirement from writing affected him, whether or not he thinks retirement is truly possible for an artist, if this is in fact his last record, and what French rapper MC Solaar has to do with any of it.  Ben has been featured on this podcast many times, most recently on his 80th birthday last August. On each of his birthdays going back a handful of years we have talked, as well as on various other episodes. If you have heard any of them, then you know that it is always a huge treat to have him, and in fact the episodes with him are among the most listened to and shared on the podcast. www.third-story.com https://leosidran.substack.com/

In today's flashback, an outtake from Episode 679, my conversation with author Sebastian Castillo. It first aired on November 4, 2020. Castillo is a writer and teacher based in Philadelphia. He was born in Caracas, Venezuela and grew up in New York. He is the author of a novella entitled Salmon (Shabby Doll House), 49 Venezuelan Novels (Bottlecap Press), a collection of surreal micro-fiction, and another book called Not I (Word West).  *** Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly literary podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. Available where podcasts are available: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, etc. Subscribe to Brad Listi's email newsletter. Support the show on Patreon Merch @otherppl Instagram  TikTok Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] com The podcast is a proud affiliate partner of Bookshop, working to support local, independent bookstores. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

durée : 00:58:34 - Avec philosophie - par : Géraldine Muhlmann - Faire preuve d'autodérision, c'est montrer qu'on ne se prend pas au sérieux. Or, les sources de l'autodérision ne sont-elles pas plus complexes que cela ? Réponse avec notamment Philip Roth et Woody Allen. - invités : Marc Weitzmann Ecrivain et producteur de l'émission "Signes des temps" sur France Culture; Bruno Icher Journaliste; Tanya Lopert Actrice

Looking back on Philip Roth, one of the most celebrated American writers, who died in 2018, aged 85. From Goodbye, Columbus and Portnoy's Complaint to The Plot Against America — Roth's legacy lives on. He spoke to Eleanor Wachtel in 2009 about his early success, coping with fame and controversy, and the evolution of his writing... and his life.