Podcasts about Thomas Mallon

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit andrewsullivan.substack.comBatya is a journalist and author. She's a columnist for The Free Press, a co-host of The Group Chat on 2Way, and the author of two books: Bad News: How Woke Media Is Undermining Democracy, and Second Class: How the Elites Betrayed America's Working Men and Women. Her forthcoming book is about, as she puts it, “why Jews are Democrats and why the left turned on the Jews.”For two clips of our convo — on Trump's class warfare, and deporting non-citizens over speech — head to our YouTube page.Other topics: raised in an Orthodox family; debating issues with her parents and five siblings during Shabbat; spending high school in Israel; same-sex education; the mikveh; how sexual desire is better with limitations; becoming secular for a decade; getting a PhD in English literature; her “accidental” entry into journalism during Hurricane Sandy; the Great Awokening in media; Trump's despicable character; his fickle tariffs; his tax cuts; Congress ceding power to Trump; Biden's tariffs; his investment in factories and infrastructure; his disastrous immigration policy; Batya's evolving views on Trump; marriage equality; Bostock; trans activist ideology; Trump's EO on trans servicemembers; Scott Bessent; the overreach of neoliberalism; Adam Smith; the tax cuts in the BBB; crypto; defunding science at Harvard; gutting USAID; the State Dept's AI surveillance; the 1952 McCarthyite law; Öztürk and Khalil; UNRWA and Gaza; Israel striking Iran; and the possibility of regime change.There were eight clashes over facts in the episode. Chris ran them through Grok, which one presumes would not be too biased against Trump. You can read the eight back-and-forths on the web version of the episode. You should listen and, with these independent sources in mind, decide for yourself on the facts. I think I missed the mark a little a couple of times, but was specifically wrong in assuming that Batya was all in on the war against Iran and always had been. I apologize for that — and for getting a bit too amped up. I should try not to do that when I'm a host and I hope Batya will forgive me. But a vast amount of the chat was nonetheless delightful — and this is a stressful time. Coming up on the Dishcast: Paul Elie on crypto-religion in ‘80s pop culture, Walter Isaacson on Ben Franklin, Tara Zahra on the revolt against globalization after WWI, Thomas Mallon on the AIDS crisis, and Johann Hari turning the tables to interview me. (NS Lyons has indefinitely postponed a pod appearance — and his own substack — because he just accepted an appointment at the State Department; and the Arthur Brooks pod is postponed because of calendar conflicts.) Please send any guest recs, dissents, and other comments to dish@andrewsullivan.com.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit andrewsullivan.substack.comChris is a TV broadcaster and author. During his political career, he was a speechwriter for Jimmy Carter and the chief of staff for House Speaker Tip O'Neill. In journalism, Chris was a columnist with the San Francisco Examiner and then the Chronicle, the host of “Hardball with Chris Matthews,” and the host of “The Chris Matthews Show,” where I was a frequent guest. He's also written nine books. He's currently a professor at Fulbright University Vietnam, and he recently revived “Hardball” on Substack — check it out.For two clips of our convo — memorable quips from world leaders, and debating the legacy of JFK — head to our YouTube page.Other topics: growing up a Catholic in Philly with four brothers; showing up late to Mass; the Good Friday Agreement; absorbing Burke as a teen and lauding Bill Buckley; doing Peace Corps in Africa; working for Sen. Frank Moss; a stint as a Capitol cop; running for Congress in Philly; working for Ed Muskie the liberal budget hawk; Rick Hertzberg; writing for Carter and smoking cigs on Air Force One; the Iranian hostage crisis; Tip O'Neill the liberal titan; the corrupt Mayor Curley; Reagan the cowboy and ideas man; his tax cuts; Peggy Noonan's epic speeches; Reagan's humor; taking the piss out of Corbyn; the seductive charm and shittiness of Bill Clinton; his undeserved impeachment; Gore's disastrous run; the collective trauma of 9/11; neocons and the Iraq War; Obama's political genius; the nuclear threat from Iran; debating the woke's role in electing Trump; Biden's leftward lurch and Ron Klain; Tim Walz; GOP lawmakers' fear of Trump; his slavish sycophants; the patriotism that liberal elites don't fully grok; and the beauty of naturalization ceremonies.Browse the Dishcast archive for an episode you might enjoy (the first 102 are free in their entirety — subscribe to get everything else). Coming up: Batya Ungar-Sargon on Trump 2.0, Walter Isaacson on Ben Franklin, Tara Zahra on the revolt against globalization after WWI, Paul Elie on crypto-religion in ‘80s pop culture, Thomas Mallon on the AIDS crisis, Arthur Brooks on the science of happiness, and Johann Hari coming back to turn the tables and interview me for the pod. Please send any guest recs, dissents, and other comments to dish@andrewsullivan.com.

Washington Post Reporter Hannah Natanson says DOGE's mass firings made the government more inefficient. She also explains the risks of DOGE creating a massive database for the Trump administration. "There's a great deal of concern over how basically the Trump administration has taken every tool at their disposal and weaponized a lot of the federal government," she tells Terry Gross.Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews The Very Heart of It, by Thomas Mallon. It's a new collection of his diaries from 1983 to '94, which includes when he came out, and the years of the AIDS crisis and how it decimated the gay community.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

Washington Post Reporter Hannah Natanson says DOGE's mass firings made the government more inefficient. She also explains the risks of DOGE creating a massive database for the Trump administration. "There's a great deal of concern over how basically the Trump administration has taken every tool at their disposal and weaponized a lot of the federal government," she tells Terry Gross.Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews The Very Heart of It, by Thomas Mallon. It's a new collection of his diaries from 1983 to '94, which includes when he came out, and the years of the AIDS crisis and how it decimated the gay community.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

In February/March 2026 Seattle Opera premieres a new production of Fellow Travelers, an opera (based on the novel by Thomas Mallon) with music by Gregory Spears to a libretto by Greg Pierce that premiered at Cincinnati Opera in 2016. Jonathan Dean introduces this beautiful new American opera, a love story set against the historical backdrop of McCarthy's witch hunts and the Lavender Scare in 1950s Washington, DC. Musical examples from the world premiere recording of Fellow Travelers, conducted by Mark Gibson and featuring Aaron Blake as Tim, Joseph Lattanzi as Hawk, Devon Guthrie as Mary, Tayla Lieberman as Lucy, Marcus DeLoach, Vernon Hartman, Paul Scholten, and Christian Pursell in other roles, with the orchestra of Cincinnati Opera.

There aren't many actors that are having, and about to have, a year like Jonathan Bailey. For Showtime's Fellow Travelers, a sprawling look at the Lavender Scare of the 1950s to the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s as told through the eyes of two lovers spanning these three decades, Bailey earned a Critics Choice Award for his performance in the series at Tim Laughlin and cheekily during his now viral speech thanking co-star Matt Bomer, “Those of you who have seen Fellow Travelers will know that Matt and I come together” and that was a moment I couldn't let pass by in my conversation with him after earning an Emmy nomination for Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie last month. He'll be guest starring on the third season of Netflix's Emmy-winning YA hit series Heartstopper in October and then the silver screen in November with the feature film version of the smash Broadway musical Wicked, portraying Fiyero, the prince of princes in the land of Oz. He's set to return to the stage next year in Richard II and oh, he'll also have the fourth Jurassic World film to catapult him into even more mainstream screen stardom next summer. For Bailey though, his focus is being able to talk about Fellow Travelers and like his co-star and fellow Emmy nominee Matt Bomer (read our interview with Bomer here), bringing the truth about this period in American history is something he's passionate about. Based on the 2007 novel by Thomas Mallon and created for television by Ron Nyswaner (Philadelphia), the story chronicles the lives of staid State Department official Hawkins ‘Hawk' Fuller (Bomer) and rebellious but deeply Catholic political neophyte with the eagerness of a golden retriever, who wants to work in the Eisenhower administration in the late 1950s as the government began weeding out anyone suspected of homosexuality. Through marriages and children, secret retreats and rendezvous that push into the civil rights era of the 1960s, the gay sexual liberation of the 1970s and the brutality of the political reaction to the AIDS crisis of the 1980s, Hawk and Tim live deeply complicated and conflicting lives; of love and commitment, or lack thereof, of unbridled passion and sex, and ultimately acceptance. He goes into great detail about how the book and series came to him, how much he wanted to do a gay romance of this scope after hitting such a starry stride from the huge success of Bridgerton. With both of us being gay men, Bailey's language quickly becomes an inclusive ‘we' and ‘our' and he also takes time to ask what my experience and knowledge was like. I mention my grandparents, who probably never knew what the Lavender Scare was and he talks about how his 92-year old nana, who was born the same year as his character, watched the show and recalled someone she knew and worked alongside with who was gay and killed himself and that the show was able to reveal a way for her to process and understand it. He wants to relate and wants Fellow Travelers to reach and be related to. But through serious questions, Bailey and I take time to have fun. To joke about his Critics Choice speech, to talk about carrying Kylie Minogue to the stage at Hyde Park with Andrew Scott. “The real trophy for any gay man is carry Kylie Minogue,” he says, and he can't help but comment on Bomer's toes (“the most delicious I've ever come across”) and we venture into the show's nakedly erotic and vulnerable sex scenes. So cheeky. Bailey also wants to make sure that I knew the collective effort it took for him to bring Tim to life, shouting out his agents and reps (“The power of asking ‘why not?'”), and the cumulative nature of allyship in aligning him with gay journalists that ‘get it' because we're a part of the same community. “This is interview is knockout, one of my favorites,” he says, not to toot my own horn too much but then again, why not? As he says, “The conversations open when opportunities arise.” Jonathan Bailey is Emmy-nominated in the category of Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for Fellow Travelers with the episode “Make It Easy.”

The colder weather means more time to spend indoors and catch up on some binge-watching sessions. Matthew Jantjies-Green chats to Africa Melane about: season 3 of Bridgerton, which has just dropped; Fellow Travellers (American historical romance political thriller television miniseries based on the 2007 novel of the same name by Thomas Mallon); and Baby Reindeer (British dark comedy drama-thriller miniseries created by and starring Richard Gadd, adapted from his autobiographical one-man show of the same name.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Watch/Listen to this and all episodes ad free by joining the ITBR Patreon and get a free trial for the ITBR Professor level! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/ivorytowerboilerroom⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Allen Ellenzweig, a longtime contributor to The Gay and Lesbian Review magazine and cultural critic, joins Andrew to give his honest review of the "Fellow Travelers" TV series compared to Thomas Mallon's 2007 novel. Mallon's novel, and the TV series it's based off of, focus on depictions of queer life in 1950s Washington D.C. under political pressures, including the Lavender Scare and McCarthyism. Before the two reveal whether they are more of a Jonathan Bailey or a Matt Bomer fan, Allen explains how he became interested in writing about queer photography which led to his 2012 book "The Homoerotic Photograph." Does "Fellow Travelers" realistically portray the social and political climate queer men faced during the Lavender Scare, especially if these men worked for the government? This is one of many questions that Allen and Andrew get into as well as exploring which other queer texts focused on being gay in Washington D.C.? They discuss divides between attitudes around privacy versus visibility, with Allen providing the perspective of older generations who found comfort in the closet versus demands to come out. And in preparation for an upcoming "Queer as Folk" episode with author Neil J. Young, who just wrote "Coming Out Republican," they explore how gay Republicanism functions in "Fellow Travelers" (think Roy Cohn). You can find Allen's books here: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=allen+ellenzweig&i=stripbooks&crid=2QVUFKNU5PWWM&sprefix=allen+ellenzweig%2Cstripbooks%2C106&ref=nb_sb_noss_1 And, you can find his Gay and Lesbian Review articles here: https://glreview.org/author/lykeallen/ Follow ITBR on IG, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@ivorytowerboilerroom⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, TikTok, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@ivorytowerboilerroom⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and X, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@IvoryBoilerRoom⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Our Sponsors: Be sure to follow The SoapBox on IG, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@thesoapboxny⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and TikTok, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@thesoapboxny⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and visit their website ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.soapboxny.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to get your hands on their luxurious bath and body products! To subscribe to The Gay and Lesbian Review visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠glreview.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Click Subscribe, and enter promo code ITBR50 to receive 50% off any print or digital subscription. Follow them on IG, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@theglreview⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Head to Broadview Press, an independent academic publisher, for all your humanities related books. Use code ivorytower for 20% off your ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠broadviewpress.com ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠order. Follow them on IG, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@broadviewpress⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Order and follow ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@mandeemadeit⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (on IG) mention ITBR, and with your first order you'll receive a free personalized gift! Follow That Ol' Gay Classic Cinema on IG, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@thatolgayclassiccinema⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Listen here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/that-ol-gay-classic-cinema/id1652125150⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Thanks to the ITBR team! Dr. Andrew Rimby (Host and Director), Mary DiPipi (Chief Contributor), and Christian Garcia (Social Media Intern) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ivorytowerboilerroom/message

"Fellow Travelers" is a historical romance political thriller miniseries that has garnered a pretty devoted following since its premiere in October 2023. Based on the 2007 novel by Thomas Mallon, the show has received critical acclaim for its writing, craftsmanship, and performances from Matt Bomer and Critics Choice Award winner Jonathan Bailey. Costume Designer Joseph La Corte and Production Designer Anastasia Masaro were kind enough to talk with us about their contributions to the show. Please be sure to check out the show, which is now available to stream on Paramount+ with Showtime and is up for your consideration in all eligible Emmy categories. Thank you, and enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast Apple Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWA7KiotcWmHiYYy6wJqwOw And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host T. Cooper is joined by Ron Nyswaner to discuss having the confidence to push Hollywood's boundaries, staying flexible during the unpredictable reality of being on a TV set, telling authentic LGBTQ+ stories without always centering suffering, and more. Ron Nyswaner is the 2024 recipient of the WGA East's Walter Bernstein Award, and creator of the Showtime series Fellow Travelers. He is known for his feature screenplays, including Smithereens, Philadelphia, and My Policeman. He is also known as a writer and producer of the Showtime series Ray Donovan and Homeland. Over the course of his career, Ron has been nominated for numerous awards including an Academy Award, BAFTA Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award. His most recent project is the Showtime series Fellow Travelers. Based on the 2007 fictional novel of the same name by Thomas Mallon, the historical drama follows the paths of political staffers Hawkins Fuller and Tim Laughlin, whose paths converge at the height of the Lavender Scare of the 1950s. Despite the constant threat of getting caught, their searing love for each other only intensifies in the tumultuous decades that follow. Their volatile romance spans the Vietnam War protests of the 1960s, the drug-fueled disco hedonism of the 1970s and the AIDS crisis of the 1980s, as they face obstacles in the world and in themselves. This episode is hosted by T. Cooper, a Writers Guild of America East member with credits including The Get Down and The Blacklist. T. also serves as co-chair of the Guild's LGBTQ+ Writers Salon. --- Before it was a podcast, OnWriting was a print publication. Check out OnWriting: The Print Archives. Read shownotes, transcripts, and other member interviews: www.onwriting.org/ Follow the Guild on social media: Twitter: @OnWritingWGAE | @WGAEast Facebook: /WGAEast Instagram: @WGAEast

L'histoire commence en plein McCarthisme et sa chasse aux communistes et aux déviants. Dans Fellow Travelers, ce sera principalement la dernière catégorie qui nous intéresse puisque les deux héros, Hawk et Tim, sont deux homosexuels qui tombent amoureux l'un de l'autre. Cette expression désigne un sympathisant de la doctrine communiste sans forcément adhérer au parti, surtout dans les années 50. Créée par Ron Nyswaner, le scénariste de Philadelphia entre autres, il s'agit d'une adaptation du roman de Thomas Mallon. Récompensée au festival Marseille Series Stories en recevant le Prix de la Meilleure série adaptée d'une œuvre littéraire et le Prix du public, Fellow Travelers arrive sur Canal+ pour huit épisodes au rythme de deux épisodes tous les jeudis à 22h50 à partir du 18 janvier. https://youtu.be/rKuBG-N30uU?si=2OVTr9P-KI4mswk5 Les premières images ont beau se dérouler dans les années 80, c'est au premier flashback que la série débute réellement. Le charismatique Hawkins Fuller mène une carrière lucrative dans les coulisses de la politique à Washington. Il évite de s'engager sentimentalement jusqu'à sa rencontre avec Tim Laughlin, un jeune homme idéaliste et pieu (qui aurait pu rentrer dans les ordres). Ils sont à l'opposé, l'un rodé aux jeux politiques et à la manipulation tout en arborant une façade parfaite d'ancien vétéran distingué, l'autre est plus idéaliste dans ses sentiments et dans sa vie. Ils entament une liaison alors que Joseph McCarthy et Roy Cohn déclarent la guerre aux « subversifs et aux déviants sexuels », déclenchant une des périodes les plus sombres de l'histoire américaine du XXe siècle. À travers quatre décennies marquées par les protestations contre la guerre du Vietnam dans les années 1960, la culture disco et la drogue des années 1970 et la crise du sida dans les années 1980, les deux hommes font face aux obstacles qui se dressent sur leur route et dans le monde, l'un plus en première ligne que l'autre. Matt Bomer et Jonathan Bailey, deux acteurs ouvertement homosexuels, campent les deux héros qui viennent proposer une autre perspective de ses années américaines. Autour d'eux, leur famille, des amis, des amants, des alliés et des ennemis à qui ils vont devoir mentir pour pouvoir espérer vivre une vie. Au-delà du discours politique qui malgré le temps passé refait écho aujourd'hui avec les agressions homophobes en hausse, il s'agit d'une histoire d'amour et d'une histoire de vie à travers les décennies sans oublier l'Histoire. Des références aux figures réelles, évidemment à commencer par McCarthy et Cohn, mais aussi à d'autres comme Harvey Milk, ponctuent l'intrigue de plus ou moins près. À savoir que la série a fait appel à un documentaliste qui a sourcé les faits historiques pour être le plus réaliste possible. Les premiers épisodes sont assez concentrés en terme de temps qui passe, mais avec des retours dans le futur assez fréquents. Le paysage télévisuel n'offre que peu de séries avec des personnages principaux gays, surtout pour un drame historique d'une telle ambition. C'est pourquoi Fellow Travelers semble occuper une place spéciale en existant aujourd'hui. [bs_show url="fellow-travelers"] La série est à retrouver sur Canal+ dès le 18 janvier.

This season, Showtime premiered the series Fellow Travelers, an ambitious, beautifully woven multi-era-spanning love story between two men as they fight the odds of societal norms, family pressure, and personal demons. Starring Matt Bomer and Jonathan Bailey in undeniably career-topping performances, the series is based on the novel by Thomas Mallon and brought to television by Academy, Emmy, and Golden Globe-nominated writer and director, Rony Nyswaner. No stranger to telling our stories, Ron has been infiltrating Hollywood with subjects that include homosexuality, AIDS, homophobia, and LGBTQ activism, in works that include Philadelphia with Tom Hanks, Showtime's Soldier's Girl, and The Policeman with Harry Styles. His craft captures characters in a gripping and visceral way, something that was inspired by dealing with his sexuality in his youth.In this episode, we talk with Ron about how being an outsider as a kid shaped his future career, we also talk about religion, the evolution of Hollywood, overcoming addiction, loss, being an openly gay writer in the 80s, expressing gay sexuality on the screen, and gay activism; we also chat about the behind the scenes look at Fellow Travelers, finding the joy in struggle, and more. Yeah, we talk about it all! Check it out.Hosted by Alexander Rodriguez.You can watch Fellow Travelers on Showtime and check out our in-depth chat with him in the current issue of Metrosource on newsstands or at Metrosource.com

Showrunner Ron Nyswaner joins Mase & Sue on the CULTURE POP PODCAST to talk about his masterful adaptation of Thomas Mallon's novel, FELLOW TRAVELERS, Showtime's historical romance political thriller starring Matt Bomer and Jonathan Bailey. He shares the rules he set with his writing staff, the creative behind the intimate, honest sex scenes, the significance of the end credits songs, studio executive notes, and the importance of casting gay actors. We also discuss his Academy award winning screenplay for PHILADELPHIA, the story behind the iconic Tom Hanks aria scene, the impact director Jonathan Demme had on his career and how he bounced back from a dark period in his life. Plus, mental health, Gotham Award winners and a 70-year old woman becomes a first time mom.   

Am 28. Oktober feiert die Mini-Serie FELLOW TRAVELERS auf Paramount+ in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz seine Premiere. In den Hauptrollen sind Matt Bomer (The Normal Heart, The Boys in the Band), Jonathan Bailey (Bridgerton), Jelani Alladin (The Walking Dead World Beyond), Allison Williams (Get Out, Girls) und Noah J. Ricketts (American Gods) zu sehen. Serienkritik als Microfazit FELLOW TRAVELERS, eine epische Liebesgeschichte und Politthriller, wurde von dem Oscar®-nominierten Ron Nyswaner (Philadelphia, Homeland) nach dem Roman von Thomas Mallon entwickelt und geschrieben, der zusammen mit Matt Bomer, Robbie Rogers (All American, My Policeman) und Dee Johnson als ausführende Produzent*innen fungiert.  Wie mir die Miniserie gefallen hat, die ab heute auf Paramount+ startet, könnt Ihr in meinem Microfazit hören! Bildrechte: © Paramount 2023. All rights reserved.  

Much of the peril and persecution of the McCarthy era is well-trodden territory in historical dramas, but the burden that the Red Scare placed on the L.G.B.T. community is another story. The historian and writer Thomas Mallon published a novel called “Fellow Travelers,” drawing from real-life events, about a gay couple living under the shadow of the McCarthy witch hunts; it has now been adapted into a Showtime miniseries. “The government was really on a tear when it came to dismissing gays from the State Department—but really all over in the early fifties,” Mallon tells David Remnick. “So really any gay romance had to be tremendously clandestine.” Gay Americans targeted by McCarthy and his acolytes were forced to assert not only their patriotism but their humanity, too. “The book is full of people trying to reconcile things which society and the government are telling them are irreconcilable,” Mallon says. “But the people themselves don't see any moral or logical reason why.” Mallon talks about the political climate in nineteen-fifties Washington and about the pioneering L.G.B.T. activist who picketed the White House years before Stonewall.Share your thoughts on The New Yorker Radio Hour  podcast.

The botched Watergate break-in happened 51 years ago today, on June 17, 1972. Over the decades since, the whole Watergate story has been processed through our popular culture over and over again, from Alan J. Pakula's classic movie of All the President's Men through HBO's recent limited series White House Plumbers. This hour, a look at both of those versions, plus we talk to writer Thomas Mallon about adapting the story as a novel and the late actor Hal Holbrook about playing Deep Throat. GUESTS: Jim Chapdelaine: An Emmy-winning musician and a patient advocate for people with rare cancers Ann Hornaday: Chief film critic for The Washington Post and the author of Talking Pictures: How to Watch Movies Hal Holbrook: Was a film, television, and stage actor Thomas Mallon: A critic and the author of many novels, including Watergate: A Novel Irene Papoulis: Teaches writing at Trinity College The Colin McEnroe Show is available as a podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. Subscribe and never miss an episode! Subscribe to The Noseletter, an email compendium of merriment, secrets, and ancient wisdom brought to you by The Colin McEnroe Show. Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter. Colin McEnroe, Anya Grondalski, Betsy Kaplan, Cat Pastor, Catie Talarski, Lily Tyson, and Chion Wolf contributed to this show, parts of which originally aired August 6, 2014; February 4, 2015; June 15, 2022; and June 2, 2023, in a different form. Our programming is made possible thanks to listeners like you. Please consider supporting this show and Connecticut Public with a donation today.Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omny.fm/listener for privacy information.

Kim Cattrall dans une scène de And Just Like That Une scène, c'est la totalité de la présence de Kim Cattrall dans la saison 2 de And Just Like That. Une scène où elle est menée apparaître seule, sans partager l'écran avec ses anciennes co-stars puisque ce sera juste un caméo où Samantha sera au téléphone avec Carrie. La saison 2 de And Just Like arrive outre-Atlantique le 22 juin, mais aucune date n'a été annoncée chez nous (sachant que la saison précédente était disponible sur Salto) ni dans le pass Warner. https://www.instagram.com/p/Cs9C9pOL2Cn/ Fellow Travelers a un premier teaser Basé sur le roman de Thomas Mallon et adapté par un ancien de Homeland et de Ray Donovan, Ron Nyswaner,Fellow Travelers retrace les 35 ans de relation du couple Tim Laughlin (Jonathan Bailey) et Hawk Fuller (Matt Bomer), de leur première rencontre dans les années 50 de l'ère McCarthy jusqu'à l'épidémie du sida dans les années 80. La mini-série de huit épisodes est prévue pour cet automne sur Showtime, sur Paramount+ chez nous. https://youtu.be/hC5DsDt0FGQ Somebody Somewhere renouvelée pour une saison 3 Somebody Somewhere suit Sam (Bridget Everett), habitant au Kansas qui a du mal à s'adapter au moule de sa ville natale. « Se confondant au deuil et aux difficultés d'acceptation, le chant est la grâce salvatrice de Sam qui va la conduire dans un voyage en quête d'elle-même et d'une communauté d'étrangers qui ont du mal à s'intégrer pas mais qui n'abandonnent pas pour autant, montrant que trouver sa communauté (et sa voix) est possible ». Une troisième saison a été officiellement commandée. Cette dramédie peu connue mériterait d'avoir une diffusion française. La bande-annonce de la saison 6 de Black Mirror C'est officiel, le 15 juin Black Mirror revient. Ces cinq nouveaux épisodes exclusifs incluront au casting Annie Murphy de Schitt's Creek, Salma Hayek, Aaron Paul, et bien d'autres. Chaque épisode pourrait être considéré comme des téléfilms vu leur durée. La série de Charlie Brooker n'a pas fini de faire parler d'elle. https://youtu.be/36dAVjHT-r4 Miracle Workers saison 4 Une autre comédie indisponible en France alors qu'elle connait une bonne popularité surtout avec son casting, Miracle Workers avec Daniel Radcliffe et Steve Buscemi revient. Chaque saison est une anthologie dans un univers différent et les voici transportés cette fois-ci dans un monde apocalyptique où Daniel Radcliffe finit toujours par entrer au service de Steve Buscemi. https://youtu.be/HDjZP4lTmaE

Kim Cattrall dans une scène de And Just Like That Une scène, c'est la totalité de la présence de Kim Cattrall dans la saison 2 de And Just Like That. Une scène où elle est menée apparaître seule, sans partager l'écran avec ses anciennes co-stars puisque ce sera juste un caméo où Samantha sera au téléphone avec Carrie. La saison 2 de And Just Like arrive outre-Atlantique le 22 juin, mais aucune date n'a été annoncée chez nous (sachant que la saison précédente était disponible sur Salto) ni dans le pass Warner. https://www.instagram.com/p/Cs9C9pOL2Cn/ Fellow Travelers a un premier teaser Basé sur le roman de Thomas Mallon et adapté par un ancien de Homeland et de Ray Donovan, Ron Nyswaner,Fellow Travelers retrace les 35 ans de relation du couple Tim Laughlin (Jonathan Bailey) et Hawk Fuller (Matt Bomer), de leur première rencontre dans les années 50 de l'ère McCarthy jusqu'à l'épidémie du sida dans les années 80. La mini-série de huit épisodes est prévue pour cet automne sur Showtime, sur Paramount+ chez nous. https://youtu.be/hC5DsDt0FGQ Somebody Somewhere renouvelée pour une saison 3 Somebody Somewhere suit Sam (Bridget Everett), habitant au Kansas qui a du mal à s'adapter au moule de sa ville natale. « Se confondant au deuil et aux difficultés d'acceptation, le chant est la grâce salvatrice de Sam qui va la conduire dans un voyage en quête d'elle-même et d'une communauté d'étrangers qui ont du mal à s'intégrer pas mais qui n'abandonnent pas pour autant, montrant que trouver sa communauté (et sa voix) est possible ». Une troisième saison a été officiellement commandée. Cette dramédie peu connue mériterait d'avoir une diffusion française. La bande-annonce de la saison 6 de Black Mirror C'est officiel, le 15 juin Black Mirror revient. Ces cinq nouveaux épisodes exclusifs incluront au casting Annie Murphy de Schitt's Creek, Salma Hayek, Aaron Paul, et bien d'autres. Chaque épisode pourrait être considéré comme des téléfilms vu leur durée. La série de Charlie Brooker n'a pas fini de faire parler d'elle. https://youtu.be/36dAVjHT-r4 Miracle Workers saison 4 Une autre comédie indisponible en France alors qu'elle connait une bonne popularité surtout avec son casting, Miracle Workers avec Daniel Radcliffe et Steve Buscemi revient. Chaque saison est une anthologie dans un univers différent et les voici transportés cette fois-ci dans un monde apocalyptique où Daniel Radcliffe finit toujours par entrer au service de Steve Buscemi. https://youtu.be/HDjZP4lTmaE

Thomas Mallon's new novel, "Up with The Sun," mixes murder mystery and showbiz history to tell the fictionalized account of the life and untimely death of Dick Kallman.

Writer Thomas Mallon talks about his diaries that were recently published in the New Yorker, titled Finding My Way– and Staying Alive — During the Aids Crisis. Mallon's latest novel, Up With the Sun, is based on the life and murder of Dick Kallman, a closeted actor in the 1950s and '60s. Critic John Powers reviews the film Return to Seoul.Also, we hear from Dr. Farzon Nahvi. He has a new memoir about his experiences in the ER, and his frustrations with American healthcare during COVID. It's called Code Gray: Death, Life and Uncertainty in the ER.

Writer Thomas Mallon talks about his diaries that were recently published in the New Yorker, titled Finding My Way– and Staying Alive — During the Aids Crisis. Mallon's latest novel, Up With the Sun, is based on the life and murder of Dick Kallman, a closeted actor in the 1950s and '60s. Critic John Powers reviews the film Return to Seoul.Also, we hear from Dr. Farzon Nahvi. He has a new memoir about his experiences in the ER, and his frustrations with American healthcare during COVID. It's called Code Gray: Death, Life and Uncertainty in the ER.

Mallon talks about his diaries that were recently published in the New Yorker, in a piece titled Finding My Way — and Staying Alive — During the AIDS Crisis: A Diary of 1980s Manhattan. He was in his thirties then. His latest novel, Up With the Sun, is based on the life and murder of Dick Kallman, a closeted actor in the 1950s and '60s.

Mallon talks about his diaries that were recently published in the New Yorker, in a piece titled Finding My Way — and Staying Alive — During the AIDS Crisis: A Diary of 1980s Manhattan. He was in his thirties then. His latest novel, Up With the Sun, is based on the life and murder of Dick Kallman, a closeted actor in the 1950s and '60s.

Up With The Sun is the newest historical novel from acclaimed author Thomas Mallon – with a real-life actor at its center. Dick Kallman's career rose and then fizzled out throughout the 1950s and '60s. By the time he and his life partner were murdered in 1980, he was no longer performing. But as the author tells NPR's Scott Simon, Up With The Sun – and Kallman's life, which intersected with stars like Lucille Ball and Dyan Cannon – serves as a window into the world of Broadway, primetime TV, and gay romance across decades.

The new Oscar-nominated documentary, All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, focuses on world-famous photographer Nan Goldin, her life, her work, and the protests she led at museums that accepted funding from the Sackler family. Their company, Purdue Pharma, manufactured and unscrupulously marketed OxyContin. We'll talk with Goldin and director Laura Poitras.Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews Up With the Sun, by Thomas Mallon.One of the most acclaimed jazz pianists of his generation, Brad Mehldau sits down at the piano, for music and conversation. His album, Your Mother Should Know, interprets songs by The Beatles.

The new Oscar-nominated documentary, All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, focuses on world-famous photographer Nan Goldin, her life, her work, and the protests she led at museums that accepted funding from the Sackler family. Their company, Purdue Pharma, manufactured and unscrupulously marketed OxyContin. We'll talk with Goldin and director Laura Poitras.Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews Up With the Sun, by Thomas Mallon.One of the most acclaimed jazz pianists of his generation, Brad Mehldau sits down at the piano, for music and conversation. His album, Your Mother Should Know, interprets songs by The Beatles.

Prosecutor Mark Pomerantz worked on the Manhattan District Attorney's office probe into Donald Trump's finances, then resigned after a new DA decided not to file charges. His book is People vs. Donald Trump.Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews Up With the Sun by Thomas Mallon.

Prosecutor Mark Pomerantz worked on the Manhattan District Attorney's office probe into Donald Trump's finances, then resigned after a new DA decided not to file charges. His book is People vs. Donald Trump.Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews Up With the Sun by Thomas Mallon.

Our final episode of 2022 is a unique episode for me. My guest, Thomas Mallon, is an author whose work is special in my life. His novel “Fellow Travelers” created a lasting bond and memory for me and my husband, and is a gleaming gemstone in the mosaic that is our relationship. We used to talk of how great it would be to someday invite Thomas Mallon to dinner and thank him for his work, stories and characters. After reading so many of his works, it feels like Thomas is an old DC friend, with his stories intertwined with our life and the city where our love story began. This conversation, recorded in DC on a beautiful winter morning, reminds me of the power of a friendship that exists through his characters and the pages of his stories…a friendship that spans 14 years. And yet we hadn't personally met until the morning of this podcast recording. In this very special episode we hear his story and have a conversation with Thomas Mallon. We discuss his novels and how the changing stories in our lives unfold, not only through the characters on the pages, but also in the lives we lead in change. We also hear more about his soon to be released novel “Up with the Sun.” Enjoy the conversation and Happy New Year! Learn more about Thomas at thomasmallon.com

The Seagle Festival in Schroon Lake, New York is producing “Fellow Travelers”, an opera based on the novel of the same name by Thomas Mallon. It takes place during the McCarthy era and deals with the “Lavender Scare” where gay people are forced out of their government jobs. The opera will be performed at the Seagle Festival on August 3 – 6.They are also doing a joint event with The Linda and the Pride Center of the Capital Region at The Linda on July 26 from 6:00 – 8:00. It will be a preview and panel discussion about Fellow Travelers and the Lavender Scare then and now. It will feature scenes from the opera, with comments by the composer and comments from Nathaniel Gray, Executive Director of the Pride Center.We are joined by Artistic Director of Seagle Festival Darren Woods and Director of "Fellow Travelers" Richard Kagey.

Sizzling Samachar of the day - 12th July 2022This is Sizzling Samachar on OTTplay , I'm your host Nikhil. News from Hollywood first.The release of The Last Train to New York postponedThe release of The Last Train to New York, the Hollywood remake of the superhit South Korean zombie film Train to Busan has been pushed to another date. The film was originally scheduled to hit theatres on April 21st next year. The Last Train to New York is helmed by Timo Tjahjanto, whose previous works include May the Devil Take You. Meanwhile, Warner Bros has decided to release another horror film, Salem's Lot, on the said date. Based on Stephen King's novel of the same name, the film is helmed by Annabelle Comes Home director and It writer Gary Dauberman. The film  stars Lewis Pullman, Makenzie Leigh, Alfre Woodard, John Benjamin Hickey, Bill Camp, Jordan Preston Carter, and  Pilou Asbaek.Only Murders in the Building to get a third season The hit mystery-comedy series Only Murders in the Building has been renewed for a third season. The news comes just weeks after the premiere of the second season of the series starring Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez. The Hulu series revolves around three individuals who are obsessed with a true-crime podcast and find themselves in a murder mystery of their own. The first two seasons of the show can be streamed on Disney+ Hotstar in India. Loot renewed for second season Apple TV+'s ongoing comedy series Loot, featuring Emmy winner Maya Rudolph in the lead role, has been renewed for a second season. The series which premiered on the streaming platform last month has garnered positive reviews from critics and viewers alike. Rudolph plays Molly Novak, a billionaire whose life takes a turn when her husband cheats on her. Created by Alan Yang and Matt Hubbard, it also stars Michaela Jaé Rodriguez, Joel Kim Booster, Nat Faxon, Ron Funches, and Stephanie Styles.BTS and Disney join hands Fans of the South Korean pop icons BTS have news to cheer. The Walt Disney Company and BTS' Hybe have signed a deal to work together on five projects for Disney's streaming services. The band members will feature in programmes such as BTS: Permission to Dance on Stage - LA, a concert film on BTS'  performance in Los Angeles last year; In the Soup: Friendcation, a travel show starring BTS's V and his four friends, and BTS Monuments: Beyond the Stary, a docuseries following the journey of the band. Jonathan Bailey joins Fellow TravelersJonathan Bailey, who plays Anthony Bridgerton in the Netflix series Bridgerton, has been cast in Showtime's limited series Fellow Travelers. Apart from Bailey, the series also features Matt Bomer and Allison Williams. Based on Thomas Mallon's novel of the same name, the series is set in McCarthy-era Washington and is centered on the romance between two men.Fifty Shades of Grey director to helm Amy Winehouse biopicThe biopic on the late singer-songwriter Amy Winehouse will be helmed by her friend Sam Taylor-Johnson, who is best known for directing Fifty Shades of Grey. Titled Back to Black, the film will trace the highs and lows of the Grammy-winning singer's career. Matt Greenhalgh has penned the screenplay. Monty Norman dies at 94Monty Norman, the composer of the iconic theme song of James Bond films, has passed away. He was 94.  A statement posted on his official website stated, "It is with sadness we share the news that Monty Norman died on 11th July 2022 after a short illness."Well that's the Sizzling Samachar for today on OTTplay, until the next time it's your host Nikhil signing out.Aaj kya dekhoge OTTplay se poochoWritten by Arya HarikumarThe release of The Last Train to New York postponed, Only Murders in the Building to get a third season, BTS and Disney join hands, and other top news in this entertainment bulletin.

Sizzling Samachar of the day - 21st April 2022From Matt Bomer to Prithiviraj, Vin Diesel to Spider-Man and more storiesWelcome to OTTplay Sizzling Samachar of the day , Im your host NikhilNews first up, Walter Tevis' Mockingbird gets a movie adaptationWalter Tevis' 1980 sci-fi novel, Mockingbird, is set to be adapted into a film. The book is set in an apocalyptic future where humans are addicted to drugs and electronics, with no desire to live. Alma Har'el, who has directed the critically-acclaimed 2019 film Honey Boy, will helm the project.Matt Bomer to star in series based on Fellow TravelersEmmy nominee Matt Bomer will star in the series adaptation of Thomas Mallon's novel Fellow Travelers. The eight-part limited series, which will be created by Oscar nominee Ron Nyswaner, will go into production in July. The series is a love story and political thriller set in McCarthy-era Washington.Ali Wong to make directorial debutAli Wong, who is best known for Netflix stand-up specials Baby Cobra, Hard Knock Wife, and Don Wong,  is set to make her directorial debut. She will direct fellow comedian Sheng Wang's first Netflix comedy special. She will also serve as the executive producer along with Wang and John Irwin. The hour-long special will be filmed on June 12.Matilda Lawler joins the cast of The Santa ClauseStation Eleven fame Matilda Lawler will join the cast of the Disney+ series The Santa Clause. Lawler will play Betty, Santa's chief of staff. Tim Allen, Elizabeth Mitchell, Kal Penn, Austin Kane, Rupali Redd, Elizabeth Allen-Dick, and Devin Bright also star in the series, which is produced by the Disney-owned 20th Television Studios. Kaapa to go on floors in MayPrithviraj Sukumaran, Asif Ali and Manju Warrier are teaming up for the first time for the Malayalam film Kaapa. The movie is expected to go on floors on May 20. It will be helmed by director-cinematographer Venu, whose last work was Aanum Pennum. Anna Ben and Indrans will also be seen in pivotal roles. The movie, written by G R Indugopan, is touted to be a gangster drama. Fast X goes on floorsThe tenth installment in the Fast and Furious film series has been titled Fast X. The shooting for the film, which will be directed by Justin Lin, has begun. The ensemble cast features Vin Diesel, Tyrese Gibson, Ludacris, Michelle Rodriguez, Sung Kang, Jason Momoa, Daniela Melchior, and Brie Larson.Kitao Sakurai to direct series adaptation of Twisted MetalKitao Sakurai, who is known for The Eric Andre Show, will direct the series based on the popular video game, Twisted Metal. Anthony Mackie stars in and executive produces the series written by Cobra Kai fame Michael Jonathan Smith. It is co-produced by Sony Pictures Television, PlayStation Productions, and Universal Television.Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse to release next yearThe highly anticipated release of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse has been pushed back. The film, which is a sequel to the Oscar-winning animated superhero film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, will now release on June 2, 2023. The movie is directed by Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, and Justin K. Thompson. Oscar Isaac, Shameik Moore, Hailee Steinfeld, Jake Johnson, and Issa Rae are the voice actors in the film.Well thats the OTTplay Sizzling Samachar of the day from the world of movies and entertainment , until the next episode its your host Nikhil signing out.Aaj kya dekhoge OTTplay se poochoWritten by  -  Arya Harikumar

Melanie O'Loughlin of Lamplight Books Auckland reviews The Recent East by Thomas Grattan, published by Macmillan Its 1989, the Berlin Wall is freshly down when an East German defector receives news that the family home she fled as a child has now been restored to her. Taking her children from New York to a seaside town in Germany, this transnational novel bursts with unique characters and tackles refuge, belonging and family love. Characters in "The Recent East" are individual riddles, not just political integers. Thomas Mallon, The New Yorker.

In part one of our (first ever!) two-episode investigation, we tackle the surprisingly irrational life of Ayn Rand, the polarizing capitalist whose legal name was Alice O'Connor, and who was born Alissa Zionvievna Rosenbaum in Saint Petersburg, Russia. What. A. Ride. Resources: Anne C. Heller, Ayn Rand and the World She Made (2009)  Jennifer Burns, Goddess of the Market: Ayn Rand and the American Right (2009) Thomas Mallon, “Possessed,” New Yorker

Jonathan Franzen's new novel, “Crossroads,” has generated a lot of discussion, as his work tends to do. The novelist and critic Thomas Mallon, who reviewed “Crossroads” for us, is on the podcast this week to talk about the book and to place it in the context of Franzen's entire career.“He is fundamentally a social novelist, and his basic unit of society is the family,” Mallon says. “Always families are important in Franzen, and we move outward from the family into the business, into the town, into whatever the larger units are. His novels are likely to remain as indicators of what the world was like at the time he was writing. This new novel is a little bit different in that he's going back 50 years. The Nixon era is now, definitely, historical novel material.”Joshua Ferris visits the podcast to talk about his new novel, “A Calling for Charlie Barnes.”“It's basically about a guy who has floundered all his life until the moment that he gets pancreatic cancer,” Ferris says. “His diagnosis is a little back and forth, he's not really being honest with too many people in his life about what's going on. But eventually this rather thundering and life-changing disease happens to him. He's got to deal with it, he's got to get an operation and go through chemo and all the rest of it. And he changes his life. That's sort of the plot of the book, I suppose. But it's narrated by a tricky fellow who is related to him and determines the narrative as much as Charlie himself.”Also on this week's episode, Tina Jordan looks back at Book Review history as it celebrates its 125th anniversary; Alexandra Alter has news from the publishing world; and our new book critics, Molly Young and Alexandra Jacobs, introduce themselves and talk about their approaches to literary criticism. Pamela Paul is the host.We would love to hear your thoughts about this episode, and about the Book Review's podcast in general. You can send them to books@nytimes.com.

Tarzan of the Apes - Edgar Rice Burroughs - Book 3, Part 2 Title: Tarzan of the Apes Overview: Tarzan of the Apes is a 1912 story by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs. It was first serialized in the pulp magazine The All-Story beginning October 1912 before being released as a novel in June 1914. The story follows the title character Tarzan's adventures, from his childhood being raised by apes in the jungle to his eventual encounters with other humans and Western society. So popular was the character that Burroughs continued the series into the 1940s with two dozen sequels. In April 2012, the novel's centennial anniversary, the Library of America published a hardcover edition based on Burroughs' original novel, with an introduction by Thomas Mallon. Scholars have noted several important themes in the novel: the impact of heredity on behavior; racial superiority; civilization, especially as Tarzan struggles with his identity as a human; sexuality; and escapism. Published: 1914 Series: Tarzan Novels, Tarzan #1 Author: Edgar Rice Burroughs Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction, Adventure Episode: Tarzan of the Apes - Edgar Rice Burroughs - Book 3, Part 2 Part: 2 of 2 Length Part: 4:48:43 Book: 3 Length Book: 9:20:59 Episodes: 15 - 28 of 28 Successor: The Return of Tarzan Narrator: Mark F. Smith Language: English Rated: Guidance Suggested Edition: Unabridged Audiobook Keywords: adventure, hero, struggle, camaraderie, danger, morality, selflessness, moral integrity, character, love, forgiveness, authority, rules, freedom, romance, exploration Credits: All LibriVox Recordings are in the Public Domain. Wikipedia (c) Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. WOMBO Dream. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/free-audiobooks/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/free-audiobooks/support

Tarzan of the Apes - Edgar Rice Burroughs - Book 3, Part 1 Title: Tarzan of the Apes Overview: Tarzan of the Apes is a 1912 story by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs. It was first serialized in the pulp magazine The All-Story beginning October 1912 before being released as a novel in June 1914. The story follows the title character Tarzan's adventures, from his childhood being raised by apes in the jungle to his eventual encounters with other humans and Western society. So popular was the character that Burroughs continued the series into the 1940s with two dozen sequels. In April 2012, the novel's centennial anniversary, the Library of America published a hardcover edition based on Burroughs' original novel, with an introduction by Thomas Mallon. Scholars have noted several important themes in the novel: the impact of heredity on behavior; racial superiority; civilization, especially as Tarzan struggles with his identity as a human; sexuality; and escapism. Published: 1914 Series: Tarzan Novels, Tarzan #1 Author: Edgar Rice Burroughs Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction, Adventure Episode: Tarzan of the Apes - Edgar Rice Burroughs - Book 3, Part 1 Part: 1 of 2 Length Part: 4:32:39 Book: 3 Length Book: 9:20:59 Episodes: 1 - 14 of 28 Successor: The Return of Tarzan Narrator: Mark F. Smith Language: English Rated: Guidance Suggested Edition: Unabridged Audiobook Keywords: adventure, hero, struggle, camaraderie, danger, morality, selflessness, moral integrity, character, love, forgiveness, authority, rules, freedom, romance, exploration Credits: All LibriVox Recordings are in the Public Domain. Wikipedia (c) Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. WOMBO Dream. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/free-audiobooks/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/free-audiobooks/support

As he opened public impeachment proceedings last week, Representative Adam Schiff invoked Watergate—which, after all, ended well for Democrats. To understand how that history applies, or doesn’t, to the current proceedings, The New Yorker’s Dorothy Wickenden spoke with Thomas Mallon, the author of the deeply researched “Watergate: A Novel,” and of historical fictions about Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush. How would Mallon write the story of the Trump impeachment as a novel? “I would go right inside the heads of Lindsey Graham, Ben Sasse, and Mitt Romney,” he tells Wickenden. “A guilty conscience is one of the best springboards for fiction.” Plus, a conversation with Philip Pullman, whose beloved trilogy, “His Dark Materials,” has been adapted for a new HBO series. But he’s already onto a second trilogy about its heroine, Lyra, because he has more to learn about her universe. 

In 1972, Richard Nixon’s political future seemed assured. He was reëlected by one of the highest popular-vote margins in American history, his approval rating was near seventy per cent, and the public wasn’t interested in what newspapers were calling the “Watergate Caper.” But the President’s fortunes began to change when new revelations suggested that he knew about the Watergate break-in and that he had participated in a coverup. In May of 1973, the Senate Watergate Committee hearings were broadcast on television, and millions of Americans tuned in to watch compelling testimony about Nixon’s illegal activities. A narrative emerged, of Nixon as a scheming crook who put his own interests before those of the country. His poll numbers plummeted, his party turned on him, and, in August of 1974, Nixon resigned from the Presidency in disgrace. Thomas Mallon dramatized Nixon’s downfall in his 2012 novel “Watergate.” As Congress again debates the impeachment of a President, Mallon joins Dorothy Wickenden to discuss the power of a good story to affect the course of political history.

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Thomas Mallon's live event at BookPeople Bookstore in Austin, Tx

Nathan Englander is the author of the story collections For the Relief of Unbearable Urges and What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank, a Pulitzer Prize finalist and winner of the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award. In addition to his widely anthologized short fiction, he is the author of the novels The Ministry of Special Cases and Dinner at the Center of the Earth. In Kaddish.com, to his Orthodox family's dismay, an atheist refuses to say the Jewish prayer for the dead for his recently departed father.. ''Historical fiction that unfolds with the urgency of a thriller'' (Newsweek), Thomas Mallon's acclaimed novels include Dewey Defeats Truman, Watergate, and Fellow Travelers, which was adapted into a popular opera. For this work he has earned Guggenheim and Rockefeller fellowships, the National Book Critics Circle award for reviewing, and the American Academy of Arts and Letters' Harold D. Vursell Memorial Award for prose style. Landfall is a fictionalized account of the stormy George W. Bush years between 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina. (recorded 3/27/2019)

Benjamin Dreyer discusses his best-selling book about writing, and Thomas Mallon discusses “Landfall,” his new novel about the presidential administration of George W. Bush.

Robert Repino had a couple of false start novels before setting out on The War With No Name series, which was inspired by a dream (really) and now includes three books: MORT(E), CUL-DE-SAC, and D'ARC. He and James discuss their MFA memories, learning to write, 80s nostalgia, and fans getting MORT(E) tattoos. Plus, Urban Waite and James talk about MFAs and creating your own residency.    - Robert Repino: https://robertrepino.com/ Robert and James discuss:  Emerson College  St. Joseph's University Press  Arts Boston  TKTS  Pamela Painter  DeWitt Henry  David Emblidge  Aditi Rao  Jessica Treadway  Jennifer Weltz  Laura van den Berg  Urban Waite  Michael Mann  Kapo Amos Ng  Animal Farm  1984  GHOSTBUSTERS  BACK TO THE FUTURE  THE GODFATHER  LETHAL WEAPON  METROID  THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK STAR TREK MRS. FRISBY AND THE RATS OF NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien    -   Urban Waite: http://www.urbanwaite.com/   Urban and James Discuss:    Emerson College Western Washington University University of Washington Margot Livesey St. Botolph Club  Vermont Studio Center  Chip Cheek  WHAT IF? WRITING EXERCISES FOR FICTION WRITERS ed by Pamela Painter & Anne Bernays  Richard Hoffman  Frederick Reiken Lizzie Stark  Thomas Mallon  Bread Loaf Writers' Conference  Mineral School  AWP Conference  Sewanee Writers' Conference  Yaddo  The Millay Colony - http://tkpod.com / tkwithjs@gmail.com / Twitter: @JamesScottTK Instagram: tkwithjs / Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/

Auckland Writers Festival 2016 Fresh from Washington D.C., literary critic, essayist and historical novelist Thomas Mallon gives the skinny on the capital. Sometimes compared to Gore Vidal – who he used to edit at GQ – his novels navigate 20th century USpolitics and display crisp wit as well as finely-grained historical context. Mallon’s latest Finale: A Novel of the Reagan Years has received glowing reviews. Tim Wilson grills the author on the process of massaging facts into a fictional collage, and the 2016 battle for control of the White House.

Auckland Writers Festival 2016 All eyes turn to America as the presidential race to be the 45th President of the United States plays out. From a distance, this vast and powerful country can sometimes seem redolent with contradictions and division – gender, race, class, security domestic and international - but what is it really like coast to coast? Cosmologist and writer Janna Levin and historical novelist, essayist and critic Thomas Mallon join iconic feminist and journalist Gloria Steinem to take the measure of their homeland, foreign and domestic – and to explain what gives with Trump. Chaired by Guyon Espiner. Supported by Craigs Investment Partners

Finale: The Reagan Years (Pantheon Books)From the author of the acclaimed novel Watergate,  comes a galvanizing new novel about the tumultuous administration of the most consequential and enigmatic president of modern times. Finale takes readers to the political gridiron of Washington in 1986; the wealthiest enclaves of southern California; and the volcanic landscape of Iceland, where the president engages in two almost apocalyptic days of negotiation with Mikhail Gorbachev. Along with Soviet dissidents, illegal arms traders, and antinuclear activists, the novel's memorable characters include Margaret Thatcher, Jimmy Carter, Pamela Harriman, John W. Hinckley, and even Bette Davis, with whom the president long ago appeared on screen. Several figures including a humbled, crafty Richard Nixon; the young, brilliantly acerbic Christopher Hitchens; and an anxious, astrology-dependent Nancy Reagan become the eyes through which readers see the last convulsions of the Cold War, the AIDS epidemic, a clash of ideologies, and a political revolution. At the center of it all but forever out of reach is Reagan himself, whose genial remoteness confounds his subordinates, his children, and the citizens who elected him.Thomas Mallon is the author of nine novels, including Henry and Clara, Dewey Defeats Truman, Fellow Travelers, andWatergate. He is a frequent contributor to The New Yorker, The New York Times Book Review, and The Atlantic, and he was the recipient of the American Academy of Arts and Letters’ Vursell prize for exceptional prose style. He has been the literary editor of GQ and the deputy chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities. He lives in Washington, D.C. James Ellroy was born in Los Angeles in 1948. He is the author of the L.A. Quartet: The Black Dahlia, The Big Nowhere, L.A. Confidential, and White Jazz,and the Underworld U.S.A. Trilogy: American Tabloid, The Cold Six Thousand, and Blood’s A Rover. These seven novels have won numerous honors and were international best sellers. His newest novel, Perfidia, is the first novel of the Second L.A. Quartet, Ellroy’s fictional history of Los Angeles during World War II. 

Sep. 5, 2015. Thomas Mallon discusses "Finale: A Novel of the Reagan Years" at the 2015 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C. Speaker Biography: Writer and teacher Thomas Mallon is the author of several novels, including "Henry and Clara," "Bandbox," "Fellow Travelers," "Watergate" and his latest book, "Finale: A Novel of the Reagan Years." He has also written the nonfiction books "Stolen Words," about plagiarism; "Mrs. Paine's Garage," about the Kennedy assassination; "A Book of One's Own," about diaries; "Yours Ever," about letters; as well as two volumes of essays, "Rockets and Rodeos" and "In Fact." His work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, The New York Times Book Review and other publications. He currently directs the Creative Writing Program at George Washington University. For transcript, captions, and more information, visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=6923

The Library of Congress hosted the first International Summit of the Book and began what library leaders envision as an annual global meeting of minds to discuss and promote the book as a crucial format for conveying societies' scholarship and culture. The afternoon of Day Two included remarks and presentations by Marie Arana, Nan Talese, Geoffrey Kloske, Karen Lotz, Niko Pfund, Michael Suarez, Karen Keninger, Thomas Mallon and Fenella G. France. For captions, transcript, and more information visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=5668.

Thomas Mallon appears at the 2012 Library of Congress National Book Festival. For captions, transcript, and more information visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=5797.

In "Watergate," novelist Thomas Mallon conveys the drama and high comedy of the Nixon presidency through the urgent perspectives of seven characters, moving readers from the private cabins of Camp David to the klieg lights of the Senate Caucus Room, and ultimately into the hive of the Watergate complex itself.

In "Watergate," novelist Thomas Mallon conveys the drama and high comedy of the Nixon presidency through the urgent perspectives of seven characters, moving readers from the private cabins of Camp David to the klieg lights of the Senate Caucus Room, and ultimately into the hive of the Watergate complex itself.