Personal aesthetics and internet culture: Put This On creators Jesse Thorn and Adam Lisagor
Colin Marshall talks to Jesse Thorn and Adam Lisagor, creators of the new men’s style web series and blog Put This On, which explore all facets of the art of “dressing like a grown-up.” Thorn is also ...
3 Sep 201058min
Authenticity and the last Jew on Earth: novelist Joshua Cohen
Colin Marshall talks to novelist Joshua Cohen, author of Cadenza for the Schneidermann Violin Concerto, A Heaven of Others, and now Witz. The new book follows the cross-country (and international, and...
27 Aug 201051min
The cinephile's conversation in new media: Battleship Pretension hosts Tyler Smith and David Bax
Colin Marshall talks to Tyler Smith and David Bax, hosts of the film podcast Battleship Pretension. For over three years, Smith and Bax have explored on the show all aspects of cinema history, cinema ...
20 Aug 201059min
Transcending the eighties: Wang Chung lead singer Jack Hues
Colin Marshall talks to Jack Hues, lead singer and, alongside Nick Feldman, primary collaborator of the rock group Wang Chung. Throughout the 1980s, Wang Chung released such albums as Points on the Cu...
13 Aug 20101h 4min
Cultural critic Greil Marcus: Van Morrison's moments of disbelief
Colin Marshall talks to music journalist, critic, and observer of America Greil Marcus. Though they span countless subjects, Marcus’ past books have been rooted in examinations of icons like Bob Dylan...
6 Aug 201056min
Historian of the novel Steven Moore: in search of history's most innovative fiction
Colin Marshall talks to Steven Moore, author, critic, former managing editor of Dalkey Archive Press and the Review of Contemporary Fiction. In his latest book, the first volume of The Novel: An Alter...
30 Juli 201054min
Latin American fiction translator Suzanne Jill Levine: the Borges behind the fiction
Colin Marshall talks to Suzanne Jill Levine, noted translator of creative, innovative, adventurous Latin American Fiction from authors like Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Severo Sarduy, and Manuel Puig. S...
23 Juli 201058min
Five days with David Foster Wallace: author and journalist David Lipsky
Colin Marshall talks to David Lipsky, contributing editor at Rolling Stone and author of Although of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself: A Road Trip with David Foster Wallace. Crafted out of transcri...
16 Juli 201054min
