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Hey there, bud! Welcome to our podcast! Vinny and Shane here, and we are cousins from Minnesota. We're gonna discuss sports, primarily Minnesota sports since they don't seem to get as much love nationwide. So sit down and have a beer with us!
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The Los Angeles Review of Books is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting and disseminating rigorous, incisive, and engaging writing on every aspect of literature, culture, and the arts. The Los Angeles Review of Books magazine was created in part as a response to the disappearance of the traditional newspaper book review supplement, and, with it, the art of lively, intelligent long-form writing on recent publications in every genre, ranging from fiction to politics. The Los Angeles ...
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Welcome to Grace Enough Podcast, where Amber Cullum and special guests fearlessly tackle challenging faith questions while unraveling the limitless grace of God. Through engaging podcast conversations, Amber dives deep into the hard truths of life and reveals the boundless grace of God through inspiring stories of men and women walking in the kingdom of God here on earth. Grace Enough's mission is to offer more than a Band-aid Bible verse or empty platitude to individuals on their spiritual ...
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Sofia Samatar's "Opacities: On Writing and the Writing Life"
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Sofia Samatar speaks with Kate Wolf about her new book Opacities: On Writing and the Writing Life. Opacities is addressed to a fellow writer, Samatar’s close friend Kate Zambreno, and considers both the process of composing a book—the wellspring of inspiration, wishes and anxieties that accompany it— as well as the distance between a work and its a…
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Charlotte Shane's "An Honest Woman: A Memoir of Love and Sex Work"
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Charlotte Shane joins Kate Wolf to speak about her latest book, An Honest Woman: A Memoir of Love and Sex Work. Detailing Shane’s many years as a sex worker, the book is also a candid examination of her own sexuality, as well as her deep fascination with the sex lives and interior worlds of men. Shane writes about the importance of her early “sexpe…
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Eric Newman speaks with Eugene Lim about his novel Fog & Car. First published in 2008 and freshly brought back into print this year, the novel dilates on the experiences of a couple making a life on their own in the wake of their divorce, the novel explores loneliness, grief, and the struggles of human relation through rotating perspectives of each…
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On July 18th, Los Angeles Review of Books and The Berggruen Institute hosted a panel discussion titled "Writing Climate Futures," featuring David Wallace-Wells, Jenny Offill, Bharat Venkat, and Jonathan Blake.As our planet faces a climate crisis, questions about the role and efficacy of environmental writing assume greater urgency by the day. Throu…
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Could feeling bad actually be good? In this special episode, hosts Medaya Ocher, Kate Wolf, and Eric Newman consider the uses of pessimism in our approach to contemporary politics. Digging into Joshua Foa Dienstag’s 2006 book Pessimism: Philosophy, Ethic, Spirit they discuss this branch of philosophical thought: its core beliefs and practitioners, …
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Kate Wolf and Medaya Ocher speak to Sarah Manguso about her new novel, Liars, which focuses on a marriage and its disintegration. Jane is a writer, and her husband John is an artist and entrepreneur. Even early on in their relationship, John gives Jane plenty of reason to doubt their future. By the time they have their first child, Jane is subsumed…
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Editors Dayna Tortorici and Mark Krotov join Kate Wolf and Medaya Ocher to speak about 20 years of the magazine n+1, as well as their new anthology The Intellectual Situation: The Best of n+1’s Second Decade. The book collects n+1 essays, short stories, and reviews from the last ten years, covering the rise of Bernie Sanders and democratic socialis…
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Kate Wolf speaks with writer and journalist Yasmin Zaher about her debut novel, The Coin. An allegorical tale of alienation, loneliness, and repulsion, the book follows a Palestinian woman who’s recently fulfilled her family’s dream of moving to America. In New York, working as a middle school teacher, she finds herself disillusioned with the filth…
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Nell Irvin Painter at the Crossroads of Art, Politics, and Race in America
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Eric Newman is joined by historian Nell Irvin Painter to discuss I Just Keep Talking: A Life in Essays, a compendium of Painter's writing about art, politics, and race across nearly four decades. The wide-ranging discussion moves from how researching Sojourner Truth inspired Painter to get her MFA in visual art, to the struggle over what can be tau…
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Emily Nussbaum's "Cue the Sun! The Invention of Reality TV"
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Eric Newman and Medaya Ocher are joined by New Yorker staff writer and former television critic Emily Nussbaum to discuss her book Cue the Sun! The Invention of Reality TV. Nussbaum's overview of the most dominant genre of our time moves from reality TV's origins in radio to its role in forging the public image of a US president. In a sweeping conv…
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262: Building Relationships through Mealtimes | Ryan Rush
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In this episode of the Grace Enough Podcast, guest Ryan Rush shares personal experiences and insights on the transformative power of intentional meal gatherings. Ryan’s emphasis on the impact of meaningful conversations over distraction-free meals and the importance of inclusivity and authenticity at the table provides valuable insights for buildin…
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Medaya Ocher and Eric Newman speak with author Patrick Nathan about his latest novel, and this month's LARB Book Club pick, The Future Was Color. The novel chronicles the life of Hungarian immigrant writer George Curtis. When we meet George, he's writing the hacky sort of monster movies that are today's cult classics, trying to find sex and love am…
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In this episode of the Grace Enough podcast, host Amber chats with Jodi Grubbs about the benefits and challenges of slow living. Jodi shares stories from her formative years on the island of Bonaire, discusses her faith journey, and talks about her upcoming book focused on living a slower, more intentional life. Key Topics: Importance of slowing do…
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Claire Messud's "This Strange Eventful History"
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Medaya Ocher and Kate Wolf are joined by celebrated writer Claire Messud, the author of six works of fiction including the highly-acclaimed bestseller The Emperor's Children. Messud's latest novel is This Strange Eventful History, which follows the Cassars, a Pied-Noir family from Algeria, who find themselves constantly displaced by the changing ti…
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In this special episode, hosts Medaya Ocher, Kate Wolf, and Eric Newman debate an age-old question that's being taken up in new ways amid an increasingly atomized landscape for thinking and writing about the literature and art that moves (as well as enervates) us. What does it mean for criticism to "matter"? And what indications do we have that it …
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Rachel Khong on What Makes a Real American
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Rachel Khong joins Eric Newman to discuss her latest novel, Real Americans. Divided into three parts that each trace the experiences of different generations of a Chinese American family, the book delves into the thickets of identity, exploring how cultural strictures and the chaos of love shape our reality. The first section, set in 1999, recounts…
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Erik Davis joins Kate Wolf to speak about his latest book, Blotter: The Untold Story of an Acid Medium. The book is a study and history of the emergence of acid blotter paper from the late 1970s to the present day. It charts not only how the distribution and legal definition of LSD has changed over the decades—along with shifting cultural attitudes…
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Writer and curator Legacy Russell joins Kate Wolf to discuss her new book, Black Meme, which theorizes the history of viral images of Blackness in America from the dawn of the 20th century to the present. The book argues for the centrality of Black culture in the formation of the digital sphere; it also points to the many ways images of Black peopl…
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260: The Gift of Humility: Transforming Anxiety & Fear into Strength and Confidence | Joel Muddamalle
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In this episode of the Grace Enough Podcast, Dr. Joel Muddamalle shares his personal journey of faith and the profound impact of humility on his life. Through his experience, including his son's medical challenges and being bullied as a child, Joel discovered the transformative power of humility in finding peace and inner strength. He shares theolo…
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Miranda July speaks to Kate Wolf about her latest novel, All Fours. Its narrator is a woman in the middle of her life, a recognized artist who’s worked steadily for years with “the confidence that comes from knowing there is no other path.” Shortly after her 45th birthday, she decides to take a road trip to New York to celebrate with money she’s re…
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259: Simple Practices for Building a Secure Attachment with God | Summer Joy Gross
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Summer Joy Gross, an Anglican pastor, spiritual director, and author, brings a unique perspective to the conversation on secure attachment to God through spiritual practices. With a deep understanding of attachment theory, Summer's insights provide a fresh and relatable approach to experiencing God's love in a profound and transformative manner. He…
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Danielle Dutton's "Prairie, Dresses, Art, Other"
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Kate Wolf and Medaya Ocher are joined by writer and publisher Danielle Dutton, author of Prairie, Dresses, Art, Other as well as Margaret the First and Sprawl. Dutton is also co-founder of the outstanding press Dorothy Project. Prairie, Dresses, Art, Other is a collection of stories and essays that exemplify Dutton’s approach to writing: ekphrastic…
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In this special episode, hosts Medaya Ocher, Kate Wolf, and Eric Newman discuss the case for and against giving up—on life, vices, dreams, creative pursuits, jobs, relationships, exercise, and work. Their conversation is inspired by Adam Phillips’s recent book On Giving Up, in which the psychoanalyst observes that “we give things up when we believe…
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258: Unveiling the Complexities of Faith and Family | Dana Trent
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This podcast episode features a conversation between the host, Amber, and guest, Dana Trent. Dana shares her unique childhood of growing up in a fervently religious yet drug trafficking family in Western Indiana, highlighting the complex intersection of trauma, faith, and redemption. Dana's memoir, 'Between Two Trailers', delves into Dana's experie…
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Anna Shechtman's "The Riddles of the Sphinx"
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Scholar and writer Anna Shechtman joins Medaya Ocher to discuss her book The Riddles of the Sphinx: Inheriting the Feminist History of the Crossword Puzzle. Shechtman is an accomplished cruciverbalist, constructing a bimonthly crossword at The New Yorker; she is the former Humanities and Film Editor at the Los Angeles Review of Books, where she is …
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257: Transform Your Brain From the Bottom Up | Doreen Steenland
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In this episode of the Grace Enough Podcast, host Amber Cullum interviews Doreen Steenland, a passionate advocate for understanding the interplay between God, emotions, and brain science. Doreen shares her compelling personal journey of experiencing trauma to finding Christ and healing through a transformative understanding of neuroscience and fait…
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Scholar Randol Contreras joins Kate Wolf and Eric Newman to discuss his new book The Marvelous Ones: Drugs, Gang Violence, and Resistance in East Los Angeles. The book is a study of the history and present lives of veterans of the legendary Maravilla gang that long dominated the scene in East Los Angeles before a bitter rivalry with the La Eme duri…
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256: You’ve Accepted Jesus, but Do You Know Him? | Shane Stanford
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In this enlightening episode of the Grace Enough Podcast, we dive deep into the heartening and profound journey of faith with Shane Stanford. Shane, a dedicated pastor for 30 years shares his unique life story marked by significant health challenges and a resilient faith in Jesus. This engaging conversation covers the spectrum of Shane's early enco…
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A double-header episode about two new novels that each feature high stakes feats of translation. First, the translator and writer Jenny Croft speaks with Medaya Ocher about her debut novel, The Extinction of Irena Rey. It follows eight translators who have just arrived at the house of a famous, beloved writer, the titular Irena Rey. Suddenly, Irena…
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