Audio interviews, lectures, readings and more from the Review's staff and contributors. You can subscribe here to the XML feed or iTunes, download the MP3 files by clicking on the titles, or listen to episodes using the player below.
November 17, 2008
What Happens Now? A Conversation on the 2008 Election
On November 10, in a conversation moderated by Robert Silvers, Andrew Delbanco, Joan Didion, Jeff Madrick, Darryl Pinckney, Michael Tomasky, and Garry Wills discussed the implications of Barack Obama's election and the likely direction of his administration. Hosted by the New York Public Library's Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers, the event celebrated the 45th anniversary of the Review.
November 10, 2008
Martin Filler on Frank Lloyd Wright
Longtime Review contributor Martin Filler talks to Deirdre Foley-Mendelssohn about Frank Lloyd Wright's uniquely American architecture.
November 3, 2008
Helen Vendler on Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell
Poetry critic and frequent Review contributor Helen Vendler speaks with Sasha Weiss about the correspondence of Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell, and reads some of the poems that were inspired by the poets' lifelong friendship.
October 31, 2008
The Election Issues Tour
In a series of panels cosponsored by the Review and Guardian America, contributors and editors for both publications discuss the issues shaping the 2008 election campaigns and the challenges and opportunities that will face the new administration.
Mark Danner on covering the campaigns, the abandonment of post-partisan rhetoric, and the role of race.
Elizabeth Drew explains how McCain lost her, and why he hasn't been able to campaign against Obama.
Frances FitzGerald talks about the politics of populist resentment and the need for a new New Deal.
Jonathan Freedland describes how Europeans see this election, and why they still look to the US for leadership.
Peter Galbraith explores the failures of the Bush administration's foreign policy, and what changes we can expect from Obama.
Suzanne Goldenberg on the progress this election represents, and whether Obama will be able to keep his promises.
Martin Kettle talks about international enthusiasm for Obama, and how this election represents a reaffirmation of the democratic process.
Thomas Powers discusses the twin challenges of the economic crisis and Afghanistan.
Frank Rich on what's broken in America, from bureaucracy to infrastructure, and why this will be a transformative election.
Michael Tomasky examines the tactical differences between the campaigns.
Or listen to the panels in their entirety:
Election Issues Tour: Cambridge, Massachusetts. Hosted by the Harvard Book Store, and held at the Brattle Theatre, Cambridge, Massachusetts, October 15, 2008.
Election Issues Tour: Washington, DC. Politics & Prose Bookstore, Washington, DC, on October 16, 2008
Election Issues Tour: San Francisco. The Commonwealth Club, San Francisco, on October 27, 2008
October 27, 2008
Michael Massing in Ohio
Frequent Review contributor Michael Massing uncovers a surprising trend in Ohio voters' preferences in the final weeks of the presidential campaign.
October 20, 2008
Charles Simic Reads Selected Poems
Former poet laureate Charles Simic, a longtime Review contributor, reads work from his two most recent collections, Sixty Poems and That Little Something.
October 17, 2008
Jeff Madrick on the Economic Crisis
Hugh Eakin speaks with economics writer and frequent Review contributor Jeff Madrick about the US policies that led to the international financial crisis, and about the problems that still lie ahead.
October 6, 2008
Reading in a World of Images
As part of the New York Public Library's NYPL Live series, Daniel Mendelsohn, Pico Iyer, and James Wood met on September 17 to discuss the place of criticism in a world increasingly dominated by film, television, and new media forms.
September 29, 2008
Reading Burma
On September 23, at Cooper Union's Great Hall, PEN American Center, the Open Society Institute's Burma Project, and the Review cosponsored an evening of readings and conversations, hosted by Salman Rushdie. The event, benefiting the International Burmese Monks Organization, commemorated the 2007 protests against Burma's junta, and called attention to the continuing efforts to assist survivors of Cyclone Nargis.
September 24, 2008
The Consequences to Come
Review contributors Darryl Pinckney, Ronald Dworkin, Joan Didion, and Mark Danner assess the 2008 presidential contest and the issues that will define the next administration. Introduced by Robert Silvers, editor of the Review. From a panel discussion at the Brooklyn Book Festival, September 14, 2008.
Mark Danner examines the legacy of Karl Rove, and looks at the impact of negative advertising on the Obama campaign.
Joan Didion talks about how the current election season resembles those past, and how the "stories" told by the administration and the campaigns obscure our understanding of political reality.
Ronald Dworkin explores the threats a McCain presidency would pose for the Supreme Court, the Constitution, and the place of the United States in the community of nations.
Darryl Pinckney analyzes the voting public, talks about how race is perceived in the mainstream and on the margins, and explains why he believes that Obama can—and will—win in November.
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September 22, 2008
Samantha Power on National Security and the Election
Samantha Power talks to Hugh Eakin about the foreign policy implications of the 2008 Presidential contest.
September 17, 2008
Oliver Sacks on Mania, Memoir, and Music
Oliver Sacks speaks with Eve Bowen about Michael Greenberg's new memoir, the work of Kay Redfield Jamison, and music and madness in Musicophilia.
September 15, 2008
Edward Mendelson on Frank O'Hara
Edward Mendelson talks with Sasha Weiss about Frank O'Hara the moralist.
Joseph Lelyveld at the 2008 Republican National Convention September 2, 2008 September 8, 2008 |
Michael Chabon at the 2008 Democratic National Convention August 27, 2008 September 2, 2008 |
August 25, 2008
Vanessa Redgrave and David Hare
On August 10, as part of the 2008 Salzburg Global Seminar, The New York Review of Books cosponsored a panel discussion on art and politics featuring actor Vanessa Redgrave and playwright David Hare, who directed Redgrave in Joan Didion's The Year of Magical Thinking at this year's Salzburg Festival. The conversation was moderated by Salzburg senior vice president and chief program officer Edward Mortimer. The panel was introduced by Review editor Robert Silvers.
Audience Q&A
Following the discussion, Edward Mortimer invited the audience to ask the panelists questions.
August 18, 2008
Michael Massing on Iraq
Hugh Eakin speaks with Michael Massing about Iraq's precarious future.
August 4, 2008
Mary Beard on Jokes
Classicist Mary Beard in conversation with Sasha Weiss about what made the Romans laugh.
June 30, 2008
Robert Barnett on China, Tibet and the Olympics
Tibetologist Robert Barnett discusses the changing face of Tibet with Hugh Eakin.
June 30, 2008
Edmund White on Marguerite Duras
Sasha Weiss speaks with Edmund White about Duras's Paris.