Arts: Books
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Chuck Klosterman is the author of tons of books. This is a tape from my interview with him around 2012 when he was promoting The Visible Man. We met at […]
John Mearsheimer: "The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy"
From September 2007, Michael's conversation with John Mearsheimer, co-author of "The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy." "The Israel Lobby," by John J. Mearsheimer of the University of Chicago and Stephen M. Walt of Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government, was one of the most controversial articles in recent
Chapter 28: Mark Manson on constant cursing and clearing clutter
Have you heard of a book called 'The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck'? I’m guessing you have since it’s sold, uh, 16 million copies since it came out in 2016. There hadn't been a non-fiction book that big and disruptive in a long, long time… Mark’s meteoric success is the product of a giant mind which has mastered th
Lucinda Williams’s Memoir Don't Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You (with Anna Sale)
Chelsea and Death, Sex & Money host Anna Sale dive into Lucinda Williams’s memoir “Don't Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You.” They explore the Southern women who influenced Lucinda’s life, her late-in-life rise to fame, and the time Rosanne Cash tried to glam her up for the Grammys (and Lucinda ghosted). Plus: age-gap
Cory Booker: “America Needs Moral Leadership, and Not Political Leadership”
As Donald Trump continues to launch unprecedented and innovative attacks on immigrants, civic institutions, and the rule of law, the Democratic response has been—in the eyes of many observers—tepid and inadequate. One answer to the sense of desperation came from Senator Cory Booker, who, on March 31st, launched a marat
In the past few years, the comedian Nikki Glaser has breathed new life into the well-worn comedic form of the roast. Last year, she performed a roast of the football legend Tom Brady for a Netflix special, to much acclaim—with Conan O’Brien opining that “no one is going to do a better roast set than that.” Glaser has b