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Selected Essays | Carina del Valle Schorske on Samuel Delany

Selected Essays | Carina del Valle Schorske on Samuel Delany

On this episode of “Selected Essays,” Carina del Valle Schorske joins us to discuss Samuel Delany's 1996 essay “Times Sq... Read more

31 Jul 2023

52mins

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Selected Essays | Leo Robson & Rosa Lyster on Martin Amis

Selected Essays | Leo Robson & Rosa Lyster on Martin Amis

On this episode of The Point podcast series “Selected Essays,” Leo Robson and Rosa Lyster join us to discuss two essays ... Read more

18 Jul 2023

57mins

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Selected Essays | Leslie Jamison on Charles D’Ambrosio

Selected Essays | Leslie Jamison on Charles D’Ambrosio

On this episode of The Point podcast series “Selected Essays,” Leslie Jamison joins us to discuss Charles D’Ambrosio’s 2... Read more

27 Jun 2023

1hr 2mins

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Selected Essays | Adam Shatz on James Baldwin

Selected Essays | Adam Shatz on James Baldwin

On this episode of The Point podcast series “Selected Essays,” Jess Swoboda and Zach Fine talk to the writer Adam Shatz ... Read more

6 Jun 2023

53mins

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Selected Essays | Merve Emre & Tobi Haslett on Susan Sontag (Bonus Episode!)

Selected Essays | Merve Emre & Tobi Haslett on Susan Sontag (Bonus Episode!)

On this bonus episode of “Selected Essays,” Merve Emre and Tobi Haslett discuss the great American essayists Elizabeth H... Read more

24 May 2023

41mins

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Selected Essays | Anne Fadiman on Virginia Woolf

Selected Essays | Anne Fadiman on Virginia Woolf

On this episode of The Point podcast series “Selected Essays,” Jess Swoboda and Zach Fine talk to the writer Anne Fadima... Read more

9 May 2023

54mins

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Why everything is hyperpolitical now (with Anton Jäger)

Why everything is hyperpolitical now (with Anton Jäger)

On this episode of The Point Podcast, Jonny Thakkar talks to our resident anatomist of the global political zeitgeist: A... Read more

24 Apr 2023

1hr 8mins

Ranked #8

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Selected Essays | Christian Lorentzen on George Trow

Selected Essays | Christian Lorentzen on George Trow

On this episode of The Point podcast, we’re introducing a new series called “Selected Essays”—about essays you should re... Read more

11 Apr 2023

59mins

Ranked #9

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Stanley Cavell's style (with Lola Seaton)

Stanley Cavell's style (with Lola Seaton)

On this episode of The Point podcast, Jon Baskin talks to a fellow long-suffering Cavellian: the writer and New Left Rev... Read more

8 Dec 2022

1hr 7mins

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National conservatism after the midterms (with James Pogue and Joey Keegin)

National conservatism after the midterms (with James Pogue and Joey Keegin)

The Point podcast is back after a long hiatus with an episode about the 2022 midterms. Point editors Jon Baskin and Joey... Read more

22 Nov 2022

1hr 10mins

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