Steven Soderbergh on His Reading Life (Rerun)

In 2024, The New York Times Book Review gathered more than 500 novelists, nonfiction writers, poets and literary enthusiasts to help pick the best books of the 21st century so far. One of those books was Cormac McCarthy’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, “The Road,” which came in at ...  Show more

June is here and the long summer days are stretching out ahead, which means it’s time to settle in front of the air-conditioner with a pile of books. (Just us?) But which ones should you read this summer? The “Book Review” podcast’s Gilbert Cruz talks with the Book Review editors ...  Show more

A failing podcaster inherits a mansion that belonged to his estranged parents, and discovers that the strange caretaker of the property may be connected to a notorious murderer that supposedly haunts the property. As he tries to debunk the haunting in a podcast, he discovers ther ...  Show more

In 2005, Michael ran a week-long series with University of Chicago professor Steven Levitt, co-author of "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" which was published 12 April 2005. Michael hosted him for a segment each day that week, highlighting d ...  Show more

Stephen Dubner (Freakonomics, When to Rob a Bank, Freakonomics Radio) is an award-winning journalist, author, and radio host. Stephen returns once again to the Armchair Expert to discuss the power and necessity of disgust, the ethics of yelling at AI, and reflecting on the 20t ...

In this episode of Kermode on Film, Mark welcomes two legendary guests for a lively film conversation, recorded at the BFI Southbank on Monday 14th July 2025.This is Part 2 of that show, in which Mark is joined by Allison Anders, the director of Gas Food Lodging and Grace of My H ...  Show more