Recall This Book

By Elizabeth Ferry and John Plotz

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Episodes: 132

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Free-ranging discussion of books from the past that cast a sideways light on today's world.

Episode Date
127* Helena De Bres on Life-Writing (JP, EF)
Apr 18, 2024
126 E. G. Condé / Steve Gonzalez on Hurricanes, Fiction, and Speculative Ethnography (EF)
Apr 04, 2024
125* David Ferry, Roger Reeves, and the Underworld
Mar 21, 2024
124 The Reeducation of Race with Sonali Thakkar (JP)
Mar 07, 2024
123* Sheila Heti Speaks About Awe with Sunny Yudkoff (JP)
Feb 16, 2024
122 The Culture Trap, with Sociologist Derron Wallace (EF, JP)
Feb 01, 2024
121* Ajantha Subramanian on "The Caste of Merit" ((EF,JP))
Jan 18, 2024
120 A Roundup Conversation About Indian and Israeli Ethnonationalism
Jan 04, 2024
119 Violent Majorities: Indian and Israeli Ethnonationalism. Episode 2
Dec 14, 2023
118 Violent Majorities, Indian and Israeli Ethnonationalism. Episode 1
Dec 07, 2023
117* Laurence Ralph Reckons With Police Violence (EF, JP)
Nov 16, 2023
116 "We are all latecomers": Martin Puchner's "Culture" (JP, EF)
Nov 02, 2023
115* Sanjay Krishnan on V. S. Naipaul: To make the Deformation the Formation (JP)
Oct 19, 2023
114 John Guillory Professes Criticism (JP, Nick Dames)
Oct 05, 2023
113* David Cunningham, January 6th and Asymmetrical Policing (JP, EF)
Sep 21, 2023
112 Earthsea, and Other Realms: Ursula Le Guin as Social Inactivist (EF, JP, [UKL])
Sep 07, 2023
111* Samuel R. Delany, Neveryon and Beyond (JP)
Aug 17, 2023
110* Joshua Cohen’s "The Netanyahus" (JP, Eugene Sheppard)
Aug 03, 2023
109* Thomas Piketty on Capitalism and Inequality (Adaner Usmani, JP)
Jul 20, 2023
108* Chris Desan on Making Money (Recall This Buck)
Jul 05, 2023
107* The Electro-Library with Jared Green (EF, JP)
Jun 15, 2023
106 Musical Collaboration: A Chat with Francisco del Pino (JP)
Jun 01, 2023
105* David Plotz: Books in Dark Times (JP)
May 18, 2023
104 Journalistic Collaboration (JP)
May 04, 2023
103* Elizabeth Bradfield in Dark Times (JP)
Apr 20, 2023
102 Sassan Tabatabai: Poetry, Observation, and Form
Apr 06, 2023
101* Chris Walley on Deindustrialization (EF, JP)
Mar 09, 2023
100 Nuclear Ghosts: Ryo Morimoto (EF, JP)
Mar 02, 2023
99* Gael McGill Visualizes Intracellular Data (JP, GT)
Feb 16, 2023
98 Horton's Cosmic Zoom: A Discussion with Zachary Horton
Feb 02, 2023
97* Lorraine Daston Books In Dark Times (JP)
Jan 19, 2023
96 Lorraine Daston Rules the World (EF, JP)
Jan 05, 2023
95* Books in Dark Times: A Discussion with Kim Stanley Robinson
Dec 15, 2022
94 Elizabeth Kolbert on the Nature of the Future (GT, JP, NS, HY)
Dec 01, 2022
93* Ethnonationalism since 1973: A Discussion with Quinn Slobodian
Nov 17, 2022
92 Janet McIntosh on "Let's Go Brandon," QAnon and Alt-Right Language (EF, JP)
Nov 03, 2022
91* Leah Price on Children’s Books: Turning Back the Clock on “Adulting” (EF, JP)
Oct 20, 2022
90 Virtual Reality as Immersive Enclosure, with Paul Roquet (EF, JP)
Oct 06, 2022
89* Charles Yu with Chris Fan: The Work of Inhabiting a Role (Novel Dialogue Crossover, JP)
Sep 15, 2022
88 Underwater Eye: Margaret Cohen explores the Film Aquatic
Sep 01, 2022
87* Mike Leigh In Focus (JP)
Aug 18, 2022
86 Dana Stevens on Buster Keaton (JP EF)
Aug 04, 2022
85* Pu Wang and John Plotz Look Back on their Cixin Liu Interview
Jul 21, 2022
84* Cixin Liu Talks About Science Fiction (JP, Pu Wang)
Jul 07, 2022
83* Elizabeth Ferry and John Plotz on Zadie Smith
Jun 16, 2022
82* Zadie Smith in Focus (JP)
Jun 02, 2022
81* David Ferry, Roger Reeves, and the Underworld
May 19, 2022
80 We are Not Digested: Rajiv Mohabir (Ulka Anjaria, JP)
May 05, 2022
79* Madeline Miller on Circe (GT, JP)
Apr 21, 2022
78 Fantasy Then, Now, and Forever with Anna Vaninskaya
Apr 07, 2022
77* Polynesia, Sea of Islands: with Christina Thompson
Mar 17, 2022
76 Land-Grab Universities with Robert Lee (Jerome Tharaud, JP)
Mar 03, 2022
75* Sean Hill Talks about Bodies in Space and Time with Elizabeth Bradfield
Feb 17, 2022
74 George Kalogeris on Words and Places
Feb 03, 2022
73 Teletherapy with Hannah Zeavin (High Theory Crossover, Saronik)
Jan 27, 2022
72 Caryl Phillips Speaks with Corina Stan
Jan 20, 2022
71 Jennifer Egan with Ivan Kreilkamp: Fiction as Streaming, Genre as Portal (Novel Dialogue crossover, JP)
Jan 06, 2022
70 Recall this Buck 5: "Studying Up" with Daniel Souleles (EF, JP)
Dec 16, 2021
69 Recall this Buck 4: Daniel Souleles on Private Equity (JP, EF)
Dec 02, 2021
68 Martin Puchner: Writing and Reading from Gilgamesh to Amazon
Nov 18, 2021
67 Everything and Less: Mark McGurl on Books in the Age of Amazon
Nov 04, 2021
66 On Multi-Species Community: A Critical Conversation with Patricia Alvarez Astacio (Gina T, John P)
Oct 21, 2021
65 Octopus World: Other Minds with Peter Godfrey-Smith (EF, JP)
Oct 07, 2021
64 Brahmin Left 4: Adaner and John wrap up with Elizabeth
Sep 16, 2021
63 Brahmin Left 3: Arlie Hochschild (AU, JP)
Sep 02, 2021
62 Brahmin Left 2: Jan-Werner Müller (AU, JP)
Aug 19, 2021
61 Brahmin Left 1: Matt Karp on class dealignment (AU, JP)
Aug 05, 2021
60 Sean Hill on Bodies in Space and Time (EF, EB)
Jul 08, 2021
59 Recall This B-Side #4: Pardis Dabashi on “My Uncle Napoleon” (JP)
Jun 24, 2021
58 Recall this B-Side #3: Caleb Crain on Daisy Ashford’s “The Young Visiters” (JP)
Jun 17, 2021
57 Recall this B-side #2: Elizabeth Ferry on “The Diary of ‘Helena Morley'” (JP)
Jun 10, 2021
56 Recall This B-Side #1: Merve Emre on Natalia Ginzburg’s “The Dry Heart”
Jun 03, 2021
55 David Ferry, Roger Reeves, and the Underworld
May 27, 2021
54 Crossover Month #3: Novel Dialogue with Helen Garner (Elizabeth McMahon, JP)
Apr 22, 2021
53 Crossover Month #2: Novel Dialogue (Orhan Pamuk, Bruce Robbins, JP)
Apr 08, 2021
52 Crossover Month #1: “High Theory” and the Pastoral (Kim, Saronik, JP)
Mar 25, 2021
51 Recall This Buck 3: Thomas Piketty on Inequality and Ideology (Adaner, JP)
Feb 19, 2021
50 Greg Childs on Seditious Conspiracy; or, Why Words Matter
Feb 05, 2021
49 The Capitol Insurrection and Asymmetrical Policing: David Cunningham (EF, JP)
Jan 21, 2021
48 Transform, Not Transfer: Lisa Dillman on Translation (PW, EF)
Jan 15, 2021
47 Glimpsing COVID: Gael McGill on Data Visualization (GT, JP)
Dec 17, 2020
46 Leah Price on Children’s Books: Turning Back the Clock on “Adulting” (EF, JP)
Dec 03, 2020
45 Global Policing 3 Laurence Ralph: Reckoning with Police Violence
Oct 29, 2020
44 Adaner Usmani: Racism as idea, Racism as power relation (EF, JP)
Oct 01, 2020
43 Sanjay Krishnan on V. S. Naipaul: To make the Deformation the Formation (JP)
Aug 06, 2020
42 Recall This Buck 2: Peter Brown on wealth, charity and managerial bishops in early Christianity (JP)
Jul 31, 2020
41 RTB Books in Dark Times 13: Lorraine Daston, Historian of Science (JP)
Jul 24, 2020
40 Global Policing 1: Hayal Akarsu on Turkish Community Policing (EF, JP)
Jul 17, 2020
39 RTB Books in Dark Times 12: Carlo Rotella (JP)
Jul 09, 2020
38 Beth Blum on Self-Help from Carnegie to Today (JP)
Jul 06, 2020
37 RTB Books In Dark Times 11: Elizabeth Bradfield (JP)
Jun 26, 2020
36 Policing and White Power: (EF, JP) Global Policing Series
Jun 17, 2020
35 RTB Books In Dark Times 10: Martin Puchner
Jun 11, 2020
34 The Caribbean and Vectors of Warfare: Vincent Brown (EF, JP)
Jun 04, 2020
33 RTB Books in Dark Times 9: Ben Fountain (JP)
May 28, 2020
32 RTB Books in Dark Times 8: Paul Saint-Amour (JP 5/20)
May 21, 2020
31 RTB Books in Dark Times 7: Vanessa Smith (JP)
May 14, 2020
30 In Focus: Nir Eyal on (the deontology of) “Challenge Testing” a Covid Vaccine
May 07, 2020
29 RTB Books in Dark Times 6: Kim Stanley Robinson (JP)
Apr 30, 2020
28 RTB Books in Dark Times 5: Seeta Chaganti (JP)
Apr 23, 2020
27 RTB Books in Dark Times 4: David and John Plotz
Apr 16, 2020
26 RTB Books in Dark Times 3: Plotz/Ferry
Apr 09, 2020
25 RTB Books in Dark Times 2: Stephen McCauley (JP)
Apr 02, 2020
24 RTB Books in Dark Times 1: Alex Star (JP)
Mar 26, 2020
23 Recall This Buck 1: Chris Desan on Making Money (EF, JP)
Mar 20, 2020
9* Women in Political Power, with Manduhai Buyandelger (Rebroadcast, in honor of Elizabeth Warren)
Mar 15, 2020
22 Ajantha Subramanian: Meritocracy, Caste, and Class (EF, JP)
Feb 07, 2020
21 Silvia Bottinelli: Food, Art, Food Art!
Jan 17, 2020
20 The Drama of Celebrity with Sharon Marcus (JP)
Dec 19, 2019
19 Scientists, collaboration, and groupthink with Albion Lawrence (EF, JP)
Dec 05, 2019
18 Fictional Empathy. Rita Felski and Namwali Serpell (with JP)
Nov 15, 2019
17 In Focus: Mike Leigh (JP)
Oct 31, 2019
16 de/industrialization with Christine Walley (EF and JP)
Oct 25, 2019
15x Afterthoughts on Zadie Smith (John and Elizabeth)
Oct 01, 2019
15 In Focus: Zadie Smith (JP)
Sep 26, 2019
14x Afterthoughts about the Cixin Liu interview (Pu Wang and John)
Aug 13, 2019
14 In Focus: Cixin Liu (in English, with Pu Wang, JP)
Aug 13, 2019
14c 刘慈欣访谈中文版 Cixin Liu with Pu Wang (in Chinese)
Aug 13, 2019
13 Polynesia, Sea of Islands: with Christina Thompson
Aug 02, 2019
12 RTB Presents “The Electro–Library” (with Jared Green)
Jul 06, 2019
11 Xenophobia and Ethno-Nationalism, 1973 to today (Quinn Slobodian)
Jun 14, 2019
10 Life, Writing, and Life Writing with Helena DeBres
May 16, 2019
10x Bonus! “Exit Zero” and Life Writing
May 16, 2019
9 Women in Political Power; with Manduhai Buyandelger
Mar 28, 2019
8 Distraction, a Conversation (Marina Van Zuylen and John Plotz at Harvard’s Mahindra Center)
Mar 14, 2019
7 In Focus: Samuel Delany in conversation with John Plotz (Nevèrÿon, Triton, Gertrude Stein and more….)
Mar 07, 2019
6 Writing Then and Now: Martin Puchner (The Written World)
Feb 28, 2019
5 The Comic Novel with Stephen McCauley
Feb 13, 2019
4 In Focus: An Interview with Madeline Miller about Circe (JP, GT)
Feb 06, 2019
3 Old and New Media with Lisa Gitelman
Jan 30, 2019
2 Addiction with Gina Turrigiano
Jan 22, 2019
1 Minimalism with Tory Fair
Jan 01, 2019