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The mercurial Tom Hoving, former director of the Met Museum, discusses art forgeries, and how to spot them, on ThoughtCast!

This time of year, when the relieved earth shrugs off stale dirt and dead leaves, it pauses, recalling. Then, as it lets out a long, low breath, it slowly releases moisture, a glut of color. Everything is growing. But only for a spell, for soon enough the earth will turn, and then the relentless heat […]

Note: this interview has been picked up by the public radio station WGBH, in Boston, and its sister stations WCAI and WNAN. Robert Silvers (credit Melanie Flood) The venerable New York Review of Books was launched amidst a newspaper strike in the winter of 1963, and has continued unabated ever since. Devoted to intensive and […]

Note: this interview has been picked up by the public radio station WGBH, in Boston, and its sister stations WCAI and WNAN. Sadly, Bob died in March of 2017. This interview was quoted in The New York Times obituary. The venerable New York Review of Books was launched amidst a newspaper strike in the winter […]

Taos artist Paul Pascarella lives in a spectacular spot, one many famous painters have discovered in the past - Agnes Martin, Arthur Dove, Georgia O'Keefe, Marsden Hartley, Rebecca James, Andrew Dasburg.

Taos artist Paul Pascarella lives in a spectacular spot, one many famous painters have discovered in the past - Agnes Martin, Arthur Dove, Georgia O'Keefe, Marsden Hartley, Rebecca James, Andrew Dasburg.

Andres Serrano: Works 1983-93 opened at The New Museum of Contemporary Art in Soho in early 1995. It was a mid-career retrospective, and I went there to interview the controversial artist for the PBS station WNYC TV. His infamous “Piss Christ”, among other ecclesiastical subjects, was prominently featured, as well as images of Ku Klux […]

Andres Serrano: Works 1983-93 opened at The New Museum of Contemporary Art in Soho in early 1995. It was a mid-career retrospective, and I went there to interview the controversial artist for the PBS station WNYC TV. His infamous “Piss Christ”, among other ecclesiastical subjects, was prominently featured, as well as images of Ku Klux […]

Arianna Huffington, the author, journalist and founder of The Huffington Post, spoke with Jenny Attiyeh at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books.

Arianna Huffington, the author, journalist and founder of The Huffington Post, spoke with Jenny Attiyeh at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books.

KCRW's Michael Silverblatt, the host of the literary talk show Bookworm, speaks with Jenny Attiyeh at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. Silverblatt is the real thing -- an authentic, genuinely interested interviewer who reads not only the latest book his guest has come to discuss, but the writer's entire body of work.

The comedian, writer and performer Sandra Tsing Loh speaks with Jenny Attiyeh at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books about If You Lived Here, You'd Be Home By Now, her first novel.

The comedian, writer and performer Sandra Tsing Loh speaks with Jenny Attiyeh at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books about If You Lived Here, You'd Be Home By Now, her first novel.

I interviewed George W. Bush during the New Hampshire Presidential Primary, when he was still a newcomer to the country at large, just the free and easy (and sober) Governor of Texas, the oldest son of the former President, George Bush Senior.

I interviewed George W. Bush during the New Hampshire Presidential Primary, when he was still a newcomer to the country at large, just the free and easy (and sober) Governor of Texas, the oldest son of the former President, George Bush Senior.