Latest Episodes
2
![Teaser: Cover Design with Katy Homans](https://episodes.castos.com/61743987ba4107-38710692/images/1649713/c1a-qo97q-wnvn7mqoapzv-ebx8zh.jpg)
Teaser: Cover Design with Katy Homans
Designer Katy Homans reveals the secrets behind those iconic NYRB Classics covers, and we find out what color Edwin Frank hates the most. To...
1
![Tun-huang by Yasushi Inoue](https://episodes.castos.com/61743987ba4107-38710692/images/1640266/c1a-qo97q-qxn1w2nqc9v1-dgsuwn.png)
Tun-huang by Yasushi Inoue
In this episode, Kassia and Dylan discuss the Japanese novel Tun-huang written by Yasushi Inoue and translated by Jean Oda Moy. This work of...
21
![Teaser: Moby-Dick with Will Menaker](https://episodes.castos.com/61743987ba4107-38710692/images/1635119/c1a-qo97q-1xg54wm4sdqo-lfsorj.jpg)
Teaser: Moby-Dick with Will Menaker
Chapo Trap House co-host Will Menaker joins us to talk about Moby-Dick by Herman Melville. Recorded amid a marathon reading of Melville's masterwork, we...
20
![Melville Live at the Moby-Dick Marathon](https://episodes.castos.com/61743987ba4107-38710692/images/1629461/c1a-qo97q-jkw2kn4jbp0j-jy4ph3.jpg)
Melville Live at the Moby-Dick Marathon
This episode was recorded before a live audience at the New Bedford Whaling Museum during their annual Moby-Dick Marathon. We spoke with Tim Marr...
19
![Teaser: British Library Women Writers with Simon Thomas](https://episodes.castos.com/61743987ba4107-38710692/images/1625464/c1a-qo97q-1xg0oj5qug68-eqojfv.png)
Teaser: British Library Women Writers with Simon Thomas
Book blogger, podcaster, and Ivy Compton-Burnett admirer Simon Thomas returns to discuss his work with the British Library Women Writers series and his favorite...
18
![Muhammad with Tariq Ali](https://episodes.castos.com/61743987ba4107-38710692/images/1622088/c1a-qo97q-ro8mq6zqckn9-fkwq6u.png)
Muhammad with Tariq Ali
Writer and filmmaker Tariq Ali joins us to discuss Muhammad written by Maxime Rodinson and translated from French by Anne Carter. We talk about...