Peter recalls his long lunch with Hitler's architect, best friend and Nazi Minister of Armaments, Albert Speer. We then discuss: Speer's genial evil and staggering denial; his dark genius for self-preservation; and the plans for Hitler's tomb that he shared with Peter nearly four decades ago. The first in a two-part series, perfect listening for a holiday of secretly horrific social encounters.

Peter reads a memory of the time Nazi slave-driver and rocket engineer Wernher von Braun came over for tea, set to a song Ken Burns once used to make people feel cozy amid horror in history. And we chat: about America's decision to forget von Braun's war crimes; the modern legacy of "just following orders"; and Peter's fascination with the monsters who destroyed his parents' world. This podcast is a light unto the nations. 

Peter reads a memory of the college love he nearly married, set to Facades by Philip Glass. And then we chat: about the power of the dead over the living; how slavery enriched both David Cameron and JP Morgan; and the human glory of the New York City marathon. Primo conversation with a cameo by horse thieves.

Peter shares a memory of his first love with another boy at boarding school, set to Handel. And we chat: about gay love in antiquity; Halloween as a holiday of masks and love; and John LeCarre's final, radical masterpiece, Silverview. More primo autumn listening, all cups runneth over. 

A very special Cheese and Chat. Peter reads from his memoir-in-progress set to the magnificent pianist Bruce Levingston's rendition of Schubert's Impromptu Op. 90. We receive our very first sponsorship, set to Amazing Grace on bagpipes. And discuss: the idiocy of Woodrow Wilson; the haunted spaces between worlds in history; and how future generations will pretend Covid never happened. Primo autumn listening.

After a brief hiatus in honor of Saint Gouda's Day...me and Peter made a cheese plate and chatted: about Dada as a reaction to fear and horror; Peter's belief that Americans will reject digital serfdom; and the trip we took to Istanbul many years ago. Best of all, Peter made good on a promise to revisit his brief and brutal career as a Brooklyn restaurant critic. 

Me and my friend Peter Foges just keep making these cheese plates and chatting: about the Met Gala as an unlikely hope for democracy; about the legacy of 9/11 on its 20th anniversary; about Peter's brief, secret, brutal life as a Brooklyn restaurant critic. 

Me and my friend Peter Foges made yet ANOTHER cheese plate and chatted: about Harry and Meghan; monarchy and celebrity; Peter's aristocratic Prussian lineage and deep love of Irish peasants.