James Lileks' The Diner

By RicochetSociety & Culture

James Lileks' The Diner episodes

February 01, 2025 I'm Game
Forget your lame Pong, man. We've got a pocketful of quarters and we're heading to the Arcade at the mall!
32 min
January 25, 2025 Turn It Up!
Every generation finds its own groove... and learns to appreciate the grooves of others.
31 min
January 18, 2025 I Hear the Train a'Comin'
New cars and old trains and infinite waitresses all the way down... say, did you just hear that?
36 min
January 11, 2025 Like a Whale in a Vat of Vaseline
Your car can be sporty, it can be practical, it can be new or used, but whatever it is - if you're driving it to The Diner - it has to have style.
31 min
December 21, 2024 Merry Christmas, Dad
Christmas traditions come and go just like the people in your life. But they don't really go, do they?
34 min
December 14, 2024 Droning On and On
The Mercury plunges and we wrap our hands around a hot bowl of soup and contemplate what lies beyond our chicken and stars...
36 min
December 07, 2024 Café americano
It's a trip to a romantic, exotic locale... you know, the Diner. Have a seat and a cup of Joe, por favor.
37 min
November 23, 2024 Stalking Thanksgiving
Holiday thoughts from a celeried employee on a cold morning in November.
34 min
November 16, 2024 Ultimate Red State Dining
Comrade! Sit down and join us! Crack open a bottle of Jubal!
36 min
November 09, 2024 Chubs and Scrounds
A reduced fat podcast.

Best if used by November 2028.*

*Refrigerate after opening.
38 min

About James Lileks' The Diner

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James Lileks is back at his accustomed place on one of the chrome stools in front of the boomerang pattern Formica counter in the diner on Old Highway 23, about thirteen and a half minutes from…