Jonathan Lethem is a novelist, critic, and professor of English at Pomona College. His new book "Fear of Music" is the latest in Continuum's 33 1/3 series of monographs on individual record albums. Andy Zax is an L.A.-based writer and record producer who, in the mid 2000s, prepared Talking Heads' entire catalog (including "Fear of Music") for CD reissue. In this podcast, they discuss the ins and outs of this highly unsettling record (the band's third), air some rare ephemera from the archives, and share some reminiscences of adolescence. Produced by Oliver Wang for the Los Angeles Review of Books.

Jonathan Lethem is a novelist, critic, and professor of English at Pomona College. His new book "Fear of Music" is the latest in Continuum's 33 1/3 series of monographs on individual record albums. Andy Zax is an L.A.-based writer and record producer who, in the mid 2000s, prepared Talking Heads' entire catalog (including "Fear of Music") for CD reissue. In this podcast, they discuss the ins and outs of this highly unsettling record (the band's third), air some rare ephemera from the archives, and share some reminiscences of adolescence. Produced by Oliver Wang for the Los Angeles Review of Books.

Jonathan Lethem is a novelist, critic, and professor of English at Pomona College. His new book "Fear of Music" is the latest in Continuum's 33 1/3 series of monographs on individual record albums. Andy Zax is an L.A.-based writer and record producer who, in the mid 2000s, prepared Talking Heads' entire catalog (including "Fear of Music") for CD reissue. In this podcast, they discuss the ins and outs of this highly unsettling record (the band's third), air some rare ephemera from the archives, and share some reminiscences of adolescence. Produced by Oliver Wang for the Los Angeles Review of Books.

Rob Schmitz is the Shanghai bureau chief foe American Public Radio's Marketplace. he broke the story about Mike Daisey, showing that Daisey's reporting on Chinese factory workers for This American Life was full of fabrication. He talks about that story, about reporting in China, and the problems trying to understand the vast, rapidly changing country.

Rob Schmitz is the Shanghai bureau chief foe American Public Radio's Marketplace. he broke the story about Mike Daisey, showing that Daisey's reporting on Chinese factory workers for This American Life was full of fabrication. He talks about that story, about reporting in China, and the problems trying to understand the vast, rapidly changing country.

Los Angeles Review of Books Podcast #5: LARB Senior Editor Clarissa Romano talks to Francesca Lia Block about the "Weetzie Bat" series. Producer/Engineer: Oliver Wang

Los Angeles Review of Books Podcast #5: LARB Senior Editor Clarissa Romano talks to Francesca Lia Block about the "Weetzie Bat" series. Producer/Engineer: Oliver Wang

Los Angeles Review of Books Podcast #5: LARB Senior Editor Clarissa Romano talks to Francesca Lia Block about the "Weetzie Bat" series. Producer/Engineer: Oliver Wang

Rob Schmitz is the Shanghai bureau chief foe American Public Radio's Marketplace. he broke the story about Mike Daisey, showing that Daisey's reporting on Chinese factory workers for This American Life was full of fabrication. He talks about that story, about reporting in China, and the problems trying to understand the vast, rapidly changing country.

Los Angeles Review of Books Podcast #4: Maggie Nelson and Arne de Boever.