The Nato Sessions

Today on The Nato Sessions, I talk to gender queer feminist porn star Jiz Lee. We talk about queer aesthetics in porn, shifting standards of obscenity, and the wonders of fisting.

Today on The Nato Sessions, Nato visits Oakland's beloved communist rapper Boots Riley, frontman of The Coup and Street Sweeper Social Club. They reflect on Occupy Oakland, the ins and outs of political art, and the first time getting drunk as a teenager... on revolutionary possibility.

On this episode of The Nato Sessions, Nato talks to novelist Helene Wecker, whose first book “The Golem & the Jinni” was released this spring. They talk about mystical Jewish and Syrian creatures, fin de siècle New York City, chassidic wizards, and how Midwestern Jews make/ruin a brisket. Also, Nato takes a blow to the face.

This week Nato chats with Bay Area author (and Jew) Ayelet Waldman, author of Bad Mother. They talk about the satisfaction of being disappointed with Obama, twitter trolling, and things that may or may not have been in Nato's butt.

Nato sits down with Marc Maron, the beloved comedian, podcaster, author, and star of his own IFC tv series Maron, which was just renewed for a second season. They talk about intellectual inspirations in Albuquerque, Maron's contentious relationship to liberalism, and what lessons should be drawn from his newfound creative success.

The Nato Sessions Episode 1: Gerard Jones

Nato was a comic nerd as a kid, before nerds took over the culture. He sits down at Stage Werx in San Francisco with former comic book writer, comic book historian, and mass culture critic Gerard Jones. Gerard wrote “Men of Tomorrow: Geeks, Gangsters and the Birth of the Comic Book.” They talk fandom, white panic fantasies, the heroic accountant, and superhero Jewiness.