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Rachel Syme

Season 4 · Episode 5

Tuesday, August 11, 2026 • Duration 48:09

"Rachel Syme has interviewed all the grand dames of New York and Los Angeles: she's had Cosmos with Carol Burnett, she's accompanied Sarah Jessica Parker to the ballet, she's shopped with Parker Posey at Rachel Comey, she's Skyped with Patti LuPone and gabbed with Barbra Streisand on her landline. At a time when the glossy profile feels hopelessly compromised, Rachel uses her deep knowledge of musicals, fashion, and old Hollywood to put meat on the bones of fame and fortune—and Rachel loves a good yarn. Our conversation was full of behind-the-scenes stories, showing how an interview can transform a mere celebrity into an icon." — Merve Emre

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Orna Guralnik

Season 4 · Episode 4

Tuesday, August 4, 2026 • Duration 44:38

"Couples therapy. The words alone are enough to send many people running for the hills, but Orna Guralnik—star of Showtime's documentary series Couples Therapy—has people running to her office. Orna, a clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst, has become a household name: she's a watchful guide for couples as they navigate intimate and sometimes agonizing discussions, and for viewers, as they watch these couples bare their souls or refuse to do so. With her beloved dog Nico on her lap, Orna explained to me how she practices listening for the unconscious, the limits and possibilities of televised therapy, and whether the psychoanalytic interview can teach even the most adversarial pairs (like warring nations) how to make peace."

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First Sentences

Monday, August 25, 2025 • Duration 33:25

In this second episode of Hawthornden’s Como Conversazione, we explore beginnings. Anyone who has been around kids knows that a good Lego build starts with a good base. In a translation, this is the first sentence of a text. First sentences are so often the most famous lines. They are a place for a translator to make their mark. They dictate the voice in which the book unfolds. But has the importance of the first sentence been overly inflated?

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Practical Translation: Proust

Sunday, August 24, 2025 • Duration 36:03

In the first episode of Hawthornden’s Como Conversazione, we start with an exercise in practical translation: a discussion of seven different English interpretations of one, highly complicated sentence from Volume One of Marcel Proust’s In Search of Lost Time. Maureen Freely will speak first, followed by Daisy Rockwell, Virginia Jewiss, Jeremy Tiang, and finally Tiffany Tsao. It sounds like a lot to keep track of, but in the course of these conversations, you will get to know all of their voices very well.

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Leo Carey: "What's Not There"

Tuesday, June 17, 2025 • Duration 42:34

Leo Carey is a senior editor at The New Yorker.

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Yahdon Israel: "Faustian Bargains"

Tuesday, June 3, 2025 • Duration 42:13

Yahdon Israel is a senior editor at Simon Schuster and founder of Literaryswag, a cultural movement that intersects literature and fashion to make books accessible. He brings an entrepreneurial spirit to these pursuits as the founder of a popular book club, host of a literary podcast, creative writing teacher, event producer, as well as his work in support of several prestigious literary awards.

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Ben Calhoun: "Close Listening"

Tuesday, May 20, 2025 • Duration 37:12

Ben Calhoun is the executive producer of "The Daily" (The New York Times). Previously, he was an editor and producer for This American Life and Serial , and VP of programming at WBEZ in Chicago.

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Sasha Weiss: "Mischief in the Pages"

Tuesday, May 6, 2025 • Duration 39:46

Sasha Weiss is a writer and the deputy culture editor at The New York Times Magazine. Previously she was the literary editor at The New Yorker and an editor at The New York Review of Books.

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The Critic and Her Publics

Hosted by Merve Emre • Edited by Michele Moses • Music by Dani Lencioni • Art by

Leanne Shapton • Sponsored by Alfred A. Knopf

The Critic and Her Publics is a co-production between the Shapiro Center for Creative Writing and Criticism at Wesleyan University, New York Review of Books, and Lit Hub.

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Radhika Jones: "Past the Illusion"

Tuesday, April 22, 2025 • Duration 42:23

Radhika Jones is the fifth editor-in-chief of Vanity Fair. She previously held senior editorial roles at The New York Times, Time, and The Paris Review. She also was the managing editor at Grand Street, an editor at Artforum, and the arts editor of The Moscow Times, where she began her career. Jones holds a B.A. from Harvard University and a Ph.D. in English and comparative literature from Columbia, where she has also taught courses in writing and literature. Born in New York City, she grew up in Cincinnati and Ridgefield, Connecticut.

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The Critic and Her Publics

Hosted by Merve Emre • Edited by Michele Moses • Music by Dani Lencioni • Art by

Leanne Shapton • Sponsored by Alfred A. Knopf

The Critic and Her Publics is a co-production between the Shapiro Center for Creative Writing and Criticism at Wesleyan University, New York Review of Books, and Lit Hub.

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Zakiya Dalilah Harris: "Satire and Sensitivity"

Tuesday, April 8, 2025 • Duration 40:36

Zakiya Dalila Harris received her MFA in creative writing from The New

School. Her debut novel, The Other Black Girl, was an instant New York

Times bestseller and is now a critically acclaimed Hulu Original Series.

Her essays and book reviews have appeared in Cosmopolitan, The

Guardian, The New York Times, The Rumpus, and elsewhere. She lives in

Brooklyn with her husband.

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The Critic and Her Publics

Hosted by Merve Emre • Edited by Michele Moses • Music by Dani Lencioni • Art by

Leanne Shapton • Sponsored by Alfred A. Knopf

The Critic and Her Publics is a co-production between the Shapiro Center for Creative Writing and Criticism at Wesleyan University, New York Review of Books, and Lit Hub.

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