Robert Silvers's guest appearances

Robert Silvers

LA Review of Books

The Cyberlaw Podcast

ThoughtCast®

Michael Silverblatt

John Markoff

Sandra Tsing Loh

Tom McCarthy

Arianna Huffington

Ijeoma Oluo

Patti Smith

Emily Dickinson

Bassem Youssef

Nicholson Baker

Mister Rogers

Peter Thiel

Alan Alda

Hans Sluga

Matthew Green

OwlTail

Elif Batuman

Donika Kelly

Author Elif Batuman joins Kate and Medaya to discuss her new semi-autobiographical novel, The Idiot, about a Turkish-American freshman at Harvard. Elif explains the book’s unique genesis: she wrote it shortly after graduating, found it in a drawer many years later, and reworked it into its current form. Many Elifs contributed to this book - the Harvard freshman, the postgraduate author, the recent literary archaeologist, and the nonfiction author whose celebrated book The Possessed covers a similar time period as a work of “objective journalism.” And, yes, Kate, Medea, and Elif share their love for Dostoyevsky! Also, Melissa Febos, author of Abandon Me, returns to recommend a book of poetry, Donika Kelly's Bestiary. And we end by honoring Robert Silvers, legendary founder and editor of the New York Review of Books, who died at 87 in March. LARB contributor Jon Wiener spoke to Silvers in 2013.

Elif Batuman The Idiot; Donika Kelly Bestiary; Honoring Robert Silvers

Note: this interview has been picked up by the public radio station WGBH, in Boston, and its sister stations WCAI and WNAN. Sadly, Bob died in March of 2017. This interview was quoted in The New York Times obituary.  The venerable New York Review of Books was launched amidst a newspaper strike in the winter of 1963, and has continued unabated ever since. Devoted to intensive and nuanced coverage of politics, the arts, literature, science (and now movies and the Internet!), the paper, as it’s called, is considered to be the premiere journal of the American intellectual elite.  Robert Silvers, its longtime editor, who shared the post with Barbara Epstein until her death in 2006, spoke with ThoughtCast in the WNYC studios in New York.  Click here:  to listen (40 minutes). Note: Scott McLemee, who writes the Intellectual Affairs column each week at Inside Higher Ed, contributed an excellent question to the interview – thanks! The post Revered New York Review editor Robert Silvers, R.I.P. appeared first on https://thoughtcast.org.

Note: this interview has been picked up by the public radio station <a href="https://www.wgbh.org/foundation/where-we-are/radio" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">WGBH</a>, in Boston, and its sister stations <a href="https://www.capeandislands.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">WCAI and WNAN</a>. Sadly, Bob died in March of 2017. This interview was quoted in The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/20/books/robert-silvers-dead-founding-editor-new-york-review-of-books-nyrb.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">obituary</a>. <a href="https://i0.wp.com/www.thoughtcast.org/uploads/silvers-pix.jpg?ssl=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> The venerable <a href="https://www.nybooks.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">New York Review of Books</a> was launched amidst a newspaper strike in the winter of 1963, and has continued unabated ever since. Devoted to intensive and nuanced coverage of politics, the arts, literature, science (and now movies and the Internet!), the paper, as it’s called, is considered to be the premiere journal of the American intellectual elite. <a href="https://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2004/jan/24/society" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> Robert Silvers</a>, its longtime editor, who shared the post with <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/archive/2006/07/03/060703ta_talk_remnick" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Barbara Epstein</a> until her death in 2006, spoke with ThoughtCast in the <a href="https://www.wnyc.org" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">WNYC studios</a> in New York. Click here: <a href="https://www.thoughtcast.org/podcasts/nyrb39;30.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> to listen (40 minutes). Note: <a href="https://www.artsjournal.com/quickstudy/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Scott McLemee</a>, who writes the <a href="https://insidehighered.com/views/intellectual_affairs" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Intellectual Affairs</a> column each week at <a href="https://insidehighered.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Inside Higher Ed</a>, contributed an excellent question to the interview – thanks! The post <a href="https://thoughtcast.org/the-new-york-review-turns-45/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Revered New York Review editor Robert Silvers, R.I.P.</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thoughtcast.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://thoughtcast.org</a>.

Revered New York Review editor Robert Silvers, R.I.P.

In our 135th episode of the Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Stewart Baker, Michael Vatis, Maury Shenk, and Kaitlin Cassel discuss: The overhyped flap-over search warrants that require phoneprints UK tribunal finds that GCHQ violated law in not disclosing mass collection of data; New cybersecurity regulations proposed for financial industry; DOD issues contractor cyberattack reporting regulations; Harold Martin: Source of the Shadowbrokers toolset after all?; Dynamic IP addresses are personal data, EU top court rules Blowing national security secrets gets a shrug from the press, but blowing John Podesta’s secrets leaves Julian Assange trying to mooch wifi from the neighbors; DDoS attacks slow web traffic for many sites. Our interview is with Assistant Secretary for Cybersecurity Policy at the Department of Homeland Security Robert Silvers. The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of the firm.

Interview with Robert Silvers