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The Virtual Memories Show

A weekly conversation about books and life, not necessarily in that order.

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Episode 365 - Ben Katchor

Episode 365 - Ben Katchor

The great cartoonist Ben Katchor rejoins the show to talk about his brand-new book, The Dairy Restaurant (Schocken), a 5... Read more

9 Mar 2020

1hr 26mins

Ranked #2

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Episode 311 - Martin Hägglund

Episode 311 - Martin Hägglund

What if we treated our finite lives as a feature instead of a bug? How would we revalue our time and how could that shap... Read more

11 Mar 2019

1hr 4mins

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Episode 109 - The Confidence Man

Episode 109 - The Confidence Man

Walter Kirn joins the show to talk about his latest book, Blood Will Out: The True Story of a Murder, a Mystery, and a M... Read more

10 Mar 2015

1hr 16mins

Ranked #4

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Episode 372 - Tom Hart

Episode 372 - Tom Hart

Cartoonist and educator Tom Hart joins the show to talk about how the Sequential Artists Workshop (SAW) is adapting to t... Read more

14 May 2020

1hr 20mins

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COVID Check-In with James Sturm

COVID Check-In with James Sturm

Cartoonist James Sturm checks in from Hartland, VT. We talk about how COVID-19 has affected learning at the Center for C... Read more

6 Apr 2020

34mins

Ranked #6

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COVID Check-In with Sato Moughalian

COVID Check-In with Sato Moughalian

Flutist and author Sato Moughalian was the last person with whom I recorded an in-person podcast, and the first guest of... Read more

9 May 2020

43mins

Ranked #7

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Episode 220 - Seth

Episode 220 - Seth

Seth returns to the show to talk about Palookaville, making a living, his changing relationship to comics and cartoonist... Read more

30 May 2017

1hr 14mins

Ranked #8

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Episode 225 - Howard Chaykin

Episode 225 - Howard Chaykin

Comics legend Howard Chaykin joins the show to talk about his career, the early assignment he'll never live down, gettin... Read more

4 Jul 2017

1hr 58mins

Ranked #9

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Episode 304 - Edmund White

Episode 304 - Edmund White

Novelist, memoirist, essayist and queer literary icon Edmund White joins the show to talk about his new memoir, The Unpu... Read more

22 Jan 2019

1hr 20mins

Ranked #10

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Episode 216 - George Prochnik

Episode 216 - George Prochnik

"Scholem teaches us that the Jewish tradition is so capacious it could embrace its own subversion." George Prochnik retu... Read more

1 May 2017

1hr 32mins

Ranked #11

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Season 4, Episode 5 - Feeling Gravett's Pull

Season 4, Episode 5 - Feeling Gravett's Pull

"Comics is a medium that isn't going to go away. It may just now finally be coming into its own in the 21st century. In ... Read more

3 Feb 2014

1hr 21mins

Ranked #12

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Season 4, Episode 22 - Wax, Rhapsodic

Season 4, Episode 22 - Wax, Rhapsodic

"When I first started out, what I liked was the unlikely image, the unlikely metaphor. What I like now is finding that s... Read more

9 Jun 2014

51mins

Ranked #13

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Episode 290 - Jason Lutes

Episode 290 - Jason Lutes

For the third installment in our ad hoc Germany/fascism triptych, Jason Lutes joins the show to talk about completing hi... Read more

7 Oct 2018

1hr 20mins

Ranked #14

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COVID Check-In with Dean Haspiel

COVID Check-In with Dean Haspiel

Cartoonist and playwright Dean Haspiel checks in from Brooklyn (home of his superhero, The Red Hook!). We talk about mak... Read more

15 Apr 2020

37mins

Ranked #15

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COVID Check-In with Whitney Matheson

COVID Check-In with Whitney Matheson

Writer and critic Whitney Matheson checks in from Brooklyn, after a multi-week bout with COVID-19 (her doctor thinks she... Read more

17 Apr 2020

35mins

Ranked #16

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Episode 337 - Amor Towles

Episode 337 - Amor Towles

After a 20-year sojourn in the investment world, Amor Towles returned to his first love by writing the bestselling novel... Read more

17 Sep 2019

1hr 30mins

Ranked #17

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Episode 341 - Chris Ware

Episode 341 - Chris Ware

With the publication of part 1 of Rusty Brown (Pantheon), Chris Ware joins the show to talk about how he and his art cha... Read more

30 Sep 2019

1hr 36mins

Ranked #18

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Episode 321 - Nina Bunjevac

Episode 321 - Nina Bunjevac

Back from her Fool's Journey in France, Nina Bunjevac returns to the show to celebrate her new book, Bezimena (Fantagrap... Read more

21 May 2019

1hr 28mins

Ranked #19

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Episode 287 - Audrey Niffenegger

Episode 287 - Audrey Niffenegger

In NYC for the Brooklyn Book Festival, author/artist Audrey Niffenegger joins the show to talk about her work and life. ... Read more

17 Sep 2018

1hr 16mins

Ranked #20

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Episode 330 - Milton Glaser

Episode 330 - Milton Glaser

He turned 90 a few weeks ago, but design legend Milton Glaser isn't slowing down. We got together to talk about moving t... Read more

28 Jul 2019

1hr 8mins

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