Podcast Episodes featuring George Saunders

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George Saunders

Experts on Expert with Dax Shepard - March 11, 2021 08:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3.2K ratings
George Saunders (A Swim in a Pond in the Rain) is a #1 New York Times bestselling, Booker Prize-winning author. George joins the Armchair Expert to discuss the mental phenomena of life, farting in an elevator, and romanticizing everything as a writer. George explains how he learned that being a w...

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Writer George Saunders and the Russian Masters on Writing, Reading and Life

KQED's Forum - January 22, 2021 21:15 - 30 minutes ★★★★ - 536 ratings
George Saunders is one of the most celebrated fiction writers today but his new book looks back to examine great stories of the past. "A Swim in the Pond in the Rain" is a close look at seven classic 19th century Russian short stories that grew out of a class he's long taught on Chekhov, Turgenev...

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Episode 687 — George Saunders

Otherppl with Brad Listi - January 06, 2021 09:08 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 448 ratings
George Saunders is the guest. His new book, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain, is available from Random House. This is George's second time on the program. He first appeared in Episode 100, on August 29, 2012. Saunders is the author of eleven books, including Lincoln in the Bardo, which won the 2017 M...

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George Saunders | Lincoln in the Bardo*

Free Library Podcast - July 16, 2018 12:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★ - 106 ratings
Watch the video here. Having garnered wide readership and critical praise for his surreal, darkly funny fiction, ''it's no exaggeration to say that short story master George Saunders helped change the trajectory of American fiction'' (The Wall Street Journal). He is the author of the New York T...

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Sliding Off the Couch with George Saunders

Library Talks - June 12, 2018 10:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★ - 307 ratings
Until recently, George Saunders  was best known for his short stories and essays. Then his first novel, Lincoln in the Bardo, won the 2017 Man Booker Prize. Saunders spoke with Paul Holdengräber about the book as well as the broader arc of his life and career, covering everything from comedy to ...

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Episode #357: George Saunders, Jay Larson, Jenny Bruso, and Horse Feathers

Live Wire with Luke Burbank - March 02, 2018 12:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 295 ratings
Luke Burbank describes his attempts to get enlightened, acclaimed author George Saunders explains how swimming in a river of monkey poop led to an illustrious writing career and opens up about his newfound admiration for Abraham Lincoln (the protagonist of this newest work, "Lincoln in ...

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George Saunders

Slate Daily Feed - June 08, 2017 06:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★ - 1K ratings
George Saunders is a short story writer and essayist who has just written his first novel, Lincoln in the Bardo. He sits down with Isaac Chotiner to discuss what he learned while researching Abraham Lincoln, why spending time with Trump supporters is important for progressive writers, and the nec...

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George Saunders

Slate Conversations - June 08, 2017 06:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★ - 179 ratings
George Saunders is a short story writer and essayist who has just written his first novel, Lincoln in the Bardo. He sits down with Isaac Chotiner to discuss what he learned while researching Abraham Lincoln, why spending time with Trump supporters is important for progressive writers, and the nec...

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The Split Second of Intuition, feat. George Saunders

Rookie - May 16, 2017 10:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 300 ratings
This week, host Tavi Gevinson talks to author George Saunders about his writing process and latest book “Lincoln in the Bardo.” Rookie contributor Anne T. Donahue introduces a new Life Skill — how to say no! Plus, Jenna Wortham and Jazmine Hughes of the New York Times answer a question from a lis...

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Nate Dern - George Saunders

Don't Get Me Started - April 18, 2017 16:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 235 ratings
Comedy writer Nate Dern discusses author George Saunders! Absurdist! Heartbreaking! Sci-fi-ish? And more! Plus Anthony talks about the strange public domain movies in the Prelinger Archives and Will reminisces about NYC columnist Jimmy Breslin.

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Be Proud of Who You Are, feat. Ibtihaj Muhammad and George Saunders

Rookie - April 18, 2017 10:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 300 ratings
This week, host Tavi Gevinson talks to Olympian fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad about balancing school with sports, designing modest wear, and being a role model. Author George Saunders answers a question from a listener about trying new things. Plus, contributor Dylan Rupert gives us a Starter Pack on g...

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A Closer Look: Trump/Nunes Story Gets Weirder | Craig Ferguson | George Saunders

Late Night with Seth Meyers Podcast - March 31, 2017 03:54 - 33 minutes ★★★★ - 3K ratings
Seth takes a closer look at Trump's record low approval rating and the GOP's plan to allow Internet companies to sell people's Internet data. Then, Seth talks to comedian Craig Ferguson and author George Saunders, both of whom have more to say backstage at Studio 8G. LATE NIGHT ON SOCIAL...

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89. George Saunders (Author) – Self-Googling In Hell

Think Again – a Big Think Podcast - March 11, 2017 11:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 556 ratings
“If I died right now, I’d still be self-Googling in hell.” – George Saunders, in this episode. George Saunders' new book - his first novel, after many acclaimed collections of short stories including the NY Times bestselling 10th of December – is called Lincoln in the Bardo. A kind of play for v...

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Inside the Writer's Studio: On-stage Interview and Reading with George Saunders

Lighthouse Writers Workshop - March 07, 2017 22:26 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Inside the Writer's Studio: On-stage Interview and Reading with George Saunders by Lighthouse Writers

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Gist: George Saunders’ American Ghosts

Slate Daily Feed - February 24, 2017 23:52 - 31 minutes ★★★★ - 1K ratings
George Saunders’ first novel, Lincoln in the Bardo, is a bit of a head trip. Half of it takes place in the liminal phase between life and death. It’s about Abraham Lincoln’s son, Willie, who died at the age of 11, but we almost never hear from him. And it takes about four to five chapters to unde...

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243. George Saunders, author of Lincoln in the Bardo

Geek's Guide to the Galaxy - A Science Fiction Podcast - February 17, 2017 14:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 873 ratings
Science fiction author David Barr Kirtley (Save Me Plz and Other Stories) talks geek culture with guests such as Neil Gaiman (#253), George R. R. Martin (#22), Richard Dawkins (#46), Simon Pegg (#39), Bill Nye (#273), Margaret Atwood (#94), Neil deGrasse Tyson (#32), and Ursula K. Le Guin (#65)....

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Episode 75: George Saunders

Longform - January 15, 2014 16:39 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.7K ratings
George Saunders has written for The New Yorker and GQ. His latest collection of short stories is Tenth of December. "Maybe you would understand your artistry to be: put me anywhere. I'll find human beings, I'll find human interest, I'll find literature. And I guess you could argue the weirder, o...

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Episode 75: George Saunders

Longform - January 15, 2014 16:39 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.7K ratings
George Saunders has written for The New Yorker and GQ. His latest collection of short stories is Tenth of December. "Maybe you would understand your artistry to be: put me anywhere. I'll find human beings, I'll find human interest, I'll find literature. And I guess you could argue the weirder, o...

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Episode 100 — George Saunders

Otherppl with Brad Listi - August 29, 2012 04:08 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 448 ratings
George Saunders is today's guest.  He's the bestselling author of several books, including CivilWarLand in Bad Decline, Pastoralia, and The Braindead Megaphone, and his brand new story collection, Tenth of December, is due out from Random House in January 2013. ... Continue reading → Learn more a...

Books written by George Saunders

CivilWarLand in Bad Decline
George Saunders

1 Episode - 179 pages - ★★★★ - 12.3K ratings

The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil
George Saunders

130 pages - ★★★★ - 4.92K ratings

The Book of Other People
Zadie Smith, David Mitchell, George Saunders, Colm Tóibín, Aleksandar Hemon, Nick Hornby, Hari Kunzru, Toby Litt, Chris Ware

304 pages - ★★★ - 2.5K ratings

The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip
George Saunders, Lane Smith

84 pages - ★★★★ - 2.32K ratings