Thank you for this labor of love. I listen and cackle while cleaning the children’s books section before opening.

What a rare treat it is to spend time with clever, affable people unafraid of intellectual friction—that quality lauded by “The Magic Mountain”’s Settembrini as criticism’s animating spirit.

I listen to a lot of literary and book review podcasts. This is one of the best. The conversation between the three hosts is informed, funny and opinionated. They are a critical dream team, striking the perfect balance between discussing the books, dishing gossip & the occasional heated disagreement. When they are done with Amis, I would LOVE to hear them take on another 20th century icon. And if they’re looking for suggestions, I think Barnes, Didion, Bellows, Baldwin, Roth, Woolf and Murdoch could all make excellent subjects.

One episode every solstice is just right.

Did you watch the youtube video “No Laughing Matter” with Christopher Hitchens and Martin Amis over 50 times, like I did? Then this ‘cast is for you.