Archive - Eminent Americans

Conversation with Kiese

I talk Mississippi, race, writing, family, and more with Constance Bailey and Kiese Laymon

Nov 6 •

Daniel Oppenheimer

1:11:03

The Two Rods, Charlie, Tucker, and Nick

I try to make distinctions

Nov 4 •

Daniel Oppenheimer

October 2025

CORRECTION! The Dan and Blake Show

Blake Smith and I talk death, therapy, art, Coates, and Klein.

Oct 23 •

Daniel Oppenheimer

and

1:36:04

Ezra Klein, Ta-Nehisi Coates, and a Viable Ethics of Power

A great deal is at stake in the conflict between the two titans of our journalistic era

Oct 15 •

Daniel Oppenheimer

A universe can open up from an instant, if you’ll just look at it and spend time with it

R.I.P. Jonathan Lear, 1948-2025

Oct 9 •

Daniel Oppenheimer

Fields of Dreams

Baseball, literature, masculinity, and faded dreams of glory with Alex Perez and Ross Barkan.

Oct 2 •

Daniel Oppenheimer

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, and

1:00:59

September 2025

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