Eminent Americans

The Terry Gross Project: Part Deux

Mark Oppenheimer, Mike Pesca, and Jesse Adams bring us home.

Dec 4 • 

Daniel Oppenheimer

, 

Mark Oppenheimer

, 

Mike Pesca

, and 

The Ivy Exile

5

6

2

2:01:32

November 2025

The Terry Gross Project: Part 1 of 2

Sarah Hepola, Jason Thurlkill, and Meghan Daum and I discuss the great Terry Gross, prospects for her replacement and the art of the interview.

Nov 20 • 

Daniel Oppenheimer

, 

Sarah Hepola

, 

Meghan Daum

, and 

Jason Thurlkill

5

1

2

1:34:27

Awais Aftab Rising

My profile of the integrative critical psychiatrist.

Nov 18 • 

Daniel Oppenheimer

18

6

4

Conversation with Kiese

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

Nov 6 • 

Daniel Oppenheimer

6

3

1:11:03

The Two Rods, Charlie, Tucker, and Nick

I try to make distinctions

Nov 4 • 

Daniel Oppenheimer

24

8

5

October 2025

CORRECTION! The Dan and Blake Show

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

Oct 23 • 

Daniel Oppenheimer

 and 

Blake Smith

7

3

2

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

70

25

13

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

26

8

11

Fields of Dreams

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

Oct 2 • 

Daniel Oppenheimer

, 

Ross Barkan

, and 

Alex Perez

12

5

5

1:00:59

September 2025

Left Behind

Our tortured love/hate affair with the left continues...

Sep 25 • 

Daniel Oppenheimer

, 

Sam Kahn

, and 

David Sessions

21

1

5

1:24:12

How to Resist Non-Stupidly

Resisting wisely and well is hard

Sep 22 • 

Daniel Oppenheimer

21

7

7

Pornography and the Men and Women Who Watch It

Lillian Fishman and I discuss the obscene archive

Sep 18 • 

Daniel Oppenheimer

 and 

lillian fishman

6

4

1:14:28