The DC Salon

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Episode 26 - Justin E. H. Smith Sep 20, 2022

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Justin E. H. Smith joins Leon Wieseltier and Celeste Marcus to discuss the gamification of reality, and the pernicious compulsion to control and describe more and more of human existence via algorithms and technology.

Episode 25 - William Deresiewicz Aug 14, 2022

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William Deresiewicz joins Celeste Marcus to discuss his upcoming book "The End of Solitude: Selected Essays on Culture and Society." In this conversation they broach many of the themes which Deresiewicz explores in his book, including the nature of attention, the meaning of art, the purpose of education, and the snares endemic to membership in any community.

Episode 24 - Morten Høi Jensen May 31, 2022

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Morten Høi Jensen joins Celeste Marcus to discuss literary biography as a failed genre, the impossibility of a writer ever achieving intimacy with her own subjects, and the license that futility conditions.

Episode 23 - Celeste Marcus & Leon Wieseltier May 26, 2022

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Leon Wieseltier and Celeste Marcus discuss La Ruche, Soutine, the romantic, fleeting world of the School of Paris, and its brutal destruction during WWII.

Twenty-Second Episode - Laura Kipnis Apr 07, 2022

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Laura Kipnis joins Celeste Marcus to discuss Laura's most recent essay for Liberties, "Gender: A Melee," in which she debunks the bad faith arguments and fear mongering which frequently plague conversations about gender.

Twenty-First Episode - Richard Thompson Ford Apr 04, 2022

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Richard Thompson Ford joins Leon Wieseltier to discuss what the legacy of slavery can and cannot explain about America.

Twentieth Episode - Martha Nussbaum Mar 10, 2022

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Martha Nussbaum joins Leon Wieseltier for a conversation about the relationship between the body and the soul.

Nineteenth Episode - Becca Rothfeld and Agnes Callard Mar 03, 2022

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Agnes Callard and Becca Rothfeld join Celeste Marcus to discuss the movie The Night Porter.

Eighteenth Episode - Leon Wieseltier Mar 02, 2022

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Leon Wieseltier and Celeste Marcus discuss the many dimensions of the horror in Ukraine. “If you want to deter such obscenities, and if you want to be able to resist such obscenities then you need to have a world view that will prepare you for such obscenities to occur.”

Seventeenth Episode - Holly Brewer Feb 01, 2022

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Holly Brewer joins Celeste Marcus to discuss the intellectual history of a pernicious racist idea contemporary scholars wrongly attributed to John Locke.

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