Mars Review of Books

When the Drugs Stopped Working

Jessica Baldanza on Emily Witt's Latest Memoir

Aug 5

13

July 2025

Double the Size w/ Matthew Davis

Mars Review of Books Podcast #18

Jul 28 • 

Noah Kumin

10

1

2:21:59

What's on The Cultural Futurist's Bedside Table?

Nietzsche, Edie Sedgwick, and more.

Jul 18 • 

Noah Kumin

 and 

Rachel Haywire

18

How to Escape the Coming Tide of Slop

Introducing The Aleph

Jul 10 • 

Noah Kumin

23

June 2025

The Clocks Have Stopped. You're Invited to Celebrate

Celebrate the End of Historical Time with Me Tonight and Tomorrow. Buy and read my novel to find out what this means.

Jun 4 • 

Noah Kumin

19

1

May 2025

Arty-ficial Intelligence with Hansen Shi

Mars Review of Books Podcast #17

May 8 • 

Noah Kumin

1

1

1:06:42

April 2025

Sex, Advice, & Videotape w/ Magdalene Taylor

Mars Review of Books Podcast #16

Apr 10 • 

Noah Kumin

 and 

Magdalene J. Taylor

10

1:18:15

Divine Violence and the End of Pain

What can René Girard, Yukio Mishima, and the original Luddites tell us about Luigi Mangione's violent act?

Apr 7 • 

Udith Dematagoda

25

1

What's on The Soundgeist's Bedside Table?

A print newspaper, a classic novel, a classic watch, and more

Apr 1 • 

Noah Kumin

 and 

The Soundgeist

8

2

March 2025

A World of Illusions w/ Bruce Wagner

Mars Review of Books Podcast #15

Mar 14 • 

Noah Kumin

19

1:19:08

February 2025

The Conversion of the Jews

Like Roth and Malamud before him, Matthew Davis raises thorny questions about the oldest Abrahamic faith. The answers suggested by his debut novel might…

Feb 25 • 

Nicholas Dolinger

6

The Literary Beef of the Century w/ Matthew Gasda

Mars Review Podcast #14

Feb 22 • 

Noah Kumin

11

1

48:54