The Paris Review
https://www.theparisreview.org/podcast
The Paris Review Podcast returns with a new season, featuring the best interviews, fiction, essays, and poetry from America’s most legendary literary quarterly, brought to life in sound. Join us for intimate conversations with Sharon Olds and Olga Tokarczuk; fiction by Rivers Solomon, Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, and Zach Williams; poems by Terrance Hayes and Maggie Millner; nonfiction by Robert Glück, Jean Garnett, and Sean Thor Conroe; and performances by George Takei, Lena Waithe, and many others. Catch up on earlier seasons, and listen to the trailer for Season 4 now.
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Frequent Guests
| Guest | Appearances | Hours | Most Recent |
|---|---|---|---|
| George Plimpton | 4 | 2018-02-14 | |
| Sharon Olds | 4 | 2023-11-21 | |
| Dakota Johnson | 3 | 2018-01-31 | |
| David Sedaris | 3 | 2018-01-31 | |
| Eileen Myles | 3 | 2017-12-13 | |
| Ottessa Moshfegh | 3 | 2025-09-08 | |
| Sadie Stein | 3 | 2018-02-21 | |
| Amber Gray | 2 | 2021-11-10 | |
| Charlotte Rampling | 2 | 2019-11-19 | |
| Connor Ratliff | 2 | 2021-11-24 | |
| Danez Smith | 2 | 2019-11-19 | |
| Devendra Banhart | 2 | 2019-11-05 | |
| Dick Cavett | 2 | 2018-02-21 | |
| Eudora Welty | 2 | 2018-01-10 | |
| Jason Alexander | 2 | 2019-10-29 | |
| Jenny Slate | 2 | 2019-11-12 | |
| Jesse Eisenberg | 2 | 2018-01-24 | |
| Jessica Hecht | 2 | 2021-11-24 | |
| Joseph Earl Thomas | 2 | 2025-10-06 | |
| Le Var Burton | 2 | 2017-11-22 | |
| Lisa Carver | 2 | 2025-09-29 | |
| Marc Maron | 2 | 2017-12-06 | |
| Mihret Sibhat | 2 | 2025-09-22 | |
| Molly Ringwald | 2 | 2019-10-22 | |
| Phoebe Bridgers | 2 | 2021-11-24 | |
| Quincy Tyler Bernstine | 2 | 2020-05-06 | |
| Salman Rushdie | 2 | 2019-11-05 | |
| Stockard Channing | 2 | 2018-01-17 | |
| Aisha Sabatini Sloan | 1 | 2021-11-17 | |
| Alexandra Kleeman | 1 | 2019-11-05 | |
| Alex Dimitrov | 1 | 2019-10-22 | |
| Alexia Arthurs | 1 | 2018-01-17 | |
| Alison Fraser | 1 | 2017-12-13 | |
| Allan Gurganus | 1 | 2021-11-17 | |
| Amie Barrodale | 1 | 2018-02-14 | |
| Anna Sale | 1 | 2018-01-17 | |
| Anne Carson | 1 | 2026-03-04 | |
| Antonella Anedda | 1 | 2021-10-27 | |
| Antonio Gueudinot | 1 | 2018-02-14 | |
| Avery Trufelman | 1 | 2021-11-24 | |
| Benjamin Nugent | 1 | 2018-01-24 | |
| Bill Callahan | 1 | 2019-11-12 | |
| Blair Fuller | 1 | 2018-01-17 | |
| Brenda Shaughnessy | 1 | 2019-10-29 | |
| Brian Cullman | 1 | 2017-12-13 | |
| Bud Smith | 1 | 2021-11-24 | |
| Caitlin Youngquist | 1 | 2018-02-21 | |
| Caleb Crain | 1 | 2017-12-13 | |
| Charles Wright | 1 | 2019-11-12 | |
| Curtis Brewer | 1 | 2020-05-06 | |
| Danny Mastrogiorgio | 1 | 2024-03-12 | |
| David Cieri | 1 | 2020-05-06 | |
| Deborah Landau | 1 | 2021-11-17 | |
| Donnetta Lavinia Grays | 1 | 2017-11-15 | |
| Dorothy Parker | 1 | 2018-01-17 | |
| Edward P. Jones | 1 | 2021-11-10 | |
| Elena Wilkinson | 1 | 2018-01-17 | |
| Emily Wells | 1 | 2020-05-06 | |
| Erica Ehrenberg | 1 | 2017-11-15 | |
| Frederick Seidel | 1 | 2018-02-21 | |
| Gabriel Marin | 1 | 2024-03-12 | |
| George Saunders | 1 | 2021-11-03 | |
| George Takei | 1 | 2024-02-13 | |
| Glynis Bell | 1 | 2018-01-10 | |
| Griffin Dunne | 1 | 2019-11-19 | |
| Hailey Gates | 1 | 2017-11-15 | |
| Helena de Groot | 1 | 2023-12-19 | |
| Helga Davis | 1 | 2018-01-17 | |
| Hilton Als | 1 | 2021-11-10 | |
| Hunter S. Thompson | 1 | 2018-02-14 | |
| Idra Novey | 1 | 2018-01-17 | |
| Jamaica Kincaid | 1 | 2018-02-21 | |
| James Baldwin | 1 | 2017-11-22 | |
| James Salter | 1 | 2018-02-21 | |
| J.D. Daniels | 1 | 2025-08-17 | |
| Jean Garnett | 1 | 2023-12-19 | |
| Jeff Gleaves | 1 | 2018-01-17 | |
| Jericho Brown | 1 | 2021-11-24 | |
| J.M. Holmes | 1 | 2019-11-12 | |
| John Ashbery | 1 | 2018-01-31 | |
| John Guare | 1 | 2018-01-17 | |
| John Jeremiah Sullivan | 1 | 2018-01-31 | |
| Jordy Rosenberg | 1 | 2025-11-16 | |
| Joy Williams | 1 | 2024-03-19 | |
| Kristin Dombek | 1 | 2018-01-24 | |
| Layli Long Soldier | 1 | 2021-04-22 | |
| Lena Waithe | 1 | 2023-11-15 | |
| Lidija Haas | 1 | 2023-12-19 | |
| Lorin Stein | 1 | 2017-11-22 | |
| Lucille Clifton | 1 | 2019-09-25 | |
| Maggie Millner | 1 | 2023-11-15 | |
| Mary-Louise Parker | 1 | 2018-01-31 | |
| Mary Terrier | 1 | 2019-10-22 | |
| Maya Angelou | 1 | 2017-11-08 | |
| Michael Chernus | 1 | 2024-03-12 | |
| Mike Brown | 1 | 2020-05-06 | |
| Molly Mc Cully Brown | 1 | 2021-11-03 | |
| Monica Youn | 1 | 2021-11-03 | |
| Morgan Parker | 1 | 2017-11-22 | |
| Natalie-Scenters Zapico | 1 | 2021-11-24 |
Network-Based Guest Fits
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