Culture Schlock: Olivia Rutigliano Talks with David Denby About Betty Friedan, Mel Brooks, Norman Mailer, and Leonard Bernstein
What do these four major 20th century cultural figures have in common? More than you'd think!
In this episode, Olivia Rutigliano welcomes New Yorker writer David Denby on the show, to discuss his rave-reviewed new book, Eminent Jews, a study of four different Jewish artists (Betty Friedan, Mel Brooks, Norman Mailer, and Leonard Bernstein).
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Culture Schlock is a production of Lit Hub Radio and is available wherever you get your podcasts; music by Richard Rutigliano; engineering and production by Olivia Rutigliano, co-produced by John Buffalo Mailer, with support from Drew Broussard and Calvin Kasulke
Culture Schlock
Hosted by culture historian and Lit Hub editor Olivia Rutigliano, "Culture Schlock" is a new program that examines highs and lows (and all the midpoints) of our culture world via conversations with artists, writers, critics, and experts.





















