Chuck Klosterman

This episode we look at a high-profile sporting event where, thanks to a quirk in the tournament rules, the best shot at winning was … to lose.

Author Chuck Klosterman joins us to discuss his latest book, The Nineties, which Kirkus calls "a multifaceted portrait that’s both fun and insightful."

Civil War is over, and the frontier is dead. And young college men are anxious. What great struggle will test their character? Then along comes a new craze: football.

Chuck Klosterman joins to discuss his new book, Raised in Captivity: Fictional Nonfiction.

In anticipation of Super Bowl LII (Go Eagles), we're revisiting an old episode about the surprising history of how the game came to be.

In his new book, Chuck Klosterman shares a series of essays on culture, sports, relationships, ethics and technology. He says that the work represents "a portrait of my interior life."

Bestselling author and cultural critic Chuck Klosterman joins us to discuss his latest book, which is a collection of work.

This episode we look at a high profile sporting event where, thanks to a quirk in the tournament rules, the best shot at winning was … to lose. 

In his new book, Chuck Klosterman challenges our certainty of basic concepts, from our understanding of time and gravity, to our political beliefs. 

Parents, players and coaches offer different perspectives on the current state of football. And hint at where the sport might go next. 

In I Wear the Black Hat: Grappling With Villains (Real and Imagined), Chuck Klosterman how and why people pass judgment on musical heroes and villains.

Chuck Klosterman, the Ethicist for the New York Times Magazine, was on the Leonard Lopate Show recently to talk about his book, I Wear the Black Hat: Grappling with Villains (Real and Imagined). He also shared some of his more unexpected interests, including wildebeests. 

When we classify someone as a bad person, what are we really saying?

Chuck Klosterman has his finger on the pulse of contemporary American life. His essays and novels examine not only sports and pop culture, but also what the most popular athletes, music, movies and Internet obsessions say about who Americans are. Klosterman’s new book, "The Visible Man" is a novel about a therapist and her extraordinary patient, a man who claims he’s perfected the art of invisibility.

With songs now an easy 99 cent download from iTunes, writers want to see if they can’t also cash in. Chuck Klosterman, author of "Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs," "Eating the Dinosaur," and "Fargo Rock City” joins us to explain why he’s embracing this new model.

Chuck Klosterman, columnist for Esquire, has chronicled rock music, film and sports for almost 15 years. His latest book, Eating the Dinosaur, is a collection of essays exploring the relationship between expectation, reality and living history.

Event: Chuck Klosterman is reading and signing books
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