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This episode of the n+1 podcast features interviews with associate editor Richard Beck and author Sheila Heti. First, Richard Beck will talk about his essay in Issue 18 about the childcare sex-abuse hysteria of the 1980s. Then, Sheila Heti discusses her thoughts on writing, friendship, feminism, and more.

In celebration of Valentine’s Day, the n+1 podcast presents a special live session of The Help Desk with n+1 advice columnist Kristin Dombek. Listen as Kristin answers real submitted questions from readers about love, communication, and relationships. Read her previous columns for The Help Desk here and submit questions for future columns at askkristin@nplusonemag.com.

The new episode the n+1 podcast brings interviews about art and art criticism for the release of Paper Monument Number Four. First, an interview with Paper Monument editor Dushko Petrovich and contributors Julian Kreimer and Martha Schwendener to discuss politics and art criticism in the contemporary art world. Then, Chris Kraus joins us for an interview to talk about her recent piece in n+1 Issue 17, “Kelly Lake Store,” art communities, and “social practice.”

For a special Halloween episode, the n+1 podcast brings two stories from Issue 17: The Evil Issue. Rebecca Curtis reads from her short story “Fish Rot” and then a radio production of Gregory Moss’s play sixsixsix, directed by Dan Rogers and performed by Adam Mazer, Eileen Meny, and Lizzie Vieh. It’s “spectacularly spooky!” says one co-host.

This month, the n+1 podcast does Sports, with Alice Gregory on the Mavericks surfing competition in Northern California (the subject of her essay in Issue 17); Lizzie Feidelson and Daniel Squire on the Merce Cunningham archives; and a conversation with Keith Gessen and Chad Harbach about sports, sports writing, and n+1‘s most recent softball game against the Paris Review.

This month’s episode of the n+1 podcast features an interview with Moira Weigel on “Sadomodernism” in the films of Michael Haneke and Lars von Trier, a profile of Russian poet-activist Kirill Medvedev, and a conversation with Associate Editor Dayna Tortorici on second-wave feminist Shulamith Firestone.

The n+1 podcast returns with a new monthly podcast of stories, debates, live readings, performances, interviews, and more. This month’s episode features articles from Issue 16: Double Bind, including conversations about cultural sociology with editors Marco Roth and Nikil Saval, Newtown with Rachel Basch, and drumming with Oneida’s John Colpitts.