LQ Podcast

#53 Richard Pryor

Friday, January 03, 2014

Brothers David and Joe Henry talk about their new biography of Richard Pryor, Furious Cool, about the genius of his comedy and the mythic, tortured, tragic life behind it.

Discussed in this episode

More Podcasts

December 11, 2020

The World in Time:

Jacob Goldstein

Lewis H. Lapham speaks with the author of Money: The True Story of a Made-Up Thing. More

Ancient Rome

November 24, 2017

The World in Time:

Adrian Goldsworthy

Lewis H. Lapham talks with Adrian Goldsworthy, author of Pax Romana: War, Peace, and Conquest in the Roman World. More

September 15, 2011

The World in Time:

Green Mountain Boy

Willard Sterne Randall and Lewis Lapham talk about the life and adventures of Ethan Allen.  More

September 13, 2019

The World in Time:

Isabella Tree

Lewis H. Lapham speaks with the author of Wilding: Returning Nature to Our Farm. More