Susan Orlean

Book Exploder is the new podcast, created by Song Exploder host Hrishikesh Hirway.

Author and New Yorker staff writer Susan Orlean joins us to discuss her new collection of essays, On Animals.

Theresa Rebeck on “Bernhardt/Hamlet.” Susan Orlean on "The Library Book."

We're talking about your favorite books and the books that have changed your life!

For this month's book club, we want to hear from you! Tell us about your favorite books!

From the dive bars to museums to easy public transit, writers like Susan Orlean and Leonard's brother Phillip Lopate make the case for why New York's the town for them.

Susan Orlean has made it, by all measures — a staff writer at The New Yorker, she’s written bestsellers and even had one of her books, The Orchid Thief, turned into a Charlie Kaufman ...

Thomas Kinkade, the self-appointed "Painter of Light," died last Friday. In the days since his passing, the debate that surrounded him when he was alive has grown even louder. Was Kin...

Susan Orlean was on the show to discuss the legacy of dog and movie star Rin Tin Tin. She also revealed, among other things, her love of turkeys!

Susan Orlean talks about the life and times of Rin Tin Tin, tracing his journey from orphaned puppy to movie star and international icon. Rin Tin Tin: The Life and Legend begins on a battlefield in France during World War I, when an American soldier discovered a newborn German shepherd in the ruins of a bombed-out dog kennel. He took the dog back to California, where he became Hollywood’s number one box office star.

New Yorker staff writer Susan Orlean, author of The Orchid Thief, leads a news quiz of the year's top stories in arts and culture.

Tidbits From the Show: J.D and Howard at the Pearly Gates | Radio Chatroulette | World Cup Watercooler: USA Pulls it Out! | Eyjafjallajökull: The Revenge | Susan Orlean's Breakfast Tweet

Even after she had seven books to her credit (and was the subject of a movie starring Meryl Streep), Susan Orlean endured a piece of familiar fatherly advice: go to law school, in case writing "didn't work out." Practical but always optimistic, her father came of age during ...

New Yorker staff writer Susan Orlean talks about the most influential books in her life, and the Twitter phenomenon she started when she created the #booksthatchangedmyworld hashtag.

Is there a book that changed your world? Whether it's fiction, a picture book or an encyclopedia, tell us what it is and why the book is so important to you.

Some airlines want to start charging for bathrooms and carry-on luggage. What's next? Author and New Yorker staff writer Susan Orlean brings us up-to-date on the latest in air travel.

Even after she had seven books to her credit (and was the subject of a movie starring Meryl Streep), Susan Orlean endured a piece of familiar fatherly advice: go to law school, in case writing “didn’t work out.” Practical but always optimistic, her father came of ...