Isaac Butler

Isaac Butler hosted Slate's Lend Me Your Ears podcast. He is the co-author, with Dan Kois, of The World Only Spins Forward: The Ascent of Angels in America and is currently working on The Method, a narrative history of method acting, for Bloomsbury.

Recently by Isaac Butler

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My Son Heard Me Say I Hate Him in a Moment of Frustration. What Now?
Podcast Episode Mom and Dad Are Fighting Feb 13, 2020 2:00 PM
A Conversation With Kim Stanley Robinson About Three Californias and Infinite Futures

Isaac Butler

Feb 06, 2020 3:43 PM
Why The Inheritance, Broadway’s New Intergenerational Gay Epic, Is Failing to Connect

Isaac Butler

Dec 12, 2019 2:45 PM
How Tony Kushner Added a Brand-New Character to His Oldest Play to Address Our Terrible Times

Isaac Butler

Dec 04, 2019 7:30 AM
The Resurrection of the Greatest Sci-Fi Writer You’ve Never Read

Isaac Butler

Nov 15, 2019 5:45 AM
What It’s Like to Play Tevye at a Time of Increasing Anti-Semitism

Isaac Butler

Oct 21, 2019 5:51 PM
The King Turns Shakespeare’s Henriad Into the Tragedy of the Obama Years

Isaac Butler

Oct 01, 2019 5:58 PM
The Empty, Miserable Comics of Chris Ware

Isaac Butler

Sept 19, 2019 5:45 AM
Tennis Phenoms Come and Go. Bianca Andreescu Is Here to Stay.

Isaac Butler

Sept 06, 2019 2:45 PM
Why Friends Is Still a Hit
Podcast Episode Culture Gabfest Aug 28, 2019 10:48 AM
Who’s Your Favorite Grandma?
Podcast Episode Mom and Dad Are Fighting Aug 22, 2019 2:00 PM
On Big Little Lies, Meryl Streep Has Created Her First Great Monster

Isaac Butler

July 19, 2019 11:47 AM
How to Help Your Kids Remember a Beloved Grandparent
Podcast Episode June 20, 2019 2:00 PM
How Late Night Avoids the Devil Wears Prada Trap
Podcast Episode June 12, 2019 9:21 AM
Good Omens Is the End of the World for Dorks

Isaac Butler

May 31, 2019 12:10 PM
Game of Thrones Was an Epic Tale of Incremental Change

Isaac Butler

May 21, 2019 5:25 PM
Game of Thrones TV Club: The End

Isaac Butler, Dan Kois, and Rebecca Onion

May 20, 2019 2:26 PM
The Same Things That Made Game of Thrones Great Make It Impossible for It to End Well

Isaac Butler

May 09, 2019 3:49 PM
The Honesty and Optimism of Knock Down the House
Podcast Episode May 08, 2019 10:33 AM
David Lynch’s MasterClass Is As Surreal and As Banal As You’d Expect

Isaac Butler

April 30, 2019 5:45 AM