The Bat Segundo Show was a long-running cultural radio program devoted to quirky and very thorough long-form interviews with contemporary authors, idiosyncratic thinkers, and other assorted artists. Guests included David Lynch, Octavia Butler, John Waters, John Updike, Stephen Fry, Marilynne Robinson, Karen Russell, Weird Al Yankovic, Robert A. Caro, and more than 500 others. There was also a program called Follow Your Ears, which was a thematic investigative counterpart, in which I pursued a specific subject through several angles. The entire archive of what I did from 2005 to 2014 is included here.
Please note that Our Young, Roving Correspondent will be conducting a live conversation with the writer Marshall Klimasewiski on Thursday, February 28, 2008, at 7:00 PM. The event will take place at McNally Robinson, located at 52 Prince Street, New York, NY. The event is free, the conversation will also be available later as a […]
MoreWe’ll be putting up full capsules for the last seven shows very soon, as well as a future podcast collecting Our Young, Roving Correspondent’s crazed coverage of the National Book Awards. (The total backlog of podcasts now stands at eleven. So bear with us.) In the meantime, four new podcasts are now ready for your […]
MoreThanks to our loyal listeners, we’ve met the $800 goal. Thanks to all who were kind enough to contribute. A gaggle of fresh podcasts will be ungaggled quite soon.
MoreIn almost four years of running Reluctant and two years of running The Bat Segundo Show, I have never openly asked for money on this website. Sure, there’s been a donation bar on the side, and some of you have graciously pitched in. I thank those of you who have. There’s also been some advertising, […]
MoreBat Segundo is now on Facebook. How he got there is anybody’s guess, but all parties are advised to be extremely careful.
MoreWe’re experiencing some server problems on the main site, but five new podcasts will be unveiled very soon, once this is remedied.
MoreThree additional podcasts are now available. Capsules will be up in a day, but if you’re hungry for immediate Segundo, here are temporary links to the shows, three of four subsequent shows in our Kate series: #128 (Katherine Taylor and Mindy Schneider, 50:13), #129 (Katie Roiphe), and #130 (Katharine Weber and Levi Asher). There are […]
MoreThe sixth Torrent pack of The Bat Segundo Show, containing Shows #101-120 and featuring interviews with Martin Amis, Ron Jeremy, Lionel Shriver, Berkeley Breathed, and many more fabulous people is now available at The Pirate Bay for your downloading pleasure.
MoreDue to sickness and laryngitis that has gone on for almost two months now, it’s been difficult for the proprietors to update the site. And Mr. Segundo seems to have disappeared. We’re now in the process of tracking him down. There are plans to dramatically overhaul this site soon, but in the meantime, you can […]
MoreThe Bat Segundo Show has recently moved its headquarters from one coast to another. We are working to rectify the disarray on this page and will be providing capsules for previous shows and more podcasts very soon!
MoreAnother quick little offering: Torrent Packs #4 and #5 of The Bat Segundo Show have been released to The Pirate Bay. Pack #4 contains Shows #61-80, and features interviews with Alison Bechdel, Daniel Handler, Tommy Chong, Nora Ephron, Scott Smith, Richard Dawkins, and many others. You can download the torrent here. Pack #5 contains Shows […]
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