Mars Review of Books Podcast

• Double the Size w/ Matthew Davis

  Live from Pubkey studios . . . In our longest video podcast ever, Noah and Let Me Try Again author Matthew Davis discuss Matthew’s pharmacological stack, what it’s like to be a Jewish humorist, AI, Kanye West’s new album, why Zohran should listen to Matthew’s inventive policy ideas, the replacement of Sister Lúcia, and why you’re probably going to Hell. We also discuss my own internationally famous novel Stop All the Clocks. I’ll be reading from it in London on August 7th at Verdurin. If you’re in London, come to that and say hi. If you’ve read and enjoyed Stop All the Clocks, please give it five stars on Amazon or Goodreads. If you work for a publication or run a BookTok account or whatever, reply to this email and I’ll get you a copy. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit marsreview.org/subscribe

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• Arty-ficial Intelligence with Hansen Shi

  I sat down down with Hansen Shi, author of the excellent The Expat, to discuss contemporary novels, AI, short form video content, the stock market, tariffs, fractionalized burritos, and more. Buy Hansen’s book!Filmed a little while ago at Pubkey studios. Hope you enjoy.PS: A lot has been going on lately. I should have announcements soon about the MRB and about another big project. My own novel, Stop All the Clocks, which Library Journal recently called “a Neuromancer for the 21st century,” comes out June 3rd. On June 4th I’ll be talking about it with the lovely Carrigan Miller at Unnameable Books. Free to the public. Come on by if you’re in town. Here’s the flier below. Also, if you want an advanced e-copy to review it, reply to this email. And if you’ve already requested a copy, please rate it on Amazon and Goodreads! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit marsreview.org/subscribe

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• Sex, Advice, & Videotape w/ Magdalene Taylor

  Filmed at Pubkey March 11th.Check out our new YouTube channel.Magdalene J. Taylor is a writer and critic of culture and sex, and the author of the excellent Many Such Cases newsletter. Magdalene and Noah discuss a possible recession, X.com/Twitter vs. Substack in 2025, dangers and benefits of AI for writers, advice for younger writers, Anthony Weiner, dick pics, Osho, the 4G Movement, “becoming the sucking,” Ashley St. Clair, Elon, polygyny, Andrew Tate, macroeconomics and the sexual marketplace, the “Stripper Index”, OnlyFans, Lily Philips, microchimerism, London vs. New York, writing for a “soy boy liberal men’s magazine,” the reemergence of Playboy, Magdalene’s “pay pigs,” what’s good for the wallet and what’s good for the soul, whether there’s a chance today for young people to be normal?, advice for Zoomer men and Zoomed women, Tumblr, love. At the end Noah remembers that he doesn’t believe in advice. We begin and end with a Morrissey quotation. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit marsreview.org/subscribe

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• A World of Illusions w/ Bruce Wagner

  Bruce Wagner is a celebrated writer of novels, screenplays, and more, including the novel I’m Losing You, the screenplay to David Cronenberg’s Maps to the Stars, and, most recently, The Met Gala & Tales of Saints and Seekers. Bruce and Noah discuss the pornographic incompetence at the center of the LA fires, our civilization’s death drive, Carlos Castaneda, navigating Hollywood, a literary renaissance at Arcade Publishing, and more. The Mars Review may receive a small commission if you purchase books via links in this email. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit marsreview.org/subscribe

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• The Literary Beef of the Century w/ Matthew Gasda

  Matt and Noah discuss zoomers, doomers, and boomers, SF vs. NYC, their high-stakes plan to settle their literary beef, theater, aliens, the fourth dimension, sociopathy, and more. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit marsreview.org/subscribe

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