Dave Eggers

Reports of the death of irony have been greatly exaggerated. Kurt Andersen and the writer Dave Eggers talk about how irony saturates our culture and how it can do more than just wink at the audience. We visit the Broadway hit Urinetown and find out what the Cartoon Network has in common with Stephin Merritt’s […]

Music superstar Moby explains how his tunes became ubiquitous, and why he doesn’t equate selling them to advertisers with selling his soul. Dave Eggers talks to Kurt Andersen about his new book What is The What. Eggers became the ghost-writer for Valentino Achak Deng, a refugee from Sudan. And we’ll talk to a graphic novelist […]

We heart custom-made love songs. Kurt Andersen announces a contest to win an original love song by singer-songwriter Corey Dargel. Avant-garde chanteuse Diamanda Gals has a tribute to Valentine’s Day that’s anything but sweet. Plus, Kurt talks with writer Dave Eggers and Sudanese refugee Valentino Achak Deng about turning Deng’s life into a novel.