Wed, 04 Mar 2026 22:49:56 -0500 https://martinchronicles.buzzsprout.com en-us © 2026 The Martin Chronicles yes e2fe1bdf-3cd9-5bc9-9405-18ba69396b70 Dan Kois episodic true Buzzsprout (https://www.buzzsprout.com) Dan Kois https://storage.buzzsprout.com/v2fo7si4s90hlfhmwmk8c4rs4ilx?.jpg Lionel Asbo: State of England Dan Kois (Hampton Heights), Parul Sehgal (New York Times), and Jason Zinoman (New York Times) discuss Martin Amis' 2012 comedy about a violent lout and his sensitive ward.

]]> Dan Kois (Hampton Heights), Parul Sehgal (New York Times), and Jason Zinoman (New York Times) discuss Martin Amis' 2012 comedy about a violent lout and his sensitive ward.

]]> Dan Kois Buzzsprout-18297245 Thu, 04 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0500 4090 1 10 full false Night Train Dan Kois (Slate), Parul Sehgal (New York Times), and Jason Zinoman (New York Times) discuss Martin Amis' 1997 mystery novel about suicide, motive, and the age of the universe.

]]> Dan Kois (Slate), Parul Sehgal (New York Times), and Jason Zinoman (New York Times) discuss Martin Amis' 1997 mystery novel about suicide, motive, and the age of the universe.

]]> Dan Kois Buzzsprout-17127101 Thu, 08 May 2025 22:00:00 -0400 3373 1 9 full false Money Dan Kois (Slate), Parul Sehgal (New Yorker), and Jason Zinoman (New York Times) discuss Martin Amis' 1984 book about sex, cash, and all the things the novel can do that the movies can't.

]]> Dan Kois (Slate), Parul Sehgal (New Yorker), and Jason Zinoman (New York Times) discuss Martin Amis' 1984 book about sex, cash, and all the things the novel can do that the movies can't.

]]> Dan Kois Buzzsprout-16016585 Wed, 30 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400 3851 1 8 full false The War Against Cliché Dan Kois (Slate), Parul Sehgal (New Yorker), and Jason Zinoman (New York Times) discuss Martin Amis' 2001 collection of criticism—and the state of criticism in 2024.

]]> Dan Kois (Slate), Parul Sehgal (New Yorker), and Jason Zinoman (New York Times) discuss Martin Amis' 2001 collection of criticism—and the state of criticism in 2024.

]]> Dan Kois Buzzsprout-15332492 Sat, 29 Jun 2024 12:00:00 -0400 4952 1 7 full false The Zone of Interest Dan Kois (Slate), Parul Sehgal (New Yorker), and Jason Zinoman (New York Times) discuss Martin Amis' 2014 novel about Auschwitz—as well as Jonathan Glazer's 2023 film adaptation. 

]]> Dan Kois (Slate), Parul Sehgal (New Yorker), and Jason Zinoman (New York Times) discuss Martin Amis' 2014 novel about Auschwitz—as well as Jonathan Glazer's 2023 film adaptation. 

]]> Dan Kois Buzzsprout-14171603 Mon, 18 Dec 2023 23:00:00 -0500 4921 1 6 full false Inside Story Dan Kois (Slate), Parul Sehgal (New Yorker), and Jason Zinoman (New York Times) discuss Martin Amis' final novel, 2020's Inside Story, and Amis' death on May 19, 2023. 

]]> Dan Kois (Slate), Parul Sehgal (New Yorker), and Jason Zinoman (New York Times) discuss Martin Amis' final novel, 2020's Inside Story, and Amis' death on May 19, 2023. 

]]> Dan Kois Buzzsprout-13558689 Sat, 09 Sep 2023 00:00:00 -0400 4813 1 5 full false House of Meetings Dan Kois (Slate), Jason Zinoman (New York Times), and special guest host Willa Paskin (Decoder Ring) discuss Martin Amis' 2006 novel about the Soviet gulag, House of Meetings. What are we to make of the novel's monstrous narrator, his pacifist brother, and the Amisian object of desire who divides them (and unites them)? And what is it about the horrors of 20th-century history that makes a novelist like Amis prick up his ears?

]]> Dan Kois (Slate), Jason Zinoman (New York Times), and special guest host Willa Paskin (Decoder Ring) discuss Martin Amis' 2006 novel about the Soviet gulag, House of Meetings. What are we to make of the novel's monstrous narrator, his pacifist brother, and the Amisian object of desire who divides them (and unites them)? And what is it about the horrors of 20th-century history that makes a novelist like Amis prick up his ears?

]]> Dan Kois Buzzsprout-12833490 Thu, 11 May 2023 21:00:00 -0400 3942 1 4 full false The Information Dan Kois (Slate), Parul Sehgal (New Yorker), and Jason Zinoman (New York Times) discuss the ambitious novel that upended Martin Amis' personal, professional, and dental life: The Information. Dan quizzes Parul and Jason about the details of 1995's wildest lit-world gossip, and the panel argues about a novel about literary envy that inspired £500,000 worth of literary envy before it was even published. 

]]> Dan Kois (Slate), Parul Sehgal (New Yorker), and Jason Zinoman (New York Times) discuss the ambitious novel that upended Martin Amis' personal, professional, and dental life: The Information. Dan quizzes Parul and Jason about the details of 1995's wildest lit-world gossip, and the panel argues about a novel about literary envy that inspired £500,000 worth of literary envy before it was even published. 

]]> Dan Kois Buzzsprout-11686719 Sun, 13 Nov 2022 19:00:00 -0500 4229 1 3 full false The Moronic Inferno Dan Kois (Slate), Parul Sehgal (New Yorker), and Jason Zinoman (New York Times) leap into the 1980s, when Martin Amis made his living as a hack: a freelance journalist writing about America for British outlets. The Moronic Inferno, published in 1986, collects features about American politics (evangelicism, Reagan, AIDS); profiles of literary and Hollywood stars (Mailer, Spielberg, Bellow); and scathing book reviews. What does Martin Amis see when he looks at America? Why does his harshest criticism of other writers' work sound so much like anxiety about his own? And is he the original Short King?

]]> Dan Kois (Slate), Parul Sehgal (New Yorker), and Jason Zinoman (New York Times) leap into the 1980s, when Martin Amis made his living as a hack: a freelance journalist writing about America for British outlets. The Moronic Inferno, published in 1986, collects features about American politics (evangelicism, Reagan, AIDS); profiles of literary and Hollywood stars (Mailer, Spielberg, Bellow); and scathing book reviews. What does Martin Amis see when he looks at America? Why does his harshest criticism of other writers' work sound so much like anxiety about his own? And is he the original Short King?

]]> Dan Kois Buzzsprout-11289966 Fri, 09 Sep 2022 12:00:00 -0400 3666 1 2 full false The Rachel Papers The Martin Chronicles debuts with Dan Kois (Slate), Jason Zinoman (New York Times), and Parul Sehgal (New Yorker) discussing Martin Amis' first novel, The Rachel Papers, published in 1973 when Amis was just 24 years old. Why is Charles Highway so disgusting? Why isn't Rachel Noyes Jewish? And how does the son of a successful, controversial novelist secure his entrée into the literary world?

]]> The Martin Chronicles debuts with Dan Kois (Slate), Jason Zinoman (New York Times), and Parul Sehgal (New Yorker) discussing Martin Amis' first novel, The Rachel Papers, published in 1973 when Amis was just 24 years old. Why is Charles Highway so disgusting? Why isn't Rachel Noyes Jewish? And how does the son of a successful, controversial novelist secure his entrée into the literary world?

]]> Dan Kois, Parul Sehgal, Jason Zinoman Buzzsprout-10490923 Thu, 05 May 2022 15:00:00 -0400 3980 1 1 full false