Big Table
by J.C. GabelThe BIG TABLE podcast is about books and conversation, an exploration into art and culture, as told through interviews with authors, conducted and curated by writer, editor, historian and publisher J.C. Gabel and a small cast of contributors, all former colleagues and friends. This podcast is a co-production between Hat & Beard, Dublab, and Gold-diggers in Los Angeles, and is dedicated to the interviewing style and enduring memory of Studs Terkel, the Chicago oral historian, actor, activist, TV pioneer, and long-time radio host and author. BIG TABLE is the first digital initiative of Invisible Republic, a nonprofit arts organization, working in coordination with Future Roots, Inc.
Copyright: 2021 Big Table
Episodes
Big Table Episode 3: Nick Ebeling
15m · PublishedEPISODE : 3
THE INTERVIEW
Along for the Ride director Nick Ebeling unpacks the enigma of Dennis Hopper and his blacklisted years as seen through the eyes of the film’s star, Satya de la Manitou, Hopper’s decades-long “right-hand
man".
THE READING
Director Nick Ebeling reads Rudyard
Kipling’s poem “If,” a Hopper favorite.
Credit: Music from The Last Movie trailer
Big Table Episode 2: Eddie Glaude, Jr
24m · PublishedEPISODE: 2
THE INTERVIEW
Professor and critic Eddie Glaude, Jr.
discusses his latest book Begin Again (Crown),
an intellectual look at James Baldwin’s most
potent political writing from The Fire Next
Time to No Name in the Street.
THE READING
James Baldwin in his own words throughout
the episode courtesy of YouTube.
Credit: Music by Beverly Glenn-Copland
Big Table Episode 1: Tosh Berman
19m · PublishedEPISODE: 1
THE INTERVIEW
Tosh Berman—poet, publisher, bookstore
buyer, record store clerk, son of artists
Wallace and Shirley Berman—discusses his
memoir, entitled simply Tosh (City
Lights). The subtitle says it all: “Growing
up in Wallace Berman’s world.”
THE READING Tosh reads from Tosh, his memoir.
Credit: Music by Thelonious Monk
Big Table has 53 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 26:45:29. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on July 29th 2022. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on April 20th, 2024 05:44.