Episode Appearances
The Ezra Klein Show · Feb 10, 2026
George Saunders on Anger, Ambition and Sin
“Author of Red Cavalry; recommended for its chaotic, kaleidoscopic portrayal of revolution and moral uncertainty”
Sin and moral judgment in contemporary literatureFree will versus determinism and conditioningTruth and alignment with reality as spiritual practice
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Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin · Feb 4, 2026
George Saunders
“Russian writer quoted on the authority and authenticity of well-constructed sentences”
Short story craft and structureRevision and editing processesTeaching creative writing
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