From the 2021 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, in which Howard A. Rodman, Pulitzer Prize-winner Viet Nguyen and historian Bill Deverell talk about writing historical fiction with moderator Priya Jaikumar, in which Rodman speaks of the themes within The Great Eastern.

 

Having nothing to do with The Great Eastern: here is a live version of Hey Nineteen by Steely Dan, from a performance at the Greek Theater, Los Angeles, August of 2011, in which, during the vamp, the late and much lamented Walter Becker discourses on his youth, and some time spent with Howard Rodman, and his mother Dorothy, under the influence of various substances, “partaking of the new freedoms” as Walter would have it.  The fun (for you) and embarrassment (for Howard) starts at around 2:50 in.

 

 

Conversation between Henry Jenkins and Howard A. Rodman on 19th-century literature, fanfic, and the joys and concerns of pulp fiction — occasioned by a consideration of The Great Eastern. December 13, 2019.

 

Public conversation between Virginia Heffernan and Howard A. Rodman at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles on the subject of The Great Eastern, June 4, 2019.

 

Howard A Rodman discusses The Great Eastern on KCRW’s Bookworm with Michael Silverblatt, first broadcast August 1, 2019.

 

On Jon Wiener’s KPFK show, here presented as part of the Trump Watch Podcast, listen to Howard A. Rodman talk about the politics of his novel The Great Eastern.

 

On The Liars Club Oddcast, listen to Howard A. Rodman talk about writing screenplays vs. novels, adapting your own work, and his acclaimed new novel, The Great Eastern. With Jon McGoran, Greg Frost, Kelly Simmons, Merry Jones & Keith Strunk.

 

In the premier episode of The Crime Story Podcast with Kary Antholis, Howard A. Rodman chats with Kary and USC professor Ted Braun about Truman Capote’s novel In Cold Blood, and the film adapted therefrom by Richard Brooks.

 

Howard A. Rodman on “How Hollywood Really Works” at the Courier 12 conference in Chicago, 2015.