Apology
Episodes
Henry Rollins
12 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Apology podcast is back, and with such a guest! Henry Rollins, the musician, author, radio DJ, and actor, is here to speak with your host Jesse Pe...
Kurt Vile
17 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Apology, host Jesse Pearson speaks with the musician Kurt Vile about his favorite biographies of fellow musical artists, his love f...
Jonathan Lethem
09 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the Apology podcast, host Jesse Pearson welcomes the author Jonathan Lethem to discuss many topics including (but not limited to): ...
Jamieson Webster on Freud
18 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The psychoanalyst and author Jamieson Webster returns to Apology today to go deep on Sigmund Freud and his writing. From the case histories to the Int...
Eileen Myles on Pathetic Literature
13 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, Apology's first return guest, the poet Eileen Myles, talks with Jesse Pearson about Pathetic Literature (the recent anthology the...
Richard Hell
01 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Apology, Jesse Pearson speaks with the writer and former musician Richard Hell about physics, the blank page, his new book of poetr...
Andre Gregory
23 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Apology, Jesse Pearson talks with Andre Gregory, the theater director, writer, painter, actor, and co-star of the classic film My D...
Angel Olsen
15 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the Apology podcast, Jesse Pearson welcomes Angel Olsen. The conversation goes from dating a narcissist to true crime to Emily Dick...
Jarvis Cocker
18 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Apology, founder and editor Jesse Pearson speaks with the musician and author Jarvis Cocker about so many things including but not ...
Tom Scharpling
05 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Apology, the radio host/podcaster, writer, voice actor, and director Tom Scharpling speaks with Jesse Pearson about books, yes, but...
David Means
11 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, Apology editor and founder Jesse Pearson speaks with the writer David Means about his process; his new collection Two Nurses, Smoking...
Cosey Fanni Tutti
26 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, Apology editor Jesse Pearson speaks with the artist, musician, and author Cosey Fanni Tutti about her new book Re-Sisters, medieval t...
Lucy Sante
04 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Apology, the writer Lucy Sante talks with Jesse Pearson about many things including—but not limited to—Belgian vs. French surre...
Ed Templeton
26 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Apology, the artist and skateboarder Ed Templeton talks with Jesse Pearson about a lot of things including but not limited to: all ...
Daniel Arnold
06 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode the photographer Daniel Arnold speaks with Apology's Jesse Pearson about the ethics of street photography, his intimate connection to ...
Naomi Fry
21 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, the New Yorker staff writer Naomi Fry talks about Martin Amis, Émile Zola, the '90s heyday of cultural studies, classic New Yorker s...
Simon Critchley
14 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the Apology podcast, the philosopher, teacher, and author Simon Critchley talks with Apology’s Jesse Pearson about mysticism...
Dennis Cooper
31 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the Apology podcast, the writer Dennis Cooper talks about finding inspiration in the Jesus and Mary Chain, his teenage reading of t...
Kelefa Sanneh
02 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode Apology editor Jesse Pearson talks with the writer Kelefa Sanneh about his new book Major Labels: A History of Popular Music in S...
Warren Ellis
24 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, Apology founder and editor Jesse Pearson speaks with the musician and composer Warren Ellis about his new book Nina Simone’s Gum (w...
CAConrad
14 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Apology founder and editor Jesse Pearson speaks with the poet CAConrad about why they read nothing but poetry, the didacticism of the novel, their wor...
A.S. Hamrah
22 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the Apology podcast, the film critic A.S. Hamrah offers up many book and movie recommendations, ruminates on what makes a critic a ...
Ian MacKaye
28 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the Apology podcast, the musician Ian MacKaye talks about his mother’s writing, his childhood obsession with the Oz books, watchi...
Rachel Kushner
06 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The writer Rachel Kushner has an excellent new book of essays out now. It’s called The Hard Crowd. On this episode of the Apology podcast, Jesse Pea...
Bill Callahan
09 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the Apology podcast, the songwriter, musician, writer, and artist Bill Callahan speaks with Apology founder and editor Jesse Pearso...
Brontez Purnell
03 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the Apology podcast the writer, dancer, filmmaker (and more) Brontez Purnell talks with Apology’s Jesse Pearson about writing his...
David Pajo
31 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the Apology podcast the musician David Pajo (Papa M, Slint, lots more) talks with Apology's Jesse Pearson about the eastern spiritu...
Stephen Malkmus
03 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Here we have Stephen Malkmus of Pavement, the Jicks, and Stephen Malkmus talking with Apology's Jesse Pearson about things like reading in the bath, '...
Johnny Ryan
19 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, the comics artist and writer Johnny Ryan joins Apology-making-man Jesse Pearson to talk about things like Sigmund Freud, Ingmar Bergm...
Eileen Myles
15 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, the poet Eileen Myles speaks with Apology editor Jesse Pearson about magical fiction, pathetic literature, and their dog Honey's wild...
Despot
15 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the Apology podcast, you'll hear the rapper Despot talk with Apology person Jesse Pearson about his Queens youth, lots of mystical ...
Jerry Hsu
16 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode we have the skater, artist, and apparel designer Jerry Hsu talking with Apology person Jesse Pearson about being the child of Taiwanes...
Jamieson Webster
19 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode Apology's Jesse Pearson talks with the psychoanalyst, writer, and teacher Jamieson Webster. Topics include life during Covid-19, anxie...
Ian Svenonius
05 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The musician and writer Ian Svenonius joins Apology, aka Jesse Pearson, to talk about the death of reading, time travel, and why writers should be imp...
Lesley Arfin
21 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This time around, the screenwriter and artist Lesley Arfin sits down with Apology guy Jesse Pearson to cover topics such as dystopian sci-fi, her path...
Sam McPheeters
11 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, the writer and former punk singer Sam McPheeters talks with Apology founder and editor Jesse Pearson about hardcore, Toni Morrison, V...
Elaine Kahn
06 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Elaine Kahn is a poet and teacher who has just released a new collection entitled Romance or the End. On this episode, Elaine talks with Apology edito...
Hamilton Morris
21 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, the writer, chemist, and documentarian Hamilton Morris talks with Apology founder and editor Jesse Pearson about the three P's: peyot...
Brooks Headley
30 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
As a chef, Brooks Headley has won a James Beard Award, opened his own groundbreaking restaurant Superiority Burger, and authored two essential cookboo...
Will Oldham
23 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode the musician, writer, actor, husband, father, brother, son, and friend Will Oldham talks with Apology editor Jesse Pearson about a wid...
Matt Sweeney
05 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Musician and voracious reader Matt Sweeney talks with Apology editor Jesse Pearson about everything from Comanches to his medievalist father to Joseph...