Oct 7, 2026 · 47 min · 15 segments
Season 12 Premiere: Tom Perotta! Readers, film buffs, and TV fans alike all love Tom Perotta, who has been entertaining us for years with witty and wild stories like ELECTION, THE LEFTOVERS, and…
Tom PerrottaGuest
Caroline LeavittHostTrisha BlanchetHost
Why the suburbs? You've said really large things can happen within a localized context.
What is it about suburbia that draws you? Is it just because that's where you grew up, or-
It's one of two kinds of suburbia, right? There are very different kinds of suburbia.
So my childhood suburbia was a kind of working class New Jersey, houses really close together, um, you know, sort of, um, ethnically and racially homogenous.
... um, that take place in, in, I think a more contemporary, upscale, um, and, and at least, um, you know, racially and ethnically diverse suburbs, though not maybe, um- Not, not diverse in terms of class, right? They're, they're professional, uh, people who, who live there.
And, and specifically those places in the community where, um, adults are passing along their values or failing to pass along their values.
Why the suburbs? You've said really large things can happen within a localized context.
What is it about suburbia that draws you? Is it just because that's where you grew up, or-
It's one of two kinds of suburbia, right? There are very different kinds of suburbia.
So my childhood suburbia was a kind of working class New Jersey, houses really close together, um, you know, sort of, um, ethnically and racially homogenous.
... um, that take place in, in, I think a more contemporary, upscale, um, and, and at least, um, you know, racially and ethnically diverse suburbs, though not maybe, um- Not, not diverse in terms of class, right? They're, they're professional, uh, people who, who live there.
And, and specifically those places in the community where, um, adults are passing along their values or failing to pass along their values.
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