Hannah Freed-Thall
NYU professor and author focusing on taste, distinction, and modernism who discusses Volume 3 (The Guermantes Way) and Proustian themes of waste and social scene analysis in the episode.
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Mar 4, 2026 • 24min
7.3 In Search of Lost Time: Wasting Time
Alex Ross, The New Yorker music critic known for cultural commentary, and Hannah Freed-Thall, NYU professor studying taste and modernism. They discuss wasted time in Proust, salon life and social pretension. They trace habit, involuntary memory, art’s role in remaking waste, and the novel’s social satire and aesthetics.
