James Lileks' The Diner

About James Lileks' The Diner

James Lileks is back at his accustomed place on one of the chrome stools in front of the boomerang pattern Formica counter in the diner on Old Highway 23, about thirteen and a half minutes from wherever you happen to be at the moment.

Publisher

Ricochet

Category

society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

23 Dec 2015

Latest episode

17 Jan 2026

Latest episodes

101 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   17 Jan 2026

   Chuck E. Diner

   Even the worst places can have good memories.

2. 

   10 Jan 2026

   I Cried to Dream Again

   Be not afeard; the isle is full of noises, Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight, and hurt not. Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments Will hum about mine ears; and sometime voices, That, if I then had waked after long sleep, Will make me sleep again: and then, in dreaming, The clouds methought would open, and show riches Ready to drop upon me; that, when I waked, I cried to dream again. William Shakespeare (The Tempest, Act III, Scene II)

3. 

   13 Dec 2025

   A One-Eyed Jack

   Sometimes you just have to play the cards you're dealt - even if that card is a one-eyed Jack.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.6 / 5

57 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

12 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 42 / 100

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Quality

63

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

51

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