821: Embrace the Suck

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People finding themselves in situations that are worse than they thought and deciding to really go with it. Prologue: A…

Longform Podcast #546: Javier Zamora

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Javier Zamora is the author of Unaccompanied, a poetry collection, and Solito, a memoir. “There was something that I felt…

815: How I Learned to Shave

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Things our dads taught us, whether they intended to or not. Prologue: Ira talks about the time his dad taught…

Longform Podcast #555: Evan Hughes

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Evan Hughes is a journalist whose work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, GQ, The Atlantic, The Atavist…

241: 20 Acts in 60 Minutes

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Yet another testimony to the power chickens have over our hearts and minds.  Jack Hitt reports on an opera about…

Amy Tan on Writing and Depression, and Using What is Beyond Our Ordinary Senses

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~~~~ Amy Tan Teaches Fiction, Memory, and Imagination – MasterClass page “Amy Tan was 33 before she first explored her…

Music Review: The Holey Bible – Florry

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(Dear Life Records) Ironically enough, Florry’s ultra-charming The Holey Bible reaches its most ascendant moment after the false ending of…

Longform Podcast #549: Reginald Dwayne Betts

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Reginald Dwayne Betts is a poet, lawyer, and founder of the nonprofit Freedom Reads. His New York Times Magazine article…

Longform Podcast #548: Susan Burton

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Susan Burton is an editor at This American Life, the author of the memoir Empty, and the host of the…

Maggie Gyllenhaal on working with the dark and light

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In SherryBaby (2006), Maggie Gyllenhaal portrayed Sherry Swanson, who returns home after serving a prison sentence to reestablish a relationship…