820: It Wouldn’t Be Make-Believe If You’d Believe In Me

11 months ago

A major political party in a major swing state bets on a new leader: a total political outsider. How does…

Music Review: Heavy Light – Drop Nineteens

11 months ago

(Wharf Cat) While it was difficult for shoegaze-influenced bands in the U.S. to stand out in the early nineties, Boston's…

Longform Podcast #553: Clare Malone

11 months ago

Clare Malone is a staff writer for The New Yorker, where she covers the media. Her latest article is ”Hasan…

Writing from Personal Experience: Janet Fitch on using the deep parts

11 months ago

Janet Fitch is an author  and teacher of fiction writing. A profile on her site says she is “the author…

817: The Cavalry Is Not Coming

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When you realize that help is not on the way, what do you do next? Prologue: Saddam Sayyaleh’s job right…

Music Review: Cut Worms – Cut Worms

11 months ago

( Jagjaguwar) Nearly three years after releasing their beautiful and sprawling double album Nobody Lives Here Anymore, Cut Worms (the…

Longform Podcast #565: Susan B. Glasser

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Susan Glasser, the former editor of Politico and Foreign Policy, writes the "Letter from Washington" column for the The New…

Addiction and Creative People

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Addictive behavior can interfere with our creative life “I tried to drown my sorrows, but the bastards learned how to…

816: Poultry Slam

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During the highest turkey consumption period of the year, we bring you a This American Life tradition: stories of turkeys, chickens, geese, ducks,…

Music Review: The Death of Randy Fitzsimmons – The Hives

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Music Reviews (The Hives AB) Time can be unkind to a band like the Hives. Despite not releasing an album…