Addiction and Creative People

1 year ago

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

816: Poultry Slam

1 year ago

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

1 year ago

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

Longform Podcast #547: Jamie Loftus

1 year ago

Jamie Loftus is a comedian, writer, and podcaster. Her new book is Raw Dog: The Naked Truth About Hot Dogs.…

821: Embrace the Suck

1 year ago

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

1 year ago

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

1 year ago

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

1 year ago

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

1 year ago

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

1 year ago

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