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Longform Podcast #565: Susan B. Glasser

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

11 months ago

Addiction and Creative People

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

11 months ago

816: Poultry Slam

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

11 months ago

Music Review: The Death of Randy Fitzsimmons – The Hives

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

11 months ago

Longform Podcast #547: Jamie Loftus

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

11 months ago

821: Embrace the Suck

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

11 months ago

Longform Podcast #546: Javier Zamora

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

11 months ago

815: How I Learned to Shave

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

11 months ago

Longform Podcast #555: Evan Hughes

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

11 months ago

241: 20 Acts in 60 Minutes

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

11 months ago