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Nick van der Kolk's Love and Radio features in-depth, otherworldly-produced interviews with an eclectic range of subjects, from the seedy to the sublime. Get inside the mind of a rogue taxidermist. Find out what it's like to experience a stroke firsthand. Or spend time with an artist who gives away her life savings every night. You've never heard anything like it before.
Love and Radio's Thrill Seekers!
Love and Radio has launched a new mini-series on CBC! Split Screen: Thrill Seekers follows the story of 12 reality TV show contestants who were promise the thrill of a lifetime. Listen to the entire series here:https://www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-podcasts/1426-split-screen-kid-nation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Imagine What I Could Do To You
Originally published in 2018. RIP Adrian Street: 1940-2023.
The Exotic Adrian Street grew up in a three generation family of Welsh coal miners, but he wasn’t destined to be in the dark.
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Marriage is a Religion
Sarah found the perfect husband.
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L+R Presents: Future Ecologies
A sympoietic stream of consciousness; on language, art making, and more-than-human interconnection, from our friends at the Future Ecologies podcast. Listen to more future ecologies at https://www.futureecologies.net/ !
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Rotting with Style
Sandor Katz has had a deep and longstanding love affair with fermented foods that spans decades. His book The Art of Fermentation is considered by many to be the Bible of DIY fermentation (although if you're just starting out his book Wild Fermentation is a little less overwhelming). His latest book is Fermentation Journeys.
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No Bad News
Three decades ago, American hypnotist Larry Garrett committed himself to abstaining from the news. So, in 2001, when he received a phone call inviting him to Iraq, he said yes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Fearful Symmetry
One of the great ironies of today's "Golden Age" of podcasts is that it's hard to find work that stands out and has creative ambitions. Fearful Symmetry--a mix of surreal monologues, conversations, and ephemera from Bob Paris--is definitely an exception. I hope you enjoy it as much as I have.https://fearfulsymmetry.org/about/MUSIC!https://soundcloud.com/pipe-choir-three/prayingspacehttps://soundcloud.com/gumbelgrumblehttps://soundcloud.com/pipe-choir-three/the-whisperhttps://fr
The Other Hand
Ed does the unthinkable for a young friend.SUPPORT THE SHOW!https://loveandradio.org/memberPLAYLIST!Marc Barreca - Music Works For Industry - <a href="https://shop.igetrvng.com/products/fts002">Music Works For Industry</a>Richard Horowitz - Bandit Nrah Master of Rajasthan - <a href="https://richardhorowitz.bandcamp.com/album/eros-in-arabia">Eros in Arabia</a>Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith & Suzanne Ciani - Closed Circuit - <a href="https://kaitlynaurel
Representation
Marilyn York is Reno, Nevada's only attorney specializing in Men's Rights.
PLAYLIST!
Artist - Song - Album
Dialect - Invert Yr Path - Under~Between
Flore Laurentienne - Petit Piano - Volume I
Dialect - Mesa - Keep Going... Under
Carlos Niño & Friends - Commend, NYC Peace 2 - Live at Commend, NYC
Orieta chrem & selvagia - Punta Uva - Ramho EP
Carlos Niño & Friends - Commend, NYC Peace 4 - Live at Commend, NYC
Dialect - Flame Not Stone - Under~Between
Isik Kural - yeniden (feat. spefy) -
Refraction
It took Anwen almost a year to realize that it wasn’t just a bad hookup.Listen to more from Reckonings at https://reckonings.showSupport Love + Radio: https://loveandradio.org/memberPlaylists, transcript and more: https://loveandradio.org
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Mr. Jones Goes to Washington
Art Jones wants your vote.SUPPORT THE SHOWhttps://loveandradio.org/memberPLAYLISTEmily Sprague - Dock - Water Memory/Mount VisionMarc Barreca - Vs Chorus - Music Works for IndustryPalmbomen II - Caitlin Ross - Memories of CindyCapitol K - City - Island RowLi Yilei - 0.00 - The Wiretapper 49Capitol K - Breakers - Island RowUrsula K. Le Guin & Todd Barton - A River Song - Music and Poetry of the KeshCapitol K - Celestial - Andean DubChampagne Dub - Drops - DropsWharp &
Revisiting Eyes Wide Shut
When I first saw Eyes Wide Shut, I hated it. 20 years later, thanks to poet and sound artist Tracie Morris, I took a second look.
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Journey Into Manhood
David didn’t want to be attracted to men, so he created a program to fix it. Guess how that went.
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Occupation
They said the war was over. It wasn't.Support the show!https://loveandradio.org/memberPlaylist:Artist - Title - AlbumAF Ursin - Reverie en mineur - <a href="https://blackesteverblack.bandcamp.com/album/aura-legato">Aura Legato</a>Mushio Funazawa - Artist - <a href="https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/funazawa5">The end of Negation</a>Tashi Wada with Yoshi Wada and Friends - Ground - <a href="https://tashiwada.bandcamp.com/album/frkwys-vol-14-nue">FRKWYS Vo
The Boys Will Work It Out, Part 2
Sarz Maxwell, whose LOTR erotica we explored in Part 1, returns for a very different story about her day job as a psychiatrist, and her controversial treatment of opioid addiction.Playlists/transcripts/more: https://loveandradio.orgSupport the show: loveandradio.org/member
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La Línea
In the shadow of a murder trial, a powerful border patrol agent and a reporter/activist develop an unlikely friendship. Maybe.Playlists/transcripts/more! https://loveandradio.orgSupport the show! https://loveandradio.org/member
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A Girl of Ivory
Davecat and Sidore had a blissful marriage together in the suburbs of Detroit. One day, a Russian woman showed up unexpectedly at their doorstep, declared her love for both of them, and asked to move in. It was a complicated situation, but that doesn't even begin to scratch the surface of this unusual threesome.
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Points of Egress
Cynthia discovers her boyfriend Max’s journal. Hilarity ensues.
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Fruit of Knowledge
As a young Christian growing up in Michigan, Jex Blackmore decided to leave the church after making a stunning realization: Satan was actually the good guy.Final song:Inu by Satomimagaehttps://satomimagae.bandcamp.com/track/inu-2Support the show!https://loveandradio.org/member
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Calling Hours
When other funeral parlors say “no”, Graham Putnam & Mahoney in Worcester, Massachusetts says “yes.”Transcripts, playlists and more!https://loveandradio.orgKeep the show going!https://loveandradio.org/member
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Death Dust
Artist Robert Burch moves to a new city and finds work after calling a number on a bulletin board.
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The Story of the Box
An innocent little box found in the belly of a tree.Support us on Patreon!https://loveandradio.org/member
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De Bekentenis, Part 2
Part 2. Andy confesses to the murder of his sister in a wild gambit to bring the real killer to justice.
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De Bekentenis, Part 1
In the woods between Mierlo and Lierop in the Netherlands, a passerby found the body of Nicole van den Hurk, the victim of a brutal murder. More than 15 years later, her brother Andy would go to extraordinary lengths to find her killer.Support the show on Patreon:https://loveandradio.org/member
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The World Tomorrow
Glynn Washington and I go way back—I used to be a producer on his public radio show Snap Judgment—and I’ve heard him talk loads about his time growing up as a black child in a white supremacist cult called the Worldwide Church of God. But that didn’t prepare me for the whole story.
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Insufficient Data
A simulacrum and his son.
Final song:
Mess Mend by Horse Lords
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The Secrets Hotline, Vol. V
The Secrets Hotline has all grown up and has moved to its very own podcast feed! Follow it at https://secretshotline.org Leave your own secret at 1-929 SECRETS or https://secretshotline.orgBecome a Patreon member today! https://loveandradio.org/memberFinal song: Child by B77 https://weareb77.bandcamp.com/track/child
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Gotcha! Part Two
A decade ago, a mysterious caller from Canada lead Australian radio DJ Amber Petty on an epic catfishing expedition. Now, the two speak together for the first time since.Final song:Just Automatic by Idiom Creakhttps://idiomcreak.com/album/sweet-time-girlSupport us on Patreon!https://www.patreon.com/loveandradio
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Gotcha!
A rowdy breakfast radio show in Australia is turned upside down when a one-off prank call turns into a real life, on-air soap opera.Final song: Mélopée by Ezéchiel Pailhéshttps://ezechielpailhes.bandcamp.com/album/m-lop-eSupport us on Patreon!https://www.patreon.com/loveandradio
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Before the Law
To some, he’s “the world’s number one self-hating Jew” and to others, he’s simply “the most hated lawyer in New York”. But he’s no pushover, and he's made some unlikely friends over the course of his legal career.Final song: Jeffrey Lewis - Now We've Beat That Stupid Virus We Can Get Back to Our Stupid LivesHelp us make more incredible radio. Become a Patreon member today at patreon.com/loveandradio
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Seasons 8 and 9 Are Coming!
We're back! Every episode from Seasons 8 and 9 will be available free and worldwide, beginning on July 21 and publishing every other week after that. Plus new Secrets Hotline episodes!
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Secrets Hotline is Here! Also, Vikings Rejoice!
The new Secrets Hotline podcast has arrived! Subscribe now at secretshotline.org! Also, Luminary is now available in the Nordic world, hurrah!
Also, a special preview of our latest ep!
Also, we love everyone! You're next!
The Secrets Hotline: Coming this Fall
We're launching our very first spinoff! The Secrets Hotline is coming to you this fall. Leave your own at 1-929-SECRETS (929-732-7387) or secretshotline.org.
The Pandrogyne
Genesis Breyer P-Orridge is the founding fa/mo/ther of Industrial music, a performance artist, and a very, very, very devoted husband. Originally broadcast 2013.
Euro Trip 2020!
L+R is coming to London, Bristol, Berlin, Copenhagen, Stockholm, and Oslo in January 2020.
Cathedrals Have a Body Count
There are few lawyer/performance artists in the world but, for Vanessa Place, practicing both is a logical marriage. Each relies on the sculpting of language, whether representing indigent sex offenders, or reciting relentless, uncomfortable work to a mortified audience.
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Mr. Mop
A good boy always cleans up the mess.
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The Episode About Animals
The animal world is a special world.
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Necessary Measures
In 1981, Alex Pacheco went undercover at the laboratory of Dr. Edward Taub, a neuroplasticity researcher conducting experiments on macaque monkeys.
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Mean, Mean
The age-old question of nature versus nurture.
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The Secrets Hotline, Vol. IV
Our listeners divulge their deepest and darkest secrets. To leave your own secrets for a future show, call +1 (641) 715-3900, then dial 55403#.
This show has moved to Luminary! For more info, go to LuminaryPodcasts.com.
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Black Feminist Thot
Mistress Velvet specializes in the subjugation of white men.
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Big News
We're joining Luminary Audio! Visit luminary.link/love to listen to more L+R.
RIP Melvin Dummar
Melvin Dummar, who was featured on our podcast in 2011, died on Sunday.
Such is the Way to the Stars
Richmond, Virginia: Sic Itur Ad Astra.
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The Secrets Hotline, Vol III
Our listeners divulge their deepest and darkest secrets. Sound design by Stephen Vitiello. Final song: Chipmunk Party by Maja Ratkje. To leave your own secrets on a future secrets show, call +1 929 SECRETS.
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The Battle of Cumorah
Mike Norton has a change of heart. Produced by Noam Osband. Final song: Emblem by Colin Self.
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Stones in a Bag
At the age of nine, Laura Ulloa was kidnapped for a short time by the Colombian leftist guerrilla group ELN. She figured that would be the last time she’d ever be kidnapped. Final song: Charlev by Oliver Coates.
F Your Feelings
Evan has a secret.
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The Exciting World of the Totally Free
In 1968, Paulette Cooper was one of the first journalists to investigate a then-little-known religious group.
The Recruiter
Rob Navarro: gospel singer, the voice of Spanish-language Ronald McDonald, and one of the most successful gay pornographers in America.
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True Parents
As a young woman, Diane Benscoter had a burning idealism, and a desire for purpose.
Coming Back
In 1991, Pam Reynolds underwent surgery to remove a large aneurism from her brain stem. Doctors cooled her body to less than half of normal temperature and temporarily stopped her heart during the procedure. This is what she experienced. Final song: Believe by Amen Dunes, from the album Freedom on Sacred Bones Records.
Counter Melody
Bob Padgett, a violin teacher from Plano, Texas, believes he’s found the answer to a 119-year-old mystery. Produced by Daniel Estrin. Final song: Atmospheres Touch by Lucrecia Dalt.
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A New Season is Almost Upon Us
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Choir Boy
Tom Justice is passionate about cycling, and was on the shortlist for the US Olympic Team. Also, he’s a bank robber. Originally broadcast in 2014.
Another Planet
The true story of Clyde Casey, a street performer who used surrealism and abstract art to fight crime in Los Angeles’ Skid Row in the 1980s, and the creator of a place called Another Planet. Also featuring the voices of Tim Robbins (yes, THAT Tim Robbins), Lonnie Johnson, Flame Simon, Richard Haxton, and Lil Daddy. … Continue reading Another Planet →
Eternity Through Skirts and Waistcoats
Norah Vincent is a former “immersive journalist,” but she’s left that all behind now. Originally broadcast 2015.
L+R Presents: Secrets from Showcase
Secrets, as you probably know, have been a lifelong obsession for us at L+R. So when Radiotopia’s Showcase podcast decided to put out a series called “Secrets,” we were all over it like flies on sherbert. It comes to us from Mohamed El Abed and Martin Johnson, with additional production from Åsa Secher, from the … Continue reading L+R Presents: Secrets from Showcase →
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The Secrets Hotline, Vol. II
Awkward, funny, and tragic. You tell us your deepest darkest secrets. Featuring totally original music from Build Buildings. Leave your own secret at +1 641 715 3900, extension 55403#.
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The Machine
When a neighbor wanted to build a concrete plant next to Marvin Heemeyer’s property, he fought back. Final song: Black Shore by Úlfur.
WWCD?
Since 2008, Mike Merrill has been operating himself as a publicly traded company. Final Song: Keep Me Hanging On by The Supremes, Kim Wild version as performed by Alvin and the Chipmunks.
44 Years
Albert Woodfox lived in solitary confinement in prison longer than any other American, confined to a 6 foot by 9 foot cell for 23 hours each day—for nearly 44 years. Produced in collaboration with Amnesty International UK. Final song: It’s My Brown Skin by Helado Negro.
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Murdertown, USA
Content warning! If you’re squeamish around violent stuff, you should skip this one. Will is a collector. Final song: Pour Endormir les Démons by Merle Bardenoir from Chants D’Avant L’Aube.
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Photochemical
Meags loves photo booths. Final song: Laisse Autant Le Vent Tout Emporter by Les Breastfeeders
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For Science!
Karaoke is Alex’s main gig, but that’s not how he makes his money. Final song: Road Soda Reggae by Indian Agent.
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Reunion
When Barbara was reunited with the son she gave up for adoption, it opened up a whole world of weird feelings. Final song: Your Life in the End by Prince Rama.
Suitcase of Love and Shame
Adult content. Again. A man and woman in the 1960s trade reel-to-reel audio “letters” over the course of years. Final song: Hobbies Galore by R. Stevie Moore.
The Boys Will Work It Out
Adult content. Listener discretion is advised. Since a child, Sarz had a deep connection to the Lord of the Rings books. After the movie version came out in 2003, that connection went several layers deeper. Outro song: By Your Side (Sade cover), performed by Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith.
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Relevant Questions
A preview of our next season, coming at you NEXT MONTH! Doug Williams has been waging a war for decades against the polygraph machine (aka the lie detector). Produced by Jacob McCleland and Ana Adlerstein.
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The Secrets Hotline
Recordings from the Secrets Hotline, with original music and production by George Langford. Find more of George’s work at georgelangford.com. You can leave your own secret at +1 (641) 715-3900, extension 55403#.
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La Retirada, Part Three
With Carlos' enemies enraged, the Gomez family is forced into hiding with the Witness Security Program, or WITSEC. But making a clean break from the past is a lot harder than they expected.
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La Retirada, Part Two
The story continues as Rocío Gómez divorces her husband Rodrigo, a master drug trafficker in Colombia. Rocío and her children move to Miami where she begins a relationship with a new man, Carlos, whose dangerous past with the mafia catches up with Rocío’s family.
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La Retirada, Part One
In Colombia, Rocío Gómez marries into an empire of wealth and power. She is told the family operates a low-profile import/export business, and finds comfort in her role as wife and mother. However, she soon learns the family business is not what it seems as Rosio becomes entangled with drugs, money, and mafioso. Produced in … Continue reading La Retirada, Part One →
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Understood as to Understand
Carey believed she was assigned the wrong gender, but transitioning wasn’t how she expected.
How to Argue
We revisit Daryl Davis and ask him, "how should we argue?"
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Snakes!!!!!!!!
Tim loves Tool, Steel Reserve, and snakes. Not necessarily in that order.
Blink Once for Yes
When Mike comes home, his family is faced with a new reality and an impossible choice. Produced by John Fecile.
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Doing The No No
Adam Zaretsky is a bioartist who explores the manipulation of DNA, the fringes of genetic modification, and butts up against the ethical boundaries of science and beyond.
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Wood Fighting with Steel
Deep in the woods of Norway, a man from a strange, foreign land chops wood and reminisces over the love of his life from a bygone time. Produced by Sindre Leganger for NRK.
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Upper Left
Julie needed a fresh start, so she moved back home to the Bay Area, and made a new group of friends.
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The Enemy Within
A co-production with the podcast Reckonings. In the 1980s, Glenn Loury was one of the most prominent black conservative intellectuals in the United States, and was selected to be a top official within the Reagan administration. Unexpectedly, however, he withdrew his consideration before being appointed.
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An Old Lion or a Lover’s Lute, Special Extended Cut
Jerome and Ana work a couple blocks from one another in Oakland, California. When Jerome called out to her in the street, she pulled out her microphone and asked if he could repeat what he said to her. This is the conversation that followed. And, the conversation that followed that conversation.
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On The Shore Dimly Seen
One day in the no-touch torture of detainee 063.
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The Neighborhood
Love + Radio presents: "The Neighborhood" by Scott Carrier
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Another Planet
Producer David Weinberg brings us the true story of Clyde Casey, a street performer who used surrealism and abstract art to fight crime in Los Angeles’ Skid Row in the 1980s, and the creator of a place called Another Planet. Also featuring the voices of Tim Robbins (yes, THAT Tim Robbins), Lonnie Johnson, Flame Simon, and … Continue reading Another Planet →
The Man In The Road
Melvin Dummar says he came across a bloodied man lying by the road. The story of that discovery would profoundly alter the course of his life forever.
Deep Stealth Mode
From our friends at the Here Be Monsters podcast: Marlo Mack gave birth to a son. At least, she thought she did. But her son crawled towards dresses, wanted to be a princess, and asked to grow long blonde hair. At age 3, Marlo's son asked to go back into mommy's tummy, so he could come back out as a baby girl. Marlo thought it was a phase--it wasn't.
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Points Unknown
David is followed by a strange hooded figure
Discarnate Rebel Angel
In the remote, high deserts of New Mexico, Timothy Wyllie reflects on a life of testing the limits of reality and spirituality.
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A Red Dot
Frank has been an advocate for the perhaps the most universally abhorred group in America: sex offenders.
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Bride of the Sea
Sam Najjair works in insurance now, but four years ago he had a very different occupation.
Greetings from Coney Island
Rachel Prince receives a mysterious letter from 1938.
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The Adventures of Zoe Nightingale
For the last few years, Zoe Nightingale has been recording random, often hilarious, and sometimes harrowing conversations with people from all walks of life, exploring the balancing act of sin and virtue.
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Paremoremo
Paul Wood was sentenced to life in prison for murder at age 18, and began his adult life negotiating the social dynamics of some of New Zealand's toughest prisons, including the maximum security wing of Paremoremo Prison (now Auckland Prison).
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Eternity Through Skirts and Waistcoats
Norah Vincent is a former “immersive journalist,” but she’s left that all behind now. (Vincent’s latest book is Adeline: A Novel of Virgina Woolf.)
Thank You, Princess
Ceara Lynch has a ten year career as a self-described humiliatrix, catering to a wide variety of sexual fetishes over the internet, and gaining exposure to a unique part of the human psyche.
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The Living Room
Diane's new neighbors across the way never shut their curtains, and that was the beginning of an intimate, but very one-sided relationship.
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An Old Lion, or a Lover’s Lute
Jerome and Ana work a couple blocks from one another in Oakland, California. When Jerome called out to her in the street, she pulled out her microphone and asked if he could repeat what he said to her. This is the conversation that followed.
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The Magical World of Eva Julia Christiie
Next to an imposing, largely abandoned circus building in Chisinau–the house-techno-soaked capital of the former Soviet Republic of Moldova–a Norwegian illusionist tries to figure out her next steps after escaping the chaos of Ukraine.
Of Birds and Boundaries
An eruv is a ritual enclosure that allows religious Jews to negate rules against carrying certain objects (like housekeys or strollers) during the Sabbath. This conversation is not about that.
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Choir Boy
Tom Justice is passionate about cycling, and was on the shortlist for the US Olympic Team. Also, he’s a bank robber.
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Sesquipedalian
Charles Farrell was born to a sophisticated middle class family in Boston, but at age 12, he left home and came of age on the street, joining “low-life culture”, the underbelly of boxing, and avant garde piano.
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I, Sitting Beside Me
In 1987, during the last years of the Cold War, a West German teenager with only about 50 hours of flying experience rented a Cessna and departed on a two week trip. His goal was to fly over the Iron Curtain and land in Moscow.
Hostile Planet
We think of certain events as profoundly life-altering. Getting married or emigrating to a new country, say. But you can always get divorced, and you can almost always move back. Taylor is weighing a life decision from which there would be no turning back.
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Another Planet
The true story of Clyde Casey, a street performer who used surrealism and abstract art to fight crime in Los Angeles’ Skid Row in the 1980s, and the creator of a place called Another Planet. Also featuring the voices of Tim Robbins (yes, THAT Tim Robbins), Lonnie Johnson, Flame Simon, and Richard Haxton.
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The Silver Dollar
Music is Daryl Davis’ profession, but extreme racism is his obsession.
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The Superchat
A couple months ago, a friend handed Julia a scrap of paper with a phone number on it. One night, bored and maybe a little tipsy, she called it up. This is who she met.
The Pandrogyne
Genesis Breyer P-Orridge is the founding fa/mo/ther of Industrial music, a performance artist, and a very, very, very devoted husband.
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Jack and Ellen
Hey kids, this interview isn’t for you. You should skip this one. Ellen was struggling for money, working as a Subway “sandwich artist” (yes, that’s a real thing). So she decided to find a new job, and settled on one that allowed her to make over $30,000 for just a couple hours of work each … Continue reading Jack and Ellen →
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Greenberg’s War
Lewis Greenberg is an artist unlike any other, a winner of the coveted Geezer of the Year award, and a man on a mission–much to the chagrin of his Ballwin, Missouri neighbors.
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Seventy Weeks
Andre Taylor identified strongly with Daniel from the Bible, who interpreted the visions and dreams of kings. And like Daniel, he spent 3 years in a Babylonian captivity of sorts. But Daniel never had quite the unorthodox career path of Andre.
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Fix
A crusader for truth, or, as Karl Rove called him: “a nut with internet access”? Jason Leopold wanted to be a part of something, and that quest brought him through a labyrinthine world of decadent glam metal, dangerous mafioso, love, and investigative journalism challenging the heights of government and corporate power.
Bedouin Love (Revisited)
Bedouin Love (Revisited) by Love + Radio
The Man in the Road
On a late night along an empty Utah highway, Melvin Dummar says he came across a bloodied man lying by the road. It’s cliched to say this, but it’s really true: the story of that discovery would profoundly alter the course of his life forever.
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The Wisdom of Jay Thunderbolt
Jay Thunderbolt’s business card is a little mysterious. It reads, “Thunderbolt – Party Naked” and gives a phone number.
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The List
Adam Warner has a very ambitious list of accomplishments he’s trying to achieve. It’s not his list though.
Dirty Balloons
Amy was dead broke when she found a Craigslist ad looking for a balloon porn fetish model.
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Split Brain
Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor is a brain scientist who remembers every moment of her life-altering stroke.
Strip, Pt 2
Sara Juli–who was previously featured on our “Take It, It’s For You” episode–recounts her epic bachelorette party.
We’ve Got Your Back, Ashley Dupré
A meditation on the brave new world of 21st century news.
Aftermath
The Aftermath, Inc., headed by Tim Reifsteck, headquarters is nestled in a strip of ordinary office buildings in the Chicago suburbs, but there’s nothing bland about the service the company provides.
Take It, It’s for You
When Sara Juli decided her relationship with money was fucked up, she figured the only way to deal with it was to give it to you.
Animal Parts
Nate Hill and Takeshi Yamada are two rogue taxidermists, artists whose raw material is gathered from dead animals. Also featuring a story by Dan Deacon.
Strip, Pt 1
Sean Cole is a public radio reporter who did a story for Marketplace about a group in Memphis assisting women who left the sex industry. This is what got cut from that story.
Violent
Stories of violence. Excerpts from Penelope Spheeris’ seminal 1981 punk documentary “The Decline of Western Civilization.” Mixed martial artist “Travis” explains when it’s time to call mom. Adam takes a punch to the face, and Nick Salvatore describes fighting as a creative practice.
Lady Sovereign vs. Jelly Donut
Zach Slow had a dream to go on a date with UK rapper Lady Sovereign, something that became the catalyst for the unlikely events leading to the greatest rap beef in the history of pastrycore.
Bloody Fingers
A horrible accident and a complicated friendship.
How I Found Out My Relationship Had No Future, Pt 2
Adrianne downs most of a bottle of Riesling and calls her college boyfriend Adam Conover.
How I Found Out My Relationship Had No Future, Pt 1
Adrianne sips on some whiskey and calls her ex-boyfriend from high school to get some shit figured out. Let’s call him “Jason.” Also featuring Brendan Sullivan.
In the Company of Men
Nick interviews his friend Matt while they’re peeing.
Insane vs. Unsane
Meditations on insanity and unsanity. Featuring Clay Pigeon of The Dusty Show.
Tell Me the Future
Discussions of prediction and soothsaying.
Secrets
Stories about Secrets. Babar, adoption, Post-Secret, and so many more secrets waiting to be discovered.
Elimination
A cribbage bet ends with someone pissing their pants. A conversation about drinking your own urine. The worst 21st birthday ever. And so much more.
Show Me Yours
First experiences with sex. Adrianne tells the harrowing experience of “the first time I saw one.” Lance Anderson of The Verge of the Fringe can’t seem to get his first kiss. Paul keeps pushing his hand down further. Harlyn Aizley creates penises. Many of them.
Flip Yr Sh!t
Stories about anger. Adam Allington (edited by producer Kerry Seed) hates Tim Hortons. Julian James gets in deep shit with the vice principal. Adrianne learns how to swear in middle school. Shig the Unmentionable tells us to PUT THAT DOWN. Ben Popik of Olde English gets a coworker of his fired. Lev and his girlfriend … Continue reading Flip Yr Sh!t →
Love in Bits
Stories from the World of Online Dating. Christian Rudder of OKCupid.com describes how he knows everything about what kind of lover you are. Aaron Henkin of WYPR’s The Signal reads a sample of the OKCupid Love Personality Types. Eric Herot flies down to Missouri to meet a Bajoran he met on a Star Trek simming … Continue reading Love in Bits →
Ghost Stories
Exploring the Frankenstein Family Crypt in 1952. Paranormal observations by an eight-year-old. The haunting of an unkind kitty, a discussion of the ghost story structure, and a very scary pantry door. This episode features contributions from Michael Kraskin of Catalogue of Ships. Also a spooky story from Hans Anderson.
With a Bullet
Stories about guns and the people who come in contact with them.