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Selected Shorts

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Our greatest actors transport us through the magic of fiction, one short story at a time. Sometimes funny. Always moving. Selected Shorts connects you to the world with a rich diversity of voices from literature, film, theater, and comedy. New episodes every Thursday, from Symphony Space.

36 episodes available · plays inline · no app required

Fork in the Road

May 7, 2026 ·00:58:43
Introducing Explain like I'm 5

May 7, 2026 ·00:01:43
Too Hot For Radio: Jonathan Lethem "The King of Sentences"

May 4, 2026 ·00:44:00
Elements of Nature

Apr 30, 2026 ·00:57:12
Jane Austen at 250

Apr 23, 2026 ·01:00:10
Tell Me More: Jodi Kantor

Apr 20, 2026 ·00:30:59
Extended Families

Apr 16, 2026 ·00:56:59
Remakes and Replicas

Apr 9, 2026 ·00:57:00
Selected Shorts Goes to the Movies with the Tribeca Film Festival

Apr 2, 2026 ·00:58:37
Best American Short Stories

Mar 26, 2026 ·00:58:29
Homewreckers

Mar 19, 2026 ·00:58:48
Meg Wolitzer Talks with Louise Erdrich

Mar 19, 2026 ·00:14:52
Introducing Explain like I'm 5

Mar 19, 2026 ·00:01:43
Meg Wolitzer Talks with Denis O'Hare

Mar 5, 2026 ·00:16:01
Too Hot For Radio: Paul La Farge "Another Life"

Mar 2, 2026 ·00:28:10
Too Hot For Radio: Carmen Maria Machado "Persephone Rides at the End of Days"

Jan 5, 2026 ·00:20:38
Bonus: Etgar Keret and Ira Glass

Dec 11, 2025 ·00:35:19
Meg Wolitzer Talks to Author Michael Cunningham

Nov 13, 2025 ·00:22:54
Tell Me More: Kathryn Nicolai

Sep 15, 2025 ·00:32:49
Bonus: A.M. Homes interviews Margaret Atwood

Jun 26, 2025 ·00:17:54
Bonus: Meg Wolitzer Talks with Judy Blume

Jan 16, 2025 ·00:14:59
A Conversation with Andy Borowitz

Oct 24, 2024 ·00:13:32
Too Hot For Radio: Ottessa Moshfegh "The Weirdos"

Sep 2, 2024 ·00:42:39
Picture Perfect

Jun 6, 2024 ·01:01:30
Bonus: A Conversation with Elizabeth Strout

Apr 4, 2024 ·00:10:31
Meg Wolitzer interviews Louise Erdrich

Feb 15, 2024 ·00:14:52
Bonus: Meg Wolitzer Talks to Denis O’Hare

Feb 8, 2024 ·00:16:01
Bonus: Meg Wolitzer Visits Her Favorite Indie Bookstore

Jun 29, 2023 ·00:15:56
Bonus: Margaret Atwood and A.M. Homes

Jun 15, 2023 ·00:17:54
Bonus: Meg Wolitzer Talks to Alison Stewart

Jun 8, 2023 ·00:09:12
Bonus: Meg Wolitzer Talks to Patricia Marx

Feb 9, 2023 ·00:12:18
Bonus: Meg Wolitzer Talks with George Saunders

Jan 12, 2023 ·00:20:15
Bonus: Meg Wolitzer Talks to Elizabeth Strout

Sep 8, 2022 ·00:10:31
Host Meg Wolitzer Talks to Comedian Michael Ian Black

Jul 21, 2022 ·00:19:22
Bonus: Meg Wolitzer and Mona Eltahawy Talk Being a Dangerous Woman

Jun 16, 2022 ·00:21:51
Bonus: Meg Wolitzer and Alison Stewart Talk Fiction

Apr 14, 2022 ·00:09:12

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