Podcast · Books

Selected Shorts

Symphony Space

35 episodes available · plays inline · no app required

Romance of the Summer
Aug 6, 2026 ·01:00:06
Shifting Identities
Jul 30, 2026 ·00:59:21
Picture Perfect
Jul 23, 2026 ·01:01:30
Walking on Eggshells
Jul 16, 2026 ·00:58:30
Lost and Found
Jul 9, 2026 ·00:59:35
Too Hot For Radio: Erin Somers "Washing Up"
Jul 6, 2026 ·00:29:47
Stories from the City of Immigrants with Waterwell
Jul 2, 2026 ·01:22:59
Roz Chast: While You Were Sleeping
Jun 25, 2026 ·01:01:09
Twisty Tales: O. Henry Prize Winners with Edward P. Jones
Jun 18, 2026 ·00:58:13
Too Hot For Radio: Jonathan Lethem "The King of Sentences"
May 4, 2026 ·00:44:00
Tell Me More: Jodi Kantor
Apr 20, 2026 ·00:30:59
Meg Wolitzer Talks with Louise Erdrich
Mar 19, 2026 ·00:14:52
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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