Selected Shorts
Produced by Symphony Space. Sunday at 10 p.m. on 93.9FM.
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Handle with Care
Host Meg Wolitzer presents two stories that reflect on the beauty and vulnerability of the natural world. In “Joyas Voladoras,” by Brian Doyle, we hear the many different heartbeats o... Nov 21, 2024
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Domestic Rearrangements
A routine that never changes can get old. So this week on Selected Shorts, host Meg Wolitzer presents three stories that shake up domestic life, teaching the characters something new ... Nov 14, 2024
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Breaking Up is Hard to Do
Host Meg Wolitzerpresents works that reflect on the loss of love, creatively imagined by a quartet of thoughtful writers. In “The Space,” by Christopher Boucher, a lost love is repla... Nov 7, 2024
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Too Hot For Radio: Carlos Greaves "Even I, Satan, Am Appalled by the State of the Republican Party"
The author of the story is Carlos Greaves. His stories have been featured in The New Yorker and McSweeney's. Reading this story is Jon Cameron Mitchell who wrote and starred in Hedwig... Nov 4, 2024
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Love Object
Host Meg Wolitzer presents two stories about objects of love, and feelings that can't be returned, for very different reasons. In “A Love Letter” by Greg Ames, a boy falls head over h... Oct 31, 2024
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History’s Clown Car with Andy Borowitz
Meg Wolitzer presents four works drawn from an evening of satirical stories about American political history, hosted by Andy Borowitz.Nothing is sacred. First, Joe Yan imagines Abrah... Oct 24, 2024
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A Conversation with Andy Borowitz
Host Meg Wolitzer talks with political satirist and author Andy Borowitz in this bonus interview. Oct 24, 2024
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When Push Comes to Shove: Stories by George Saunders
Rarely do we devote one show to just one writer, but on this Selected Shorts, we turn the show over to universally beloved author George Saunders. Saunders somehow finds the good, or ... Oct 17, 2024
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Grass is Greener
Meg Wolitzer presents three stories about the tricky subject of envy that question whether the grass is in fact always greener somewhere else.In Alexandra Petri’s “Seneca Falls for Yo... Oct 10, 2024
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Didn’t See It Coming
Meg Wolitzer presents two stories with surprises the characters didn’t anticipate. A smart Mom defies expectations in “Agouti,” by Brenda Williams, performed by Laurine Towler. And ... Oct 3, 2024