Selected Shorts
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.Podcasts
Too Hot for Radio: James Hannaham "Cookie Monster Shares"
Published: Jan. 8, 2024, 5 a.m.Duration: 18 minutes 45 seconds
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Coming and Going
Published: Dec. 14, 2023, 6 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 38 seconds
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Ken Burns Presents Willa Cathers America
Published: Dec. 7, 2023, 6 p.m.Duration: 58 minutes 53 seconds
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Who, What, Where?
Published: Nov. 30, 2023, 6 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 35 seconds
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A Simple Solution
Published: Nov. 23, 2023, 6 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 8 seconds
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Ferocious Figureheads
Published: Nov. 16, 2023, 6 p.m.Duration: 58 minutes 36 seconds
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Too Hot for Radio: Jen Spyra "The Secret Meeting of the Women's Club"
Published: Oct. 30, 2023, 5 p.m.Duration: 39 minutes 31 seconds
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Too Hot For Radio: Samanta Schweblin "An Unlucky Man"
Published: Sept. 11, 2023, 4 p.m.Duration: 29 minutes 7 seconds
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Bonus: Meg Wolitzer Visits Her Favorite Indie Bookstore
Published: June 29, 2023, 4:45 p.m.Duration: 15 minutes 56 seconds
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Bonus: Margaret Atwood and A.M. Homes
Published: June 15, 2023, 4:45 p.m.Duration: 17 minutes 54 seconds
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Bonus: Meg Wolitzer Talks to Alison Stewart
Published: June 8, 2023, 4:45 p.m.Duration: 9 minutes 12 seconds
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Too Hot For Radio: Erin Somers "Ten Year Affair"
Published: May 1, 2023, 1:09 p.m.Duration: 34 minutes 25 seconds
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Grace Paley Centennial
Published: April 6, 2023, 5 p.m.Duration: 59 minutes 51 seconds
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Too Hot For Radio: Roxane Gay "Men On Bikes"
Published: March 6, 2023, 6:42 p.m.Duration: 27 minutes 1 second
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Bonus: Meg Wolitzer Talks to Patricia Marx
Published: Feb. 9, 2023, 5:40 p.m.Duration: 12 minutes 18 seconds
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Bonus: Meg Wolitzer Talks with George Saunders
Published: Jan. 12, 2023, 5:40 p.m.Duration: 20 minutes 15 seconds
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Bonus: Meg Wolitzer Talks to Elizabeth Strout
Published: Sept. 8, 2022, 4:55 p.m.Duration: 10 minutes 31 seconds
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Host Meg Wolitzer Talks to Comedian Michael Ian Black
Published: July 21, 2022, 4:45 p.m.Duration: 19 minutes 22 seconds
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Bonus: Meg Wolitzer and Mona Eltahawy Talk Being a Dangerous Woman
Published: June 16, 2022, 5 p.m.Duration: 21 minutes 51 seconds
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Bonus: Meg Wolitzer and Alison Stewart Talk Fiction
Published: April 14, 2022, 5 p.m.Duration: 9 minutes 12 seconds
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No Place Like Home: Best American Short Stories
Published: March 18, 2021, 5 p.m.Duration: 57 minutes 31 seconds
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Too Hot For Radio: Kirsty Gunn "Dangerous Dog"
Published: March 8, 2021, 11:48 p.m.Duration: 35 minutes 43 seconds
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There's More to the Story
Published: Feb. 25, 2021, 6 p.m.Duration: 59 minutes 55 seconds
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Courtship and What Comes After
Published: Feb. 18, 2021, 6 p.m.Duration: 57 minutes 43 seconds
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Too Hot for Radio: Tony Tulathimutte "Saint Pantaleone"
Published: Feb. 2, 2021, 11:07 p.m.Duration: 20 minutes 41 seconds
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Truth and Consequences with A.M. Homes and T.C. Boyle
Published: Jan. 7, 2021, 6 p.m.Duration: 57 minutes 38 seconds
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Too Hot For Radio: Stories by Rachel Engelman and Peter McCleery
Published: Jan. 4, 2021, 3:47 p.m.Duration: 27 minutes 32 seconds
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Rituals GUEST HOST: HOPE DAVIS
Published: Dec. 31, 2020, 6 p.m.Duration: 57 minutes 25 seconds
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Rites of Passage: Stories from The Paris Review
Published: Dec. 10, 2020, 6 p.m.Duration: 57 minutes 52 seconds
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Too Hot For Radio: Becky Mandelbaum "Queen of England"
Published: Dec. 1, 2020, 7:42 p.m.Duration: 48 minutes 9 seconds
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Only Human: Anton Chekhov
Published: Nov. 5, 2020, 6 p.m.Duration: 58 minutes 20 seconds
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Home Cooking with Food52
Published: Oct. 1, 2020, 5 p.m.Duration: 58 minutes 34 seconds
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Too Hot For Radio: Simon Rich "Guy Walks into a Bar"
Published: Sept. 29, 2020, 9:26 p.m.Duration: 14 minutes 47 seconds
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Too Hot For Radio: Judy Grahn : "The Psychoanalysis of Edward the Dyke"
Published: Aug. 24, 2020, 8:50 p.m.Duration: 29 minutes 11 seconds
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Two Against the World
Published: Aug. 13, 2020, 5 p.m.Duration: 57 minutes 13 seconds
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Too Hot For Radio: Brit Bennett "Ain't That Good News"
Published: July 28, 2020, 11:45 a.m.Duration: 36 minutes 3 seconds
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Journeys, Memories, and Miracles: Italian Short Stories
Published: July 9, 2020, 5 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 35 seconds
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Celebrating Toni Morrison
Published: July 2, 2020, 5 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 13 minutes 51 seconds
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Too Hot For Radio: Mona Simpson "Wrong Object"
Published: June 29, 2020, 9:59 p.m.Duration: 46 minutes 51 seconds
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Shout it Out: The Stonewall Uprising at 50
Published: June 25, 2020, 5 p.m.Duration: 58 minutes 20 seconds
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Too Hot For Radio: Stories by Elizabeth Crane and Michael Czyniejewski
Published: May 31, 2020, 2:03 p.m.Duration: 26 minutes 52 seconds
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Food Fights with Food52
Published: April 23, 2020, 5 p.m.Duration: 57 minutes 51 seconds
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Too Hot For Radio: Joe Meno "Everything Strange and Unknown"
Published: March 30, 2020, 7:03 p.m.Duration: 30 minutes 59 seconds
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Embracing Disaster: Joyce Carol Oates and Etgar Keret
Published: Feb. 27, 2020, 6 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 42 seconds
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Too Hot For Radio: Jess Walter "Thief"
Published: Feb. 24, 2020, 5 p.m.Duration: 35 minutes 20 seconds
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