Introducing American Prankster: Wavy Gravy's Life Story
We are excited to share a show we're loving with you! American Prankster: Wavy Gravy's Life Story pairs the legendary entertainer and activist with our friend, podcaster Rainbow Valentine, following t...
28 Elo 20246min
Unusual Domestic and International Laws
In this episode Melissa reveals a few of the strange laws from the domestic United States, and a few international laws, too. How are you breaking the law today, and you don't even know it?? Learn mor...
14 Huhti 202217min
April, National Poetry Month
In today’s Love Letters to…, Alicia marks National Poetry Month, celebrated every year in April, with three poets’ love letters to this paragon of springtime (or, probably, autumn, in the Southern Hem...
12 Huhti 20226min
Sylvia Beach, Adrienne Monnier, and Paris's Enduring Shakespeare and Company Bookstore
In today's Love Letters to..., Alicia introduces us to two women who blazed their own trails in life, eventually blazing them together. France's Adrienne Monnier established a unique business on Paris...
7 Huhti 202228min
Curious George
In today's Love Letters to..., Melissa shares the story of the daring escape of the husband-and-wife creative team of Margret and Hans Rey, two German-born Jews who were living in Paris under the shad...
5 Huhti 20228min
Pluto and Charon, The Galaxy's Love Affair
In today's Love Letters to... Alicia ponders the nature of love and identity through the lens of Pluto, our solar system's recently "reclassified" dwarf planet. It turns out that Pluto's incessant and...
31 Maalis 202211min
Catherine Granville, Churchill's Favorite Spy
In today's Love Letters to... Melissa shares the incredible story of Krystyna Skarbek, aka, Catherine Granville, A Polish noblewoman of Jewish descent, she became one of Britain's most important spies...
29 Maalis 202221min
Virginia Hall, Most Dangerous of Spies
In today's Love Letters to...Melissa celebrates Virginia Hall, the most dangerous of Allied spies, according to the Nazis. This amazing American woman, not limited by a prosthetic leg, rebelled agains...
24 Maalis 202216min
