A Celebration (and Critique) of American Freedom
From an early age, Alynda Segarra saw the people they loved grind it out in an American system that offered them little reward. Their father, a musician and Vietnam War veteran, suffered from PTSD, an...
5 Nov 202444min
The Making and Unmaking of a Productivity Perfectionist
This week, author and podcaster Kendra Adachi explains how she took perfectionism and strict time-management way too far and was forced to radically change her ways. Her new book is called The Plan: M...
29 Okt 202445min
Haley Joel Osment Is Not Your Typical Former Child Star
When he was 11 years old, actor Haley Joel Osment was nominated for an Oscar. His resume was already long and impressive, but his role as Cole Sear in M. Night Shyamalan’s psychological thriller The S...
22 Okt 202441min
Search Engine: When Is It Time to Stop Drinking?
Anna talks to PJ Vogt, host of the podcast Search Engine, about his distinct writing and interviewing style. Then we share one of our favorite episodes of Search Engine, which poses the question: When...
15 Okt 20241h 18min
My Father Planned His Death. I Didn’t Stop Him.
One day on his morning Uber route, Jason Armstrong got an email from his father. The message: at 85, he'd decided to end his life by stopping eating and drinking. Jason's first reaction? This was the ...
8 Okt 202444min
My Secret Life as a Hoarder
Elizabeth* has a secret life as a hoarder. None of her colleagues or family members know that her apartment is filled to the brim with garbage bags, discarded hobbies and beautiful writing paper. Inst...
1 Okt 202444min
Bob the Drag Queen says Polyamory is Expensive
If you lived in Columbus, Georgia in the 90s, you might remember a queer club called Sensations. But Bob the Drag Queen knew Sensations by day, not night – she was in elementary school when her mom ow...
24 Sep 202433min
Martha Wainwright on Post-Divorce Confidence and ‘Folk Tits’
Martha Wainwright was born into a world of music and folk fame, with songwriter parents Loudon Wainwright III and Kate McGarrigle and brother Rufus. In this episode, Martha opens up about love and jea...
17 Sep 202449min
