What Do You Want to Talk About?

We eventually talk about Sarah Silverman (who is one of the most skilled at what she does!), but it takes a while to get there because we start talking about what we believe in -- holdover from our Ch...

29 Sep 202358min

Joy thought Norm's special was a middling show; I liked it and found it creative...which goes to show we have different tastes. One thing we agreed on, uncle Norm sure makes you think about things dif...

13 Sep 202352min

Have you seen Judah Friedlander's special "America is the Greatest Country in US" The line already tells you that this comic is one who smart comedy is delivered by seemingly stupid sentences, which i...

2 Sep 20231h 2min

This is about grief, about how grief can be both a self-centering and self-erasing process. We talk about the story telling itself, makes you marvel at the storytellers, whose exceptional skills is in...

17 Aug 202355min

Can stories save us? It's a 3 hour movie without anything blowing up, but Hiroshima is in the background, great loss that radiates in the main characters? Can a story rescue us? Sometimes we tell stor...

3 Aug 202345min

We read two poems recently featured at Poetry Unbound. They both talk about food. They are sensuous and makes your mouth water, but they also make you think about what it means to be a human being in ...

20 Jul 202355min

First time talking about art. Both a bit nervous in that we don't have the art piece before us, or before you, our listeners. Lot of interesting insights into the aesthetic experience. We both agreed ...

9 Jul 202347min

We are both smitten by Ocean Vuong, his poetry surprises us, his metaphors are both violent and compassionate. His poetry is not just the weaving of a skilled professional, but emerges from a vulnerab...

23 Jun 202357min