Podcast Episodes

Episode 578: Exploring Rome in the Deep Dark Night (A Sleep With Me crossover)

Season 12 Episode 578

Need help falling asleep?

That's not usually our forte—at least we hope it isn't!—but this week the legendary sleep-podcaster Drew Ackerman, bett…

1 year, 2 months ago

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[THE BITTERSWEET PAST] Maybe You Should Talk to Someone (with Lori Gottlieb)

Season 12

This week, therapist and bestselling author Lori Gottlieb joins us to talk about change, loss, self-examination...and when you should really talk to …

1 year, 2 months ago

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Bittersweet Moment #220: A Walk Down Via Giulia

Season 12

For a leisurely stroll that is full of artistic gems and delightful curiosities hidden in plain —and somehow overlooked by tourists—join us for a wa…

1 year, 2 months ago

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Episode 577: Clive vs. Constance: An Unfortunate Journey Begins

Season 12 Episode 577

The Bittersweet Life Podcast went on an unexpected and unprecedented month-long hiatus. As you can imagine, only something life-threatening could ha…

1 year, 2 months ago

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[THE BITTERSWEET PAST] Underground (with Robert MacFarlane)

Season 12

This week, we explore the underground world with Robert MacFarlane of Cambridge University in England. Robert is the best-selling author of Landmarks…

1 year, 2 months ago

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[PATREON PREVIEW] Crying and Writing

Season 12

Did you know that your favorite podcast hosts are also writers?

On this week's bonus episode—available exclusively to our supporters on Patreon—we ta…

1 year, 2 months ago

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Episode 576: Looking Back at the Covid Pandemic—Five Years Later

Season 12 Episode 576

Five years after the world came to a grinding halt—when Italy and shortly after much of the globe went into a full or partial lockdown—Katy and Tiffa…

1 year, 2 months ago

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[THE BITTERSWEET PAST] A Day in the Life under Lockdown, Part 2

Season 12

Continuing our month-long look back at life during the initial outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, we are re-airing Part 2 of our peek into our lives—…

1 year, 2 months ago

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[THE BITTERSWEET PAST] A Day in the Life under Lockdown, Part 1

Season 12

Who remembers what life felt like during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, when cities and entire countries were shutting down right and left?…

1 year, 3 months ago

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[THE BITTERSWEET PAST] Coronavirus Hits: Italy Locks Down, Part 2

Season 12

Exactly five years ago this month—March 2020—the world went through something that no one living had experienced in their lifetimes: a global epidemi…

1 year, 3 months ago

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