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Season 3 Episode 22
Today’s episode was inspired by two things, nonce words and a book I love called the Meaning of Liff. It's an episode about making up words, which ma…
2 years, 2 months ago
Fifteen Minutes of Souped-up Shenanigans
Season 2 Episode 13
There's always the threat of the hottest, next big thing making what we do irrelevant. Andy Warhol knew it, but he also believed all of us would be f…
2 years, 2 months ago
You are the Golden Record
Season 3 Episode 24
This episode was inspired by two things - a question mark in space, photographed by the James Webb Telescope, and the Golden Record - the record sent…
2 years, 2 months ago
Periodically Yours for the Making, Full Stop
Season 3 Episode 23
In this episode, a make the case that the period - or full stop, if that's what you call it - is like a portal to another world. This little punctuat…
2 years, 2 months ago
I am Perfectly Broken
Season 2 Episode 12
“Mend carefully. / Think of mending the world at the same time." This episode was inspired by Yoko Ono's instructional artwork, Mend Piece, and the J…
2 years, 2 months ago
The Secret to Creative Longevity: Taste the Remainbow
Season 3 Episode 33
What do you actually need to get attention? What do you need to keep going? When you don’t get it, how do you keep going? Is it bad to constantly mon…
2 years, 3 months ago
It all Comes Out in the Rinse (of the Draft)
Season 2 Episode 11
The first draft is rarely the final draft. This episode, inspired by a story showing the many drafts of an Elizabeth Bishop poem, a villanelle called…
2 years, 3 months ago
In Lists We Trust
Season 2 Episode 2
Until 2022, I had never committed a New Year's Resolutions List to paper (digital or otherwise). This is the list I made that year. Old! I hear you s…
2 years, 3 months ago
The Conflict of Being in Conflict
Season 3 Episode 21
They say that for a story to be interesting it must have conflict. Is it the same with people? What if that conflict comes from within - the conflict…
2 years, 3 months ago
The Episode in which I Become a Citizen
Season 3 Episode 26
In June 2023, after 20 years of living in the USA, I took my oath ceremony and became an American Citizen. The naturalization ceremony was - wait for…
2 years, 3 months ago