1537 Episodes

  1. 818: Everything Lies in All Directions

    Published: 2/21/2023

  2. 817: Context is all

    Published: 2/20/2023

  3. 816: The Freeways Considered As Earth Gods

    Published: 2/17/2023

  4. 815: My Mother Talks to Her Son About Her Heart

    Published: 2/16/2023

  5. 814: on persona

    Published: 2/15/2023

  6. 813: Forgiveness, Perhaps

    Published: 2/14/2023

  7. 812: September

    Published: 2/13/2023

  8. 811: Possum

    Published: 2/10/2023

  9. 810: There Is No Touchdown Here, Belichick

    Published: 2/9/2023

  10. 809: A Statement from No One, Incorporated

    Published: 2/8/2023

  11. 808: Birds in Home Depot—December

    Published: 2/7/2023

  12. 807: Short Essay on Love

    Published: 2/6/2023

  13. 806: Polycardial

    Published: 2/3/2023

  14. 805: Discourse

    Published: 2/2/2023

  15. 804: Foxglove

    Published: 2/1/2023

  16. 803: In Light of Stars

    Published: 1/31/2023

  17. 802: Heirloom

    Published: 1/30/2023

  18. 801: Landscape with Things

    Published: 1/27/2023

  19. 800: We Wear the Mask

    Published: 1/26/2023

  20. 799: Fragment (Stone)

    Published: 1/25/2023

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