1542 Episodes

  1. 782: The Strength of U

    Published: 10/12/2022

  2. 781: Cut Apple

    Published: 10/11/2022

  3. 780: Edward Hopper Study: Hotel Room

    Published: 10/10/2022

  4. 779: My Rock

    Published: 10/7/2022

  5. 778: Batter My Heart, Transgender'd God

    Published: 10/6/2022

  6. 777: The Lightkeeper

    Published: 10/5/2022

  7. 776: Bonfire Brides

    Published: 10/4/2022

  8. 775: A Case Study of Beethoven's Nine Symphonies

    Published: 10/3/2022

  9. 774: Uncertainty Principle at Dawn

    Published: 9/30/2022

  10. 773: The Dead Are Beautiful Tonight

    Published: 9/29/2022

  11. 772: On Friendship

    Published: 9/28/2022

  12. 771: Your Damage

    Published: 9/27/2022

  13. 770: And

    Published: 9/26/2022

  14. 769: Meeting at an Airport

    Published: 9/23/2022

  15. 768: Lately I Am Trying

    Published: 9/22/2022

  16. 767: Love Poem

    Published: 9/21/2022

  17. 766: All I Know

    Published: 9/20/2022

  18. 765: a fishing story.

    Published: 9/19/2022

  19. 764: Fides, Spes

    Published: 9/16/2022

  20. 763: Erasure of Girlhood

    Published: 9/15/2022

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