1542 Episodes

  1. 762: Home is still possible there…

    Published: 9/14/2022

  2. 761: After

    Published: 9/13/2022

  3. 760: Song

    Published: 9/12/2022

  4. 759: Gitanjali 60

    Published: 9/9/2022

  5. 758: What You Missed That Day You Were Absent from Fourth Grade

    Published: 9/8/2022

  6. 757: February Augury

    Published: 9/7/2022

  7. 756: Songs for the People

    Published: 9/6/2022

  8. 755: On Being Asked, "What Is Your Dream Job?"

    Published: 9/5/2022

  9. 754: from SHIFTING THE SILENCE

    Published: 9/2/2022

  10. 753: List of Things To Say Instead of "I'm Fine"

    Published: 9/1/2022

  11. 752: Snow

    Published: 8/31/2022

  12. 751: Behaving Like a Jew

    Published: 8/30/2022

  13. 751: Behaving Like a Jew

    Published: 8/30/2022

  14. 750: Ars Poetica

    Published: 8/29/2022

  15. 749: Sun Goes Up

    Published: 8/26/2022

  16. 748: gather them & give them back to me.

    Published: 8/25/2022

  17. 747: The rest of a life

    Published: 8/24/2022

  18. 746: A Study of Beauty

    Published: 8/23/2022

  19. 745: My Name Is Not The Cruelest Month

    Published: 8/22/2022

  20. 744: Contentment

    Published: 8/19/2022

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