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Selected Shorts

Symphony Space

Our greatest actors transport us through the magic of fiction, one short story at a time. Sometimes funny. Always moving. Selected Shorts connects you to the world with a rich diversity of voices from literature, film, theater, and comedy. New episodes every Thursday, from Symphony Space.

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36 episodes

  1. If You’d Only Listen 58:16
  2. Charming Devils 58:59
  3. Unexpected Guests 58:05
  4. Mostly Good Intentions 58:17
  5. Fitting In 1:00:00
  6. Too Hot For Radio: Austin Blaze "Hail Mary" 40:19
  7. Passport to Ireland with Colum McCann 58:13
  8. The New American West 58:13
  9. Love and UFOs 58:17
  10. Tim Curry Performs "Ziggurat" by Stephen O'Connor 46:21
  11. Too Hot For Radio: Erin Somers "Washing Up" 29:47
  12. Too Hot For Radio: Jonathan Lethem "The King of Sentences" 44:00
  13. Tell Me More: Jodi Kantor 30:59
  14. Meg Wolitzer Talks with Louise Erdrich 14:52
  15. Meg Wolitzer Talks with Denis O'Hare 16:01
  16. Too Hot For Radio: Carmen Maria Machado "Persephone Rides at the End of Days" 20:38
  17. Bonus: Etgar Keret and Ira Glass 35:19
  18. Meg Wolitzer Talks to Author Michael Cunningham 22:54
  19. Tell Me More: Kathryn Nicolai 32:49
  20. Bonus: A.M. Homes interviews Margaret Atwood 17:54
  21. Bonus: Meg Wolitzer Talks with Judy Blume 14:59
  22. A Conversation with Andy Borowitz 13:32
  23. Too Hot For Radio: Ottessa Moshfegh "The Weirdos" 42:39
  24. Picture Perfect 1:01:30
  25. Bonus: A Conversation with Elizabeth Strout 10:31
  26. Meg Wolitzer interviews Louise Erdrich 14:52
  27. Bonus: Meg Wolitzer Talks to Denis O’Hare 16:01
  28. Bonus: Meg Wolitzer Visits Her Favorite Indie Bookstore 15:56
  29. Bonus: Margaret Atwood and A.M. Homes 17:54
  30. Bonus: Meg Wolitzer Talks to Alison Stewart 9:12
  31. Bonus: Meg Wolitzer Talks to Patricia Marx 12:18
  32. Bonus: Meg Wolitzer Talks with George Saunders 20:15
  33. Bonus: Meg Wolitzer Talks to Elizabeth Strout 10:31
  34. Host Meg Wolitzer Talks to Comedian Michael Ian Black 19:22
  35. Bonus: Meg Wolitzer and Mona Eltahawy Talk Being a Dangerous Woman 21:51
  36. Bonus: Meg Wolitzer and Alison Stewart Talk Fiction 9:12