People tethered to one particular other person, whether they want to be or not.Prologue: Guest host Emmanuel Dzotsi talks to Leroy Smith about how one high school basketball tryout forever changed Leroy’s relationship to a childhood friend. (7
Two people go on excavations of their families’ pasts. Including the first episode of the new podcast, “We Were Three,” hosted by our longtime producer, Nancy Updike, and from Serial Productions and The New York Times.
A woman thinks the universe is plotting against her. And she’s right. It is.Written by Mary McDonnell.Performed by Mary McDonnell, Louis Kornfeld, Margaret Burrus, Casey Wortmann, Tom Stephens, Ryan Leach, Alexis Pereira, Amy Warren, and Ni
A college student studying abroad learns about a romantic legend in Spain, but gets carried away trying to make it come true.Written by David Deblinger.Performed by David Deblinger, Eli Gelb, Maria Fontanals, Luis Carlos de La Lombana, Merc
A virtual reality company can send you anywhere in the world from the comfort of your own home. So when a celebrity uses it for escape and ends up finding love, he goes to great lengths to hang onto his new life.Written by Bob Raymonda.Perf
When an artificial intelligence grad student becomes a finalist for a big robotics award, her empathic AI robot starts calling her a fraud, and she must figure out how to overcome its nasty, counterproductive feedback.Written by Kristy Lopez-
Our story was inspired by a real contingency speech written in 1969 by William Safire for Richard Nixon titled “In Event of Moon Disaster." It was the most listened-to piece on PRX in 2010, and the winner of the 2010 Mark Time Gold Award for Be
In this special episode, Jonathan Mitchell and Davy Gardner answer listener questions, and talk about how the show is made."Commitment" was written by Davy Gardner. Performed by Margaret Burrus, Jack Frederick, and Mac Rogers. Produced by Jon
If you've ever been alone on Valentine's Day, this story is for you. It's performed by Eliza Skinner, Birch Harms, and Curtis Gwinn, who improvised all of the dialogue. It was originally produced in 2009 for Weekend Amercia, Hillary Frank was t
Every time Annie’s family comes to town, they exclude her from their plans. Annie needs to know why.CreditsThis episode of Heavyweight was hosted and produced by Kalila Holt, along with Stevie Lane and Jonathan Goldstein.Special thanks to E