1546 Episodes

  1. 647: Walking Across Fire Island

    Published: 4/6/2022

  2. 646: every exquisite thing

    Published: 4/5/2022

  3. 645: It’s 9:30am, I’ve ran four miles, cried four times, & eaten two chicken sandwiches

    Published: 4/4/2022

  4. 644: Georgia O'Keeffe, "From the Faraway, Nearby," 1937

    Published: 4/1/2022

  5. 643: Come give me a kiss on the cheek

    Published: 3/31/2022

  6. 642: Burning Duplex

    Published: 3/30/2022

  7. 641: Old Growth

    Published: 3/29/2022

  8. 640: Eventually / One Point Where We Arrive

    Published: 3/28/2022

  9. 639: An Algorithm Matches Me With a Nice Girl and I Tell Her

    Published: 3/25/2022

  10. 638: In the Bad Days

    Published: 3/24/2022

  11. 637: ATLien Freestyles Over "Wheelz of Steel"

    Published: 3/23/2022

  12. 636: How to Hold the Heavy Weight of Now

    Published: 3/22/2022

  13. 635: until the meteor makes a shadow over home

    Published: 3/21/2022

  14. 634: Nest

    Published: 3/18/2022

  15. 633: The Moth

    Published: 3/17/2022

  16. 632: Touch Cave

    Published: 3/16/2022

  17. 631: Every Mourning

    Published: 3/15/2022

  18. 630: Don’t Think

    Published: 3/14/2022

  19. 629: Halfway

    Published: 3/11/2022

  20. 628: I Guess By Now I Thought I’d Be Done With Shame

    Published: 3/10/2022

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