Broadcast Schedule

“What Animal Are You?” by Etgar Keret, performed by Willem Dafoe
“Nothing Can Come Between Us,” by Rumaan Alam, performed by Nathan Hinton
“Who’s Irish?” by Gish Jen, performed by Frieda Foh Shen

“Lumberjack Mom,” by Carribean Fragoza, performed by Roberta Colindrez
“Fun with a Stranger,” by Richard Yates, performed by Marian Seldes

“Unpopular Gals,” by Margaret Atwood, performed by Ann Harada
“A Way with Bea,” by Shanteka Sigers, performed by Pascale Armand
“The Yellow Wallpaper” (abridged), by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, performed by Carrie Coon
With commentary from host Mona Eltahawy

“My Mother,” by Jamaica Kincaid, performed by Laurine Towler
“Lessons,” by Laura van den Berg, performed by Emily Skeggs

“Thank You, Mr. Nixon,” by Gish Jen, performed by Cindy Cheung
“Playing Ping-Pong with Pontius Pilate,” by Greg Ames, performed by Nate Corddry
“Captain Ahab: A Novel by the White Whale,” by Paul West, performed by Diane Venora

“Letter Home,” by Kurt Vonnegut, performed by Jordan Klepper
“Red,” by Maile Meloy, performed by Keith Szarabajka
“The Cruise of the Jolly Roger,” by Kurt Vonnegut, performed by Teagle F. Bougere

“How to Talk To A Hunter,” by Pam Houston, performed by Mia Dillon
“Pat + Sam,” by Lisa Ko, performed by Jennifer Ikeda

“The Briefcase,” by Rebecca Makkai, performed by Victor Garber
“Paradise,” by Yxta Maya Murray, performed by Tanis Parenteau

“Audience Instructions for Our Immersive/Experimental Theatre Production In An Abandoned Middle School In Bushwick,” by Rachel Klein, performed by Santino Fontana
“Our Mutual (Theater) Friend,” by Amber Sparks, performed by Krystina Alabado
“Solo on the Drums,” by Ann Petry, performed by Peter Francis James
“He and She,” by Anton Chekhov, performed by Hugh Dancy and Claire Danes

“Women Like Us,” by Edwidge Danticat, performed by Lynne Thigpen
Heartburn (excerpt), by Nora Ephron, performed by Joan Allen
“New Bees,” by Claire Luchette, performed by Joanna Gleason

“Sibyl,” by Carys Davies, performed by Jane Kaczmarek
An excerpt from Beloved by Toni Morrison, performed by Andre Braugher
An excerpt from Goodbye, Vitamin by Rachel Khong, performed by Jennifer Ikeda

“The First Kiss,” by Clarice Lispector, performed by Pepe Nufrio
“Hellion,” by Julia Elliott, performed by Donna Lynne Champlin

“Trivial Pursuit,” by Jac Jemc, performed by Jordan Klepper
“Baghead,” by Renée Jessica Tan, performed by Karen Chee
“Spanish Winter,” by Jennifer Egan, performed by Melora Hardin

“The Mathematician,” by Daniel Kehlmann, translated by Carol Brown Janeway, performed by BD Wong
“Hobbits and Hobgoblins,” by Randall Kenan, performed by Jeffrey Wright

“Girl,” by Jamaica Kincaid, performed by Hattie Winston
“Lars Farf, Excessively Fearful Husband and Father,” by George Saunders, performed by James Naughton
“A Domestic Dilemma,” by Carson McCullers, performed by Joanna Gleason

“Little Astronaut,” “Prank Calls From Fish,” “Body, I Never Knew I Could Love You,” and “Wean,” by J. Hope Stein, performed by J. Hope Stein
“I Love My Marriage” and “Slice of Life,” by Mike Birbiglia, performed by Mike Birbiglia
“The Cat and the Baboon,” by David Sedaris, performed by Carmen Lynch
“When I Tell My Husband I Miss the Sun, He Knows,” by Paige Lewis, performed by Jane Kaczmarek
“Rain, New Year’s Eve,” by Maggie Smith, performed by Kaneza Schaal
“New Client,” by Simon Rich, performed by Mike Birbiglia and Andrea Martin
“What I Didn’t Know Before,” by Ada Limón, performed by Carmen Lynch
“Praise the Rain,” by Joy Harjo, performed by Kaneza Schaal (podcast only)
“Grand Union,” by Zadie Smith, performed by Kaneza Schaal

“Nayla,” by Youmna Chlala, performed by Rita Wolf
“Life Off My E,” by Susan Perabo, performed by Hope Davis

“y = mx+b,” by Andrew Altschul, performed by Peter Mark Kendall
“I Happy Am,” by Jamel Brinkley, performed by Karen Pittman
With commentary from Claire Messud and James Wood