1534 Episodes

  1. 455: Mercury in Retrograde

    Published: 8/21/2020

  2. 454: On a Spaceship Somewhere, Long After Empire's Collapse

    Published: 8/20/2020

  3. 453: You Can Take Off Your Sweater, I've Made Today Warm

    Published: 8/19/2020

  4. 452: The Ghosts of the Space Dogs

    Published: 8/18/2020

  5. 451: Dancing with Kiko on the Moon

    Published: 8/17/2020

  6. 450: Essay on Reentry

    Published: 8/14/2020

  7. 449: Soft-Bodied Animals Leave Few Traces

    Published: 8/13/2020

  8. 448: Telephone of the Wind

    Published: 8/12/2020

  9. 447: We Eat Out Together

    Published: 8/11/2020

  10. 446: When Fannie Lou Hamer Said

    Published: 8/10/2020

  11. 445: Pomegranate Means Grenade

    Published: 8/7/2020

  12. 444: Mood Ring

    Published: 8/6/2020

  13. 443: The Aisle Not Taken

    Published: 8/5/2020

  14. 442: Climbing China's Great Wall

    Published: 8/4/2020

  15. 441: I saw Emmett Till this week at the grocery store

    Published: 8/3/2020

  16. 440: Miz Rosa Rides the Bus

    Published: 7/31/2020

  17. 439: Early Sunday Morning

    Published: 7/30/2020

  18. 438: (First Trimester)

    Published: 7/29/2020

  19. 437: Forgetfulness

    Published: 7/28/2020

  20. 436: Happiness

    Published: 7/27/2020

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