1547 Episodes

  1. [encore] 625: Not everything is a poem

    Published: 1/11/2023

  2. 796: It Must Be The Supermarket in Me

    Published: 1/10/2023

  3. [encore] 643: Eventually / One Point Where We Arrive

    Published: 1/9/2023

  4. [encore] 719: Museum of Sex

    Published: 1/6/2023

  5. [encore] 555: Private Property

    Published: 1/5/2023

  6. [encore] 772: On Friendship

    Published: 1/4/2023

  7. [encore] 513: Romantics

    Published: 1/3/2023

  8. [encore] 769: Meeting at an Airport

    Published: 1/2/2023

  9. [encore] 739: Cherry Blossoms

    Published: 12/30/2022

  10. [encore] 573: Bury Me in the Woods of My Childhood

    Published: 12/29/2022

  11. [encore] 562: The Lonely Humans

    Published: 12/28/2022

  12. [encore] 685: Trees at Night

    Published: 12/27/2022

  13. [encore] 576: Taking Down the Tree

    Published: 12/26/2022

  14. [encore] 627: Don't Say Love Just Signal

    Published: 12/23/2022

  15. [encore] 584: Marte

    Published: 12/22/2022

  16. [encore] 699: Photosynthesis

    Published: 12/21/2022

  17. [encore] 567: Besaydoo

    Published: 12/20/2022

  18. [encore] 511: Present Tense

    Published: 12/19/2022

  19. [encore] 575: How I Learned Bliss

    Published: 12/16/2022

  20. [encore] 622: Self-Portrait With Woman On The Subway

    Published: 12/15/2022

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