Broadcast Schedule

“City,” by Kurt Vonnegut, performed by Bhavesh Patel and Sarah Steele
Another Country (excerpt), by James Baldwin, performed by Nathan Hinton
“The Long Voyage,” by Leonardo Sciascia, translated by Simon Carnell & Erica Segre, performed by John Turturro
“Three Hours Between Planes,” by F. Scott Fitzgerald, performed by Stephen Colbert

“The Way of the World,” by Willa Cather, performed by Sonia Manzano
“A Wagner Matinée,” by Willa Cather, performed by David Strathairn

“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 Freda Foh Shen

“Top of the Food Chain,” by T.C. Boyle, performed by Zach Grenier
“Carapace,” by Matthew Ryan Frankel, performed by Philip Estrera
“The Suitcase,” by Meron Hadero, performed by Renée Elise Goldsberry

“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

“Relapse,” by Simon Rich, performed by Ophira Eisenberg
“Thank You, M’am,” by Langston Hughes, performed by Pauletta Washington
“The Swim Team,” by Miranda July, performed by Parker Posey

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

“Shoulder-Top Secretary,” by Shinichi Hoshi, translated by Jay Rubin, performed by Thom Sesma
“It Had Wings,” by Allan Gurganus, performed by Marian Seldes
“The Toynbee Convector,” by Ray Bradbury, performed by Mike Doyle

“The Knowers,” by Helen Phillips, performed by Stockard Channing
“Time Invents Us,” by Anita Felicelli, performed by Kirsten Vangsness

“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

The White Album (excerpt), by Joan Didion, performed by Jill Eikenberry
“Goodbye to All That,” by Joan Didion, performed by Mia Dillon

“Trash Kites,” by Justin Torres, performed by Colman Domingo
“The World with My Mother Still in It,” by Kathryn Chetkovich, performed by Phillipa Soo
“Ancient Rome,” by Kyle McCarthy, performed by Tavi Gevinson

“The Thief’s Tale,” by Meron Hadero, performed by Teagle F. Bougere
“The Tallest Doll in New York City,” by Maria Dahvana Headley, performed by Becca Blackwell
“The Feather Behind the Rock,” by Anne Tyler, performed by Jane Curtin

“Three Great Meals,” by Donald Barthelme (published under the pseudonym William White), performed by Nate Corddry
“Simple Recipes,” by Madeleine Thien, performed by Cindy Cheung
“Lamb to the Slaughter,” by Roald Dahl, performed by Catherine O’Hara

“The Man and the Moose,” by Ben Loory, performed by Michael Cerveris
“Red Dirt Don’t Wash,” by Roger Mais, performed by Brandon J. Dirden
“The Piano Teacher’s Pupil,” by William Trevor, performed by Kathryn Erbe
With commentary from Marlon James and Elizabeth Strout

“The Project,” by Susan Perabo, performed by Michael Shannon
“The King of Bread,” by Luis Alberto Urrea, performed by Javier Muñoz

“You Can Find Love Now,” by Ramona Ausubel, performed by Amy Ryan and Martin Short
“The Weave,” by Charles Johnson, performed by Arnell Powell
“Blue Light, Red Light,” by J. Robert Lennon, performed by Fred Hechinger

“Trip In A Summer Dress,” by Annette Sanford, performed by Mia Dillon
“Palaver,” by Bryan Washington, performed by Petronia Paley and Michael Potts

“Missed Connection—M4W,” by Raphael Bob-Waksberg, performed by Richard Kind
“My Years of Living Dangerously,” by Danielle Henderson, performed by Karen Pittman
“Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Away,” by Melissa Bank, performed by Julianna Margulies

“A Lamp in a Window,” by Truman Capote, performed by Arian Moayed
“What Do You Say?” by Molly Giles, performed by Parker Posey
“Crazy They Call Me,” by Zadie Smith, performed by Karen Pittman

“Poor Little Egg-Boy Hatched in a Shul,” by Nathan Englander, performed by Ophira Eisenberg
“Crumb Cake,” by Etgar Keret, performed by Andy Richter
“Stay Brave, My Hercules,” by Ernie Wang, performed by BD Wong
Stephin Merritt performs “Smile! (No One Cares How You Feel)” (podcast only)

“Agouti,” by Brenda Williams, performed by Laurine Towler
“The Veldt,” by Ray Bradbury, performed by Stephen Colbert

“Bayonne,” by John Cheever, performed by Mary Kay Place
“Alvin the Typesetter,” by Lydia Davis, performed by David Rakoff
“OBF, Inc.” by Bernice L. McFadden, performed by Teagle F. Bougere

“The Book,” by Ben Loory, performed by Jane Kaczmarek
“Things I Know to Be True,” by Kendra Fortmeyer, performed by Calvin Leon Smith
Special feature: A visit the Three Lives & Company Booksellers

“The Third Wife,” by Penelope Lively, performed by Daniel Gerroll and Patricia Kalember
“Tempo,” by R.O. Kwon, performed by Hettienne Park
“The Alaska of Giants and Gods,” by Dave Eggers, performed by Kate Burton

“There Was Once,” by Margaret Atwood, performed by René Auberjonois, Zach Grenier, and Jane Kaczmarek
“Widows,” by Margaret Atwood, performed by Ellen Burstyn
“Freeforall,” by Margaret Atwood, performed by Becky Ann Baker
With commentary from Margaret Atwood

“Doggy-Dog World,” by Hilary Leichter, performed by Sarah Mezzanotte
“Horror Story,” by Carmen Maria Machado, performed by Molly Bernard
“Sister Godzilla,” by Louise Erdrich, performed by Cynthia Nixon

“No Bikini,” by Ivan E. Coyote, performed by Becca Blackwell
“Sleepless,” by Michael Cunningham, performed by Mike Doyle
“Snowfall,” by Deesha Philyaw, performed by Michelle Beck
“Song for the Kicked Out,” by Kay Ulanday Barrett, performed by Kay Ulanday Barrett

“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 Take Dad to the Doctor,” by Jenny Allen, performed by Jennifer Mudge
“Friends,” by Laura van den Berg, performed by Roberta Colindrez
“The Little Heidelberg,” by Isabel Allende, performed by Kathleen Turner
“Injustice,” by Grace Paley, performed by Jackie Hoffman

“The Little Widow from the Capital,” by Yohanca Delgado, performed by Krystina Alabado
“Wild Plums,” by Grace Stone Coates, performed by Mia Dillon
With commentary from Andrew Sean Greer

“Un-Selfie,” by Aimee Bender, performed by Alysia Reiner
“Best Western,” by Louise Erdrich, performed by Patricia Kalember

“My Podiatrist Tells Me a Story About a Boy and a Dog,” by Mary Gordon, performed by Richard Masur and Bebe Neuwirth
“A Down Home Meal for These Difficult Times,” by Meron Hadero, performed by Chinasa Ogbuagu
“Love, Your Only Mother,” by David Michael Kaplan, performed by Bebe Neuwirth
With commentary from Brooke Gladstone

“The Elevator Dancer,” by N. K. Jemisin, performed by Laura Gómez
“The Hollow,” by Greg Jackson, performed by Hugh Dancy

“oh she gotta head fulla hair,” by Ntozake Shange, performed by Tamara Tunie
“Half a Day,” by Naguib Mahfouz, performed by Bruce Altman
“Fenstad’s Mother,” by Charles Baxter, performed by Edie Falco

“Wants,” by Grace Paley, performed by Adina Verson
“Ruthy and Edie,” by Grace Paley, performed by Rita Wolf
“Goodbye and Good Luck,” by Grace Paley, performed by Joanna Gleason
With commentary from Lauren Groff

“Let’s Get Drinks,” by Kelly Stout, performed by Jane Curtin and Jane Kaczmarek
“True Friendship,” by Jorge F. Hernández, performed by Michael Urie
“The Last Words Of Benito Picone,” by Anthony Marra, performed by John Turturro

“Break,” by Rabih Alameddine, performed by Pooya Mohseni
“Your Mother And I,” by Dave Eggers, performed by David Rakoff
“Silver Water,” by Amy Bloom, performed by Linda Lavin

“Lederhosen,” by Haruki Murakami, translated by Alfred Birnbaum, performed by Aasif Mandvi
“Robinson Crusoe at the Waterpark,” by Elizabeth McCracken, performed by Mike Doyle

“Harrison Bergeron,” by Kurt Vonnegut, performed by Becky Ann Baker
“The Kid Nobody Could Handle,” by Kurt Vonnegut, performed by Dylan Baker
With commentary from Jordan Klepper

“A Woman Driving Alone,” by Marie-Helene Bertino, performed by Amber Tamblyn
“Nine Inches,” by Tom Perrotta, performed by Santino Fontana

“Blue Girl,” by Elizabeth Crane, performed by Valorie Curry
“Lessons with Father,” by Jai Chakrabarti, performed by Purva Bedi
“Varengeville,” by William Boyd, performed by Dan Stevens

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

“Singin' in the Acid Rain,” by Patricia Marx, performed by Katrina Lenk
“The School,” by Donald Barthelme, performed by Laura Esterman
“Melvin in the Sixth Grade,” by Dana Johnson, performed by Nikki M. James
With commentary from Tara Westover

“Scaffolding Man,” by Jenny Allen, performed by Patricia Kalember
“Myrna’s Dad,” by Cyn Vargas, performed by Krystina Alabado
“Overtime,” by Hilma Wolitzer, performed by Becky Ann Baker

“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

“A Love Letter,” by Greg Ames, performed by Maulik Pancholy
“Sugar Babies,” by Kali Fajardo-Anstine, performed by Sonia Manzano

“Love Letter,” by George Saunders, performed by Stephen Colbert
“The Falls,” by George Saunders, performed by René Auberjonois
Featuring a conversation with George Saunders

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