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A Trans Parent’s Adoption Journey

Wednesday, March 08, 2023

Anna first talked with Liam and Marisa about their love story back in 2014. Nine years later, we hear about the next chapter of their relationship: becoming parents.

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My Sex Life Became A Screenshot. Then I Lost My Job.

Wednesday, March 01, 2023

Erick Adame was a TV weatherman. Then someone sent pictures to his employer, his mother, and his boyfriend of him performing sex acts on a webcam.

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Introducing La Brega Season 2, the Puerto Rican Experience in Eight Songs

Monday, February 27, 2023

Anna talks with La Brega host Alana Casanova-Burgess about season two of her dual-language podcast that explores the culture, history and spirit of Puerto Rico through its iconic music.

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How to Say Goodbye to Your Pets

Wednesday, February 22, 2023

Your stories of loving—and losing—your beloved animal companions. Plus, an end-of-life veterinarian offers advice on knowing when to say goodbye.

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Your One Night Stand Stories, Revisited

Wednesday, February 15, 2023

Today, we're celebrating the very short-term romance: the one night stand. Those moments in life when someone appeared in a flash, you connected, and then you went your separate ways.

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Gabrielle Union Completes Herself

Wednesday, February 08, 2023

The actor talks about having agency over her body, her relationships and her career, even as she lives with the trauma of sexual assault and infertility.

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Margo Price After Cheating and Drinking

Wednesday, February 01, 2023

The country musician talks candidly about loss—of a generational family farm and the death of her newborn—and coping with infidelity and an abusive relationship with alcohol.

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Your Estrangement Calls Answered Live

Wednesday, January 25, 2023

Anna Sale and WNYC’s Kai Wright co-hosted a live call-in show about dealing with estrangement. Plus, we get advice from a therapist.

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Living With And Learning From Estrangement

Monday, January 23, 2023

Estrangement isn’t linear. For those who have severed ties or been cut off, it can be necessary, empowering, devastating and confounding—all at once.

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From Fan to Friend: The Unlikely Friendship Between Pico Iyer and Leonard Cohen

Wednesday, January 18, 2023

Pico Iyer, author of "The Half-Known Life," reflects on deliberately walking away from his dream job, his decades-long friendship with Leonard Cohen, and surrendering to the unknown.

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Two men, Daniel Scheinert and Daniel Kwan, sit at a table in a recording studio at WNYC. They are both vamping and making silly faces for the camera.

Why the Creators of "Everything Everywhere All At Once" Treat Their Partnership Like a Marriage

Wednesday, January 11, 2023

Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, known as Daniels, on their friendship, learning to play to their strengths, and making their hit film "Everything Everywhere All At Once."

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Jenny Slate and Dean Fleischer-Camp Talk About Their Divorce, Anxiety, and Slowing Down

Wednesday, January 04, 2023

The co-creators of "Marcel the Shell with Shoes On" talk about collaborating while getting divorced, navigating grief, and finding joy in the everyday.

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Radiolab’s Lulu Miller Steals All Her Best Ideas From Her Kids

Wednesday, December 21, 2022

Terrestrials host and creator Lulu Miller talks about becoming a parent and being inspired by her kids’ curiosities. Plus, clips from Terrestrials’ “The Water Walker.”

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Estrangement’s Alternate Endings

Wednesday, December 14, 2022

For some, estrangement ends with forgiveness; for others, it’s about building something new.

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Then I Blocked Them: How Estrangement Became Official

Wednesday, December 07, 2022

It’s been 248 days since I spoke to my parents.

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Estrangement Purgatory

Wednesday, November 30, 2022

Leaving my religion will cost me my family. Should I stay or go?

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Fran Lebowitz’s Guide to Life (And Parties)

Wednesday, November 23, 2022

The writer shares her thoughts on talent versus luck, her vendetta against hiking, and how she’s made and kept friendships over the years, including with the late Toni Morrison.

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