Executive Producer, Kaitlin Prest invites you to listen to a new series we think Appearances lovers will enjoy. It’s called SISTERS and it’s a five-episode story about an older and younger sister following their fights, their high points, their

Radiotopia Presents: S***hole Country

Nov 10th, 2021 9m 6s

Hi. It’s nice to be back in your ears. We want to tell you about a new series we think Appearances listeners will especially like. It’s called S***hole Country and it’s an audio memoir about the many, many complexities of being second generat

Episode 09: The World

1 Oct 27th, 2020 31m 36s

The finale.

Episode 08: Melanie Tells Her Mom

1 Oct 23rd, 2020 33m 42s

This is the episode where Melanie has to tell her mother. She is terrified.

Episode 07: AKA Episode 6 1/2 [Indecisive Artist]

1 Oct 20th, 2020 23m 13s

It worked. Now Melanie has a secret. Only one person knows it. That one person... is Sharon Mashihi.

Episode 06: Ace of Hearts

1 Oct 16th, 2020 20m 30s

Melanie begins the process of acquiring sperm and getting pregnant.

Episode 05: Good Eggs

1 Oct 13th, 2020 31m 13s

While Melanie is preparing physically and spiritually to get pregnant, she receives news that yet again makes her spiral into uncertainty.

Episode 04: Last Ditch Effort

1 1 Oct 9th, 2020 37m 59s

Melanie asks: Is it still worth trying to make it work with men?

Episode 03: Vida

1 Oct 6th, 2020 25m 45s

This episode belongs to Vida, Melanie’s mom. We twist and turn through the caverns of her past and present to understand what it feels like, as Vida puts it, "to live with your heart outside your body."

Episode 02: A Person Who Has Never Even Been Married Fantasizes Incessantly About Divorce

1 Oct 2nd, 2020 33m 8s

Melanie is at her brother’s wedding and feeling out of place. She is unsure about long term relationships, so she takes us inside the intimate details of her parents’ marriage to find out why.

Episode 01: Voices

1 Sep 29th, 2020 37m 11s

In this episode, we meet Melanie, her family—who appear as voices in her head—and her ill-fated lover as they discuss potentially having a baby, and her first pregnancy 9 years ago.[This episode contains scenes that deal with difficult topics

Prologue

Sep 29th, 2020 14m 36s

Part A of the prologue is a note from Sharon about why this podcast is labeled "fiction". Part B is a history of the town of Great Neck, as told by Faribah, the neighbor across the street. As Faribah always likes to say, "In this neighborhood,