Sharing a preview of a new Pushkin show, Where There’s a Will, which searches for the surprising places Shakespeare shows up outside the theater. You’ll hear Shakespeare helping autistic kids to communicate, shaping religious observances, in th

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Presenting Story of the Week with Joel Stein: Billionaires Prepping for the Apocalypse

Oct 20th, 2022 11m 40s

Here's a preview of a new podcast from Pushkin Industries, Story of the Week with journalist Joel Stein. On Story of the Week, Joel chooses an article that fascinates him, convinces the writer to tell him about it, and then interrupts a good co

Introducing Black & Published

Feb 23rd, 2022 4m 30s

We're sharing a preview of the Black & Published podcast hosted by award winning author and Emmy award winning producer Nikesha Elise Williams. Back for season 2, Black & Published brings listeners on the journey of BIPOC writers, poets, playwr

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A Literary Kickback with Well-Read Black Girl

Feb 1st, 2022 6m 7s

Sharing a new show from Pushkin, the team behind Chronicles of Now. On Well-Read Black Girl, host Glory Edim has deep, honest conversations with authors of color about the art, craft and power of the written word. Luminaries like Tarana Burke,

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The Chronicles of Now Presents: Storybound

Dec 8th, 2020 38m 20s

The Chronicles of Now presents a special episode from Storybound, a radio theater program designed for the podcast age. Listeners are treated to their favorite authors and writers reading some of their most impactful stories, designed with powe

Tommy Orange: Reopening

Sep 2nd, 2020 18m 51s

As schools reopen across the country, parents are facing another round of pandemic fear and uncertainty: How safe will their kids be and for how long? And can life—and work—finally take on some semblance of normalcy? Tommy Orange, the bestselli

Dantiel W. Moniz: What You Make It

Aug 26th, 2020 16m 8s

As protests erupted across the nation this summer, heavily armed militias stood off against Black Lives Matter supporters in some cities. In July, a Florida sheriff even threatened to deputize all civilian gun owners to protect Jacksonville fro

Laura van den Berg: 3D

1 Aug 19th, 2020 17m 3s

Now that Joe Biden has selected a female VP and finally claimed the nomination, can we talk about his long, weird, handsy history with women? Laura van den Berg, the author of the new story collection I Hold a Wolf by the Ears, explores why som

Curtis Sittenfeld: Breeze Point

Aug 12th, 2020 17m 23s

The most uplifting news of the past six months? Two giant pandas in Hong Kong finally mate after ten years, when their zoo is closed to visitors due to Covid. But what if there was another reason it took so long for them to get into the mood? A

Hannah Lillith Assadi: The People of Music

Aug 5th, 2020 21m 52s

The New York Times recently revealed a top-secret Pentagon unit tasked with investigating encounters between UFOs and military pilots. Which got Hannah Lillith Assadi, the author of Sonora, wondering: If aliens touch down on earth in the near f

John Wray: Status Report

Jul 29th, 2020 12m 25s

In late June, President Trump visited Yuma, Arizona to celebrate 200 new miles of border wall declaring, “It stopped COVID, it stopped everything.” John Wray, the acclaimed author of five novels, including most recently Godsend, imagines what t

J. Courtney Sullivan: Proof

2 1 Jul 22nd, 2020 15m 55s

Three billion birds have gone missing in North America over the past 50 years. Or is that fake news? J. Courtney Sullivan, the New York Times bestselling author of five novels, including her most recent, Friends and Strangers, tells the stories

Ben Fountain: Rules of Special Measures

Jul 13th, 2020 17m

What if instead of dropping off our stereos, cocktail sets and coffee tables, all those sleek white vans that sneak through our streets took our possessions away? You might call them "Recovery Operations," imagines Ben Fountain, the award-winni

Manuel Gonzales: The Extinction Show

2 1 Jul 8th, 2020 11m 19s

Who knew extinction could be the hottest ticket in town? Manuel Gonzales, the author of The Regional Office Is Under Attack! and The Miniature Wife, imagines a time when people pay to attend Extinction Witnessing Events. It’s a dark, far-fetche

Roxane Gay: String Theory

1 Jul 8th, 2020 18m 23s

Covid-19 has made us all prisoners of our homes. And at times, our families. If the pandemic goes well into 2021, what will an extended quarantine do to our relationships, our country, our daily lives? Roxane Gay, the best selling author of Bad

Jess Walter: The Ponz

1 May 27th, 2020 16m 46s

Michael Cohen, Trump's infamous fixer, was just released from prison to home confinement. Jess Walter, author of the international bestseller Beautiful Ruins, imagines Cohen's life in the slammer: betterment, celebrity, and the cellmate down th