This episode is played in honor of Bonnie Tyler, my power ballad hero.

It’s the fourth of July. The 250th. Let’s make a show about it.

A phone call, a concertina and picking up trash

Home health and hospices nurses are badass. We should let them on airplanes first.

Wednesday is Ladies' Day at Vermont Quick Lube and I think you should go.

This essay is good.

This is a conversation with a money manager in Scotland who has given a great deal of thought to why many of us feel confused and ashamed about our financial lives.

From Hardwick to Minneapolis then home again. A story about a song that’s doing good work.

Story 1: For the past few months, Chris and his partner Beth have been crying. A lot. What’s triggering the waterworks? Reading Dr. Seuss’ “Oh, The Places You’ll Go” to their toddler. It gets Chris an...

Stories from the Vietnam War, and the life that came after it

About 58 million pounds of corn dogs and other sausage-on-a-stick products are being recalled across the U.S. because wood pieces may be embedded in the batter.

A close reading of "NATIONAL SECURITY PRESIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM/NSPM-7: Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence"

The attacker, who shot and wounded two students, reposted a photo of a revolver and a box of ammunition two hours beforehand, research by the group's Center on Extremism shows.

Susan and I compare notes and we talk about the goddamn federal government.

You win and our programming wins with more funding for the year!

All over the world since the beginning of time, ladies of a certain age have been standing thigh deep in water together, talking.

Hello everyone! It’s a terrible day!

Podcaster and radio producer Erica Heilman discusses loving strangers, relinquishing control, the substance of silence, and building bridges into people’s lives.

The sound of end times

A free weekend-long university during the awfulest time of the year.

Larry Massett and Joe Frank talk about the supremacy of their cars. It's like debate club except without facts.

A story about awful behavior at the Canadian border.

Jon & Mac consider: a big dog party in a tree, teaching kids to read, surrealism, the "jerk bucket," a little party in a field in Canada, the hidden structure of a seemingly chaotic book, Shakespeare

Explore the best independent podcasts in this quarterly segment, from award-winning audio fiction to cultural commentaries.

Recordings of what now sounds like from all around the world

At the Civic Standard, in Hardwick, community building is a kind of performance art, where the usual tales of a fractured America are quickly upstaged.

A show we make all together to make us feel less alone in desperate times.

What Now Sounds Like is a series we make together about what this weird time sounds like. This is the first one.

Mark LaRouche on the comforts of 'lower class', and addiction as a class all its own.

Forrest found a new old truck. It’s a goddamn Christmas miracle!

It was a bad week. Erika Bruner helped.

Forrest Foster has been a dairy farmer for almost 50 years, but this Fall he… Steven Gorelick needs your support for Help Forrest Foster Buy a New Used Truck!

Forrest needs a new used ton truck for winter. Can you help?