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    • Jun 21, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • weekly NEW EPISODES
    • 36m AVG DURATION
    • 153 EPISODES


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    Windfall's Malinda Williams Performs "Black Power" by Bernice McFadden

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2025 31:51


    theater performs great stories black power mcfadden windfall
    Glee's Darren Criss Performs "Immigration" by Richard Bausch

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2025 31:36


    theater immigration glee performs great stories bausch darren criss
    Vikings' Clive Standen Performs "The Phosphorescence" by Nicholas Ruddock

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2025 42:51


    theater vikings performs great stories ruddock clive standen
    Grey's Anatomy's Jason George Performs "Creatures" by Marisa Silver

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2025 51:12


    theater anatomy creatures performs great stories jason george marisa silver
    Bridgerton's Genevieve Chenneour & Game of Thrones' Gethin Anthony perform "Four Blue Chairs" by Hanif Kureishi

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2025 21:44


    theater game of thrones perform bridgerton chairs great stories gethin hanif kureishi
    The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel's Alex Borstein Performs "Sparrow" by George Saunders

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2025 19:26


    theater sparrow performs great stories marvelous mrs maisel george saunders alex borstein
    Homeland's Zuleikha Robinson Performs "Replacement Theory" by Danzy Senna

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2025 45:41


    theater robinson homeland performs great stories replacement theory danzy senna
    Crazy Rich Asians' Gemma Chan Performs "21st Century Juliet" by Rose Tremain

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2025 32:21


    theater 21st century crazy rich asians performs great stories gemma chan rose tremain
    La Bamba's Lou Diamond Phillips Performs "Salud La Luz" by Dashiel Carrera

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2025 28:44


    theater carrera la luz performs great stories la bamba lou diamond phillips salud la
    Jason Isaacs & More Perform Bite-Sized Love Stories

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2025 27:00


    Christopher Gorham performs "A Happy Dream" by Steve Almond. Gethin Anthony performs "Crazy Glue" by Etgar Keret. Jason Isaacs and Gina Bellman perform "Happy Endings" by Margaret Atwood. ★ Support this podcast ★

    theater love stories perform margaret atwood great stories happy endings bite sized jason isaacs etgar keret steve almond crazy glue christopher gorham
    The Haunting of Hill House's Carla Gugino Performs "Old Crimes" by Jill McCorkle

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2025 36:11


    theater crimes performs great stories haunting of hill house carla gugino jill mccorkle
    The Righteous Gemstones' Cassidy Freeman Performs "Just This" by Pamela Painter

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2025 50:37


    theater righteous painter performs great stories gemstones cassidy freeman
    Salem's Lot's Alfre Woodard Performs "Brownies" by ZZ Packer

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2025 54:48


    theater salem brownies performs great stories alfre woodard zz packer
    Dune: Prophecy's Olivia Williams performs "Your Ad Could Go Here" by Oksana Zabuzhko

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2025 25:01


    theater dune prophecy performs great stories oksana olivia williams
    Nicholas Nickleby's Juliet Stevenson performs "Unbeschert" by Edith Pearlman

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2025 40:31


    theater performs great stories pearlman juliet stevenson nicholas nickleby
    Rushmore's Olivia Williams performs "Call It ‘The Bug' Because I Have No Time to Think of a Better Title” by Toby Litt

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2025 17:40


    theater no time rushmore performs great stories olivia williams toby litt
    Silo's Harriet Walter performs "Comma" by Hilary Mantel

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2025 30:42


    theater silo performs great stories comma hilary mantel harriet walter
    Truly, Madly, Deeply's Juliet Stevenson Performs "The Family Whistle" by Gerard Woodward

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2025 43:17


    family theater gerard whistle woodward performs great stories truly madly deeply juliet stevenson
    Leave the World Behind's Vanessa Aspillaga performs "Lucha" by Patricia Engel

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2025 37:52


    theater lucha performs great stories leave the world behind patricia engel
    The Witcher's MyAnna Buring Performs "Interstellar Space" by Scott O'Connor

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2025 46:01


    theater witcher performs great stories scotto interstellar space buring
    9-1-1's Remy Ortiz performs "Sábado Gigante" by Estella Gonzalez

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2025 29:09


    theater gonzalez ortiz gigante performs great stories
    Dead to Me's Diana Maria Riva performs "Oiga" by Luis Rodriguez

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2025 28:11


    theater performs great stories luis rodriguez oiga diana maria riva
    Guardians of the Galaxy's Gregg Henry Performs "Aftermath Lounge" by Margaret McMullan

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2025 42:36


    theater aftermath guardians of the galaxy performs great stories mcmullan gregg henry
    A Room With A View's Julian Sands Performs "On A Winter's Night" by Kate DiCamillo

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2024 24:57


    theater performs great stories julian sands room with a view kate dicamillo
    The Snowman's Dinita Gohil performs "Let Us Look Elsewhere" by Mona Dash, Silo's Tiffany Gray performs "What Business Has a Horse to Look Down on Me?"" & Kidadulthood's Ray Panthaki performs "Canute" by Nikesh Shukla

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2024 37:42


    theater horses snowman silo performs great stories look down nikesh shukla canute
    Deadpool & Wolverine's Leemore Marrett Jr. & Medusa Deluxe's Kayla Meikle perform "When We Went Gallivanting" by Leone Ross

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2024 30:23


    theater deadpool wolverines perform great stories meikle medusa deluxe
    Our Ladies' Tallulah Greive performs "Doctors" by Anneliese Mackintosh

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2024 23:20


    doctors theater ladies performs great stories mackintosh
    Downtown Abbey's Lesley Nicol performs "It Had Wings" by Allan Gurganus

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2024 15:58


    theater wings performs great stories downtown abbey lesley nicol allan gurganus
    Chernobyl's Con O'Neill Performs "An Invocation" by Ben Tufnell

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2024 25:11


    theater chernobyl performs great stories invocation
    Veterans' Day Special: Independence Day's Bill Pullman performs "Veterans' Night" by Richard Bausch

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2024 27:17


    theater veterans independence day performs great stories bill pullman bausch
    "The Reverse Bug" by Lore Segal with an Introduction from James Cromwell

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2024 41:01


    theater reverse great stories james cromwell lore segal
    Pre-Election Cautionary Tale this Halloween! Bad Monkey's Ronald Peet Reads "OBF, Inc." by Bernice McFadden

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2024 23:42


    halloween elections theater monkeys reads cautionary tales great stories mcfadden pre election peet bad monkey
    L.A. Confidential's James Cromwell performs "Ladies' Zoom" by Lore Segal

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2024 9:05


    zoom theater ladies confidential performs great stories james cromwell lore segal
    Succession's Harriet Walter performs "Her First American" by Lore Segal

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2024 45:05


    theater succession performs great stories first american harriet walter lore segal
    Bridgerton's Ben Miller performs "East Coast West Coast" by Will Cohu

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2024 33:07


    theater bridgerton performs great stories ben miller east coast west coast
    Veep's Gary Cole performs "Walls" by Tod Goldberg

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2024 19:27


    theater walls veep performs great stories gary cole tod goldberg
    The Crown's Alastair Mackenzie performs "Savage" by Kamila Shamsie

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2024 23:55


    theater crown savage performs great stories alastair kamila shamsie
    NCIS's Graham Hamilton performs "Sure I Will" by Dan Chaon

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2024 24:57


    theater hamilton ncis performs great stories dan chaon
    The Wood's Malinda Williams performs "Black Power" by Bernice McFadden

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2024 33:39


    theater wood performs great stories black power mcfadden
    Billion's Maggie Siff performs "Running" by Joyce Carol Oates

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2024 24:57


    running theater billion performs great stories joyce carol oates maggie siff
    Staff Picks: Mayans M.C. Richard Cabral performs "Good Things Happen at Tina's Café" by Daniel Olivas + Daniel Olivas performing his poem "Papa's Car"

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2024 50:44


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    Staff Picks: Brooklyn Bridge's Amy Aquino performs "Tiny, Meaningless Things" by Marissa Silver

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2024 70:19


    theater silver meaningless performs great stories brooklyn bridge staff picks amy aquino
    Staff Picks: American Vandal's Griffin Gluck performs "Uncle Willem" by Brad Watson

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2024 26:39


    theater uncle willem performs great stories gluck american vandal staff picks brad watson
    Staff Picks: Smallville's Cassidy Freeman performs "Each Day is the Same Backward and Forward", Jason Issacs performs "The Meeting, and Roma Maffia performs "Appleless" by Aimee Bender

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2024 42:55


    theater forward roma smallville performs great stories backward maffia staff picks aimee bender jason issacs cassidy freeman
    Staff Picks: Dune's Tim Blake Nelson reads "The Depletion Prompts" by David Means

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2024 39:21


    theater dune reads prompts great stories depletion tim blake nelson staff picks david means
    Staff Picks: Jennifer's Body's Johnny Simmons performs "Proxy Marriage" by Maile Meloy

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2024 56:38


    body marriage theater proxy performs great stories staff picks johnny simmons maile meloy
    Tulsa King's Vincent Piazza performs "Uncle Norm Reads Spinoza as His Cookie Business Collapses Due to the Rise in Sugar Prices in the Dominican Republic" by Peter Orner and "The Mighty Shannon" by David Means

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2024 51:29


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    Scandal's Bellamy Young performs "The Hawk", "Mr. Kim", and "Finger of Speech" by Brian Doyle

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2024 23:49


    theater speech scandals finger hawk performs great stories brian doyle bellamy young
    Christina Pickles & Christopher Gorham perform “The Apartment” by T.C. Boyle

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2024 58:23


    theater apartments perform pickles boyle great stories christopher gorham
    Father's Day: Jackie Brown's Robert Forster performs "Sweet Day" by Hal Ackerman

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2024 21:34


    father theater performs great stories ackerman jackie brown robert forster
    TC BOYLE MONTH: Home Alone's John Heard performs "Greasy Lake" by T.C. Boyle and T.C. Boyle performs his story "Modern Love"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2024 50:13


    theater lake home alone performs great stories modern love greasy john heard tc boyle

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