Keepers of the Old Ways
Eliot Stein on the people keeping cultural traditions alive
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, January 17, 2025
“The Purse-Seine” by Robinson Jeffers
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, January 14, 2025
“The Horses” by Edwin Muir
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, December 31, 2024
The Snow Maiden
Our final episode of 2018 is a send-off to the solstice
By Stephanie Bastek Monday, December 30, 2024
The Case for Empathy
Walk a mile in someone else’s words
By Richard Wertime Tuesday, September 15, 2020
“I Sit and Sew” by Alice Dunbar-Nelson
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, September 15, 2020
How to Save Farming From Itself
The “quiet emergency” created by industrial agriculture
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, September 11, 2020
Taking Down Teddy
In our rush to condemn the heroes of the past, we must be sure not to abandon empathy
By David Gessner Thursday, September 10, 2020
“The Two Times I Loved You the Most In a Car” by Dorothea Grossman
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, September 8, 2020
Race and Public Health
The coronavirus reveals how this country fails to relieve suffering