Host Meg Wolitzer presents two stories that reflect on the beauty and vulnerability of the natural world. In Joyas Voladoras, by Brian Doyle, we hear the many different heartbeats of the natural kin

A routine that never changes can get old. So this week on Selected Shorts, host Meg Wolitzer presents three stories that shake up domestic life, teaching the characters something new about themselves

Host Meg Wolitzer presents works that reflect on the loss of love, creatively imagined by a quartet of thoughtful writers. In The Space, by Christopher Boucher, a lost love is replaced byher absen

Since political satire is a type of satire that specializes in gaining entertainment from politics, it's a good time for today's story. And what makes it "too hot?" Well, some people find politics to

Host Meg Wolitzer presents two stories about objects of love, and feelings that can't be returned, for very different reasons. In A Love Letter by Greg Ames, a boy falls head over heels in a crosswa

Meg Wolitzer presents four works drawn from an evening of satirical stories about American political history, hosted by Andy Borowitz. Nothing is sacred. First, Joe Yan imagines Abraham Lincoln, huc

Host Meg Wolitzer talks with political satirist and author Andy Borowitz in this bonus interview.

Rarely do we devote one show to just one writer, but on this Selected Shorts, we turn the show over to universally beloved author George Saunders. Saunders somehow finds the good, or at any rate the i

Meg Wolitzer presents three stories about the tricky subject of envy that question whether the grass is in fact always greener somewhere else. In Alexandra Petris Seneca Falls for You, feminist El

Meg Wolitzer presents two stories with surprises the characters didnt anticipate. A smart Mom defies expectations in Agouti, by Brenda Williams, performed by Laurine Towler. And a smart house has