Host Meg Wolitzer presents stories chosen by On the Medias Brooke Gladstone. Gladstone was our guest for a live Selected Shorts event in which all the stories explore the theme of tales we tell ourse

Meg Wolitzer presents two stories about secret spaces, and what they represent. In N.K. Jemisins speculative fantasy Elevator Dancer a security guard in a totalitarian regime is beguiled by an ac

Meg Wolitzer presents three provocative works about rituals that reshape and define their characters. In oh she gotta head fulla hair, by Ntozake Shange, a womans attention to her hair consumes he

Host Meg Wolitzer shares our tribute to the influential and outspoken New Yorker Grace Paley, who would have turned 100 in 2022. Her emphasis on friends, family, and doing the right thing are evident

On this show, host Meg Wolitzer gets friendly, and shares three stories about friendships of all kinds. Kelly Stouts zinger Lets Get Drinks, offers up the perils of conducting a social life via h

On this show, Meg Wolitzer hands things off to guest host Hope Davis, who presents three stories about finding some kind of peace and stability in a variety of challenging circumstances. In Rabih Alam

Host Meg Wolitzer presents two stories in which some things are saved and some are left behind. Both stories also have a connection to the German language. In Haruki Murakamis Lederhosen, performed

Host Meg Wolitzer presents stories by Kurt Vonnegut in which the Slaughterhouse Five author somehow managed to make a bleak dystopia funny and a high school band teacher a hero. The stories explore th

Read by Jane Kaczmarek, author Roxane Gay's playful story somehow confronts alcoholism, matrimony, masculinity, the nuclear family and the failure of the American Dream, while making us laugh. And hos

On this Selected Shorts program, host Meg Wolitzer presents stories about journeysphysical and emotionalthat end in unexpected places. In A Woman Driving Alone, by Marie-Helene Bertino, the main