Selected Shorts

Selected Shorts

Our greatest actors transport us through the magic of fiction, one short story at a time. Sometimes funny. Always moving. Selected Shorts connects you to the world with a rich diversity of voices from literature, film, theater, and comedy. New episodes every Thursday, from Symphony Space.

Latest Episode

Uprooted (02.10.2025)

Previous Episodes

  • Introducing Curiosity Weekly 02.10.2025
  • Better with You? 25.09.2025
  • The Way I See It 18.09.2025
  • Tell Me More: Kathryn Nicolai 15.09.2025
  • Reinventing the Wheel 11.09.2025
  • Tangled Lives 04.09.2025
  • Meet the Neighbors 28.08.2025
  • McSweeney’s 25th Anniversary Extravaganza 21.08.2025
  • Perfectly Unmatched 14.08.2025
  • Too Hot For Radio: Roxane Gay "Requiem for a Glass Heart" 04.08.2025
  • Bonus: A.M. Homes interviews Margaret Atwood 26.06.2025
  • Too Hot For Radio: Rachel B. Glaser "Ira and the Whale" 02.06.2025
  • Bonus: Meg Wolitzer Talks with Judy Blume 16.01.2025
  • A Conversation with Andy Borowitz 24.10.2024
  • Too Hot For Radio: Ottessa Moshfegh "The Weirdos" 02.09.2024
  • Picture Perfect 06.06.2024
  • Bonus: A Conversation with Elizabeth Strout 04.04.2024
  • Meg Wolitzer interviews Louise Erdrich 15.02.2024
  • Bonus: Meg Wolitzer Talks to Denis O’Hare 08.02.2024
  • Bonus: Meg Wolitzer Visits Her Favorite Indie Bookstore 29.06.2023

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