Radio Schedule

Take a look forward (or back, depending when you read this) at the schedule for the 2012-13 Selected Shorts season. As each show passes, we’ll add links to where you can find more information about the broadcast.

5/31  About Time  GUEST HOST JANE CURTIN
“The History of Everything Including You,” by Jenny Hollowell, performed by Kyra Sedgwick
“Voodoo Child (Slight Return),” by Paul Broks, performed by Jane Curtin
“Getting Closer,” by Steven Millhauser, performed by Isaiah Sheffer

5/24  Convergence  GUEST HOST DAVID SEDARIS
“Everything That Rises Must Converge,” by Flannery O’Connor, performed by Estelle Parsons
“Jesus is Waiting,” by Amy Hempel, performed by Mary Stuart Masterson

5/17  Family Values  GUEST HOST DAVID SEDARIS
“Where the Door is Always Open and the Welcome Mat is Out,” by Patricia Highsmith, performed by Tandy Cronyn
“Powder,” by Tobias Wolff, performed by Isaiah Sheffer
(Click here for the audiobook of Our Story Begins by Tobias Wolff)

5/10  What Would You Do?   GUEST HOST DAVID SEDARIS
“In the Cemetery Where Al Jolson is Buried,” by Amy Hempel, performed by Mary Beth Hurt
“The Night in Question,” by Tobias Wolff, performed by Lou Antonio
(Click here for the audiobook of Our Story Begins by Tobias Wolff)
“I Know What I’m Doing About All the Attention I’ve Been Getting,” by Frank Gannon, performed by David Sedaris

5/3  Dorothy Parker’s Wicked Pen:  GUEST HOST DAVID SEDARIS
“Here We Are,” by Dorothy Parker, performed by Jane Alexander
“Just a Little One,” by Dorothy Parker, performed  by Dana Ivey
“The Waltz,” by Dorothy Parker, performed by Parker Posey

4/26  A Tribute to David Rakoff  GUEST HOST DAVID SEDARIS
“Cryptology,” by Leonard Michaels, performed by David Rakoff
“Gomez Palacio,” by Roberto Bolano, performed by David Rakoff

4/19  Passion for the Park  GUEST HOST BD WONG
“Central Park,” by Colson Whitehead, performed by Leonard Nimoy
Bad Boy (selection) by Walter Dean Myers, performed by Eric Poindexter
“My Little Bit of Country,” by Susan Cheever, performed by Debra Monk
“The Green Fields of the Mind,” by A. Bartlett Giamatti, performed by the author

4/12  A Richard Ford Odyssey GUEST HOST: BD WONG
“Leaving for Kenosha,” by Richard Ford, performed by David Strathairn

4/5 The Sun and the Moon GUEST HOST: BD WONG
“The Distance of the Moon,” by Italo Calvino, performed by Liev Schreiber
“All Summer in a Day,” by Ray Bradbury, performed by Michael Cerveris
With commentary by Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich of RADIO LAB

3/28  A Night at the Abbey  GUEST HOST: BD WONG
“Jeeves Exerts the Old Cerebellum” by P.G. Wodehouse performed by Jim Dale
A Little Dinner Before the Play (selection) by Agnes Jekyll performed by Chip Kidd
Below Stairs (selection) by Margaret Powell performed by Jayne Houdyshell
“The Reticence of Lady Anne,” by Saki performed by BD Wong

3/21  Expect the Unexpected GUEST HOST:  NEIL GAIMAN
“The Baby-Sitter,”  by Jane Yolen, performed by Isaiah Sheffer
“The Secret Life of Walter Mitty,” by James Thurber performed by Dick Cavett
“The Pedestrian,” by Ray Bradbury, performed by Jamey Sheridan
“The Wood Duck,” by James Thurber, performed by Malachy McCourt

3/14  True Selves/Hidden Selves  GUEST HOST: BD WONG
“Reeling for the Empire,” by Karen Russell, performed by Kaneza Schall
“The Dodo,” by Ben Loory, performed by Andre Holland

3/7  Odd Couples  GUEST HOST: CYNTHIA NIXON
“Cathedral,” by Raymond Carver, performed by James Naughton
“I Dated Jane Austen,” by TC Boyle, performed by Isaiah Sheffer

2/28  Flash Forward  GUEST HOST: CYNTHIA NIXON
“Vanilla Bright Like Eminem,” by Michel Faber, performed by Daniel Gerroll
“North Country,” by Roxane Gay, performed by Adepero Oduye

2/21  High Society  GUEST HOST: CYNTHIA NIXON
“Bonfire of the Vanities,” excerpt by Tom Wolfe, performed by Danny Burstein
“Xingu,” by Edith Wharton, performed by Christina Pickles

2/14   Love and Longing  GUEST HOST: CYNTHIA NIXON
“Fires,” by Rick Bass, performed by Ted Marcoux
“A Singer’s Romance” by Willa Cather, performed by Marian Seldes
“What Do We Have in our Pockets?” by Etgar Keret, performed by David Rakoff

2/7  Wanting More  GUEST HOST:  NEIL GAIMAN
“The Rocking-Horse Winner,” by D.H. Lawrence, performed by Fionnula Flanagan
“The Book,” by Ben Loory, performed by Jane Kaczmarek

1/31  Illusions  GUEST HOST:  NEIL GAIMAN
“Miracle Polish,” by Steven Millhauser, performed by Paul Hecht
“The Open Window,” by Saki, performed by Tandy Cronyn

1/24 Dreams and Schemes GUEST HOST:  NEIL GAIMAN
“The Veldt,” by Ray Bradbury performed by Stephen Colbert
“The Catbird Seat,” by James Thurber, performed by Leonard Nimoy

1/17/13 – Wondrous Women  GUEST HOST:  JOHN LITHGOW
“Melisande,” by E. Nesbit, performed by Jane Curtin
“Fault Lines,” by Barbara Kingsolver, performed by Jill Eikenberry

1/10/13 - Compulsions   GUEST HOST:  JOHN LITHGOW
“The Monkey’s Paw,” by W.W. Jacobs, performed by John Lithgow
“Two Words,” by Isabel Allende, performed by Lisa Fugard

1/3/13 - Readers and Writers  GUEST HOST:  JOHN LITHGOW
“Ed Has His Mind Improved,” by Walter R. Brooks, performed by Tony Roberts
“Exchange,” by Ray Bradbury, performed by Rochelle Oliver
“Dreamtigers,” by Jorge Luis Borges, performed by Isaiah Sheffer.

12/27/12 – Pushing the Limits  GUEST HOST:  JOHN LITHGOW
“You Were Perfectly Fine,” by Dorothy Parker, performed by Aya Cash and David Furr
“Unprotected,” by Simon Rich, performed by Wyatt Cenac
“The Day the Dam Broke,” by James Thurber, performed by Alec Baldwin
“Center of the Universe,” by Simon Rich, performed by Isaiah Sheffer
“The Tablecloth of Turin,” by Ron Carlson, performed by Edi Gathegi

12/20/12 - A Father’s Story
“Hanwell in Hell,” by Zadie Smith, performed by Richard Easton
Special guest: Colm Toibin

12/13/12 – Things Are Not What They Seem
“A Priest in the Family,” by Colm Toibin, performed by Lois Smith
“Dusk,” by James Salter, performed by Amy Ryan
“The Bureau,” by J. Robert Lennon, performed by Kirsten Vangsness
Special guest: Colm Toibin

12/6/12 – What’s Going On?
“The Empty Room,” by Jonathan Lethem, performed by Tate Donovan
“Why Don’t You Dance?,” by Raymond Carver, performed by Corey Stoll
“Neighbors,” by Raymond Carver, performed by Jefferson Mays
Special guest: Jonathan Lethem

11/29/12 – Objects of Desire
“Counting the Ways” by Susan Perabo, performed by Robert Sean Leonard
“The Pony Problem” by Sloane Crosley, performed by Kirsten Vangsness
“Love Poems” by Lon Otto, performed by Isaiah Sheffer

11/22/12 – Remembering Isaiah Sheffer
A celebration including readings by series founder Isaiah Sheffer, with special guest host Colum McCann.
“Heart of a Champion,” by T.C. Boyle
“It Had Wings,” by Allan Gurganus
“Dating Your Mom,” by Ian Frazier
“Lamentations of the Father”
Some additional special material will also be featured.

11/15/12 – Paris Lives
“A Bookshop of My Own” and “Setting Up Shop” by Sylvia Beach, performed by Martha Plimpton
“No Name in the Street” (excerpt) by James Baldwin, performed by Gbenga Akinnagbe
“Hunger Was Good Discipline” by Ernest Hemingway, performed by John Shea
“The Messy Joy of the Final Throes of the Dinner Party” by Helen Phillips, performed by Kaneza Schaal

11/8/12 – Money, Greed and Power
“Where the Money Went” by Kevin Canty, performed by Jack Davidson
“One Day I Will Write About This Place” (excerpt) by Binyavanga Wainaina, performed by Teagle Bougere
“The Flamboyant Grandson” by George Saunders, performed by Harris Yulin

11/1/12 – The Twenty-Seventh Man
“The Twenty-Seventh Man” by Nathan Englander, performed  by Michael Stuhlbarg

10/25/12 - Tales of Terror from Edgar Allan Poe
“The Tell-Tale Heart” performed by Terrence Mann
“The Black Cat” performed by Rene Auberjonois
“The Raven” performed by Rene Auberjonois, Fionnula Flanagan, Isaiah Sheffer, and Harris Yulin

10/18/12 – Great Beginnings
“Healthy Start,” by Etgar Keret, performed by Michael Tucker
“Hoodie in Xanadu,” by Ann Beattie, performed by Jill Eikenberry
“Best Worst American,” by Juan Martinez, performed by Cristin Milioti

Special guest: Etgar Keret

10/11/12 – Favorites from One Story Magazine
“Nephilim,” L. Annette Binder, read by Colby Minifie
“Ballon Night,” Tom Barbash, read by Tom Cavanagh
“Cretan Love Song,” Jim Shepard, read by Joe Morton

10/4/12 – A Touch of Magic
“Vaclav the Magnificent” by Haley Tanner, performed by Sarah Steele
“Swept Away” by T.C. Boyle, performed by Rene Auberjonois

9/27/12 – The Lives of Things
“In the Reign of Harad IV” by Steven Millhauser, performed by Leonard Nimoy
“Americca” by Aimee Bender, performed by Jane Levy
“Rocking Chair” by Abigail Thomas, performed by Kate Burton

9/20/12 – Wishing You the Best
“A Prayer” by Paul Simms, performed by Chip Zien
“Lamentations of the Father” by Ian Frazier, performed by Isaiah Sheffer
“The Storm” by Jules Verne, performed by Tony Roberts
“Robbed” by Ellen Currie, performed by Christina Pickles

9/13/12 – The Private Paradise
“My Backyard” by Peter Lu, performed by Sonia Manzano
“A Room of My Own” by Alanna Okun, performed by Rita Wolf
“Heirloom China” by Rowan Hisayo Buchanan, performed by Sonia Manzano
“Jonathan’s” by Teo  Soares, performed by David Rakoff
“Reading Aloud,” by Marina Keegan, performed by Rita Wolf
“Your Mother and I,” by Dave Eggers performed by David Rakoff
“Visit” by Barry Yourgrau,” read by James Naughton

9/6/12 – Edwidge Danticat:  Haiti/New York
“Claire of the Sea Light” by Edwidge Danticat, performed by Anika Noni Rose
“New York Day Woman” by Edwidge Danticat, performed by Laurine Towler

8/30/12 – Young Men on the Make
“The Deal” by Mike Birbiglia, performed by the author
“Seeing the World” by Louis Robinson, performed by Thomas Gibson

8/23/12 – Holding Fast
“I Am Not a Jew” by John Biguenet, performed by Denis O’Hare
“Everything in this Country Must,” by Colum McCann, performed by Amy Ryan
“Flying,” by Stephen Dixon, performed by Thomas Gibson

8/16/12 – An Irish Ear: Colum McCann’s Favorite Stories
“Free Fruit for Young Widows” by Nathan Englander, performed by Michael Cerveris
“(She Owns) Every Thing” by Anne Enright, performed by Mary-Louise Parker
“The Writers’ Model” by Molly Giles, performed by Blair Brown

8/9/12 – Latin Beat: Bolaño and Writers He Admired
“The Shape of the Sword” by Jorge Luis Borges, translated by David A. Yates, performed by Charles Keating
“On the Honeymoon” by Javier Marias, translated by Margaret Jull Costa, performed by Ivan Hernandez
“William Burns” by Roberto Bolaño, translated by Chris Andrews, performed by Michael Stuhlbarg

8/2/12 – Little Fellows   
“Ever After” by Kim Addonizio performed by Christine Ebersole
“Boys” by Rick Moody performed by B.D. Wong
“The Fortunes of Madame Organza” by Natalie Babbitt performed by Janel Maloney

7/26/12 – Happy Families?  
“Porte Cochere” by Peter Taylor performed by Leonard Nimoy
“Enough” by Alice McDermott performed by Fionnula Flanagan

7/19/12 – Wild Western Women
“Liliana” by Maile Meloy performed by James Naughton
“Going to the Dogs” by Richard Ford performed by Isaiah Sheffer

7/12/12 – Hollywood in the Serengeti  
“Safari” by Jennifer Egan performed by Hope Davis

7/5/12 – Who Am I?  
“Neighbors” by Julia Alvarez performed by Joanna Gleason
“Flight Patterns” by Sherman Alexie performed by B.D. Wong

6/28/12 – Twice Upon a Time  
“Ardour” by Jonathan Keats performed by Lili Taylor
“Little Pot” by Ilya Kaminsky performed by Sonia Manzano
“Blue Bearded Lover” by Joyce Carol Oates performed by Betsy Lippitt
“Relic” by Robert Olen Butler performed by Ron Nakahara
“The Porcelain Man” by Richard Kennedy, performed by Estelle Parsons

6/21/12 – Mysteries and Wonders
“The Schartz Metterklume Method” by Saki, read by Marian Seldes
“Berkeley or Mariana of the Universe,” by Liliana Heker, read by Hope Davis
“Cultural Relativity” by Charles Johnson, read by Regina King
“New York Day Women,” by Edwidge Danticat, read by Laurine Towler

6/14/12 – What the Blind Can See
“Household,” by Yasunari Kawabata, read by Fionnula Flanagan
“Things We Knew When the House Caught Fire,” by David Drury, read by Keith Szarabajka

6/7/12 – Great Expectations
“An Amateurs Guide to the Night,” by Mary Robison, read by Patricia Kalember
“Learn a Trade” by John Updike, read by James Naughton
“Pride and Joy” by Etgar Keret, read by Robert Sean Leonard

5/31/12 – Our Own Madness
“Adults Alone,” by A.M. Homes, read by Christina Pickles
“The Knocking,” by David Means, read by Isaiah Sheffer
Feature:  interview with A.M. Homes

5/24/12 – The Power of Love
“Love” by Tibor Dery, read by Keir Dullea
“Silver Water” by Amy Bloom, read by Linda Lavin

5/17/12 – Miracles Can Happen
“The Fall of Texas” by Joyce Johnson, read by Cynthia Nixon
“Personal Letter 2,” by Sonia Sanchez, read by Staceyann Chin
“The Fix,” by Percival Everett, read by Isaiah Sheffer
Feature:  Interview with Joyce Johnson
Web feature: Interview with Percival Everett

5/10/12 – Literary Mix Tape
“Milestones” by Hannah Tinti, read by Laurie Anderson
“Wunderkind” by Carson McCullers, read by Kelli O’Hara
Featured music: “Milestones,” by Miles Davis; Ludwig von Beethoven,
Piano Sonata No. 12

5/3/12 – All Modern Conveniences
“Not Quite Home Alone,” by Krista McGruder,  read by Jacqueline Kim
“The Shared Patio,” by Miranda July, read by Kirsten Vangsness
“The Sphinx,” by Edgar Allan Poe, read by Kathleen Widdoes
“Privacy,” by Richard Ford read by René Auberjonois

4/26/12 – What Is Real?
“A Woman at the Window,” by James Lasdun, read by Leenya Rideout
“Quadraturin” by Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky, read by David Rakoff
“Flight” by Deborah Joy Corey, read by Leenya Rideout

4/19/12 – Tennessee, Edna, and Flannery
“Life Story” by Tenessee Williams, read by Mia Dillon
“Violets” by Edna O’Brien, read by Fionnula Flanagan
“The Life You Save May Be Your Own” by Flannery O’Connor, read by Lois Smith

4/12/12 – Arrivals and Departures
“Strangers in the House,” by Nahid Rachlin, read by Freda Foh Shen
“A Disappearance,” by Julie Otsuka, read by Jane Kaczmarek
Feature:  Interview with Julie Otsuka

4/5/12 – Speeding Away
“Fruit and Words” by Aimee Bender, read by Rita Wolf
“La Conchita” by T.C.  Boyle, read by Isaiah Sheffer

3/29/12 – Humor Me  
“Six Days: Some Rememberings,” by Grace Paley, performed by Dana Ivey
“Dating Your Mom,” by Ian Frazier, read by Isaiah Sheffer
“A Plague of Tics,” by David Sedaris, read by Robert Sean Leonard

3/22/12 – Where Am I?
“Why I’m Not Where You Are,” by Jonathan Safran Foer, performed by Isaiah Sheffer
“Interview,” by Will Eno, performed by the author
From The Moth: A James Braly performance
“All the Days and Nights,” by William Maxwell, performed by Tony Roberts

3/15/12 – Couples and Mysteries from Haruki Murakami
“Airplane,” by Haruki Murakami performed by Parker Posey
“The Mirror,” by Haruki Murakami, performed by Campbell Scott
“The Little Green Monster,” by Haruki Murakami, performed by Dana Ivey

3/8/12 – Growing Up Fast
“Smorgasbord,” by Tobias Wolff, performed by Rene Auberjonois
“Football,” by Elizabeth Crane, performed by Martha Lavey

3/1/12 – Helping Out
“The Leopard of Ti Morne,” by Mark Kurlansky, performed by Stephen Lang
“Graven Image,” by John O’Hara, performed by Denis O’Hare

2/23/12 – It Chooses You: An Evening with Miranda July
The writer and filmmaker reads from her new book, with Tom Bloom, Mia Dillon, Rebecca Naomi Jones, Adrian Martinez, Olga Merediz and Tom Nelis.

2/16/12 – Big City Women
A Selection from 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami, performed by Miriam Silverman
“The Night Bookmobile,” by Audrey Niffenegger, performed by Christina Pickles

2/9/12 – Families Are So Complicated
“La Vita Nuova,” by Allegra Goodman, performed by Marin Ireland
“The Secret Goldfish,” by David Means, performed by Charles Keating

2/2/12 – Food and Flight
“Rapture of the Deep,” by T.C. Boyle, performed by Isaiah Sheffer
“Wanting an Orange,” by Larry Woiwode, performed by Michael Keck

1/26/12 – Two Tough Love Stories
“What We Talk About When We Talk About Love,” by Raymond Carver,
performed by Leonard Nimoy
“The Getaway,” by Dorothy Thomas, performed by Mia Dillon

1/19/12 – The Strangeness of Everyday Life: Two by Murakami
“Lederhosen,” by Haruki Murakami, performed by Aasif Mandvi
“Ice Man,” by Haruki Murakami performed by Jane Curtin

1/12/12 – Russian Tales
“My First Goose,” by Isaac Babel, performed by Joe Morton
“The Father,” by Ludmilla Petrushevskaya, performed by Nina Arianda
“Rothschild’s Fiddle,” by Anton Chekhov, performed by Denis O’Hare

1/5/12 – James Joyce’s The Dead (Part 2)
“The Dead,” by James Joyce, performed by Rene Auberjonois, Fionnula Flanagan and Isaiah Sheffer

12/29/2011 – James Joyce for New Year’s
“The Dead,” by James Joyce, performed by Rene Auberjonois, Fionnula Flanagan and Isaiah Sheffer

12/22/11 – Ghosts and Angels
“The Night the Ghost Got In,” by James Thurber, performed by Isaiah Sheffer
“Examining the Evidence,” by Alice Hoffman, performed by Joanna Gleason
“It Had Wings,” by Allan Gurganus, performed by Marian Seldes
“Secondhand Man,” by Rita Dove, performed by Audra McDonald

12/15/11 – The Magical Imagination of Neil Gaiman
“Troll Bridge,” by Neil Gaiman, performed by Neil Gaiman
“The Circular Ruins,” by Jorge Luis Borges, performed by Boyd Gaines
“Tender” by Carly Sachs, performed by Mary Brienza

12/8/11 – Danger at Dinner
“But the One on the Right,” by Dorothy Parker, performed by Christina Pickles
“A Bunch of Broccoli on the Third Shelf,” by Lara Vapnya, performed by Heather Goldenhersh

12/1/11 – Dad Tales
“More Life,” by Mark Strand, performed by Isaiah Sheffer
“Creeping,” by Maxine Swann, performed by Christine Ebersole

11/24/11 – Man Walks into a Bar
“Bayonne,” by John Cheever, performed by Mary Kay Place
“Fjord of Killary,” by Kevin Barry, performed by James Naughton

11/17/11 – Wacky Families (Our Thanksgiving special)
“Jamaica,” by David Schickler, performed by Isaiah Sheffer
“On the U.S.S. Fortitude,” by Ron Carlson, performed by Laura Esterman

11/10/11 – Wildwood
“Wildwood,” by Junot Diaz, performed by Sonia Manzano

11/3/11 – Do You Know Where You Are?
“It’s Six A.M., Do You Know Where You Are?” by Jay McInerney, performed by Jeremy Shamos
“Red from Green,” by Mailie Meloy, performed by Patricia Kalember

10/27/11 – Dogs and Dates
“Sir Henry” by Lydia Millet; performed by John Lithgow
“Some Contemporary Characters,” by Rick Moody, performed by
Mike Birbiglia and Aya Cash

10/20/11 – Edna O’Brien’s Saints & Sinners
“Sinners,” by Edna O’Brien, performed by Cynthia Nixon
“Black Flower,” by Edna O’Brien, performed by Colum McCann
“Going for a Beer,” by Robert Coover; performed by Isaiah Sheffer

10/13/11 – Love in Real Life
“A Life in Fictions,” by Kat Howard, performed by Marin Ireland
“The Thing About Cassandra,” by Neil Gaiman, performed by Josh Hamilton

10/6/11 – Literary Music and a Minotaur
“Customer Service at the Karaoke Don Quixote” by Juan Martinez; performed by
Nate Corddry
“Ziggurat” by Stephen O’Connor; performed by Tim Curry

9/29/11 – The World of Etgar Keret
“Suddenly, a Knock on the Door” by Etgar Keret; performed by Josh Radnor
“Lieland” by Etgar Keret; performed by BD Wong
“Halibut” by Etgar Keret; performed by Josh Radnor
“Fatso” by Etgar Keret; performed by John Guare