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This is LoveEpisode 37: What Gets Told"History was dependent upon people like me remembering." A conversation with Betty Reid Soskin, shortly before her 100th birthday.Betty Reid Soskin’s book is Sign My Name to Freedom.For a transcript of this episode, send an email to transcripts@thisiscriminal.com with the episode name and number. Say hello on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Artwork by Julienne Alexander.Check out our online shop.This is Love is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. If you haven’t already, please follow the show and review us on Apple Podcasts! https://appl...2021-08-2526 minThis is LoveEpisode 36: The Magpie of Heart MountainWhen Shigeru Yabu was a little boy he made a new friend in an unexpected place. “That bird walked up my arm all the way to my shoulder, and we looked at each other, eye to eye.”Shigeru Yabu’s book is Hello Maggie!For a transcript of this episode, send an email to transcripts@thisiscriminal.com with the episode name and number. Say hello on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Artwork by Julienne Alexander.Check out our online shop. This is Love is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. If you haven’t...2021-07-2834 minThis is LoveEpisode 35: My PennyIn October of 2006, a press conference was held at a hospital in Denver. During the press conference, a man asked if anyone watching could tell him who he was, or how he got there. Because he didn’t know.For a transcript of this episode, send an email to transcripts@thisiscriminal.com with the episode name and number. Say hello on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Artwork by Julienne Alexander.Check out our online shop.This is Love is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. If you haven’t already, please follow the show and...2021-06-3032 minThis is LoveEpisode 34: Lost and FoundOn today's episode: Home recordings, people recording their friends, neighbors, and strangers — for a look at how we live, and who we are, by listening closely. Featuring a 5-year-old Sofia Coppola, and Patti Smith before she recorded her first album.Lost & Found Sound is the work of Nikki Silva and Davia Nelson, also known as The Kitchen Sisters. No one makes radio like the Kitchen Sisters. As Tom Waits put it, “Lost & Found Sound is beyond description.”You can find more of the Kitchen Sisters' recordings at http://www.kitchensisters.org/.It’s the Radiotopi...2021-05-2645 minThis is LoveEpisode 33: On the Way to DinnerOn August 28th, 2000, Danny Stewart got on the subway to meet his boyfriend Pete Mercurio for dinner in New York City. As he was exiting the station, he noticed something on the ground. It looked like a baby doll wrapped in a shirt. And then he saw the doll's legs move.Pete Mercurio's book is Our Subway Baby.Check out our online shop.This Is Love is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX.If you haven’t already, please follow the show and review us on Apple Podcasts! https://apple.co/2BmM...2021-04-2836 minThis is LoveEpisode 32: Among the Oak TreesOne day in the spring of 1986, a woman in Hot Springs, Arkansas named Ruth Coker Burks was visiting a friend in the hospital. She noticed a door down the hall that had a red tarp over it, and the nurses were avoiding the room. So she decided to sneak in.This Is Love is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX.If you haven’t already, please follow the show and review us on Apple Podcasts! https://apple.co/2BmMZr5Say hello on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.Artwork by Julienne Alexander.2021-03-3128 min
This is LoveEpisode 31: Something Large and WildOur favorite story, for anyone who might be feeling a little lost.This Is Love is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX.If you haven’t already, please subscribe to the show and review us on Apple Podcasts! https://apple.co/2BmMZr5Say hello on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.Artwork by Julienne Alexander.Sponsors:AMC/Acorn To watch A Suitable Boy, sign up for Acorn TV today and you’ll get a free 30 day trial! Just go to Acorn.tv and use the promo code THISISLOVE.2020-12-2323 minThis is LoveEpisode 30: CheersIn June of 2020, a 72-year-old man in the UK named Gerald Stratford posted a photograph of himself in his garden on Twitter. He wrote, “Just giving my onions their daily inspection, a crucial time now for veg.” The tweet, like many of Gerald Stratford’s tweets, went viral. Gerald told us he never expected so many people to like his tweets about his garden, but that he just tries to be nice and polite and so far, people like it.This Is Love is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX.If you haven’t already, please s...2020-12-0925 minThis is LoveEpisode 28: The Clearwater MonsterEarly one morning in 1948, a phone call woke up the police chief in the small town of Clearwater, Florida. The caller said he’d seen something strange at the beach. Residents woke up that morning to find an odd set of footprints in the sand, and a rumor began circulating that Clearwater Beach had a sea monster.This Is Love is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX.If you haven’t already, please subscribe to the show and review us on Apple Podcasts! https://apple.co/2BmMZr5Say hello on Twitter, Facebook and Inst...2020-11-1129 minThis is LoveEpisode 27: He Left in a Storm, He’ll Return in a StormThere’s an old story on Cape Cod about a woman named Maria Hallett who fell in love with a pirate. According to legend, when he died at sea, she became so heartbroken that she started walking along the cliffs in storms and cursing other ships. The story goes that she believed that if she had lost the person she loved to the sea, everyone else should too. She became known as “The Sea Witch of Billingsgate,” and her story has haunted Cape Cod for the last 300 years.This Is Love is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX.2020-10-2827 minThis is LoveEpisode 26: The KinseysBernard Kinsey met Shirley Pooler in 1963, when they were both students at Florida A&M University, after a protest to integrate the movie theaters in Tallahassee. Years later, when their son Khalil was born, Bernard and Shirley made a plan — they wanted him to understand where he came from, and where his ancestors came from. So they decided to become detectives, uncovering the history of the Black experience in America.This Is Love is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX.If you haven’t already, please subscribe to the show and review us on Apple Podc...2020-10-1432 minThis is LoveEpisode 19: The WolvesWe go searching for wolves in Yellowstone, and learn about the dramatic and surprisingly relatable relationship between a powerful young wolf and the small, elderly wolf who had raised him.We’re trying something new. Two stories about the same family of wolves in Yellowstone. One is a love story, and one is a crime story. For the crime story, check out Episode 137 of Criminal. It’s called Wolf 10. apple.co/2JBu7uRRick McIntyre's book is The Rise of Wolf 8: Witnessing the Triumph of Yellowstone's UnderdogThis Is Love is a proud member of R...2020-04-0138 min
This is LoveEpisode 16: Everything FloatsWe visit a place where the “black sheep” of the Guggenheim family went to be free.Francine Prose’s book is Peggy Guggenheim: The Shock of the Modern.This Is Love is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX.If you haven't already, please subscribe to the show and review us on iTunes! https://apple.co/2BmMZr5Say hello on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.Artwork byJulienne Alexander.Sponsors:Away Find out how much you can save on a suitcase by visiting awaytravel.com/thisislove and enteri...2019-06-1222 minThis is LoveEpisode 14: The Town That Stayed QuietWe visit a city in Northern Italy where everyone decided to stay quiet to save something beautiful.This Is Love is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX.If you haven't already, please subscribe to the show and review us on iTunes! https://apple.co/2BmMZr5Say hello on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.Artwork by Julienne Alexander.Sponsors:BetterHelp This is Love listeners get 10% off your first month of online counseling at betterhelp.com/thisisloveBoll & Branch Listeners get $50 off their first set of sheets...2019-05-1522 minThis is LoveEpisode 13: Ugly ClubWe visit a place where it's good to be ugly.With Club dei Brutti's permission, we've created an Ugly Club pin for This is Love listeners. Get yours here (https://cottonbureau.com/products/ugly-club-pin) or pick one up at the club's HQ in Piobbico.This Is Love is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX.If you haven't already, please subscribe to the show and review us on iTunes! https://apple.co/2BmMZr5Say hello on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.Artwork by Julienne Alexander.Sponsors:2019-05-0127 minThis is LoveEpisode 12: How to Be AloneMore than 40 years ago, a man moved to an abandoned mining town to be alone. He says that there are days in the winter "when it's so quiet that the noisiest thing is the snow hitting your jacket."We have new This is Love stickers in the store!This Is Love is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX.If you haven't already, please subscribe to the show and review us on iTunes! https://apple.co/2BmMZr5Say hello on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.Artwork by Julienne Alexander....2018-12-1925 min