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Hey, It's MeI Guess It’s a Good Thing I Have a Therapy Appointment TomorrowMike and Rachel talk about the promises we make when we have kids. (Recorded May 26, 2025) Transcript Show Notes a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/modern-love-why-boys-and-men-are-floundering/id1200361736?i=1000709774109" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Daily - ‘Modern Love’: Why Boys and Men Are Floundering, According to Therapist Terry Real 2025-07-281h 25Hey, It's MeBanging on the DoorMike asks Rachel if he’s still being a good friend. (Recorded April 28, 2025) Transcript Show Notes Planet Money - Episode 513: Dear Economist, I Need a Date 2025-07-141h 28Hey, It's MeI Think We're Getting a Little AnimatedMike and Rachel discuss the podcast The Telepathy Tapes. (Recorded March, 2025) Transcript Show Notes The Telepathy Tapes Short Cuts - In Colour 2025-03-241h 38Hey, It's MeHours of Recorded EvidenceRachel gives an update about her situation, and she and Mike talk about putting Commonplace on hiatus. (Recorded February 1, 2025) Transcript2025-02-241h 10Hey, It's MeIt's OkayRachel gives an update about her situation, and she and Mike talk about putting Commonplace on hiatus. (Recorded December 28, 2024) Transcript Show Notes Maira Kalman The Telepathy Tapes 2025-02-101h 32Hey, It's MeMaybe It’s Just Enough For the Two of Us to Sit Together in the Bad FeelingsMike and Rachel talk about dating. (Recorded November 25, 2024.) Transcript2025-01-141h 25
Keep the Channel OpenChecking InIn the wake of this year’s election, I found myself feeling a lot of things, but most of all that what sustains us through difficult times is always relationships and community. So I reached out to some past guests of the show and invited them to share some updates about where they are, who they’re connected to, and how they’re thinking about their work right now. At the end of the episode, I close by sharing a clip from the latest episode of Hey, It’s Me. Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Pocket Casts | Goodpods...2024-12-251h 16Hey, It's MeBring Your Whole Self, Including Your HopelessnessRachel and Mike talk about the election. (Recorded November 11, 2024.) Transcript2024-12-231h 13Hey, It's MeBeard or No BeardRachel and Mike discuss whether the men of Star Trek are good in bed. (Recorded October 13, 2024) Transcript Show Notes Mike’s Bluesky thread Sheila Heti - “Finding Raffi” 2024-12-091h 24Hey, It's MeSome Interest and Also Some TrepidationRachel and Mike welcome David to the show. (Recorded August 30, 2024) Transcript2024-11-251h 02Hey, It's MeThere's Always Going to Be a DisconnectRachel and Mike talk about neurodivergence. (Recorded August 25, 2024) Transcript2024-11-111h 23Hey, It's MeBreaking Format, Part 2Rachel and Mike talk about what her life has been life since her son’s diagnosis with cancer. Transcript2024-10-2837 minHey, It's MeBreaking FormatTwo messages, one from Mike and one from Rachel, about what Rachel is going through right now. Transcript2024-10-1423 minHey, It's MeThe Slippage Between Image and SubjectRachel and Mike talk about a forthcoming episode of Commonplace, with digressions into the nature of photography, why we make podcasts, and what it means to give attention. Transcript Show Notes Lois Conner One Bright Book - Bonus Episode 3: In Conversation With David Naimon David Antin 2024-09-231h 01Hey, It's MeYeah, Grandpa, Get It!Mike and Rachel talk about Chappel Roan’s album The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess and participating in arts and culture that aren’t for you. Transcript Show Notes Chappel Roan - The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess Chappel Roan - “Good Luck, Babe” TikTok - “You better not be embracing your sapphic roots” TikTok - “pov you’re crying at Chappel Roan watching this guy have the time of his life” 2024-09-091h 03Hey, It's MeThe Meanest Thing You Could Say to MeMike and Rachel talk about Rachel’s novel-in-progress. Transcript2024-08-261h 28Hey, It's MeBockley PancakeMike and Rachel talk about Star Trek, which turns into a discussion of optimism vs. hope, cozy media, and the cultural role of motherhood. And some other stuff, too. Transcript2024-08-121h 04Hey, It's MeA Very Rachel Zucker Thing To DoRachel gets meta meta meta. Mike still isn’t sure what we’re doing here but goes with it. Transcript2024-07-221h 17
Commonplace PodcastEpisode 128: KTCO Feed Drop: Hey, it's MeMike Sakasegawa is a writer, photographer, book artist, and the host of the arts and literature podcast Keep the Channel Open, and the short fiction podcast LikeWise Fiction.His writing has appeared in Last Exit, Catapult, PetaPixel, and Don’t Take Pictures Magazine.His photographs have been featured on Lenscratch, A Photo Editor, and SD Voyager, and included in several group exhibitions. Originally from California’s Central Coast, he now lives in San Diego with his family.Rachel Zucker is the author of The Poetics of Wrongness, SoundMachine, The Pedestrians, MOTHERs, Museum of Acci...2024-07-181h 00
One Bright BookBonus Episode #3: In Conversation with David NaimonThis third bonus episode of the podcast is a conversation that Rebecca and Frances recently had with writer and podcaster, David Naimon, while Dorian recharges his depleted battery in the wilds of Canada. We are devoted listeners to David's fine work on Between the Covers, and as you listen in here, we feel confident that you will appreciate the intelligence, the generosity, and the empathy that makes his work irresistible to us. You might also be interested in: David's Crafting With Ursula series: https://tinhouse.com/th_podcast_cat/crafting-with-ursula/ 2024-07-111h 00Keep the Channel OpenBONUS: Hey, It's Me — Episode 1: What Are We Doing?Introducing Hey, It's Me! I'm happy to announce a new podcast from me and my friend Rachel Zucker, Hey, It's Me! Here's the first episode as a bonus for KTCO listeners. Enjoy! Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Pocket Casts Overcast RSS Web 2024-07-101h 00Hey, It's MeNobody Knows Until They’re TaughtMike introduces Rachel to TikTok in order to talk about how we talk about young people. Transcript2024-07-0858 minHey, It's MeWhat Are We Doing?Mike asks Rachel: “What are we going to talk about? And are we really doing this?” Transcript2024-07-0859 minHey, It's MeHey, It's MeWelcome to Hey, It's Me, a new podcast hosted by Rachel Zucker and Mike Sakasegawa. In each episode, Rachel and Mike discuss whatever happens to be on their minds, whether that be relationships, pop culture, art, or even the very podcast they're currently recording. We don't know what we're doing here, but we're doing our best. You might also enjoy: Rachel's other podcast, Commonplace, is a series of intimate and captivating interviews with poets and artists about quotidian objects, experiences or obsessions. Mike's other podcast, Keep the Channel Open, features in-depth conversations with people working in al...2024-07-0802 min
Commonplace PodcastEpisode 119: Eugenia Leigh's Bianca (KTCO feed drop)Books by Eugenia LeighEugenia LeighBianca (Four Way Books, 2023)Blood, Sparrows and Sparrows (Four Way Books, 2014)Other Relevant LinksMike SakasegawaLikeWise FictionKeep the Channel Open on TwitterKeep the Channel Open on Insta Keep the Channel Open on YouTubeBio:Eugenia Leigh (she/her) is a Korean-American poet and the author of two collections of poetry, Bianca and Blood, Sparrows and Sparrows.Eugenia received her MFA from Sarah Lawrence College, where she w...2023-12-0701 minKeep the Channel OpenEpisode 145: KTCO Book Club - Bianca (with Rachel Zucker)KTCO Book Club - Bianca (with Rachel Zucker)For this KTCO Book Club conversation, poet and podcaster Rachel Zucker returns to the show to discuss Eugenia Leigh’s poetry collection Bianca. In our conversation, we talked about our approaches to talking about books with their authors, how form shapes how we take in intense subject matter in a poem, and how a book can be a means of connection. Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Pocket Casts | Goodpods | TuneIn | RSS Support: Support our Patreon | Review on Apple Podcasts | Review on Podchaser Connect: Newsletter | Email | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram...2023-11-291h 35
Commonplace PodcastEpisode 113: Nana Kwame Adje-Brenyah (KTCO w/ Mike Sakesegawa #143)Links and resourcesEpisode 143 of Keep the Channel Open: Nana Kwame Adjei-BrenyahNana Kwame Adjei-BrenyahChain Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-BrenyahFriday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-BrenyahMike SakasegawaLikeWise FictionKeep the Channel Open on TwitterKeep the Channel Open on Insta Keep the Channel Open on YouTubeInformation and sign up for new class “Reading with Rachel”2023-08-081h 15Keep the Channel OpenRachel ZuckerRachel Zucker is a writer, podcast, and teacher based in New York and Maine. Her latest book, The Poetics of Wrongness, is a collection of essays (originally written and performed for the Bagley Wright Lecture Series) delving into her own poetics, motherhood, the history of confessional poetry, and the ethics of “say everything” poetry. In our conversation, Rachel and I talked about wrongness as a stance against moral purity, about addiction to doubt, and about poetry as an opportunity to create outside of capitalism. Then in the second segment, we talked about her new project, the Commonplace School for Embo...2023-06-281h 47
Commonplace PodcastEpisode 111: The Confessional EpisodeThe second of five episodes featuring the lectures that became Rachel Zucker’s newest book, The Poetics of Wrongness. This episode contains audio of “What We Talk About When We Talk About the Confessional and What We Should Be Talking About,” presented at the University of Arizona Poetry Center (Tucson) on January 28, 2016. It also includes a new introduction by Rachel and a conversation recorded in April, 2023 with the founder and host of the Keep the Channel Open podcast, Mike Sakasegawa. In this lecture, Rachel Zucker discusses the origin of the term Confessional as it came to be used fo...2023-05-161h 27Keep the Channel OpenThe Craft of the Literary Podcast InterviewLast month, I was scheduled to moderate a panel at the annual AWP Conference called “The Craft of the Literary Podcast Interview,” featuring Rachel Zucker of Commonplace, Dujie Tahat of The Poet Salon, and David Naimon of Between the Covers, three of my favorite literary podcasts. Due to the coronavirus, we ended up having to cancel our appearance at the conference, which makes it all the sweeter to be able to bring you this podcast version of our panel. In this wide-ranging coversation, Rachel, Dujie, David, and I talked all about the “how”s and the “whys” of interviewing, including th...2020-04-082h 01Keep the Channel OpenRachel ZuckerRachel Zucker is a writer based in New York City. Rachel’s podcast Commonplace: Conversations with Poets (and Other People) is one of my favorite literary shows, a show that has deeply influenced my approach to podcasting. In our conversation, Rachel and I talked about Commonplace and her 2014 book The Pedestrians, how each of us approach hosting a conversational podcast, and writing as a form of self-castigation. (Conversation recorded July 18, 2019.) Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | RadioPublic | Stitcher | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS Support: Support our Patreon | Leave a review Share: Tweet this episode | Share to Fa...2019-08-141h 23