Scarf season makes a bold return; I put on more layers as the icy wind sends chills down my spine. Disguised as the biting wind, Plato whispers, “Love makes us whole, again.” However cliché it might sound, I made it my mission to uncover the mysteries of love–a kind of seasonal longing, so to speak. Though I could never get close to solving this ancient mystery, I questioned whether love, if it really completes us, can achieve total reciprocity? These 10 podcast episodes still dwell in my mind long after their outros—like the pleasant yet heavy aroma of winter strawberries.
My top 10 podcast episodes range from story read-alouds to authentic author interviews. I’ll briefly introduce one by summary and two by quotes. Others will be listed below. I hope these podcasts keep you company:
1. The New Yorker: Writer’s Voice by New Yorker — Ayşegül Savaş Reads “Intimacy”
As a New Yorker subscriber, I fell head over heels for their podcast production. I especially adored Ayşegül Savaş’s published fiction, Intimacy. Intimacy explores the absence of reciprocity in what began as a two-way street relationship. Savaş’s soft-spoken narrative captures emotional turbulence when one’s effort is returned with silence and neglect. Entrenched in grief, late regret, and mutual forgiveness, Intimacy leaves you fragile with swollen eyes.
“It was such a silly assumption that my silence would have mattered to Marion once she realized her life was ending.”
