Love and Radio

L+R Presents: Death of an Artist

In February 2024, celebrated children’s book author and illustrator Petra Mathers and her husband, photographer Michael Mathers, mailed letters to dozens of friends and f

L+R Presents: The Truth

The Truth--the intimate, clever, and pioneering fiction podcast from Jonathan Mitchell--made a recent return to the podwaves. Enjoy this recent episode: The Completetist,

L+R Presents: Conversations with Ghosts

From our friends at Dead Signals (Archive 81, The Deep Vault, Generation Crossing): Conversations with Ghosts follows mausoleum attendant Mal Fleming as he tries to conv

Blood Memory #10: Three Strikes

“Evil is so understandable, but goodness is such a mystery.”Michael faces a conviction that could put him in prison for the rest of his life. PLAYLIST! https://tambien.

Blood Memory #09: The Outside World

“If you marry a prisoner, you only know this person when they’re sitting next to you on a chair in the prison visiting room.“ After 45 years behind bars, Michael adjusts

Blood Memory #08: Habeas Corpus

“The issue's not the truth. The issue is the reality of the truth." Nick and his reporting team try to piece apart how much of Michael’s story is true. SUPPORT OUR SPON

Blood Memory #07: 19 Times

“ I believe there's order and beauty and meaning in the universe. I believe in goodness and not evil. And if I found out that was all not true, it would be devastating to

Blood Memory #06: Blood In, Blood Out

“Bushido, the code of conduct for a samurai: When you render it down, it's about honor.” When a former AB member testifies against the gang and goes into hiding, its lea

Blood Memory #05: The Brand

“It's interesting how people think when they're attempting to justify or rationalize the damage to another human being.” Michael considers a proposal from the Aryan Brot

Blood Memory #04: The Iron Gates

“Somehow it always turns out that trouble finds me.” Michael is sent to prison, where the teachings of Walks On Top are put to the test. PLAYLIST! https://eileanrec.ba

Blood Memory #03: The House in North Tustin

“Stop what you’re doing. There’s two bodies buried there.” Police discover two dead bodies buried under a shed in Michael’s back yard. When he runs off with one of the m

Blood Memory #02: The Truth Always Rises

While cutting firebreak as a teen, Michael is approached by a rancher who offers to look after him, become his spiritual mentor, and teach him how to handle himself in a

Blood Memory #01: Calipatria

“Sometimes, if you want something great, you have to make a lot of sacrifices.”  Two women meet the same man in prison and walk away with decidedly different impressions

Blood Memory, Coming Feb 2!

The motto of the Aryan Brotherhood prison gang is “blood in, blood out." During his 45 years in prison, Michael Thompson became one of the few people to leave the white

Morning Splendor

I've been pretty obsessed with the idea of forgiveness the last few years, trying to tease apart when it empowers and when it becomes something that appeases the worst ki

Imagine What I Could Do To You

Originally published in 2018. RIP Adrian Street: 1940-2023. The Exotic Adrian Street grew up in a three generation family of Welsh coal miners, but he wasn’t destined to

Marriage is a Religion

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Rotting with Style

Sandor Katz has had a deep and longstanding love affair with fermented foods that spans decades. His book The Art of Fermentation is considered by many to be the Bible of

No Bad News

Three decades ago, American hypnotist Larry Garrett committed himself to abstaining from the news. So, in 2001, when he received a phone call inviting him to Iraq, he sai

Fearful Symmetry

One of the great ironies of today's "Golden Age" of podcasts is that it's hard to find work that stands out and has creative ambitions. Fearful Symmetry--a mix of surreal