Song 1: Ride Downtown (composed & performed by John V Modaff, with Dave Merrill on 2nd & 3rd guitars and harmonica)       

Poem 1: “Eleanor Remembers” by Susan Aizenberg, published in 2025 in On the Seawall, a community gallery of new writing, art, and commentary. Susan is a poet living in Iowa City; her latest book is:A Walk With Frank O’Hara (U of New Mexico Press, 2024.)

Fiction: “She Always Knew What She Wanted,” a short story by Lynn C. Miller. Her fifth novel, The Surrogate, comes out March 31, 2026 from the University of Wisconsin Press. https://uwpress.wisc.edu/Books/T/The-Surrogate

Feed the Cat Break: “Estranged” (composed & performed by John V. Modaff)

Poem 2: “Fireflies,” by Rebecca Aronson, poet, professor and editor. She is the author of three collections of poetry, most recently Anchor, and is a winner of several awards for her poetry. https://www.rebeccaaronsonpoetry.com/

Song 2: Beyond the Other Side (by David R. Merrill / performed by D.R. Merrill and J.V. Modaff on bass & percussion)                                                                  

Episode artwork by Lynda Miller 

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Lynn & John