Hey, It's Me

Mike and Rachel talk about Starfleet Academy.

(Recorded September 4, 2026.)

• Starfleet Academy
• Paradise
• Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
• Dr. Tressie McMillan Cottom's video thread

• Music: Podington Bear
• Editing: Shea Aguinaldo and Mike Sakasegawa
• Transcription: Shea Aguinaldo

Rachel and Mike talk about her son's memorial, and why they haven't recorded in 7 months.

(Recorded June 3, 2026)

Rachel and Mike talk about the messiness of grief, and about making art out of life.

(Recorded November 26, 2025)

• Sally Mann - Art Work: On the Creative Life
• Sally Mann - Hold Still: A Memoir with Photographs
• Commonplace - Episode 130: Lois Conner
• Andi Schreiber
• Elizabeth Fleming
• Kate Hutchinson
• Fredrik Backman - My Friends
• Tumblr - "The gutter looks at the stars too"

Rachel and Mike talk about the loss of her son.

(Recorded October 27, 2025)

Mike and Rachel talk about the promises we make when we have kids.

(Recorded May 26, 2025)

• 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

Mike asks Rachel if he's still being a good friend.

(Recorded April 28, 2025)

• Planet Money - Episode 513: Dear Economist, I Need a Date

Mike and Rachel discuss the podcast The Telepathy Tapes.

(Recorded March, 2025)

• The Telepathy Tapes
• Short Cuts - In Colour

Rachel gives an update about her situation, and she and Mike talk about putting Commonplace on hiatus.

(Recorded February 1, 2025)

Rachel gives an update about her situation, and she and Mike talk about putting Commonplace on hiatus.

(Recorded December 28, 2024)

• Maira Kalman
• The Telepathy Tapes

Mike and Rachel talk about dating.

(Recorded November 25, 2024.)