Love and Radio

By Love and Radio

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Nick van der Kolk's Love and Radio features in-depth, otherworldly-produced interviews with an eclectic range of subjects, from the seedy to the sublime. Get inside the mind of a rogue taxidermist. Find out what it's like to experience a stroke firsthand. Or spend time with an artist who gives away her life savings every night. You've never heard anything like it before. Love + Radio is a proud member of Radiotopia. Learn more at radiotopia.fm.

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Secrets Hotline is Here! Al...

11.20.2020

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11.20.2020 Secrets Hotline is Here! Also, Vikings Rejoice! The new Secrets Hotline podcast has arrived! Subscribe now at secretshotline.org! Also, Luminary is now available in the Nordic world, hurrah! Also, a special preview of our latest ep! Also, we love everyone! You're next!
04.15.2020 Tell Me How You're Doing 929-732-7387
04.13.2020 The Secrets Hotline: Coming this Fall We're launching our very first spinoff! The Secrets Hotline is coming to you this fall. Leave your own at 1-929-SECRETS (929-732-7387) or secretshotline.org.
03.16.2020 The Pandrogyne Genesis Breyer P-Orridge is the founding fa/mo/ther of Industrial music, a performance artist, and a very, very, very devoted husband. Originally broadcast 2013.
12.16.2019 Euro Trip 2020! L+R is coming to London, Bristol, Berlin, Copenhagen, Stockholm, and Oslo in January 2020.
11.07.2019 Cathedrals Have a Body Count There are few lawyer/performance artists in the world but, for Vanessa Place, practicing both is a logical marriage. Each relies on the sculpting of language, whether representing indigent sex offenders, or reciting relentless, uncomfortable work to a mortified audience.
10.24.2019 Mr. Mop A good boy always cleans up the mess.
10.12.2019 The Episode About Animals The animal world is a special world.
09.26.2019 Necessary Measures In 1981, Alex Pacheco went undercover at the laboratory of Dr. Edward Taub, a neuroplasticity researcher conducting experiments on macaque monkeys.
08.15.2019 Mean, Mean The age-old question of nature versus nurture.
06.29.2019 Gotcha! A rowdy breakfast radio show in Australia is turned upside down when a one-off prank call turns into a real life, on-air soap opera.
06.01.2019 The Secrets Hotline, Vol. IV Our listeners divulge their deepest and darkest secrets. To leave your own secrets for a future show, call +1 (641) 715-3900, then dial 55403#. This show has moved to Luminary! For more info, go to LuminaryPodcasts.com.
04.23.2019 Black Feminist Thot Mistress Velvet specializes in the subjugation of white men.
04.12.2019 Big News We're joining Luminary Audio! Visit luminary.link/love to listen to more L+R.
12.13.2018 RIP Melvin Dummar Melvin Dummar, who was featured on our podcast in 2011, died on Sunday.
11.21.2018 Such is the Way to the Stars Richmond, Virginia: Sic Itur Ad Astra.
10.28.2018 Points of Egress Cynthia discovers her boyfriend Max’s journal. Hilarity ensues.
10.13.2018 The Secrets Hotline, Vol III Our listeners divulge their deepest and darkest secrets. Sound design by Stephen Vitiello. Final song: Chipmunk Party by Maja Ratkje. To leave your own secrets on a future secrets show, call +1 (641) 715-3900, then dial 55403#.
10.01.2018 The Battle of Cumorah Mike Norton has a change of heart. Produced by Noam Osband. Final song: Emblem by Colin Self.
09.21.2018 Stones in a Bag At the age of nine, Laura Ulloa was kidnapped for a short time by the Colombian leftist guerrilla group ELN. She figured that would be the last time she’d ever be kidnapped. Final song: Charlev by Oliver Coates.
08.23.2018 F Your Feelings Evan has a secret.
08.13.2018 Imagine What I Could Do To You The Exotic Adrian Street grew up in a three generation family of Welsh coal miners, but he wasn’t destined to be in the dark.
07.25.2018 The Exciting World of the Totally Free In 1968, Paulette Cooper was one of the first journalists to investigate a then-little-known religious group.
06.29.2018 The Recruiter Rob Navarro: gospel singer, the voice of Spanish-language Ronald McDonald, and one of the most successful gay pornographers in America.
06.23.2018 True Parents As a young woman, Diane Benscoter had a burning idealism, and a desire for purpose.
06.08.2018 Coming Back In 1991, Pam Reynolds underwent surgery to remove a large aneurism from her brain stem. Doctors cooled her body to less than half of normal temperature and temporarily stopped her heart during the procedure. This is what she experienced. Final ...
05.17.2018 Counter Melody Bob Padgett, a violin teacher from Plano, Texas, believes he’s found the answer to a 119-year-old mystery. Produced by Daniel Estrin. Final song: Atmospheres Touch by Lucrecia Dalt.
05.04.2018 A New Season is Almost Upon Us MAY 17 MAY 17 MAY 17 MAY 17 MAY 17
04.25.2018 Choir Boy Tom Justice is passionate about cycling, and was on the shortlist for the US Olympic Team. Also, he’s a bank robber. Originally broadcast in 2014.
03.16.2018 Another Planet The true story of Clyde Casey, a street performer who used surrealism and abstract art to fight crime in Los Angeles’ Skid Row in the 1980s, and the creator of a place called Another Planet. Also featuring the voices of ...
02.23.2018 Eternity Through Skirts and Waistcoats Norah Vincent is a former “immersive journalist,” but she’s left that all behind now. Originally broadcast 2015.
01.19.2018 L+R Presents: Secrets from Showcase Secrets, as you probably know, have been a lifelong obsession for us at L+R. So when Radiotopia’s Showcase podcast decided to put out a series called “Secrets,” we were all over it like flies on sherbert. It comes to us ...
12.21.2017 The Secrets Hotline, Vol. II Awkward, funny, and tragic. You tell us your deepest darkest secrets. Featuring totally original music from Build Buildings. Leave your own secret at +1 641 715 3900, extension 55403#.
12.12.2017 The Machine When a neighbor wanted to build a concrete plant next to Marvin Heemeyer’s property, he fought back. Final song: Black Shore by Úlfur.
11.22.2017 WWCD? Since 2008, Mike Merrill has been operating himself as a publicly traded company. Final Song: Keep Me Hanging On by The Supremes, Kim Wild version as performed by Alvin and the Chipmunks.
11.06.2017 44 Years Albert Woodfox lived in solitary confinement in prison longer than any other American, confined to a 6 foot by 9 foot cell for 23 hours each day—for nearly 44 years. Produced in collaboration with Amnesty International UK. Final song: It’s ...
10.24.2017 Murdertown, USA Content warning! If you’re squeamish around violent stuff, you should skip this one. Will is a collector. Final song: Pour Endormir les Démons by Merle Bardenoir from Chants D’Avant L’Aube.
10.13.2017 Photochemical Meags loves photo booths. Final song: Laisse Autant Le Vent Tout Emporter by Les Breastfeeders
09.28.2017 For Science! Karaoke is Alex’s main gig, but that’s not how he makes his money. Final song: Road Soda Reggae by Indian Agent.
08.25.2017 Reunion When Barbara was reunited with the son she gave up for adoption, it opened up a whole world of weird feelings. Final song: Your Life in the End by Prince Rama.
07.24.2017 Suitcase of Love and Shame Adult content. Again. A man and woman in the 1960s trade reel-to-reel audio “letters” over the course of years. Final song: Hobbies Galore by R. Stevie Moore.
07.06.2017 The Boys Will Work It Out Adult content. Listener discretion is advised. Since a child, Sarz had a deep connection to the Lord of the Rings books. After the movie version came out in 2003, that connection went several layers deeper. Outro song: By Your Side ...
06.15.2017 Relevant Questions A preview of our next season, coming at you NEXT MONTH! Doug Williams has been waging a war for decades against the polygraph machine (aka the lie detector). Produced by Jacob McCleland and Ana Adlerstein.
04.06.2017 The Secrets Hotline Recordings from the Secrets Hotline, with original music and production by George Langford. Find more of George’s work at georgelangford.com. You can leave your own secret at +1 (641) 715-3900, extension 55403#.
03.24.2017 La Retirada, Part Three With Carlos' enemies enraged, the Gomez family is forced into hiding with the Witness Security Program, or WITSEC. But making a clean break from the past is a lot harder than they expected.
03.10.2017 La Retirada, Part Two The story continues as Rocío Gómez divorces her husband Rodrigo, a master drug trafficker in Colombia. Rocío and her children move to Miami where she begins a relationship with a new man, Carlos, whose dangerous past with the mafia catches ...
03.03.2017 La Retirada, Part One In Colombia, Rocío Gómez marries into an empire of wealth and power. She is told the family operates a low-profile import/export business, and finds comfort in her role as wife and mother. However, she soon learns the family business is ...
02.27.2017 Understood as to Understand Carey believed she was assigned the wrong gender, but transitioning wasn’t how she expected.
02.11.2017 How to Argue We revisit Daryl Davis and ask him, "how should we argue?"
01.28.2017 Snakes!!!!!!!! Tim loves Tool, Steel Reserve, and snakes. Not necessarily in that order.

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Love and Radio episodes:

Secrets Hotline is Here! Also, Vikings Rejoice!

Tell Me How You're Doing

The Secrets Hotline: Coming this Fall

The Pandrogyne

Euro Trip 2020!

Cathedrals Have a Body Count

Mr. Mop

The Episode About Animals

Necessary Measures

Mean, Mean

Gotcha!

The Secrets Hotline, Vol. IV

Black Feminist Thot

Big News

RIP Melvin Dummar

Such is the Way to the Stars

Points of Egress

The Secrets Hotline, Vol III

The Battle of Cumorah

Stones in a Bag

F Your Feelings

Imagine What I Could Do To You

The Exciting World of the Totally Free

The Recruiter

True Parents

Coming Back

Counter Melody

A New Season is Almost Upon Us

Choir Boy

Another Planet

Eternity Through Skirts and Waistcoats

L+R Presents: Secrets from Showcase

The Secrets Hotline, Vol. II

The Machine

WWCD?

44 Years

Murdertown, USA

Photochemical

For Science!

Reunion

Suitcase of Love and Shame

The Boys Will Work It Out

Relevant Questions

The Secrets Hotline

La Retirada, Part Three

La Retirada, Part Two

La Retirada, Part One

Understood as to Understand

How to Argue

Snakes!!!!!!!!

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