The Bittersweet Life

Our hosts say goodbye to their old lives as Tiffany moves out of her Trastevere apartment, and Katy's Seattle home is torn down. They explore life, loss, and the pain and annoyance of moving.

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We visit the artist movement of cold war Germany, then Berlin after the wall comes down with guest Rob Spillman. Rob is editor and co-founder of Tin House, a literary magazine in the USA, and author of the memoir All Tomorrow's Parties. Do artists thrive in historically fraught times? What happens when you are a displaced outsider who becomes an insider?

• Rob Spillman Homepage
• Tin House

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Reality TV director Scottie Madden's journey from man to woman took 50 years. She and her wife Marcy join Katy to talk about how their relationship has changed and grown and what it's like to film in wild places.

• Scottie Madden's book Getting Back to Me: From Girl to Boy to Woman in Just Fifty Years

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On July 4th (Independence Day in the USA), many immigrants get their citizenship. In their honor, we rebroadcast the day (host) Tiffany Parks finally became a citizen of Italy. (Other host) Katy Sewall was in Rome to record it, and meet Tiffany's new baby, Aurelio.

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Writing while traveling. Many of us do it. Professor Daniel Butterworth teaches us how to do it better. Show correction: Ghirlandaio painted the Santa Maria Novella frescoes Dan refers to, not Brunelleschi.

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How does being an expat affect your politics? Host Tiffany Parks discovers that her politics in Italy are different from her politics in the United States. Do political views remain changed if you move back to your home country?

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Why do you like what you like? Journalist Tom Vanderbilt joins us to explore how our likes and dislikes are formed. His new book is You May Also Like: Taste in an Age of Endless Choice.

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We share our bucket list goals (and yours!!) as our series on goals concludes with part 3.

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Learn how to keep yourself safer by studying fine art. Our guest, Amy Herman, has trained police, doctors, military and special operatives to see the world in a richer way in art galleries. We offer you her secrets.

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Author Jess Walter (National Book Award finalist & winner of the Edgar Allan Poe Award) joins us to talk about his novel Beautiful Ruins. We also talk about writing in a language you don't speak, what it is like to have your writing translated, and how a book forms slowly over 15 years.

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