The Hope That Would Not Let Go Podcast: This is a conversational podcast exploring my essay The Hope That Would Not Let Go from the book Ghosts of Sex. In the podcast we discuss the experience of hope continuing long after clarity has arrived, how feeling can persist despite repeated disappointment, and the quiet ways hope reshapes itself to survive contradiction. We explore the loneliness of carrying something that no longer aligns with reality yet refuses to loosen its hold, the difference between believing in hope and simply carrying it, and the human complexity of living with longing that does not disappear even when the situation has clearly ended.