# host meg (audio feeds) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover host meg. Page: Feed: --- ## [Seeing is Believing](https://www.symphonyspace.org/selected-shorts) _2026-08-13 · mary.shimkin@symphonyspace.org (Symphony Space) · Selected Shorts_ Host Meg Wolitzer presents two stories about perception and the relationship between what we see and what we believe. In “Heart of a Champion,” T.C. Boyle gives the children’s classic Lassie an affectionately humorous reboot. The reader is Kirsten Vangsness. In Jamel Brinkley’s “The Let-Out,” an unofficial street party provides a young man with an intriguing encounter, and a bit of family… [Listen](https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/stitcher.simplecastaudio.com/75a4e46c-42d3-41f9-b88b-b8b58c8f1ac3/episodes/5d99dea5-effc-4015-8ffa-c1a532122263/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=75a4e46c-42d3-41f9-b88b-b8b58c8f1ac3&awEpisodeId=5d99dea5-effc-4015-8ffa-c1a532122263&feed=ZoGIhfvz) ## [Romance of the Summer](https://www.symphonyspace.org/selected-shorts) _2026-08-06 · mary.shimkin@symphonyspace.org (Symphony Space) · Selected Shorts_ Host Meg Wolitzer presents three lively stories about the allure—or not—of summer. Italian writer Massimo Bontempeli creates a magical beach inside an apartment in “The Miraculous Beach, or Prize for Modesty.” The work was translated by Jenny McPhee and is read by Hugh Dancy.Humorist Samantha Irby doesn’t get summer, and presents a contrarian’s view in “The Case for Remaining Indoors,” read by… [Listen](https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/stitcher.simplecastaudio.com/75a4e46c-42d3-41f9-b88b-b8b58c8f1ac3/episodes/3848dcb1-d3fb-486f-9f29-474aa891c7d3/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=75a4e46c-42d3-41f9-b88b-b8b58c8f1ac3&awEpisodeId=3848dcb1-d3fb-486f-9f29-474aa891c7d3&feed=ZoGIhfvz) ## [A Dash of Delulu with Ema Roloff](https://www.adjunctadvisors.com/podcast/1116) _2026-08-06 · Adjunct Advisors LLC · Bound & Determined℠ with Meg McKeen_ Listen in as host Meg McKeen welcomes Ema Roloff for a conversation about the uncommon courage it takes to build something before you know how it's going to turn out. We talk about reimagining the ways we gather, the accessibility gap in many professional events these days, and how it feels to take the first step when the noise around you tells you to wait - or skip it altogether. Meet Ema Roloff… [Listen](https://cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/93055f22-fcfa-4164-85d9-9ddbbd1d71b8/9a53bdbd-d020-4226-a029-327a32790ac0/episodes/audio/group/87f13845-b5b0-4d42-9440-3d8cd760b837/group-item/9412407a-5683-46b5-afc3-944d1d0a5635/128_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=KePGnwFL) ## [Shifting Identities](https://www.symphonyspace.org/selected-shorts) _2026-07-30 · mary.shimkin@symphonyspace.org (Symphony Space) · Selected Shorts_ Host Meg Wolitzer presents two works about shifting identities. In “Voices”, by German writer Daniel Kehlmann, translated by Carol Brown Janeway, a computer technician’s mobile phone takes over his life—and not in the usual way.The reader is David Costabile.Writer Chika Unigwe sets a subtle story of social exploitation in the teeming city of Lagos. The reader is Yetide Badaki, who commented on the… [Listen](https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/stitcher.simplecastaudio.com/75a4e46c-42d3-41f9-b88b-b8b58c8f1ac3/episodes/4796c24d-dc52-4360-a7b1-8b28785dfeec/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=75a4e46c-42d3-41f9-b88b-b8b58c8f1ac3&awEpisodeId=4796c24d-dc52-4360-a7b1-8b28785dfeec&feed=ZoGIhfvz) ## [Picture Perfect](https://www.symphonyspace.org/selected-shorts) _2026-07-23 · mary.shimkin@symphonyspace.org (Symphony Space) · Selected Shorts_ Host Meg Wolitzer presents three works about idealized lives, and ideas about what constitutes an ideal life. “Boy Meets Girl” is Jen Kim’s humorous version of a Hollywood love story. It’s read by Tony Hale. In the John Cheever classic “The Worm in the Apple” a couple have the perfect life—but no one can believe it. It’s read by Anne Meara. And a harried mother fantasizes about a brand new life in… [Listen](https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/stitcher.simplecastaudio.com/75a4e46c-42d3-41f9-b88b-b8b58c8f1ac3/episodes/44f5bdf7-71ce-4824-9e8d-bfcb50447777/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=75a4e46c-42d3-41f9-b88b-b8b58c8f1ac3&awEpisodeId=44f5bdf7-71ce-4824-9e8d-bfcb50447777&feed=ZoGIhfvz) ## [{Un}Crowding My Life with Melissa Barr](https://www.adjunctadvisors.com/podcast/1115) _2026-07-23 · Adjunct Advisors LLC · Bound & Determined℠ with Meg McKeen_ Listen in as host Meg McKeen welcomes Melissa Barr, the founder of Sisu Insurance Services, for an honest, grounded conversation about the moment Melissa decided she was tired of her day running her. We talk about the non-linear, make-it-up-as-you-go reality of early entrepreneurship, the busy badge of honor so many of us have worn for decades without question, and what it looks like to finally -… [Listen](https://cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/93055f22-fcfa-4164-85d9-9ddbbd1d71b8/9a53bdbd-d020-4226-a029-327a32790ac0/episodes/audio/group/4eba69ed-51b0-4dad-b0f2-b864c5fa4829/group-item/33e92dd1-663a-411e-8b50-b48423152906/128_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=KePGnwFL) ## [Walking on Eggshells](https://www.symphonyspace.org/selected-shorts) _2026-07-16 · mary.shimkin@symphonyspace.org (Symphony Space) · Selected Shorts_ Host Meg Wolitzer presents two works about being careful. The title says it all in George Saunders’ “Lars Farf, Excessively Fearful Father and Husband,” as the central character goes to greater and greater extremes to protect his family from—everything. The reader is BD Wong. And a couple tiptoe towards love in Lily King’s “Five Tuesdays in Winter,” read by Justin Kirk. A brief interview with King… [Listen](https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/stitcher.simplecastaudio.com/75a4e46c-42d3-41f9-b88b-b8b58c8f1ac3/episodes/a746959c-bac1-439c-a43e-bff7aa7f75dd/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=75a4e46c-42d3-41f9-b88b-b8b58c8f1ac3&awEpisodeId=a746959c-bac1-439c-a43e-bff7aa7f75dd&feed=ZoGIhfvz) ## [Lost and Found](https://www.symphonyspace.org/selected-shorts) _2026-07-09 · mary.shimkin@symphonyspace.org (Symphony Space) · Selected Shorts_ Host Meg Wolitzer presents two works about losing something, but finding something revealing to take its place. In “Light,” by Lesley Nkeka Arimah, parents differ about how to raise a strong-willed daughter. The reader is Crystal Dickinson. And in Taryn Bowe’s “Camp Emeline,” performed by Edie Falco, a family struggles after a loss, but grief leads to self-discovery for the determined narrator.… [Listen](https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/stitcher.simplecastaudio.com/75a4e46c-42d3-41f9-b88b-b8b58c8f1ac3/episodes/4235eda8-f511-4070-91d9-883d3c212a50/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=75a4e46c-42d3-41f9-b88b-b8b58c8f1ac3&awEpisodeId=4235eda8-f511-4070-91d9-883d3c212a50&feed=ZoGIhfvz) ## [Fear Is Loud with Emily Merola](https://www.adjunctadvisors.com/podcast/1114) _2026-07-09 · Adjunct Advisors LLC · Bound & Determined℠ with Meg McKeen_ Listen in as host Meg McKeen welcomes Emily Merola, founder of the Blazer Society and leadership coach - for a conversation about what happens when we stop drifting and instead move with purpose. We talk about what happens when a woman finally gets clear on what she uniquely bring to the world, the courage it takes to bet on yourself after a lifetime of betting on everyone else, and why the women… [Listen](https://cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/93055f22-fcfa-4164-85d9-9ddbbd1d71b8/9a53bdbd-d020-4226-a029-327a32790ac0/episodes/audio/group/07e72413-7c62-4180-9169-4adb40d01d70/group-item/cb5ab59a-21fa-431b-a2e3-e6f7cbdd4662/128_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=KePGnwFL) ## [Too Hot For Radio: Erin Somers "Washing Up"](https://www.symphonyspace.org/selected-shorts) _2026-07-06 · mary.shimkin@symphonyspace.org (Symphony Space) · Selected Shorts_ Erin Somers is an author we've featured twice on Too Hot in the past, making her the first three-timer in the history of Too Hot! She's the author of the novels Stay Up with Hugo Best and The Ten Year Affair ; the latter originated as a short story of the same title, which we did read on Too Hot. She's quite good at finding new ways to articulate the twists and turns of romantic relationships, as… [Listen](https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/stitcher.simplecastaudio.com/75a4e46c-42d3-41f9-b88b-b8b58c8f1ac3/episodes/2f37706b-945d-407f-9565-a768d2c266cf/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=75a4e46c-42d3-41f9-b88b-b8b58c8f1ac3&awEpisodeId=2f37706b-945d-407f-9565-a768d2c266cf&feed=ZoGIhfvz) ## [Licensed Dispensaries, Pay with Crypto (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/MoBtYNYn5KM1) _2026-07-06 · **Sponsored**_ Search verified licensed dispensaries and pay with Bitcoin, Lightning, or stablecoins. ## [Stories from the City of Immigrants with Waterwell](https://www.symphonyspace.org/selected-shorts) _2026-07-02 · mary.shimkin@symphonyspace.org (Symphony Space) · Selected Shorts_ In this program, created in collaboration with Waterwell and the New York Immigration Coalition, guest host Arian Moayed takes listeners through a live performance of thirteen stories and one song that vividly bring to life the vital role immigrants play in New York City's past, present and future. Here are their names: Mary Twomey, Sara M., Zead Ramadan and Andy Eng, Mónica Carrillo, Sabelo… [Listen](https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/stitcher.simplecastaudio.com/75a4e46c-42d3-41f9-b88b-b8b58c8f1ac3/episodes/a16838eb-2554-478f-9f36-b01096071754/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=75a4e46c-42d3-41f9-b88b-b8b58c8f1ac3&awEpisodeId=a16838eb-2554-478f-9f36-b01096071754&feed=ZoGIhfvz) ## [Roz Chast: While You Were Sleeping](https://www.symphonyspace.org/selected-shorts) _2026-06-25 · mary.shimkin@symphonyspace.org (Symphony Space) · Selected Shorts_ Host Meg Wolitzer presents three works from an evening with New Yorker author and cartoonist Roz Chast, inspired by Chast’s book I Must be Dreaming. “The Wife on Ambien,” by Ed Park, is a sort of late-night fever dream. It’s read by John Fugelsang. In Tessa Hadley’s “Bad Dreams,” images than begin in dreams envelop a family in real life.The reader is Rita Wolf. Tom Barbash’s “Stay Up With Me”… [Listen](https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/stitcher.simplecastaudio.com/75a4e46c-42d3-41f9-b88b-b8b58c8f1ac3/episodes/a238a65b-d9d5-427a-ac48-5d016518c447/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=75a4e46c-42d3-41f9-b88b-b8b58c8f1ac3&awEpisodeId=a238a65b-d9d5-427a-ac48-5d016518c447&feed=ZoGIhfvz) ## [An Itch You Can't Not Scratch with Julie Tomlinson](https://www.adjunctadvisors.com/podcast/1113) _2026-06-23 · Adjunct Advisors LLC · Bound & Determined℠ with Meg McKeen_ Listen in as host Meg McKeen welcomes Julie Tomlinson for a conversation about the professional sabbatical that came when the job, the title, even the industry stopped fitting. We talk about psychological safety (it’s not a soft skill), what it means to mother a daughter as they both learn to take up space, and how confidence isn't a feeling - it's data, collected one attempt at a time. Julie is… [Listen](https://cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/93055f22-fcfa-4164-85d9-9ddbbd1d71b8/9a53bdbd-d020-4226-a029-327a32790ac0/episodes/audio/group/3672133e-7233-4495-805d-af79dcdad544/group-item/e5184761-5f4f-4a0d-91ee-4508ea8da09c/128_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=KePGnwFL) ## [Bound & Determined℠ X Outspoken & Overbooked Live](https://www.adjunctadvisors.com/podcast/1112) _2026-05-27 · Adjunct Advisors LLC · Bound & Determined℠ with Meg McKeen_ Join host Meg McKeen for a crossover podcast experience, featuring Kristin Heideman, the host of the Outspoken & Overbooked podcast. Recorded in front of a live, virtual audience, together we chat through our insurance career origin stories - and answer listener questions about moving from one role in the industry to another, and how to prep for the C-Suite, if that's what you decide is right for… [Listen](https://cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/93055f22-fcfa-4164-85d9-9ddbbd1d71b8/9a53bdbd-d020-4226-a029-327a32790ac0/episodes/audio/group/75655a9a-f080-48e8-a6bd-5372d209cecb/group-item/8b01b2c6-785b-473e-92ce-91f6bb7f1ab9/128_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=KePGnwFL) ## [Episode 100 | No One Is More Surprised Than Me with Guest Host Danielle Morales](https://www.adjunctadvisors.com/podcast/1111) _2026-05-12 · Adjunct Advisors LLC · Bound & Determined℠ with Meg McKeen_ Listen in as host Meg McKeen welcomes Danielle Morales as guest host for this special 100th episode of Bound & Determined℠ - commemorating 65 hours of conversation recorded since launching in 2020. Danielle brings questions crowdsourced from our community and a few of her own, and together they wander through all of it - the nuts and bolts of Meg's nomadic life, the marriage and job and city - and… [Listen](https://cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/93055f22-fcfa-4164-85d9-9ddbbd1d71b8/9a53bdbd-d020-4226-a029-327a32790ac0/episodes/audio/group/24ad6303-d129-49e2-88d9-a607fb82c24f/group-item/ced7669c-d516-4eda-8a61-90847a4645f3/128_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=KePGnwFL) ## [Too Hot For Radio: Jonathan Lethem "The King of Sentences"](https://www.symphonyspace.org/selected-shorts) _2026-05-04 · mary.shimkin@symphonyspace.org (Symphony Space) · Selected Shorts_ Today's story is all about what happens when you become infatuated with someone you don't really know. And what strange or scary things you might do in order to make real contact with that person. The story is also about youth, love of language, and what you do with all your passion when you have more energy than you know what to do with. This story is by Jonathan Lethem . He's a writer known for… [Listen](https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/stitcher.simplecastaudio.com/75a4e46c-42d3-41f9-b88b-b8b58c8f1ac3/episodes/51a24ee3-5565-4f9e-8bf5-e081ad84451e/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=75a4e46c-42d3-41f9-b88b-b8b58c8f1ac3&awEpisodeId=51a24ee3-5565-4f9e-8bf5-e081ad84451e&feed=ZoGIhfvz) ## [Finding Her Spark with Katie Gouldner](https://www.adjunctadvisors.com/podcast/1110) _2026-04-28 · Adjunct Advisors LLC · Bound & Determined℠ with Meg McKeen_ Listen in as host Meg McKeen welcomes Katie Gouldner for a conversation about the particular restlessness of being content but not fulfilled - and what happens when you stop waiting for your work to heal it. We talk about perfectionism and the unknown, the courage it takes to build something that's all yours, and what it means to express yourself without a title or a permission slip - or a… [Listen](https://cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/93055f22-fcfa-4164-85d9-9ddbbd1d71b8/9a53bdbd-d020-4226-a029-327a32790ac0/episodes/audio/group/d35196ff-ce5b-4e85-b5c2-0d983380a5e7/group-item/6cb6afef-ac3e-441d-b316-93c89e879017/128_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=KePGnwFL) ## [Live from Illinois Wesleyan University with Chole Shapkauski and Raji More](https://www.adjunctadvisors.com/podcast/1109) _2026-04-14 · Adjunct Advisors LLC · Bound & Determined℠ with Meg McKeen_ Host Meg McKeen welcomes graduating seniors Raji More and Chloe Shapkauski for a conversation recorded on the campus of her alma mater, Illinois Wesleyan University. Together we explore the impressions many have of our industry - and what individuals joining the industry are really looking for in their relationship to work. We talk about success - and how that definition has already changed for… [Listen](https://cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/93055f22-fcfa-4164-85d9-9ddbbd1d71b8/9a53bdbd-d020-4226-a029-327a32790ac0/episodes/audio/group/cdc52fda-1c2b-4406-8280-c8553d5b3c25/group-item/3f6016ba-3ddf-402d-add3-7cd4642d5df4/128_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=KePGnwFL) ## [Life Unfiltered with Brett McKenzie](https://www.adjunctadvisors.com/podcast/1108) _2026-04-02 · Adjunct Advisors LLC · Bound & Determined℠ with Meg McKeen_ Listen in as host Meg McKeen welcomes Brett McKenzie for a conversation about care - the caring we do for others and the caring we often need ourselves. We talk about boundaries and burnout - and how it feels to take off the mask we often wear and let others in – and sometimes down – when advocating for ourselves. Brett is a heartfelt storyteller and shares so much of her own beautiful story with… [Listen](https://cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/93055f22-fcfa-4164-85d9-9ddbbd1d71b8/9a53bdbd-d020-4226-a029-327a32790ac0/episodes/audio/group/1ffffeea-a91c-42b9-9158-42df9938bab1/group-item/50c6d097-8573-4b29-877c-e2251ed94068/128_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=KePGnwFL) ## [Stay updated on your professional world (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/nEmLRpoXXpxW) _2026-04-02 · **Sponsored**_ Keep in touch with people you know, build your career. ## [Shifting Perspectives with Emma Corcoran](https://www.adjunctadvisors.com/podcast/1107) _2026-03-10 · Adjunct Advisors LLC · Bound & Determined℠ with Meg McKeen_ Listen in as host Meg McKeen welcomes Emma Corcoran for a conversation about career paths - and how they change as our priorities and our plans change, too. Emma is wrapping up her first year as an independent consultant in the insurance industry and shares more about her new definition of \*busy,\* how she's measuring success today, and together we unpack the notion of "doing your time" - in a role… [Listen](https://cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/93055f22-fcfa-4164-85d9-9ddbbd1d71b8/9a53bdbd-d020-4226-a029-327a32790ac0/episodes/audio/group/e0b4da6b-c507-44cb-b057-9e54015529a9/group-item/d61ecfa8-f776-4ade-b21b-d786eb2df9df/128_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=KePGnwFL)