READ TO ME with Becky Karush

READ TO ME is the podcast to listen for what we love. In this episode, we read three pages from TO A MOUNTAIN IN TIBET by Colin Thubron. We drop into the narrator on the trail of Mount Kailas, the world’s holiest mountain, knowing nothing about what happened before this moment, or what is to come. Into our open minds,...

READ TO ME is the podcast to listen for what we love. In this episode, we read the lyrics of WEDDING SONG, from the musical HADESTOWN by Anais Mitchell. We get to discover a question, a dare, a seduction, a reckless hope, promises, love. It’s an experiment of an episode, our own small Gateless Writing-inspired dare...

READ TO ME is the podcast to listen for what we love. Each week, we read something wonderful, and then talk about the power and beauty in the work (which helps us surface it in our own). In this episode, we read two pages in SONNY’S BLUES, an iconic short story by James Baldwin. We meet three characters — the...

READ TO ME is the podcast to listen for what we love. Each week, we read something wonderful, and then talk about the power and beauty in the work (which helps us surface it in our own). In this episode, we head up to the farm for E.B. White’s DEATH OF A PIG to learn that a piece can be quiet. It can be reserved. It...

READ TO ME is the podcast to listen for what we love. Each week, we read something wonderful, and then talk about the power and beauty in the work (which helps us surface it in our own). In this episode, we come to FIGURING, Maria Popova’s unclassifiable collection of biographies, exploration of love, search for...