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Selects is a monthly show that brings you unearthed audio works we’ve found buried in web archives, radio streams, and old podcasts. They’ve come to us through the recommendations and inspirations of some of the most talented audio creators working today.

Every month we release a new episode right here and it is going to be something that you definitely want to hear. The works that we are going to feature are going to be some of the most compelling and exciting and ambitious works in audio.

You can find the whole library of exclusively curated works and bonus content at selects.fm or on our Apple Podcasts channel.

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Episodes

BONUS: Interview with Sonja Williams

Mitra speaks with Sonja Williams, one of the producers of Black Radio: Telling It Like It Was about her career in audio, and in particular her relationship with archival audio and scholarship.

Jun 06, 2025•30 min

Concerning Breakfast by Annie Cheney and Jay Allison

It’s the first thing you learn as a radio reporter. Check your levels by asking an interview subject the question “what did you have for breakfast?” It’s disarming. But it’s also revealing. In this piece by Annie Cheney and Jay Allison, the question becomes the story vehicle and we're treated to a story about the complicated relationship between food, eating, family, and friendship.

May 21, 2025•37 min

BONUS: Travels with Mom by Larry Massett

At the end of last month, we lost an audio icon: Larry Massett. As a sort of tribute, we want to share one of the Four Stories About Travel we just put on the Selects Channel. This piece originally aired on Hearing Voices. Larry is a legendary producer and host who describes himself as being present at the inception of public media. It's a trip down memory lane, literally and figuratively, with a fun payoff at the end.

May 14, 2025•13 min

New: Four Stories About Travel

We have got four stories about travel for you. However, these are not your typical travel stories - we've got a story from Outer Voices about nomadic sheep herders in Mongolia, the diary of a foul mouthed teenager on a camping trip read live on Mortified, Producer Larry Massett on traveling with his mother, and an early work by Arlie Adlington featuring a watchmaker considering time travel. These are transportive, funny and endearing works of audio. As summer approaches, maybe these stories will...

Apr 30, 2025•2 min

Black Radio: A Woman's Touch

This month we're proud to present one episode of the six-part series Black Radio: Telling It Like It Was (1996), created by PRX and the Smithsonian telling the story of radio’s role in the 20th century transformation of the African American community.

Apr 16, 2025•31 min

New: American Icons by Studio 360

We've got a new show available for Selects members! These four selections of the American Icons series are astounding listens, and made by some of the most influential audio producers working (and not working) today. You can listen on our Apple Podcasts Channel or by going to Selects.fm

Apr 02, 2025•4 min

Bonus: Sean Cole Wine & Dine

In this special bonus episode, Mitra interviews Sean Cole about his early career, the time he spent at This American Life, and what's next. You'll cry tears of quality.

Mar 26, 2025•26 min

Call NOW! by Sean Cole

For our inaugural episode of Selects, we're proud to present Sean Cole's piece Call NOW! originally created for Life of the Law.

Mar 19, 2025•25 min

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