Selected Shorts
by Symphony Space
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Audience Interest
- short stories
- fictional narratives
Podcast Focus
- storytelling by actors
- diverse literary voices
Publishing Consistency
- 33 episodes published
- active for 4 years
Platform Reach
- available on major podcast platforms
- potential for broad audience
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Total monthly reach
Estimated from 21 chart positions in 21 markets.
By chart position
- 🇺🇸US · Books#17300K to 1M
- 🇨🇦CA · Books#5530K to 100K
- 🇦🇺AU · Books#8330K to 100K
- 🇳🇱NL · Books#1811K to 10K
- 🇳🇿NZ · Books#2510K to 30K
- Per-Episode Audience
Est. listeners per new episode within ~30 days
120K to 403K🎙 Daily cadence·33 episodes·Last published yesterday - Monthly Reach
Unique listeners across all episodes (30 days)
399K to 1.3M🇺🇸74%🇨🇦7%🇦🇺7%+18 more - Active Followers
Loyal subscribers who consistently listen
159K to 537K25K real followers tracked across platforms
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From 13 epsHosts
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Recent episodes
Nothing to Do with Love
Jun 11, 2026
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The Pursuit of Happiness with Death, Sex and Money
Jun 4, 2026
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Death Sex Money
May 28, 2026
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Modest Expectations
May 21, 2026
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Save the Date with Belletrist Book Club
May 14, 2026
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6/11/26 | Nothing to Do with Love | Host Meg Wolitzer presents two unconventional love stories, one classic, one contemporary, that avoid the usual tropes of “meet cute,” “opposites attract,” or “happily ever after” but are still engaging. In “Love in the Slump,” by Evelyn Waugh, clueless upper-crust newlyweds are sent on a comic odyssey. The reader is Jane Kaczmarek. And Esther Yi’s “Moon” explores something we often mistake for love—obsession--as a young woman is drawn farther and farther into K-Pop fandom. The story was selected by guest editor Min Jin Lee for Best American Short Stories 2023. It’s read by Hettienne Park. And we hear Lee’s and Park’s thoughts about the story. | — | ||||||
| 6/4/26 | The Pursuit of Happiness with Death, Sex and Money | In the second of two programs created with the podcast Death, Sex, and Money and our live event host Anna Sale, we explore issues of happiness. Host Meg Wolitzer introduces a satirical romance by Oscar Wilde (did he write any other kind?). “The Model Millionaire” is read by Peter Francis James. In Kevin Brockmeier’s “Space,” a grieving widower and his son try to get past their loss, looking for light in the darkness. The reader is Michael Stuhlbarg. | — | ||||||
| 5/28/26 | Death Sex Money | In the first of two programs created with the podcast Death, Sex, and Money and host Anna Sale, we explore issues of identity and connection. In “Sacrament of Confession,” by Ernie Wang, a man struggles with a messy past that is affecting the present. The reader is Richard Kind. And in a touching do-over, a man meets his wife for the first time—again. Amy Ryan reads Seth Fried’s “You Again.” | — | ||||||
| 5/21/26 | Modest Expectations | Host Meg Wolitzer presents four stories, recorded at the Getty Center in Los Angeles, in which characters shape their expectations and dreams to a manageable size. So if you’re “Medusa,” as in our first story, by Tania James, you try to figure out how to live in the world instead of turning it to stone. The reader is Constance Zimmer. Parents in our second story, “We Only Wanted Their Happiness,” by Alexander Weinstein, make a tactical choice about technology. It’s performed by Randall Park. The narrator of Honor Levy’s “Good Boys,” read by Annie Hamilton, understands that infatuation is a phase. And a man and a woman sidestep romance in “Arrangements” by Charlie Watts, performed by Laura Harrier and Will Harrison. The program was created in cooperation with Belletrist, an online book club created by Emma Roberts and Karah Preiss. | — | ||||||
| 5/14/26 | Save the Date with Belletrist Book Club | Host Meg Wolitzer presents three stories about social occasions for introverts and extroverts alike, curated with the Belletrist Book Club, founded by actor Emma Roberts and producer Karah Preiss, and recorded at the Getty Center in Los Angeles. Humorist Samantha Irby asks “Please Invite Me to Your Party,” but we’re not sure she means it. The reader is Richa Moorjani. Victoria Lancelotta’s “The Anniversary Trip,” performed by Judy Greer, is, and is not, about the married couple making the trip. And Jen Spyra takes to extremes what it takes to get to the altar in perfect shape in “The Bridal Body,” performed by Erinn Hayes. | — | ||||||
| 5/7/26 | Fork in the Road✨ | choicerelationships+4 | — | Direction of the RoadThe Shabbos Goy | — | choicefiction+6 | — | 58m 43s | |
| 5/4/26 | Too Hot For Radio: Jonathan Lethem "The King of Sentences"✨ | meeting heroesfiction+3 | Jonathan Lethem | Ted LassoMotherless Brooklyn+2 | — | Jonathan LethemBrendan Hunt+4 | — | 44m 00s | |
| 4/30/26 | Elements of Nature✨ | natureoutdoors+4 | — | CacheArtsUtah Public Radio+5 | — | natureliterature+5 | — | 57m 12s | |
| 4/23/26 | Jane Austen at 250✨ | Jane Austenliterature+4 | Ann HaradaSophie Carmen-Jones+2 | Edgar and EmmaI Dated Jane Austen+1 | — | Jane AustenEdgar and Emma+3 | — | 1h 00m 10s | |
| 4/20/26 | Tell Me More: Jodi Kantor✨ | investigative reportingstorytelling+3 | Jodi Kantor | The New York Times | — | Jodi KantorMeg Wolitzer+3 | — | 30m 59s | |
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| 4/16/26 | Extended Families✨ | family dynamicsmother-daughter bond+3 | Kaneza SchaalJames Naughton | Grand UnionWhat Feels Like the World | — | familydynamics+6 | — | 56m 59s | |
| 4/9/26 | Remakes and Replicas✨ | fictioncommunication+3 | Santino FontanaNathan Hinton+1 | — | — | fictioncommunication+3 | — | 57m 00s | |
| 4/2/26 | Selected Shorts Goes to the Movies with the Tribeca Film Festival✨ | fictionfilm+3 | Marin IrelandMichael Stuhlbarg+1 | Tribeca Film FestivalButton, Button+3 | — | Selected ShortsTribeca Film Festival+3 | — | 58m 37s | |
| 3/26/26 | Best American Short Stories✨ | short storiesliterature+3 | Celeste Ng | Best American Short Stories 2025An Early Departure+1 | — | Best American Short StoriesMeg Wolitzer+5 | — | 58m 29s | |
| 3/19/26 | Homewreckers✨ | marriagehumor+3 | Kristine NielsenKeir Dullea | The Breaking Up of the WinshipsThe Big Cat | — | marriagehumor+3 | — | 58m 48s | |
| 3/19/26 | Meg Wolitzer Talks with Louise Erdrich✨ | interviewliterature+3 | Louise Erdrich | The Big Cat | — | Meg WolitzerLouise Erdrich+3 | — | 14m 52s | |
| 3/12/26 | What Are the Odds?✨ | fictionunlikely scenarios+3 | Naomi KritzerLing Ma | — | — | Selected Shortsfiction+4 | — | 59m 24s | |
| 3/5/26 | Reality Checks✨ | realitydreams+3 | Denis O’Hare | The LeapDeath and the Lady+1 | — | realitydreams+3 | — | 59m 05s | |
| 3/5/26 | Meg Wolitzer Talks with Denis O'Hare | In this bonus feature, host Meg Wolitzer talks with actor Denis O’Hare about his craft, and his approaches to readings of the two very different stories on this program. | — | ||||||
| 3/2/26 | Too Hot For Radio: Paul La Farge "Another Life" | Actor Josh Radnor performs Paul La Farge's story, "Another Life." | — | ||||||
| 1/5/26 | Too Hot For Radio: Carmen Maria Machado "Persephone Rides at the End of Days" | Cynthia Nixon reads Carmen Maria Machado's short story, "Persephone Rides at the End of Days." | — | ||||||
| 12/11/25 | Bonus: Etgar Keret and Ira Glass | Israeli writer Etgar Keret talks to his friend, This American Life host Ira Glass. | — | ||||||
| 11/13/25 | Meg Wolitzer Talks to Author Michael Cunningham | The author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Hours sits down with Meg for a chat about all things writing. | — | ||||||
| 9/15/25 | Tell Me More: Kathryn Nicolai | Introducing Tell Me More, a bonus podcast that brings all kinds of stories and storytelling together under one big tent. First up, an interview with the popular host of the podcast, Nothing Much Happens, Kathryn Nicolai. | — | ||||||
| 6/26/25 | Bonus: A.M. Homes interviews Margaret Atwood | As part of our live event with Margaret Atwood, host A.M. Homes interviewed her from the stage at Symphony Space. Here is that interview. | — | ||||||
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Chart Positions
27 placements across 21 markets.
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27 placements across 21 markets.