A tiny podcast about our biggest fears.
Latest episodes
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7 min
Ida and Noa
Ida and Noa are sisters from Brooklyn. Noa tasted her first snail last summer and Ida passed the purple swim test at camp. Now she’s allowed to swim all the way out to the dock. Th…
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7 min
Rebecca Carroll
Back in january we brought you the fears of WNYC cultural critic and author Rebecca Carroll. She just launched a brand new podcast. It’s called Come Through: 15 Essential Conversat…
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13 min
Jessica, David, Nata and Charlie
Jessica is a comedy producer in her 30s and until a couple of months ago she said she would describe herself as “eggs on ice, career on fire”. David is a 54 year old engineer livin…
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11 min
Hank
Hank Green is the author of the novel An Absolutely Remarkable Thing. He lives in Missoula Montana with his wife Katherine and his son Orin. Hank is also one half of the Vlog Broth…
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10 min
Hrishikesh
Hrishikesh Hirway is a musician, composer, and the creator of the podcast Song Exploder -- where musicians take apart their songs and tell the story of how they were made. Hrishi’s…
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6 min
Anne
Anne Wolf is a 38 year old mother, strategist, and minimalist shoe enthusiast. She loves the idea of hobbies, but she hasn’t found the right one yet. One time, back in the 90s, she…
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8 min
George
George Divoky studies the black guillemots of Cooper Island in Alaska. He is also the director of Cooper Island Arctic Research. Divoky tweeted that there is was fresh water on Coo…
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8 min
Sarah
Sarah Haider grew up a devout Muslim, but left the religion as a teenager. Today she is the executive director of Ex Muslims of North America, and her dad is now an atheist. Join t…
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7 min
Kent
Kent Bonar lives with his animals in the Ozarks region of Arkansas. Many years ago he started drawing the various plants he encountered on his walks in the woods. Eventually, he ha…
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6 min
Chris T.
Chris Thile is a traveling musician and the host of Live From Here from Minnesota Public Radio. He told us his son Cal is named after the comic strip character Calvin in Calvin and…
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4 min
Mara
Mara Wilson is a former child actor and host of the podcast What Are You Afraid Of. Join the "10 Things That Scare Me" conversation, and tell us your fears at 10thingspodcast.org.
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4 min
Liz
Liz is a listener who called in to us from the suburbs of Chicago where she makes her living driving a book mobile. Join the "10 Things That Scare Me" conversation, and tell us you…
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15 min
Nigel
Nigel Poor is a visual artist and lives in California. She is the co-host and co-producer of the podcast Earhustle with Earlonne Woods. She met Earlonne while volunteering in San Q…
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7 min
Chris D.
Chris Distefano is an actor and comedian in New York City. Join the "10 Things That Scare Me" conversation, and tell us your fears at 10thingspodcast.org.
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12 min
Kathy
Kathy Tu is the co-host of the podcast Nancy. When she and her co-host Tobin Low pitched the idea for a podcast about the queer experience, there was a time they wanted to name it…
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5 min
Jeffrey L.
Jeffery Lackman is a 23 year old listener who called in to us from the Minnesota/North Dakota border. He is running around with a smile on his face, trying to pay his bills and bel…
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7 min
Ellen
Ellen Ryan is a lawyer from Chicago. She told us that she met her husband while on a trek in the Himalayas. After Jeffrey Dahmer was convicted, she and her husband continued to vis…
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8 min
Michael
Michael W. Twitty is a culinary and cultural historian and author of The Cooking Gene. He converted to Orthodox Judaism at 25. Twitty is the first Revolutionary in Residence at Col…
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5 min
Molly
Molly called in to us from Maryland. Join the "10 Things That Scare Me" conversation, and tell us your fears at 10thingspodcast.org.
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3 min
Maureen
Maureen took up the challenge to tell us what scares her from her home in Mendocino County, CA. Where she works as a hospital chaplain. Maureen is also a writer and author of the p…