# Love and Radio

Love and Radio (stylized Love + Radio) is an American audio podcast directed by Nick van der Kolk and produced by Phil Dmochowski and Steven Jackson. Love and Radio originally began in 2005 as a series of self-distributed episodes, and the show later received support and distribution from NPR and Chicago Public Media. In 2014 Love and Radio joined the podcast network Radiotopia as one of its seven original shows and began producing episodes on a more regular monthly schedule. In May 2019 Love and Radio left Radiotopia to join the newly launched subscription-supported podcasting service Luminary, starting with their 8th season in May 2019.
Episodes of Love and Radio consist of stories, often presented in personal interviews, either focusing on a single story or sometimes related to a theme. A few segments include fiction, but most are non-fiction. The show's subjects have been described as "people on the cultural edge" and "intriguing characters who aren't quite who you think they are when you first meet them". The show also uses audio production techniques to give the interviews a musical and inventive quality.
In 2011, Love and Radio was awarded the Gold prize for best documentary by the Third Coast International Audio Festival for the episode "The Wisdom of Jay Thunderbolt", which revolves around an interview with a stay-at-home strip club manager. Roman Mars, one of the Third Coast judges, described the piece as "beautifully constructed and composed in ways that are subtle and unique." The show also won Third Coast Awards in 2013 for the episode "Jack and Ellen" and in 2015 for the episode "The Living Room". The Atlantic included the episode "The Living Room" on their list of "The 50 Best Podcast Episodes of 2015".

## Episodes

| No. | Title | Original air date |
| 1 | "With a Bullet" | October 18, 2005 (2005-10-18) |
| 2 | "Ghost Stories" | October 30, 2005 (2005-10-30) |
| 3 | "Love in Bits" | November 20, 2005 (2005-11-20) |
| 4 | "Flip Yr Sh!t" | December 11, 2005 (2005-12-11) |
| 5 | "Show Me Yours" | March 2, 2006 (2006-03-02) |
| 6 | "Elimination" | April 21, 2006 (2006-04-21) |
| 7 | "Secrets" | August 4, 2006 (2006-08-04) |
| 8 | "Tell Me the Future" | August 24, 2006 (2006-08-24) |
| 9 | "Insane vs. Unsane" | October 30, 2006 (2006-10-30) |
| 10 | "In the Company of Men" | January 1, 2007 (2007-01-01) |
| 11 | "How I Found Out My Relationship Had No Future, Pt 1" | May 7, 2007 (2007-05-07) |
| 12 | "How I Found Out My Relationship Had No Future, Pt 2" | June 21, 2007 (2007-06-21) |
| 13 | "Bloody Fingers" | July 12, 2007 (2007-07-12) |
| 14 | "Lady Sovereign vs. Jelly Donut" | October 3, 2007 (2007-10-03) |
| 15 | "Violent" | November 7, 2007 (2007-11-07) |
| 16 | "Strip, Pt 1" | November 15, 2007 (2007-11-15) |
| 17 | "Animal Parts" | November 29, 2007 (2007-11-29) |
| 18 | "Take It, It’s for You" | February 14, 2008 (2008-02-14) |
| 19 | "Aftermath" | March 27, 2008 (2008-03-27) |
| 20 | "We’ve Got Your Back, Ashley Dupré" | April 16, 2008 (2008-04-16) |
| 21 | "Strip, Pt 2" | June 5, 2008 (2008-06-05) |
| 22 | "Split Brain" | October 14, 2008 (2008-10-14) |
| 23 | "Dirty Balloons" | November 9, 2010 (2010-11-09) |
| 24 | "The List" | December 21, 2010 (2010-12-21) |
| 25 | "The Wisdom of Jay Thunderbolt" | April 11, 2011 (2011-04-11) |
| 26 | "The Man in the Road" | May 26, 2011 (2011-05-26) |
| 27 | "Bedouin Love (Revisited)" | November 4, 2011 (2011-11-04) |
| 28 | "Fix" | May 23, 2012 (2012-05-23) |
| 29 | "Seventy Weeks" | July 19, 2012 (2012-07-19) |
| 30 | "Greenberg’s War" | December 21, 2012 (2012-12-21) |
| 31 | "Jack and Ellen" | February 21, 2013 (2013-02-21) |
| 32 | "The Pandrogyne" | December 10, 2013 (2013-12-10) |
| 33 | "The Superchat" | January 21, 2014 (2014-01-21) |
| 34 | "The Silver Dollar" | February 27, 2014 (2014-02-27) |
| 35 | "Another Planet" | April 8, 2014 (2014-04-08) |
| 36 | "Hostile Planet" | May 13, 2014 (2014-05-13) |
| 37 | "I, Sitting Beside Me" | June 12, 2014 (2014-06-12) |
| 38 | "Sesquipedalian" | July 29, 2014 (2014-07-29) |
| 39 | "Choir Boy" | August 20, 2014 (2014-08-20) |
| 40 | "Of Birds and Boundaries" | September 24, 2014 (2014-09-24) |
| 41 | "The Magical World of Eva Julia Christiie" | November 24, 2014 (2014-11-24) |
| 42 | "An Old Lion, or a Lover’s Lute" | December 19, 2014 (2014-12-19) |
| 43 | "The Living Room" | March 6, 2015 (2015-03-06) |
| 44 | "Thank You, Princess" | March 27, 2015 (2015-03-27) |
| 45 | "Eternity Through Skirts and Waistcoats" | May 12, 2015 (2015-05-12) |
| 46 | "Paremoremo" | May 23, 2015 (2015-05-23) |
| 47 | "The Adventures of Zoe Nightingale" | June 24, 2015 (2015-06-24) |
| 48 | "Greetings from Coney Island" | July 28, 2015 (2015-07-28) |
| 49 | "Bride of the Sea" | August 26, 2015 (2015-08-26) |
| 50 | "A Red Dot" | September 24, 2015 (2015-09-24) |
| 51 | "Discarnate Rebel Angel" | October 22, 2015 (2015-10-22) |
| 52 | "Points Unknown" | November 16, 2015 (2015-11-16) |
| 53 | "Deep Stealth Mode" | February 25, 2016 (2016-02-25) |
| 54 | "The Man In The Road" | April 20, 2016 (2016-04-20) |
| 55 | "Another Planet" | May 27, 2016 (2016-05-27) |
| 56 | "The Neighborhood" | June 23, 2016 (2016-06-23) |
| 57 | "On The Shore Dimly Seen" | July 22, 2016 (2016-07-22) |
| 58 | "An Old Lion or a Lover’s Lute, Special Extended Cut" | August 27, 2016 (2016-08-27) |
| 59 | "A Girl of Ivory" | September 29, 2016 (2016-09-29) |
| 60 | "The Enemy Within" | October 13, 2016 (2016-10-13) |
| 61 | "Upper Left" | October 27, 2016 (2016-10-27) |
| 62 | "Wood Fighting with Steel" | November 17, 2016 (2016-11-17) |
| 63 | "Doing The No No" | December 2, 2016 (2016-12-02) |
| 64 | "Blink Once for Yes" | December 26, 2016 (2016-12-26) |
| 65 | "No Bad News" | January 13, 2017 (2017-01-13) |
| 66 | "The Secrets Hotline" | April 6, 2017 (2017-04-06) |
| 67 | "The Pandrogyne" | May 5, 2017 (2017-05-05) |
| 67 | "Relevant Questions" | June 16, 2017 (2017-06-16) |
| 68 | "The Boys Will Work It Out" | July 6, 2017 (2017-07-06) |
| 69 | "Suitcase of Love and Shame" | July 24, 2017 (2017-07-24) |
| 70 | "Reunion" | August 24, 2017 (2017-08-24) |
| 71 | "For Science!" | September 28, 2017 (2017-09-28) |
| 72 | "Photochemical" | October 13, 2017 (2017-10-13) |
| 73 | "Murdertown, USA" | October 24, 2017 (2017-10-24) |
| 74 | "44 Years" | November 6, 2017 (2017-11-06) |
| 75 | "WWCD?" | November 22, 2017 (2017-11-22) |
| 76 | "The Machine" | December 11, 2017 (2017-12-11) |