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Nick van der Kolk's Love and Radio features in-depth, otherworldly-produced interviews with an eclectic range of subjects, from the seedy to the sublime. Get inside the mind of a rogue taxidermist. Find out what it's like to experience a stroke firsthand. Or spend time with an artist who gives away her life savings every night. You've never heard anything like it before.

  1. Episode 03: The House in North Tustin

    FEB 16 • SUBSCRIBER EARLY ACCESS

    Episode 03: The House in North Tustin

    “Stop what you’re doing. There’s two bodies buried there.” Police discover two dead bodies buried under a shed in Michael’s back yard. When he runs off with one of the murder victims’ wives, his involvement is called into question. PLAYLIST! https://canvas-index.bandcamp.com/track/i-wed-my-shadow https://tambien.bandcamp.com/track/la-desolaci-n-del-gran-ahorrar
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 https://tambien.bandcamp.com/track/kon CREDITS!
 Additional voices: Katie Mingle, Bill Rohlfing, Peter Lang-Stanton, Adam Conover
 Series Producer: Meera Kumar
 Managing Editor: Robin Amer
 Additional Reporting: Brian Krans, Anya Schultz
 Fact Checking: Nicole Pasulka
 Visuals: Orla Mc Hardy

    37 min
  2. Episode 02: The Truth Always Rises

    FEB 9 • SUBSCRIBER EARLY ACCESS

    Episode 02: The Truth Always Rises

    While cutting fire break as a teen housed in a juvenile detention center, Michael is approached by a rancher who offers to look after him, become his spiritual mentor, and teach him how to handle himself in a fight. PLAYLIST! Momenta Neo 1 by Quixosis https://tambien.bandcamp.com/track/el-ascenso-de-la-luz Shown the Hidden Corner by Sereptie (from the forthcoming Bone Pile EP) https://olivercoates.bandcamp.com/track/living-branches-feat-chrysanthemum-bear https://tambien.bandcamp.com/track/inmutable https://soundcloud.com/tambi3n/vertigo https://soundcloud.com/tambi3n/3-autopolesis?in=tambi3n/sets/zoroxxe https://tambien.bandcamp.com/track/cet-cea https://tambien.bandcamp.com/track/ausente https://inter-bellum.bandcamp.com/track/winter-tungsten https://andrewheath.bandcamp.com/track/spaghetti-western https://ab-odnu.bandcamp.com/track/under-the-igloo https://bodufsongs.bandcamp.com/track/sword-weather https://sereptie.bandcamp.com/track/false-drain CREDITS! Additional voices: Katie Mingle, Lorrie Goldensohn, Bill Rohlfing Series Producer: Meera Kumar Additional Reporting Brian Krans, Anya Schultz Fact Checking: Nicole Pasulka Visuals: Orla Mc Hardy

    31 min
  3. Episode 01: Calipatria

    2D AGO

    Episode 01: Calipatria

    “Sometimes, if you want something great, you have to make a lot of sacrifices.”  Two women meet the same man in prison and walk away with decidedly different impressions of him. PLAYLIST! PLAYLIST! https://nataliabeylis.bandcamp.com/track/the-lighthouse-trembles https://banabila.bandcamp.com/track/mind-shifts https://tambien.bandcamp.com/track/acqua https://banabila.bandcamp.com/track/not-in-our-name https://soundcloud.com/tambi3n/vertigo https://nataliabeylis.bandcamp.com/album/mermaids https://ab-memoryscale.bandcamp.com/track/apr-s-la-pluie http://soundcloud.com/zoroxxe/07-zoroxxe-revoluciones-micro No More Underground by Sereptie, from the forthcoming Bone Pile EP https://glitchbird.bandcamp.com/track/intemperie https://russyoung.bandcamp.com/track/a-listening-voice https://tambien.bandcamp.com/track/la-inmanencia-del-ser https://quixosis.bandcamp.com/track/tigre-de-papel-feat-king-klav https://quixosis.bandcamp.com/track/chanclas-de-mercurio-2 https://dialect-trax.bandcamp.com/track/sentimental-sedimentary https://soundcloud.com/tambi3n/vertigo https://eezzmmeerraallddaa.bandcamp.com/track/l-grimas-de-sangre-ii https://banabila.bandcamp.com/track/the-process-from-birth https://soundcloud.com/tambi3n/2-paisaje-oblicuo https://timbertimbrefth.bandcamp.com/track/well-find-out https://quixosis.bandcamp.com/track/chahuarmishqui-remastered-2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    36 min
  4. Blood Memory, Coming Feb 2!

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    Blood Memory, Coming Feb 2!

    The motto of the Aryan Brotherhood prison gang is “blood in, blood out." During his 45 years in prison, Michael Thompson became one of the few people to leave the white supremacist gang alive — and to testify against it. But is Thompson a gentle soul trapped by a broken system, or, as his critics claim, a master manipulator who can’t be trusted? Blood Memory, a new series from Love + Radio, grapples with that question. Winner of the Best Independent Nonfiction Audio Award at the 2025 Tribeca Festival. The new season unfolds February 2. Subscribers can listen to the entire series a week early though, just sayin'. SUPPORT LOVE AND RADIO! http://loveandradio.org/member MUSIC ON THIS TRAILER! H2O - The Inner Cave https://tambien.bandcamp.com/track/the-inner-cave vhvl - tree https://rvng.bandcamp.com/track/treee Timber Timbre - We’ll Find Out https://timbertimbrefth.bandcamp.com/track/well-find-out Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    2 min
  5. Morning Splendor

    10/28/2025 • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    Morning Splendor

    I've been pretty obsessed with the idea of forgiveness the last few years, trying to tease apart when it empowers and when it becomes something that appeases the worst kind of behavior. So when my friend Katy told me about Wilma Derksen, a woman who chose forgiveness in the face of unimaginable tragedy, I had to figure out how she was able to do it. PLAYLIST (in order of appearance): https://blackdecelerant.bandcamp.com/track/three https://isikkural.bandcamp.com/track/grown-one-iota https://florelaurentienne.bandcamp.com/track/kamouraska https://tambien.bandcamp.com/track/drop https://isikkural.bandcamp.com/track/interlude-2 https://tambien.bandcamp.com/track/vespere https://mlesprg.bandcamp.com/track/dock https://rvng.bandcamp.com/track/father-of-light https://mlesprg.bandcamp.com/track/synth-2-2 https://dialect-trax.bandcamp.com/track/half-moon https://msage.bandcamp.com/track/crick-foam https://florelaurentienne.bandcamp.com/track/fleuve-v https://florelaurentienne.bandcamp.com/track/1991 https://paulineannastrom.bandcamp.com/track/morning-splendor More information about Candace Derksen can be found here: https://www.candacederksen.com/

    41 min
  6. Morning Splendor

    10/27/2025

    Morning Splendor

    I've been pretty obsessed with the idea of forgiveness the last few years, trying to tease apart when it empowers and when it becomes something that appeases the worst kind of behavior. So when my friend Katy told me about Wilma Derksen, a woman who chose forgiveness in the face of unimaginable tragedy, I had to figure out how she was able to do it. PLAYLIST (in order of appearance): https://blackdecelerant.bandcamp.com/track/three https://isikkural.bandcamp.com/track/grown-one-iota https://florelaurentienne.bandcamp.com/track/kamouraska https://tambien.bandcamp.com/track/drop https://isikkural.bandcamp.com/track/interlude-2 https://tambien.bandcamp.com/track/vespere https://mlesprg.bandcamp.com/track/dock https://rvng.bandcamp.com/track/father-of-light https://mlesprg.bandcamp.com/track/synth-2-2 https://dialect-trax.bandcamp.com/track/half-moon https://msage.bandcamp.com/track/crick-foam https://florelaurentienne.bandcamp.com/track/fleuve-v https://florelaurentienne.bandcamp.com/track/1991 https://paulineannastrom.bandcamp.com/track/morning-splendor More information about Candace Derksen can be found here: https://www.candacederksen.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    45 min

  7. 11/26/2024 • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    Taking Care of Buzz

    Danny Valentine says he "got his shirt tails caught in the justice system" at an early age, but meeting Buzz and Janie would radically alter the course of his life, and theirs. Produced by Kelly Loudenberg. Read more about Danny, Janie, and Buzz in her Atavist piece: https://magazine.atavist.com/the-caregivers-prison-art-michigan-love-dementia/

    39 min

  8. 11/20/2024 • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    The Last Thing on the List

    Cassandra Dee makes jokes. Produced by Justin Kramon. Special thanks to Brett Wean from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, who helped us think through this episode. If you or a loved one are struggling with suicidal ideation, get help at afsp.org or call 988 in the US. PLAYLIST (in order of appearance): https://katenv.bandcamp.com/track/oak https://dialect-trax.bandcamp.com/track/overgrown-song https://rvng.bandcamp.com/track/celestial-shimmer https://blackdecelerant.bandcamp.com/track/nine https://olivercoates.bandcamp.com/track/radiocello https://juliannabarwick.bandcamp.com/track/night https://rvng.bandcamp.com/track/melinas-torch https://blackdecelerant.bandcamp.com/track/one https://www.anost.net/release/C6C9/m-sage%2Fparadise-crick (Socked In) https://quixosis.bandcamp.com/track/zen-cero https://sugaiken.bandcamp.com/track/wochikaeri-to-uzume https://visiblecloaks.bandcamp.com/track/place https://dialect-trax.bandcamp.com/track/sentimental-sedimentary https://paulineannastrom.bandcamp.com/track/in-flight-suspension

    37 min
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Nick van der Kolk's Love and Radio features in-depth, otherworldly-produced interviews with an eclectic range of subjects, from the seedy to the sublime. Get inside the mind of a rogue taxidermist. Find out what it's like to experience a stroke firsthand. Or spend time with an artist who gives away her life savings every night. You've never heard anything like it before.

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