11 episodes

More Than Roses is a scripted fiction podcast that adapts and sculpts radio dramas about love from plays, short stories, novellas and poetry. Often atypical and always character-centric, these stories eschew tropes and conventions, illustrating love from a diverse array of perspectives and experiences. Each story may start with its own circumstance and avenue to romance, but each finds its own way of showing- just like a bouquet, that every shape love takes is uniquely striking.

More Than Roses Justy Kosek

    • Fiction
    • 5.0 • 19 Ratings

More Than Roses is a scripted fiction podcast that adapts and sculpts radio dramas about love from plays, short stories, novellas and poetry. Often atypical and always character-centric, these stories eschew tropes and conventions, illustrating love from a diverse array of perspectives and experiences. Each story may start with its own circumstance and avenue to romance, but each finds its own way of showing- just like a bouquet, that every shape love takes is uniquely striking.

    10. Alternate Sides Part 2

    10. Alternate Sides Part 2

    Jessica is in a race to check everything off her to-do list; Steve is content to sit back and take things one day at a time. Conflict? Yes. Attraction? Absolutely. A sweet, climactic and honest finale to the unlikely story of Jessica and Steve.

    • 27 min
    9. Alternate Sides Part 1

    9. Alternate Sides Part 1

    Adapted from the play “Alternate Side Street Parking” by Dina Laura

    • 32 min
    8. Wordless Duet

    8. Wordless Duet

    Puppy love becomes poetry when two childhood friends reconnect during summer vacation- one seeking solace in the storm of a faltering relationship. Hearts are firmly on sleeves and the power of what isn’t said outweighs the scant words that pass between these dueling narrators.

    Adapted from the short Story “Words Unspoken” by Kristen Lee

    • 26 min
    7. Aesthetics Part 2

    7. Aesthetics Part 2

    Annabelle shares some powerful thoughts on a couple of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s most famous pieces. A chain of events begins, changing Aidan and Obi’s friendship forever.

    • 33 min
    6. Aesthetics Part 1

    6. Aesthetics Part 1

    Aidan, an actor and Obi, a screenwriter, are two friends slogging through their first summer out of college. They find themselves working coat check at a series of press parties in museums across the city; heralding the final works and retirement of a legendary painter. Hunting after hope for uncertain futures via their discussions, they muse on how art, perspective and beauty permeate different facets of their lives. Their musings take a turn when they meet Annabelle: the quirky, striking granddaughter of the exhibit’s star painter.

    • 44 min
    Ghosted

    Ghosted

    Eliza and Danny, two coworkers who’ve bonded over their morning coffees for weeks, make tentative moves towards revealing their true feelings over texts and DM’s when Danny quits and Eliza sets off on a business trip. What’s an innocent tonal shift? What’s a subtle revelation? And how do the things not being spoken impact what’s actually said? The stakes are high and something sinister brews beneath the emojis.

    Adapted from the one-act play “The Ghost” By Michelle Kuchuk

    • 18 min

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
19 Ratings

19 Ratings

Skeltn^ ,

Refreshing

I hope there’s another season coming soon. I’m someone who listened to a lot of Modern Love but then stopped. This podcast came up because I’d listened to Modern Love and I liked it way better. The stories feel more real and the music is a lot catchier.

kevmarti ,

IT WORKS!!

I Would never have imagined intentionally bad werewolf erotica and an epic, realistic tale about strangers falling love in the Deep South in the same podcast. Somehow it works.

Haulston ,

A wonderful fiction podcast!

Beautiful stories by wonderful writers! What a terrific project that has come out of the darkness of 2020 to remind us of the light of love as we start to interact with each other again in 2021!

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