TV / Online Essays

TV Essays


Minutes of Financial Change [watch]

Radio Essays

Business


The Laggy Awards [listen]
2006 Gracie Award Winner
WFUV - New York (2005)

A creative way to get invoices paid.

Improv


Statue of Liberty [listen]
Weekend America (2004)

One of a series of Essays on Demand created live, on-air.

Supermarket [listen]
Weekend America (2004)

Cassandra from "Brenda Builds a Pool" (see Stage Shows) improvises this live essay/tour.

Intro to Essays on Demand: "Envy" [listen]
Weekend America (June 2004)

Ready, set...narrate!

Life | Style


Requiem for an Amex Card [listen]
WFUV - New York (2004)

Love. Loss. An account number?

347/Area-code Chic [listen]
2005 PRNDI Award Winner
WFUV - New York (2004)

Three digits = national confusion.

The Gift of the Bonsai [listen]
WFUV - New York (2004)

The plant that changed my life.

My Junk Shrink [listen]
WFUV - New York (2004)

Got spring cleaning fever? Dial a pro.

Dueling Diets [listen]
WFUV - New York (2004)

Carbs. Points. Calories. None really count when Jeff's serving dessert.

Our Adult Prom [listen]
WFUV - New York (2004)

A misfit ball for a friend moving on.

Shakespeare for Puppies [listen]
WFUV - New York (2004)

A sleepless puppy rewrites the classics.

Excess Baggage [listen]
WFUV City Folk Morning (December 2005)

How many are enough to lug a day's worth of stuff?

Time is Smellative [listen]
WFUV City Folk Morning (December 2005)

Some useful theories Einstein didn't name.

Postaphobia [listen]
WFUV City Folk Morning (October 2005)

I'm scared of my mail -- for good reason.

Arrow of Love [listen]
I'm With Cupid podcast (September 2007)

Singer-songwriter Martha Nelson crafted this awesome pop-tune, which brings the word's of I'm With Cupid's fictional poet, Enid Hobb, to life...

Are These Pancakes Better Than Sex? [listen]
Huffington Post Audio Extra (March 2008)

Is my housemate's recipe for pancakes really better than sex? A little audio extra from our kitchen accompanies this HuffPost

Politics | Holidays


My Bi-(partisan) Boyfriend [listen]
WFUV - New York (2004)

Could he be politically...you know?