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Some recent episodes:

Rushdie on Jury Duty — on encountering Sir Salman in the Centre St Courthouse.

Hello, a Rewiring — on writing with a broken wrist.

A Tower by the Sea — on the curious legacy of Henry and Marie Clews.

I Still See Those Colors When I Close My Eyes — on my research trip to the island of Nonsuch.

Flying Home — on getting ready to return to New York after fourteen months in the high jungles of Peru.

Last Flight, Oceans of Ash — on excursions into Amazonian literature.

Ape Attacks, Flapping Butterflies — easing in to Amazonian lockdown.

Heatwave — in winter dreaming of summer.

Para abajo — cavern diving in the Yucatán.

An Evening in the Ancient Future — on Yugonostalgia at MOMA.

A Joyful One — summer of 2018.

Ropers and Bashers and Sugar Cane Candies and Eggplant Baskets and Qutrubbli Wine — in two parts, a translation of “The Saimara Session,” a maqāma by Badi’ al-Zamān al Hamadhāni.

Curses, Support Structures — on art, politics, and storytelling, and the necrophilia of the Istanbul Biennial.

Havana Red Sulphur part 1 and part 2 — on a phantom event in Cuba and the death of Fidel.

The Mast in Senegal — on a sailboat full of cash.

Confessions of a Coffee-Roaster — on an old corner of central Bucharest.

Chasing Morgan Powell — on the mysterious death of a Bronx historian.

From the Island of Nonsuch — on the confluences that brought me to the bathysphere.

Mirrors, Lullabies — on a meeting of Islamic esotericists, and on Darius James.

Shudders — studying Arabic in Istanbul, with translations of Ali ibn al-Jahm and Badr Shakr al Sayyab.