Love and Radio

In February 2024, celebrated children’s book author and illustrator Petra Mathers and her husband, photographer Michael Mathers, mailed letters to dozens of friends and family members to let them know they had died by suicide. Petra and Michael were by all accounts healthy, happy, and in love. Why did they choose to die together? And what did that decision do to the people left to mourn them? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Truth--the intimate, clever, and pioneering fiction podcast from Jonathan Mitchell--made a recent return to the podwaves. Enjoy this recent episode: The Completetist, written by Hunter Nelson. Find The Truth at thetruthpodcast.com or search for it wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

From our friends at Dead Signals (Archive 81, The Deep Vault, Generation Crossing): Conversations with Ghosts follows mausoleum attendant Mal Fleming as he tries to convince the spirits of Grey Briar Cemetery to pass on. In each episode, Mal sits down with a new ghost to build a portrait of their life, their death, and their afterlife... all to help them release whatever still ties their soul to this reality. Listen to more episodes: https://pod.link/1843137773 Website: conversationswithghosts.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

“Evil is so understandable, but goodness is such a mystery.”Michael faces a conviction that could put him in prison for the rest of his life. PLAYLIST! https://tambien.bandcamp.com/track/progreso https://tambien.bandcamp.com/track/second https://entranas.bandcamp.com/track/nublado https://soundcloud.com/tambi3n/00-glacial?in=tambi3n/sets/zoroxxe-nefelomancia https://nataliabeylis.bandcamp.com/track/good-birds-goodnight https://nataliabeylis.bandcamp.com/track/the-sloes-made-sweet Star of the Sea - Winter People (Unreleased) https://tambien.bandcamp.com/track/bruma https://eezzmmeerraallddaa.bandcamp.com/track/piedra-infinita https://nataliabeylis.bandcamp.com/track/black-sea-1967 https://tambien.bandcamp.com/track/acqua https://perleemusic.bandcamp.com/album/speaking-from-other-rooms CREDITS! Additional Voice: Nicki Stein Series Producer: Meera Kumar Managing Editor: Robin Amer Additional Reporting: Brian Krans and Anya Schultz Fact Checking: Nicole Pasulka Contributing Editor: Allison Herrera Visuals: Orla Mc Hardy Huge gratitude to the music labels: También AudioBulb Records RVNG Int'l Special thanks: Avishay Artsy, Terra Friedman, Davy Gardner, Alexander Jerri, Allyson Morgan, Jonathan Mitchell, Nigel Poor, Marc Sollinger, Rebecca Kanthor and Ashley Shi at NYU Shanghai, Stephen Match and Meagan Shrinker at the law offices of Loevy and Loevy, Jacqueline Swett and Lisa Califf at law offices of Donaldson Califf Perez, and Cowhouse Studios in County Wexford, Ireland. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

“If you marry a prisoner, you only know this person when they’re sitting next to you on a chair in the prison visiting room.“ After 45 years behind bars, Michael adjusts to life on the outside, makes new friends, and starts a business. But things quickly unravel. PLAYLIST!https://sereptie.bandcamp.com/track/the-melt https://tambien.bandcamp.com/track/fau https://tambien.bandcamp.com/track/lampyridae https://andrewfrankel.bandcamp.com/album/romaslend https://inter-bellum.bandcamp.com/track/disintegration-falls https://tambien.bandcamp.com/track/corporal https://sereptie.bandcamp.com/track/chiron https://sereptie.bandcamp.com/track/s-and-s https://soundcloud.com/tambi3n/sets/zoroxxe https://inter-bellum.bandcamp.com/track/interlude-04 https://eileanrec.bandcamp.com/track/red-grey-orange LSC - Star of the Sea (Unreleased) https://ab-strangebird-sounds.bandcamp.com/track/old-map Guts and Erasures - Sereptie (Unreleased) https://banabila.bandcamp.com/track/not-in-our-name https://sereptie.bandcamp.com/track/a-real-person-in-the-window https://quixosis.bandcamp.com/track/descomposicion-2-stillness-2 https://soundcloud.com/tambi3n/00-glacial https://soundcloud.com/tambi3n/02-esperame-un-segundo-mstr-2448-etv2?in=tambi3n%2Fsets%2Fzoroxxe-nefelomancia https://sereptie.bandcamp.com/track/asonata https://sereptie.bandcamp.com/track/the-devoted-fifth https://tamben.bandcamp.com/track/kon https://quixosis.bandcamp.com/track/descomposicion-iv-triple-n https://dj-masuno.bandcamp.com/track/hortela https://microhm.bandcamp.com/track/emerging-from-the-depths https://soundcloud.com/tambi3n/07-tahuando https://andrewheath.bandcamp.com/track/the-absentee https://tambien.bandcamp.com/track/aurora https://daisyrickman.bandcamp.com/track/blue-morning https://quixosis.bandcamp.com/track/lisergium-tremens CREDITS! Additional Voice: Tina Antolini Series Producer: Meera Kumar Managing Editor: Robin Amer Additional Reporting: Brian Krans and Anya Schultz Fact Checking: Nicole Pasulka Contributing Editor: Allison Herrera Visuals: Orla Mc Hardy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices