In the Great Green Room

In the Great Green Room

Author: Vox Media Podcast Network January 8, 2025 Duration: 38:14
Everything you didn’t know about Goodnight Moon, the book that’s put children to bed for generations — and the woman who wrote it. "She could write very well for young children because she remembered exactly what it was like to be one of them." Leonard Marcus’ book is Margaret Wise Brown: Awakened by the Moon Say hello on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Follow the show and review us on Apple Podcasts. Want to listen to This is Love ad-free? Sign up for Criminal Plus – you’ll get to listen to This is Love, Criminal, and Phoebe Reads a Mystery without any ads. Plus, you’ll get behind-the-scenes bonus episodes of Criminal and other exclusive benefits. Learn more and sign up here. We also make Criminal and Phoebe Reads a Mystery. Artwork by Julienne Alexander. Check out our online shop. Episode transcripts are posted on our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

From the team behind the acclaimed Criminal comes This is Love, a podcast that explores the vast, often surprising dimensions of its title. This isn't a show about romance in the conventional sense, but an investigation into connection itself. Each episode is a carefully crafted story that uncovers the profound and sometimes unexpected ways love manifests-in devotion between species, in lifelong friendships forged by chance, in the quiet dedication to a place or an idea. The stories are intimate and human, told with the same narrative care and empathetic curiosity that defined its predecessor. As part of the Vox Media Podcast Network, this podcast releases new episodes twice a month, offering regular, thoughtful escapes into the complexities of the heart. You'll hear interviews, archival tape, and rich sound design that pulls you directly into the experience. It’s a series that challenges the simple definition of its name, revealing how love operates as a fundamental, shaping force in society, culture, and our personal journals of life. Tune in for stories that are moving, peculiar, and deeply true, each one a reminder that love is, indeed, far more than you might initially think.
Author: Language: English Episodes: 50

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The Collection [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 30:16
In 2023, Bill Staubi learned he only had about 18 months left to live. There was one thing he really wanted to take care of before it was too late. Say hello on Facebook and Instagram. Follow the show and review us on Ap…
Watching for Smoke [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 37:07
People set fire to the land they call home. “If we can turn it black, it can't burn again in August.” We're going on tour - and it's a different kind of show than any we've done before. Upcoming dates in Durham, NC, and…
Sun-Man [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 43:12
In 1984, Yla Eason’s three-year-old son told her he couldn’t be a superhero because he wasn’t white like his He-Man action figures. So she looked for a Black action figure for him. When she couldn’t find one anywhere, sh…
Hotline! [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 36:16
An episode all about hotlines - and the people who answer the calls. You can read more about the Foy Information Desk in "The Alabama Landline that Keeps Ringing," by Emily McCrary. To learn more about the Center for Coa…
Sextus Congenius Verus [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 38:29
When Daniella Santoro and her husband started clearing their backyard in New Orleans, they found a strange stone under a satsuma tree. The stone had letters carved into it – like a gravestone. “We thought – maybe someone…
The Asteroid Hunter [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 34:16
In the early ’90s, a comet smashed into Jupiter with the force of 300 million atomic bombs. No one had seen anything like it before, and astronomers quickly realized that we should be monitoring asteroids and comets near…
The Golden Record [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 43:44
In 1977, Ann Druyan was asked to help create a message from Earth that would leave our solar system and last for more than a billion years. Say hello on Facebook and Instagram. Follow the show and review us on Apple Podc…
The Photograph [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 49:19
Bob Brigham always knew he was adopted, but growing up, he didn’t know anything about his biological parents. When he was seven years old, a social worker came for a visit and Bob heard her whisper something to his mothe…
Wimbledon in a Cornfield [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 33:47
Mark Kuhn grew up in Iowa in a family of corn farmers. When he was 10 years old, he heard a BBC broadcast of the Wimbledon finals. He couldn’t stop thinking about it — he would daydream about tennis while doing his chore…
SOS [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 57:26
Brandon and Gina hadn’t known each other long when they found themselves lost 8,500 feet high on a mountain. “We started yelling and nobody yelled back.” Bill Donahue’s article is Lost & Found in Backpacker Magazine. Say…