In which our host discusses the insanity of teaching Zoom etiquette to a four-year-old, the thirsty people we encounter on screens, and what happens to our identity when our typical feedback loops get interrupted by social distancing.*Y...

In which our host wonders if feminism still matters, if people with posh bathrooms still get to complain, and if it's altogether wise to eat chocolate in the bathroom.*You can read "When Mom's Zoom Meeting Is the One That Has to Wait" f...

In which our host receives an Amazon package, gives a shout-out to Dorothy Day, and ponders the connection between memory and fortune-telling.*You can read about Dorothy Day on "Poverty and Precarity" in The Sun here:

In which our host attempts to theorize the connection between theatre and pandemics, but is interrupted by her daughter's rage.*You should buy Sarah Ruhl's book "100 Essays I Don't Have Time to Write"**Photo by Edwin Hooper on U...

In which our host discusses the best internet meme on online teaching and what it feels like to deliver a lecture on a sinking ship.