Friendship!

Selected Shorts

Symphony Space

Arts, Fiction, Books, Society & Culture

4.4 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2023

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

On this show, host Meg Wolitzer gets friendly, and shares three stories about friendships of all kinds. Kelly Stout’s zinger “Let’s Get Drinks,” offers up the perils of conducting a social life via hyperbolic texts, which are hilariously performed by Jane Curtin and Jane Kaczmarek. Next, “True Friendship,” by Jorge Hernandez describes a life-long friend who’s almost too good to be—true. The reader is Michael Urie. And three misfits fit together in Anthony Marra’s “The Last Words of Benito Picone,” performed by John Turturro. A brief interview with Turturro follows the story.

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0:00.0	[♪ INTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪
0:07.8	Tired of staring at your partner or squabbling with your family?
0:11.0	That's where friends come in.
0:12.6	On this edition of Selected Short,
0:14.4	stories of friendship in all its glory,
0:16.8	hosted by me, Meg Wallitzer,
0:18.8	featuring real-life pals, Jane Curtin and Jane Kessmarek.
0:22.5	[♪ INTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪
0:30.1	[♪ INTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪
0:32.0	[♪ INTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪
0:32.4	[♪ you're listening to Selected Shorts where our greatest actors transport us through the magic of fiction,
0:37.9	one short story at a time.
0:39.9	Did you know there's a friendship day?
0:42.9	Yeah, first Sunday in August.
0:44.9	Better order your friendship cake at the bakery now because they sell out fast.
0:49.4	All right, maybe they don't, but they should.
0:51.8	We have some smart listeners,
0:53.8	so maybe you already knew about friendship day.
0:56.6	But I suspect most people know almost nothing about this hallmark holiday.
1:01.2	We know you're up on those other ones.
1:03.2	Mother's Day, Father's Day, Valentine's Day,
1:06.4	even that emotionally stirring day of national celebration, Groundhog Day.
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