58 Min Released Mar 23, 2017

Dangerously Funny: George Saunders & Carrie Brownstein

Guest host Josh Radnor presents works by Carrie Brownstein and George Saunders.  Brownstein reads from her memoir “Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl.”  BD Wong performs Saunders’ “My Chivalric Fiasco,” about a goofy knight errant at a Renaissance Fair, and Anthony Rapp performs Saunders’ “Sticks”, a brief portrait of an eccentric dad.  We also hear Brownstein and Saunders in conversation with Radnor.

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Spellbinding short stories by established and emerging writers take on a new life when they are performed by stars of the stage and screen.

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