The Anne Levine Show

Time is the thing we trust most and the thing we understand least. We start with a deceptively simple question: how long is one day? From there, we unpack why solar time and sidereal time disagree by about four minutes, and how that tiny gap reshapes the night sky over a year and helps astronomers aim telescopes where they actually need to look.  Then we zoom out to the human side of timekeep...

Moving forces a brutal question: what do you keep when every box has a weight limit? From a crowded Cape Cod headquarters to a new life in Los Angeles, we talk through the emotional logic of “stuff” and why ordinary objects refuse to stay ordinary. A mystery key, an empty jewelry box, a scratched maker’s mark, or a photo of unknown people can turn into a personal archive the moment you pay attenti...

The best discoveries are not always buried at the end of the Earth. A lot of them sit right where we can see them, waiting for someone to take one more look. That is the thread running through this story-driven podcast: curiosity as a practical skill, not a personality quirk. We move from a hiker in the Blue Ridge Mountains who takes home what he thinks is a stray kitten, to the slow realization t...

Send us Fan Mail A capybara sprints into freedom, a buffalo becomes a political lightning rod, and a cemetery turns out to be one of the biggest bee neighborhoods scientists have ever documented. That’s where we start, and it only gets better from there. We’re coming to you from Cape Cod with a grab bag of stories that sound absurd at first, then land with surprisingly real questions about attenti...

Send us Fan Mail A cat runs for office with an honest one-word platform, “Crime,” and somehow that’s only the start. I’m  Michael Over There , and I’m keeping  The Anne Levine Show  rolling with the same curious tone, a little grief in the background, and a lot of strange stories that might make you stop and say, wait,  that’s real ? We start with animal mayors in Somerville, M...

Send us Fan Mail I’m back behind the mic after a long silence, and I’m doing it without Anne, the absolute love of my life. Losing her changes everything about how this show feels, but I still want a place where we can hang out, be curious, and talk about the strange world we’re building together even when life hurts. We start with a story that sounds like science fiction but is already real: a ho...

What do we owe the people who serve, and what do we owe each other when jokes hit sensitive ground? We open with Veterans Day reflections that put family stress front and center, then pivot to pop culture that refuses to sit quietly. Tropic Thunder ’s star-studded satire still sparks debate, and we unpack why intent and impact don’t always meet in the middle. Context matters, timing matters, and s...

Election Day crackles through the studio as we kick off with a  Springsteen surprise  and a reminder to  vote , then veer into the strange economics of spectacle:  The Naked Cowboy , busking myths, and why consistency can out-earn talent in the right crossroads. From there our patience runs out on  Halloween creep —medical shows in silly glasses, twenty-five-foot skeletons, and the rising pressure...

A ballet clip sent us spiraling back to Kate Bush, and that simple scroll unlocked a bigger conversation: how we hear things differently with time, and why owning your work can change the arc of your career. We start with Wuthering Heights—divisive, daring, unforgettable—and trace a line to Stranger Things, music rights, and the long shadow cast by Bittersweet Symphony’s publishing battle. From th...

Ever wondered what happens when you accept a ride on a rock legend’s private jet? For British boy band  McFly , it meant having their passports defaced with explicit Sharpie drawings courtesy of  Rod Stewart  himself. We dive into this shocking story of celebrity mischief gone too far, exploring the real-world consequences when the nearly 80-year-old icon’s “prank&...