The Anne Levine Show with Michael Over There

Send us Fan Mail 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...

Send us Fan Mail We abandon a planned “believable lies” story when our body refused to cooperate, then follow the real-life weirdness of objects that won’t stay simple. We trace how keys, boxes, marks, and junk drawers turn into evidence, memory, and obsession, especially while packing up a life and deciding what matters. • moving stress and the surprising honesty of the body • why “backstories” b...

Send us Fan Mail A kitten on a mountain trail turns into a bobcat. A $4 flea market frame turns into a multimillion-dollar Declaration of Independence discovery. A jar of pickles becomes a roadside legend that refuses to disappear. We built this hour around one idea that keeps proving itself: the biggest breakthroughs are often hidden in plain sight, not because they are invisible, but because we...

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, Massachusetts and Divide,...

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...

Send us Fan Mail Prednisone is supposed to help, but what happens when it flips every switch in your body at once? We’re talking candidly about corticosteroid side effects and the real day-to-day fallout: a heart that won’t settle down, sleep that disappears, cravings that feel like a possession, and the weird emotional intensity that makes you buy “just one more” thing you do not need. If you’ve...

Send us Fan Mail The headlines feel like they’re written by a prankster, so we start where any sane Tuesday begins: an April Fool’s argument about Michael McDonald, Kenny Loggins, and whether “What A Fool Believes” can possibly be called a cover. Then the mood shifts hard into a true crime mystery that’s been eating at us, the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, Savannah Guthrie’s 84-year-old mother....

Send us Fan Mail Feathers in faces, wisteria on bodices, and a brooch so big it becomes a character. We’re coming to you from WOMR/WFMR with our full 2026 Oscars roundup, and we’re not playing it safe. Michael and I start with something that’s been bugging us all week: the rise of AI voices in media and how quickly “real people” can get swapped for something that sounds human enough. That thread k...

Send us Fan Mail Ever wonder what happens when a Hollywood designer lands on Cape Cod with a toolbox, a memory bank full of backstage stories, and an eye out for robots? We invited Jonathan “Silver Lake” Stockwell Baker into the studio and into our home, where he’s quietly transforming rooms while we broadcast. What starts with a 1975 Pirates of Penzance audition blooms into a bigger story about t...

Send us Fan Mail A blizzard rolled in the same weekend my lungs gave out (again), and suddenly everything we rely on—power, cell phone reception, hospital routines, even the simple act of getting a meal—buckled. We found ourselves riding the fault line between fear and farce: oxygen levels plunging into the 70s, a CT hunt for answers, and a hospitalist who showed up with a high-pitched certainty a...

Send us Fan Mail The week felt like a sports movie that refused to stick to the script. An allegedly slushy Olympic rink turned figure skating into survival mode, where clean edges mattered more than big jumps and a single stumble reshaped the podium. We break down how ice quality can sabotage world-class technique, why Germany’s pairs team won gold by staying upright, and how Kazakhstan’s Mikhail...

Send us Fan Mail What happens when the biggest game of the year can’t keep up with its own halftime show? We start with a Super Bowl that slogged through three quarters, then got eclipsed by a jaw-dropping, Spanish-language performance built like living theater—multiple sets, seamless film inserts, a real wedding , and a closing message that correctly defines “America” as a whole hemisphere. We di...

Send us Fan Mail A blizzard at the end of a long Cape Cod driveway is a bad setting for a breathing crisis—especially when you live with a rare lung disease. Before we could dial for an ambulance, we needed a snowplow. That’s how our week of sirens, scans, and unexpected heroes began, with two brothers clearing a path so help could reach the house and a pair of EMTs trying to place an IV while the...

Send us Fan Mail A nor’easter pounds the Cape, the house runs cold, and we warm up by arguing about the most electric late-night guests ever and the sneaky power of real-life detail on screen. From Robin Williams’ cyclone energy to Martin Short’s masterclass in character and timing, we unpack what makes a guest unmissable: unpredictability, generosity, and a host forced into delightful chaos. We t...

Send us Fan Mail What makes a moment stick—the heat, the heart, or the craft? We start courtside in Melbourne, reliving a giddy exhibition with Federer, Agassi, Barty, and Hewitt that turns pure fun into a lesson on mastery. A tight Venus Williams match reminds us how crowds sway momentum and how a single ball toss can tilt a set. As Coco Gauff looms in the next round, we talk form, nerves, and wh...

Send us Fan Mail Start with a mislabeled bag and watch an hour unfold. We kick off with a global roll call and a story that turns “chai” into “ Chai ,” then tumble into a surprisingly tender argument about taste: why a younger friend devoured Homeland but bounced off The Americans for “looking old.” That sparks a bigger question we wrestle with throughout—do we judge shows by their era, or by the...

Send us Fan Mail A cold Cape Cod morning sets the scene for an hour that swings from laugh-out-loud awkward to quietly profound. We open with a hallway full of chairs, a pair of black scrubs bursting at the seams, and winter outfits that defy reason. It’s funny, yes—but it’s also a small study in shared space: how we move through clinics and crowds, what we notice, and the gentle obligations we ca...

Send us Fan Mail The penultimate day of the year can make anyone reach for easy summaries—good year, bad year—but we found the truth in the details: a Springsteen biopic that drowns in mood, a Nuremberg remake that forgets to choose a spine, and a baking show that rescues the night with butter and wit. We went into Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere expecting a guilty pleasure anchored by Jeremy...

Send us Fan Mail A favorite song spins up memories of the Cape Cod Coliseum and a first concert that still rings in the ears, then we slide into a sharp, funny look at holiday gifting: luxe leather backpacks, money clips no one uses, and the difference between spending to impress and giving to delight. Our own Hanukkah looks simpler—silk scrunchies, tongs, socks—and then very not simple: a three-d...

Send us Fan Mail Start with a box from Zabar’s and a first-night menorah, add baharat on roasted carrots, and you’ve got more than a menu—you’ve got a map of how small rituals keep us steady when the world tilts. We go from the warmth of latkes and the surprisingly crucial argument for chunky applesauce to the unpretty details of hand surgery: arthritis that eats, sutures that hold, and the relief...

Send us Fan Mail The holidays don’t need glitter to glow; they need texture. We start with cold air and a favorite track, then tumble into a frank Thanksgiving recap where a beloved spot serves prime rib that refuses to yield and potatoes that somehow skip the heat. That misstep opens a bigger conversation about how traditions bend: why we forgive some places, how leftovers can still feel like a h...

Send us Fan Mail Start with a campy jolt of delight: we rave about The Beast In Me, a sleek Manhattan mystery that wears its Murder She Wrote spirit with zero wink. Claire Danes is magnetic, Matthew Rhys makes a delicious villain, and the joy is letting the show be what it is—lush, pulpy, and irresistible. From there we trade screens for survival, digging into VEIN, a post-apocalyptic computer gam...

Send us Fan Mail 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, timin...

Send us Fan Mail 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 ris...