Tara Anderson
89.3 WFPL News
Louisville, KY, United States
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'Are You There?' Explores Technology's Connection And Isolation
"Are You There?" asks pointed questions about what we value and how we relate to each other, with a sense of play, lightness and sparkle. → Read More
Five Things: Musician Clarence Bucaro Has A 2-Person Book Club... With His Mom
Clarence Bucaro is a singer-songwriter and a one-time stay-at-home dad. He's been making albums since 2000, with some twists and turns along the way. → Read More
Five Things: An Update From Pastor Joe Phelps
Last fall, I reached out to Phelps for a follow-up conversation, because I had heard he had retired from Highland Baptist, and I was curious about what he was doing. → Read More
Five Things: Doorman Mario Landa Loves Tattoos and Tatooine
I met Mario about 15 years ago, when he was the doorman in my building in New York City. On this episode, we talk about his love of tattoos and "Star Wars." → Read More
Five Things: A Life Update From Musician Ben Sollee
Ben Sollee, who was first on the show in September 2017, gives us an update on his new daughter, his new day job, and his new side gigs. It's a lot. → Read More
Five Things: Writer Minda Honey On Relationship Advice And Rice Cookers
Minda Honey writes an advice column for Louisville's LEO Weekly, and she's working on a memoir about her dating life. She also really, really loves her rice cooker. → Read More
Five Things: Civil Rights Attorney Dan Canon Is Still A Musician At Heart
Dan's done plenty of interviews, but not many of them have been this personal. → Read More
Five Things: Poet Maggie Smith, Author Of 'Good Bones,' On Success After Going Viral
It’s not often that a poem goes viral. But it happened in 2016, with “Good Bones” by Maggie Smith. → Read More
Five Things: Checking In With Emily McCay
When we spoke last summer, Emily McCay — known to many Louisvillians as "The Diaper Fairy" — was in remission from acute myeloid leukemia. → Read More
Five Things: Gilda Wabbit, The Opera-Singing Drag Queen From Kentucky
Gilda Wabbit, aka Samuel Penn, is a classically-trained opera singer who grew up in Frankfort, Kentucky and was the subject of a viral meme last year. → Read More
Five Things: Mindy Thomas Wants To Wow You With Her Tiny Hands
Mindy Thomas is host of "Wow in the World," a podcast for kids about science from NPR, and "Absolutely Mindy" from Sirius XM. → Read More
Five Things: StageOne's Idris Goodwin On Alice Waters, Cassius Clay And Frankenstein
Idris Goodwin is a playwright and the (new) Artistic Director of StageOne Family Theatre in Louisville. → Read More
Five Things: Murder By Death's Adam Turla Likes Being at Home
Turla and his wife have made themselves at home in Louisville — enough to get a dog, have some houseplants, and open a restaurant, Butchertown's Pizza LUPO. → Read More
Five Things: Writer Susan Piver Is A Crime Fighter And Romantic Advice-Giver
Piver's latest book is called "The Four Noble Truths of Love," a riff on the fundamental Buddhist wisdom, applied to our closest relationships. → Read More
Five Things: Physicist, Psychoanalyst, And Holocaust Survivor Izio Rosenman
Conversations on Five Things usually center around important objects, but this interview got pretty far afield -- but I don't think you'll mind. → Read More
Five Things: Don't Try To Shop For 'Bullseye' Host Jesse Thorn
Jesse Thorn hosts the NPR interview show “Bullseye,” and he runs MaximumFun.org, a podcast network. → Read More
Five Things: Angela Davis Knits Her Life Together
This week’s guest on Five Things is Angela Davis, a school teacher whose primary tool is knitting needles. → Read More
Five Things: School Librarian Lindsy Serrano Isn't Judging You
Lindsy Serrano is the librarian at St. Francis School in Goshen, Kentucky. She talks about how her current job gave her the opportunity to meet her childhood hero. → Read More
Five Things: Writer Leesa Cross-Smith Is Quietly Radical
Writer Leesa Cross-Smith just published her first novel, "Whiskey and Ribbons." She talks about why she considered it a radical act to tell the story in the way she did. → Read More
Five Things: Musician Joe Henry Makes Coffee For Everybody
Joe Henry just released his 14th studio album, and he’s also produced records for a lot of amazing musicians, including Elvis Costello, Bonnie Raitt, and Allen Toussaint. → Read More