The Bittersweet Life

Paul Theroux is back! This time, live onstage.

If you loved Monday's double-header episode featuring an in-depth interview with legendary travel writer Paul Theroux, tune in to this week's mini-episo…

World-famous travel writer Paul Theroux joins us again for the continuation of this fascinating discussion. In Part 2, Theroux weighs in on the cult of social media, and how much of the travel posts …

Legendary travel writer Paul Theroux joins us this week for a candid, backstage interview delving into his five decades spent traveling the world and writing about it.

He delves into what brought him…

Dying to move to Italy? Be forewarned: renting over here is a bit different than it is back home.

On this mini-episode, Tiffany lists some of the oddest and most unexpected aspects of renting an apar…

Since moving back to the states from Rome in 2014, Katy has flit around the country, moving from Seattle to New Orleans to San Francisco and back again. A common occurrence in repats who struggle to …

In honor of Halloween, today's mini-episode features a snippet from Katy's most controversial NPR story ever recorded.

Listen in to hear an interview that is equal parts, gruesome, disturbing, and ad…

Self-described dead body enthusiast and corpse geek, Caitlin Doughty joins us this week for a fascinating discussion about all things death. Doughty is quite possibly the most famous mortician on the…

A glorious Guercino ceiling fresco, Caravaggio's only wall painting, a maybe-Michelangelo, an oasis off Via Veneto, and a real live American princess!

In this week's mini-episode, Tiffany takes liste…

Have you ever encountered a ghost?

As the Halloween season pulls into full swing, we replay one of the most popular shows from our archives: our ghost episode, featuring spooky and unexplainable stor…

How do you conduct a successful interview? What are the best tricks for organizing and carrying out an effective interview? And what are some things that you should definitely NOT do?

On this week’s …

How do you flirt in a foreign language? What if you barely speak the language in question? Is it easier to flirt with a foreigner than with someone from your own culture? What happens when cultural m…

Want to kickstart your Italian language learning? On this week's mini-episode, Tiffany offers five practical tips for learning Italian fast, with specific tricks for building a vocabulary and learnin…

Fifteen years of living your life in a foreign language can change the way you think in your own native tongue, or at least that's the case for Tiffany.

This week, we chat about the unexpected side e…

Longing to visit Rome but don't want to dip into your life savings?

On this week's mini-episode, Tiffany shares her tips for visiting Rome on a budget. Everything from eating, drinking, sleeping, and…

Oprah Winfrey's former executive producer Sheri Salata and her cohost Nancy Hala from The Sheri + Nancy Show podcast, join us again this week to continue their fascinating conversation!

On this episo…

"Are we brave enough to want our heart's desires?"

One of the best parts about hosting this podcast is getting to meet amazing authors and talk about their books with them. A bonus is when the author…

The executive producer of the Oprah Winfrey Show, Sheri Salata and her cohost Nancy Hala on the popular podcast, The Sheri and Nancy Show join us on this very special episode! Sheri is the author of …

On this week's Bittersweet Moment, Katy takes to the streets of Seattle to ask passersby if they've ever had a brief encounter with someone and never forgotten that person. Why was that? Why do some …

Today Katy recounts her relationship with a long-time listener, someone she never met but communicated with often, and how finding out about his death brought up unexpected emotions.

Digging back thr…

In this week’s mini-episode, Tiffany takes you on a virtual tour of one of the most fascinating and little-known sites in Rome, which also happens to be one of the greatest optical illusions in the w…