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Love and Radio

Nick van der Kolk’s Love and Radio features in-depth, otherworldly-produced interviews with an eclectic range of subjects, from the seedy to the sublime. Get inside the mind of a rogue taxidermist. Find out what it’s like to experience a stroke firsthand. Or spend time with an artist who gives away her life savings every night. You’ve never heard anything like it before.

Copyright: © Love and Radio LLC

Latest Episodes:

Blood Memory #03: The House in North Tustin Feb 16, 2026

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“Stop what you’re doing. There’s two bodies buried there.”

Police discover two dead bodies buried under a shed in Michael’s back yard. When he runs off with one of the murder victims’ wives, his involvement is called into question.

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PLAYLIST!
https://canvas-index.bandcamp.com/track/i-wed-my-shadow

https://tambien.bandcamp.com/track/la-desolaci-n-del-gran-ahorrar

https://dj-masuno.bandcamp.com/track/filamentos

https://tambien.bandcamp.com/track/tundra

https://rosarito1-2.bandcamp.com/track/tiempo-libre

https://tambien.bandcamp.com/track/pululahua

https://tambien.bandcamp.com/track/onitsura

https://tambien.bandcamp.com/track/la-ni-a-al-gato-le-ense-a-danza

https://dialogdiscos.bandcamp.com/track/las-olas-oxygen-studio-version

https://tambien.bandcamp.com/track/alas

https://tambien.bandcamp.com/track/oxygen

https://tambien.bandcamp.com/track/acqua

https://orietachrem.bandcamp.com/track/punta-uva

https://tambien.bandcamp.com/track/vespere

https://tambien.bandcamp.com/track/kon

https://tambien.bandcamp.com/track/devuelvan-las-entradas

https://tambien.bandcamp.com/track/panterabyte

https://tambien.bandcamp.com/track/a-bao-a-qu

https://ab-strangebird-sounds.bandcamp.com/track/lavender-river

https://ab-strangebird-sounds.bandcamp.com/track/lavender-river

https://tambien.bandcamp.com/track/florecer

https://tambien.bandcamp.com/track/apoapside

https://oracogan.bandcamp.com/track/ground-and-grave

https://tambien.bandcamp.com/track/kon

CREDITS!
Additional voices: Katie Mingle, Bill Rohlfing, Peter Lang-Stanton, Adam Conover
Series Producer: Meera Kumar
Managing Editor: Robin Amer
Additional Reporting: Brian Krans, Anya Schultz
Fact Checking: Nicole Pasulka
Visuals: Orla Mc Hardy

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Blood Memory #02: The Truth Always Rises Feb 09, 2026

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While cutting firebreak as a teen, Michael is approached by a rancher who offers to look after him, become his spiritual mentor, and teach him how to handle himself in a fight.

PLAYLIST!

Momenta Neo 1 by Quixosis

https://tambien.bandcamp.com/track/el-ascenso-de-la-luz

https://sereptie.bandcamp.com/track/shown-in-the-corner

https://olivercoates.bandcamp.com/track/living-branches-feat-chrysanthemum-bear

https://tambien.bandcamp.com/track/inmutable

https://soundcloud.com/tambi3n/vertigo

https://soundcloud.com/tambi3n/3-autopolesis?in=tambi3n/sets/zoroxxe

https://tambien.bandcamp.com/track/cet-cea

https://tambien.bandcamp.com/track/ausente

https://inter-bellum.bandcamp.com/track/winter-tungsten

https://andrewheath.bandcamp.com/track/spaghetti-western

https://ab-odnu.bandcamp.com/track/under-the-igloo

https://bodufsongs.bandcamp.com/track/sword-weather

https://sereptie.bandcamp.com/track/false-drain

SUPPORT L+R!

https://loveandradio.org/member

CREDITS!

Additional voices: Katie Mingle, Lorrie Goldensohn, Bill Rohlfing

Series Producer: Meera Kumar

Managing Editor: Robin Amer

Additional Reporting Brian Krans, Anya Schultz

Fact Checking: Nicole Pasulka

Visuals: Orla Mc Hardy

Editorial Consultant: Allison Herrera

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Blood Memory #01: Calipatria Feb 02, 2026

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“Sometimes, if you want something great, you have to make a lot of sacrifices.”

Two women meet the same man in prison and walk away with decidedly different impressions of him.

PLAYLIST!

PLAYLIST!

https://nataliabeylis.bandcamp.com/track/the-lighthouse-trembles

https://banabila.bandcamp.com/track/mind-shifts

https://tambien.bandcamp.com/track/acqua

https://banabila.bandcamp.com/track/not-in-our-name

https://soundcloud.com/tambi3n/vertigo

https://nataliabeylis.bandcamp.com/album/mermaids

https://ab-memoryscale.bandcamp.com/track/apr-s-la-pluie

http://soundcloud.com/zoroxxe/07-zoroxxe-revoluciones-micro

No More Underground by Sereptie, from the forthcoming Bone Pile EP

https://glitchbird.bandcamp.com/track/intemperie

https://russyoung.bandcamp.com/track/a-listening-voice

https://tambien.bandcamp.com/track/la-inmanencia-del-ser

https://quixosis.bandcamp.com/track/tigre-de-papel-feat-king-klav

https://quixosis.bandcamp.com/track/chanclas-de-mercurio-2

https://dialect-trax.bandcamp.com/track/sentimental-sedimentary

https://soundcloud.com/tambi3n/vertigo

https://eezzmmeerraallddaa.bandcamp.com/track/l-grimas-de-sangre-ii

https://banabila.bandcamp.com/track/the-process-from-birth

https://soundcloud.com/tambi3n/2-paisaje-oblicuo

https://timbertimbrefth.bandcamp.com/track/well-find-out

https://quixosis.bandcamp.com/track/chahuarmishqui-remastered-2

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Blood Memory, Coming Feb 2! Dec 18, 2025

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The motto of the Aryan Brotherhood prison gang is “blood in, blood out."

During his 45 years in prison, Michael Thompson became one of the few people to leave the white supremacist gang alive — and to testify against it. But is Thompson a gentle soul trapped by a broken system, or, as his critics claim, a master manipulator who can’t be trusted?

Blood Memory, a new series from Love + Radio, grapples with that question. Winner of the Best Independent Nonfiction Audio Award at the 2025 Tribeca Festival.

The new season unfolds February 2. Subscribers can listen to the entire series a week early though, just sayin'.

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http://loveandradio.org/member

MUSIC ON THIS TRAILER!

H2O - The Inner Cave

https://tambien.bandcamp.com/track/the-inner-cave

vhvl - tree

https://rvng.bandcamp.com/track/treee

Timber Timbre - We’ll Find Out

https://timbertimbrefth.bandcamp.com/track/well-find-out

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Morning Splendor Oct 27, 2025

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I've been pretty obsessed with the idea of forgiveness the last few years, trying to tease apart when it empowers and when it becomes something that appeases the worst kind of behavior. So when my friend Katy told me about Wilma Derksen, a woman who chose forgiveness in the face of unimaginable tragedy, I had to figure out how she was able to do it.

PLAYLIST (in order of appearance):

https://blackdecelerant.bandcamp.com/track/three

https://isikkural.bandcamp.com/track/grown-one-iota

https://florelaurentienne.bandcamp.com/track/kamouraska

https://tambien.bandcamp.com/track/drop

https://isikkural.bandcamp.com/track/interlude-2

https://tambien.bandcamp.com/track/vespere

https://mlesprg.bandcamp.com/track/dock

https://rvng.bandcamp.com/track/father-of-light

https://mlesprg.bandcamp.com/track/synth-2-2

https://dialect-trax.bandcamp.com/track/half-moon

https://msage.bandcamp.com/track/crick-foam

https://florelaurentienne.bandcamp.com/track/fleuve-v

https://florelaurentienne.bandcamp.com/track/1991

https://paulineannastrom.bandcamp.com/track/morning-splendor

More information about Candace Derksen can be found here:

https://www.candacederksen.com/

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Imagine What I Could Do To You Aug 02, 2023

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Originally published in 2018. RIP Adrian Street: 1940-2023.

The Exotic Adrian Street grew up in a three generation family of Welsh coal miners, but he wasn’t destined to be in the dark.

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Marriage is a Religion Jul 20, 2023

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Sarah found the perfect husband.

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Rotting with Style Jun 21, 2023

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Sandor Katz has had a deep and longstanding love affair with fermented foods that spans decades. His book The Art of Fermentation is considered by many to be the Bible of DIY fermentation (although if you're just starting out his book Wild Fermentation is a little less overwhelming). His latest book is Fermentation Journeys.

PLAYLISTS AND CITATIONS:

https://loveandradio.org/2023/06/rotting-with-style/

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No Bad News Jun 07, 2023

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Three decades ago, American hypnotist Larry Garrett committed himself to abstaining from the news. So, in 2001, when he received a phone call inviting him to Iraq, he said yes.

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Fearful Symmetry May 24, 2023

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One of the great ironies of today's "Golden Age" of podcasts is that it's hard to find work that stands out and has creative ambitions. Fearful Symmetry--a mix of surreal monologues, conversations, and ephemera from Bob Paris--is definitely an exception. I hope you enjoy it as much as I have.

https://fearfulsymmetry.org/about/

MUSIC!

https://soundcloud.com/pipe-choir-three/prayingspace

https://soundcloud.com/gumbelgrumble

https://soundcloud.com/pipe-choir-three/the-whisper

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Damiano_Baldoni/Old_Beat/Gothic_trip_with_thunderhorse

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