Ah, the subject that obsesses the whole world much of the time. The Unruly ones muse on the contradictions and expanse of this enormous topic. Wars have been fought over it, lives begun and ended because of it, desperate acts committed in the name of it. Love may conquer all and make the world go round, but it’s complicated: it never fails to both delight and bedevil us and all manner of emotions in between. So, in the spirit of the thing that humans just can’t do without, we present you with not just Love! but “Love?” 52. Love? (September 2025) Episode Summary Ah, the subject that obsesses the whole world much of the time. The Unruly ones muse on the contradictions and expanse of this enormous topic. Wars have been fought over it, lives begun and ended because of it, desperate acts committed in the name of it. Love may conquer all and make the world go round, but it’s complicated: it never fails to both delight and bedevil us and all manner of emotions in between. So, in the spirit of the thing that humans just can’t do without, we present you with not just Love! but “Love?”
Song 1: “Is That Love” (John V. Modaff)
Poem 1: “Little Histories” by Scott Wiggerman whose new book of poems comes out in Spring of 2026 with Casa Urraca Press. Scott lives in Albuquerque and is a painter and a poet among other things. https://scottwiggerman.myportfolio.com/
Fiction: from the novel The Surrogate by Lynn C. Miller. Coming out March 31, 2026 from the University of Wisconsin Press. To pre-order go to: https://uwpress.wisc.edu/Books/T/The-Surrogate Lynn’s website: www.lynncmiller.com
Feed the Cat Break: a clip from “A Fine Romance,” Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire version.
Poem 2: “Persephone” by Sarah Kotchian. From her collection Light of Wings. University of New Mexico Press, 2024. https://www.unmpress.com/9780826365972/light-of-wings/
Song 2: “Victory” (Sasha Colette and The Magnolias)
Episode artwork by Lynda Miller
Theme & Incidental Music by John V. Modaff, BMI
Recorded in Albuquerque NM and Morehead KY
Produced at The Creek Studio
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