Too Hot For Radio: Carmen Maria Machado "Persephone Rides at the End of Days"

Written by Carmen Maria Machado , the dark, inventive and sensual writer behind the collection Her Body and Other Parties, and the memoir In the Dream House, t his story, “Persephone Rides at the End of Days," was commissioned for the Selected Shorts anthology Small Odysseys. It's about a Greek goddess coming to terms with who and what she is. Is her name, meaning "bringer of death," her fate? Or will she channel the other side of her mythological self? Our reader is Cynthia Nixon , best known for her role on Sex & the City as well as its sequel, And Just Like That . She has also appeared in so many other television series, including The Gilded Age , and is big on Broadway. Aprana Nancherla hosts this episode. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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Too Hot For Radio: Carmen Maria Machado "Persephone Rides at the End of Days" is an episode from Selected Shorts by Symphony Space.

This episode is 00:20:38 long.

This episode was published on Jan 5, 2026.

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