Baseball

“I wrote 63 songs this year. They’re all about Jeter.” Just kidding. The game we love, the players we hate, and more.

Culture and Criticism

From Norman Mailer to Wendy Pepper — everything on film, TV, books, music, and snacks (shut up, raisins), plus the Girls’ Bike Club.

Donors Choose and Contests

Helping public schools, winning prizes, sending a crazy lady in a tomato costume out in public.

Stories, True and Otherwise

Monologues, travelogues, fiction, and fart humor. And hens. Don’t forget the hens.

The Vine

The Tomato Nation advice column addresses your questions on etiquette, grammar, romance, and pet misbehavior. Ask The Readers about books or fashion today!

The Poppy-Fields Movie Couch Of Fame: The Long Kiss Goodnight
September 23, 2016 · 7 Comments
The Poppy-Fields Movie Couch Of Fame: <em>The Long Kiss Goodnight</em>

But is it long enough, with commercials?

Person, Place, Or Thing
September 10, 2016 · 35 Comments
Person, Place, Or Thing

We bought at the bottom of the market but still paid too much for our house, a creaking lemon held together by wood paneling and ancient nests of wiring.

Order Of The Shallows: US Open 2016
September 5, 2016 · 5 Comments
Order Of The Shallows: US Open 2016

Hellew! Buntsy here. Welcome back to the tennis hotness rankings — now known to those with the secret handshake (oh yeah: that’s you) as the Order Of The Shallows! And we’ve got a new pledge!

Order Of The Shallows: Wimbledon 2016
July 5, 2016 · 3 Comments
Order Of The Shallows: Wimbledon 2016

Hi there! John Ramos here. Welcome back once again to the tennis hotness rankings — now known to those with the secret handshake (oh yeah: that’s you) as the Order Of The Shallows!

Order Of The Shallows: French Open 2016
May 30, 2016 · 3 Comments
Order Of The Shallows: French Open 2016

Welcome back to the tennis hotness rankings — now known to those with the secret handshake (yeah: that’s you) as Order Of The Shallows!

MASTAS Episode 10: John Parr, “St. Elmo’s Fire (Man In Motion”)
May 13, 2016 · 7 Comments
MASTAS Episode 10: John Parr, “St. Elmo’s Fire (Man In Motion”)

Joe Reid returns to request “St. Elmo’s Fire (Man In Motion)”, which gets us ALL up in the business of ’80s movie songs and their inspirational key changes.

MASTAS Episode 8: Jewel-erdome! “You Were Meant For Me” vs. “Hands”
April 29, 2016 · 4 Comments
MASTAS Episode 8: Jewel-erdome! “You Were Meant For Me” vs. “Hands”

Welcome to Jewel-erdome, where two wretched Jewel songs enter and only one leaves.

MASTAS Episode 7: Mazzy Star, “Fade Into You”
April 22, 2016 · No Comment
MASTAS Episode 7: Mazzy Star, “Fade Into You”

Special guest Joe Reid joins us as we open the listener mailbag and pluck out Mazzy Star’s “Fade Into You,” our most-requested song.

The Vine: April 20, 2016
April 20, 2016 · 26 Comments
The Vine: April 20, 2016

I’m getting married this summer. I’m thrilled to be marrying my favorite person after eight years together and if I were the sole decision-maker in the relationship, we would simply go to the clerk of …