Kathryn Nicolai
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1,487 appearances
6 recordings
2 series
first heard Jun 2026
last heard 16 Sep
Kathryn Nicolai’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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I asked myself.
Well, this must be it, I answered.
Outside the seagrass bowed in the breeze, and from far off on the lake I could hear the splash of swimmers.
Their voices and laughter jumbled and ringing like chimes in the distance.
When the paint was dry and I peeled off the tape, rehung my pictures, and arranged the furniture, I thought I might send a picture of the finished room to my mother.
a nod to all the hard work it took to pull a space together, that I understood better how she'd felt, and had learned not just to tear down, but to rebuild.
These stories all hold soft moments of aloneness.
Solitude and I hope they felt comfortable and quiet to listen to.
That first story, The Last Train Home, was inspired by the walking tour episode set at the village train station.
Or vice versa.
I'm actually not sure which came first.
I lived for a year in Italy and took a short train trip nearly every day, twice a day, to get from Salerno to Cava dei Tireni for school.
I know in most places in the US
This kind of uncomplicated and reliable mass transit is but a dream.
But it is one I won't give up, and so naturally the villagers frequently travel by rail.
I think this narrator might actually be traveling from our village.
to another nearby.
That group bike ride sounds pretty familiar.
Word of the episode this week goes to pandiculation, noun, the natural involuntary act of yawning and stretching, commonly experienced upon waking or after inactivity to reset the nervous system and release muscle tension.
Pandiculation.
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