Love and Radio

Love and Radio (stylized Love + Radio) is an American audio podcast directed by Nick van der Kolk and produced by Brendan Baker. It originally began in 2005 as a series of self-distributed episodes, though the show later received some support and distribution from NPR and Chicago Public Media. In 2014, the show joined the podcast network Radiotopia as one of its 7 original members and began producing episodes on a more regular monthly schedule.

Each episode of Love and Radio consists of a mixture of fact and fiction, presented in a series of interviews and stories related to a theme. The show's subjects have been described as "people on the cultural edge" and "intriguing characters who aren’t quite who you think they are when you first meet them." The show also uses audio production techniques to give the interviews a musical and inventive quality.

In 2011, van der Kolk and Baker (along with Nick Williams) were awarded the Gold prize for best documentary by the Third Coast International Audio Festival for the episode The Wisdom of Jay Thunderbolt which revolves around an interview with a stay-at-home strip club manager. Roman Mars, one of the Third Coast judges, described the piece as "beautifully constructed and composed in ways that are subtle and unique." The show also won Third Coast Awards in 2013 for the episode Jack and Ellen and in 2015 for the episode The Living Room.