A show about the middle.
Beginnings get the attention, endings get the applause. We're here for the long, unglamorous middle where the work actually happens.
I'm Nadia. I make a show about the middle.
Beginnings get all the attention and endings get all the applause. The middle — where most of the actual work happens — gets nothing. The Long Cut is my attempt to fix that.
Each week I sit down with a maker — a director, a founder, a luthier, a novelist — and we skip the origin story and the victory lap. We talk about the eighteen months in between, when it wasn't working and they kept going anyway.
Before this I produced radio for a decade. Now I do this, from a small studio in Lisbon, with too much coffee and a microphone I'm sentimental about.
- Since
- 2022
- Episodes
- 120+
- Cadence
- Weekly
- Based
- Lisbon
Four years in the middle.
- 2022
A microphone and a hunch
Recorded the first ten episodes in a closet in Lisbon. Nobody listened. Kept going anyway.
- 2023
The letter begins
Started the Sunday Letter as an afterthought. It quietly became half the reason people stay.
- 2024
One hundred episodes
Hit triple digits, quit the day job, and learned the boring middle is the whole job.
- 2026
Season four
Now 8,400 readers and a back-catalogue I'm finally proud of. Still recording every Thursday.
Made independently. Kept that way by listeners.
No network, no ad-read gymnastics. The Long Cut is funded by members who want it to stay honest. Members get the full back-catalogue, bonus tape, and the occasional voicemail.
Become a member · $6/moThe usual questions.
How often do new episodes come out?
Every Thursday without fail, plus a letter every Sunday. If a week ever slips, you'll find out why in the show notes.
Can I suggest a guest?
Always. Reply to any letter or use the contact form — I read everything, even when I can't reply to all of it.
Is there a transcript?
Yes. Every episode page has full show notes, and complete transcripts are rolling out across the back-catalogue.
How is the show funded?
Entirely by members — no ad networks, no sponsored reads to skip. Memberships start at $6/month and keep the show independent.
The letter that thinks the episode wasn't enough.
Every Sunday: one idea from the week's conversation, expanded — plus what I'm reading, making, and second-guessing.