How to get on Selected Shorts: pitching, format and contact

Should you pitch it?

Guest activity

Sometimes has guests

40% of recent episode titles look like interviews

Episode length

58 min

Median of recent episodes. That is the commitment you would be asking for.

Publishing

Weekly+

35 episodes · last 2026-10-08

Language

English (US)

Declared in the feed as en-us.

Where it's from

Outside the UK

The feed declares en-us.

Reach

69

Percentile among shows you could realistically get on. Not a download count.

Check whether they charge. Some shows sell guest slots rather than booking them, and rates in some fields run to thousands. Nothing in a podcast feed reliably says so, so we do not claim either way. Ask before you write the pitch.

Worth a pitch. This show publishes its own contact, sits outside the national chart, is independently published, and its recent episodes show it books guests.

How this show compares to other culture & arts podcasts

Interviews run alongside other formats here, more often than most Culture & Arts shows, so a guest slot is a normal part of the schedule.

Measured against every culture & arts podcast in the directory that has published in the last year.

	This show	Category average
Episodes featuring a guest	40%	15%
Episodes in the last 90 days	11	11
Typical episode length	58 min	46 min
Episodes published in total	35	156
Reach percentile	69	50

Reach is a percentile among shows you could realistically get booked on, built from chart history, longevity, activity and cadence. It is not a download figure. Nobody outside a show can see those.

What the show says about itself

Our greatest actors transport us through the magic of fiction, one short story at a time. Sometimes funny. Always moving. Selected Shorts connects you to the world with a rich diversity of voices from literature, film, theater, and comedy. New episodes every Thursday, from Symphony Space.

Recent episodes

Straight from the feed. The quickest way to judge whether your angle fits.

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A Full Plate

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Common questions

Does Selected Shorts accept guests?

Sometimes has guests. Interviews appear alongside other formats. This is our reading of the show's recent episode titles, not a statement from the show itself.

How do I contact Selected Shorts?

Yes. Selected Shorts publishes a contact address in its own RSS feed, and it is the show's own inbox rather than a shared network desk. We hold it and release it to people on a plan. We never invent an address and never send a pitch on your behalf.

How often does Selected Shorts publish?

It publishes at least once a week. There are 35 episodes in the feed. Episodes run about 58 minutes.

Is Selected Shorts still active?

Yes. It has published within the last 90 days.