Season 2 | Ep 5 : Shadows

How well do you know your friends? If you discovered they weren’t who you thought they were, how would you feel? If you’re being honest with yourself. This episode features performances by Tamsen Glaser, Elina Kanellopoulou, Arlen Ginsburg, and Chris Carr.Take a closer look at Portrait by going to @portraitthepodcast on Instagram.

You’re sitting in front of the ruins of a smallpox hospital on Roosevelt Island, where it feels like the end of the line. But there are more revelations to come. This episode features performances by Tamsen Glaser, Elina Kanellopoulou, Serra Hirsch, and Tatiana Pavela.Take a closer look at Portrait by going to @portraitthepodcast on Instagram.

You’re at the BAM Rose, half-watching a French thriller, half remembering a strange night with June. You’re desperate for answers and take something that doesn’t belong to you. This episode features performances by Tamsen Glaser, Elina Kanellopoulou, Serra Hirsch, Chris Carr, and Tatiana Pavela.Take a closer look at Portrait by going to @portraitthepodcast on Instagram.

Ever since you stepped outside this morning, you feel like you’re being watched. Is because of the tale about shadows you heard on June’s tape. Or is it because Holly actually followed you all the way to Sunny’s Bar in Red Hook? This episode features performances by Tamsen Glaser, Elina Kanellopoulou, and Tatiana Pavela.Take a closer look at Portrait by going to @portraitthepodcast on Instagram.

You’re in Socrates Sculpture Park with Lars, listening to a recording of June telling a tale. He still has the keys to her old apartment nearby, where you can almost hear history talking back to you. This episode features performances by Tamsen Glaser, Elina Kanellopoulou, and Arlen Ginsburg.Take a closer look at Portrait by going to @portraitthepodcast on Instagram.

At Three Lives & Company, Patrick shows the book of fairy tales June gave to him, sending you away to read “The Snow Queen.” But it’s what is tucked inside the book you want to know more about. This episode features performances by Tamsen Glaser, Elina Kanellopoulou, and Chris Carr.Take a closer look at Portrait by going to @portraitthepodcast on Instagram.

You go to the subway corridor where you first met June, hoping to turn remembering into understanding. You have lunch at Café Mogador with Deirdre, who shares what June gave to her. Every answer seems to ask a new question. This episode features performances by Tamsen Glaser, Elina Kanellopoulou, and Serra Hirsch.Take a closer look at Portrait by going to @portraitthepodcast on Instagram.

You’re at a memorial for your friend, June at Tom & Joan’s whiskey bar in Williamsburg. Something in the stories you hear doesn’t match up. Who was June, really? And what’s the meaning behind the objects she left to each friend in her will? This episode features performances by Tamsen Glaser, Elina Kanellopoulou, Arlen Ginsburg, Serra Hirsch, Chris Carr, and Tatiana Pavela. Take a closer look at Portrait by going to portraitthepodcast on Instagram.

When someone vanishes, someone else has to pick up the pieces. But are the traces left behind purposely perceived as they're intended?

How well do you know your friends outside of the frame? In this episode, I move beyond the facade.