Stephen Colbert to Guest Host 'Selected Shorts'.

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According to a release from Mary Shimkin of Symphony Space, in 2013, “Selected Shorts” plans to go with a rotating panel of guest hosts including (are you ready?) faux right-wing commentator Stephen Colbert, North Carolina-born satirist Dave Sedaris (“The SantaLand Diaries”), actor John Lithgow, Cynthia Nixon (formerly of “Sex and the City”), BD Wong (Dr. Huang from “Law & Order: Special Victims’ Unit”) and author Neil Gaiman (“Sandman,” “American Gods,” etc. etc.).

Each host will fill Sheffer’s chair for four episodes. Other guest hosts will be announced as they confirm, Shimkin said.

The addition of favorites such as Colbert, Sedaris and Gaiman should draw younger fans to “Selected Shorts,” which has been airing since the 1980s and can now be heard on more than 140 radio stations nationwide. It also claims more than 300,000 podcast listeners.

Source: Star News

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