<p style="text-align: left;">A young Rio man in love consults a card reader against his better judgement. What is finally revealed to him comes as a shock not only to his own notions of belief, but, perhaps, yours as well. (From "A Cartomante" by Machado de Assis, translation from Portuguese by Todd Conner)</p>

The Mirror

Dreaming out loud in the over-cast cloud between New York City and Rio de Janeiro, The Cariorker brings podcast subscribers all the classic culture of "The Marvelous City," Rio de Janeiro. And yet, what you find here is in English, translated and performed by New York actor/writer Todd Conner. With some help from a few of Rio's best musicians, your New Yorker host takes you on a deep-dive every other week into the rich literary past of "the Carioca" -- the native-born denizen of Rio -- bringing to light the hidden Lit, packing it up for export, and posting it for special delivery to the modern New Yorker, or anyone else stateside who has a heart for old Rio and an ear for storytelling. If you listen long enough, you might find that you're a Cariorker, too.