<p>The young wife of a legal solicitor in Lapa realizes that  her husband's 15 year-old live-in clerk has fallen in love with her, because she always leaves her bare arms exposed at home in front of the inexperienced youngster. Often considered an erotic modulation to the scenario of "Midnight Mass," (S1,Ep3).</p> <p>From "Uns Braços" by Machado de Assis, translation from Portuguese by Todd Conner; Violão by Todd Conner</p>

Chapter of the Hats

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.