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From Lea Thau, Peabody award-winning producer and former Director of The Moth, comes the storytelling podcast StrangersStrangers is hosted and produced by Lea Thau, with music and mixing by Paul Dreux Smith.

Each episode is an empathy shot in your arm, featuring true stories about the people we meet, the connections we make, the heartbreaks we suffer, the kindnesses we encounter, and those frightful moments when we discover that WE aren’t even who we thought we were. 

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The Schmidts, Part 2

This is part 2 of the story about Sequoia Schmidt.

You can find Sequoia at http://www.sequoiaschmidt.com

 

John and Sequoia celebrating the completion of their chicken coop.

John and Sequoia with the sister puppies they got from a neighbor’s litter – they’re half German Shepard, half Beagle, aw!

John celebrating as they closed on their house in February




 

The Schmidts Part 1

Meet Sequoia Schmidt – a most interesting and unusual young woman from a most interesting and unusual family. This is Part 1 of her story. Part 2 drops next week. Enjoy! 
 
You can find Sequoia at http://www.sequoiaschmidt.com
 

 

 

Denali and Sequoia mountaineering with Marty

Denali and Sequoia as kids

Family photo

Denali and Sequoia in the mountains

Marty and Denali in their tent

Denali skiing




 

The Cape, Chapter 1

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Lea is back, but where has she been? The story officially starts here.

 

The Corona Dialogues 1

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A poet from Austin, Asenath Avinash, brings beauty and hope, and Paul and Lea do DIY couple's therapy in a hottub.

 

Wilmot of Helena

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Wilmot Collins is an interesting man with an interesting story. This is it. I hope you enjoy it.

 

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15 minutes of life




 

Do You Like My Little Lie?

It’s the time of year when skeletons come out of the closet. We honor the dead, as we get ready for holidays among the living, where secrets will be spilled, and secrets will be created that will haunt us for years to come. You might describe today’s story as a classic “noir,” if it wasn’t someone’s real life….

Claudia’s dad reads to baby Claudia and her big sister Jessica

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The Truth

Ashley’s husband, Corey, is accused of the worst thing imaginable. What follows sends the family on an ever darkening journey, swinging between answers, hypotheses, emotions, and, ultimately, the truth.

This story is not appropriate for children.




 

The Son, The Goddess, and Leopoldo

Born in a coven of lesbian witches in a Haight-Ashbury commune after the fall of Saigon, young Joshua Safran soon hit the open road with his single mother, Claudia, and things only got stranger from there. A word of warning: this story contains some disturbing moments.

Joshua Safran is an author, attorney, and nationally recognized advocate for survivors of domestic abuse and the wrongfully imprisoned. His 7-year legal odyssey to free an incarcerated survivor of domestic violence from prison was featured in the award-winning documentary film Crime After CrimeTo learn more about Joshua’s life, pick up a copy of his critically-acclaimed memoir, Free Spirit: Growing Up On the Road and Off the Grid (Hachette) or visit www.jsafran.com.

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The Waxing Virgin — Then and Now

Four years ago, we met Becca, a virgin in her 30s who waxed genitals for a living. On this episode we play her original story, along with an update about what Becca has been up to since then…




 

 

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