From Lea Thau, Peabody award-winning producer and former Director of The Moth, comes the storytelling podcast Strangers. Strangers 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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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 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 To hear this episode (and 80+ other archival episodes, plus brand new episodes of our 2019/20 season) join us on Patreon for just $1 per month. To hear this episode (and 80+ other archival episodes, plus brand new episodes of our 2019/20 season) join us on Patreon for just $1 per month. To hear this episode (and 80+ other archival episodes, plus brand new episodes of our 2019/20 season) join us on Patreon for just $1 per month. To hear this episode (and 80+ other archival episodes, plus brand new episodes of our 2019/20 season) join us on Patreon for just $1 per month. 15 minutes of life 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 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. 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 Crime. To 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. 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…The Schmidts, Part 2
The Schmidts Part 1
The Cape, Chapter 1
Lea is back, but where has she been? The story officially starts here.
The Corona Dialogues 1
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
Wilmot Collins is an interesting man with an interesting story. This is it. I hope you enjoy it.
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Do You Like My Little Lie?
The Truth
The Son, The Goddess, and Leopoldo
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The Waxing Virgin — Then and Now
