This week on the podcast, the first installment of a three-part series featuring stories about how life serves up continual surprises — from clowns to circumcisions.

Song: "Jesus, etc." by Wilco

This week, three stories celebrating nudity in all its freedom and glory.

Paige Bourne - Hiked the El Camino/Santiago

Thom Hawkins - A man in a figure drawing class finds his calling as a comic nude model.

Sophia Garber - Story about doing a naked while in a bike race

Music: Naked Kids by Grouplove 

This week on the podcast, two stories about long marriages featuring the better and worse, the sickness and the health — and, above all, the surprises.

Music: "It Was a Very Good Year" by Frank Sinatra

This week on the podcast two stories about women who find themselves invaded by unwanted visitors.

Music: "Rat’s Eyes" by Black Flag

This week on the podcast, two women share stories that took them years to understand….and be able to share.

Sarah Sullivan

Lil Hughes Knipp

Music: "Suggestion" by Fugazi

This week on the podcast, two tales about men who fall unexpectedly for the animals in their lives.

Music: "Animal" by Def Leppard

This week on the podcast, we continue with our series about life’s surprises with three stories about unforgettable accidental run-ins!

Music: "Surprise, Surprise" by The Rolling Stones

This week on the podcast, two stories about people who experience an act of violence...and rather than seeking revenge — or even justice — they find the humanity in their attackers.

Music: "Unity" by Operation Ivy

This week, two stories about young people in jobs they never wanted or trained for. Yup, they learn A LOT.

David Alima - story about a man who works for a kung fu movie store after college

Tracey Hall - story about a woman who works as a phone-sex operator after college

Outro Song: “School Spirit” by Kayne West

This week on the podcast, we celebrate Valentine’s Day with two un-Hallmark stories.

Song: "Love is a Stranger" by The Eurythmics

This week on the podcast, two stories about the power of lies — and how it can sometimes be as hard to stop lying ourselves as it is to stop others from lying.

This week on the podcast, two stories about the thrills — and threats — of turning something you love into a way to get paid.

This week on the podcast, an encore presentation in honor of the annual back to school migration: a story about a woman staking everything to keep kids from being mis-educated.

This week on the podcast, two stories about difficult experiences that put the storyteller on a radically different path than expected. 

Music: "Accident Prone" by Jawbreaker

This week on the podcast two stories about the surprises involved in becoming the person you really are.

Music: "I'm Coming Out," by Diana Ross

This week on the podcast two tales of artists following their passions against the odds.

Song: "R Retreats" by Candy Machine

This week on the podcast, two stories about long marriages featuring the better and worse, the sickness and the health — and, above all, the surprises.

Music: "It Was a Very Good Year" by Frank Sinatra

This week on the podcast, two stories of people who don’t let limited vision stop them from being total badasses.   

Music: "The Fencing Lesson" by James Horner