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The Stoop Storytelling Series

"Everyone has a story. What's yours?" The Stoop features "ordinary" people telling the extraordinary true tales of their lives in front of live audiences as large as 1,400. Stoop stories are weird, wonderful, hilarious, and heartbreaking — and, above all, intimate. Founders Laura Wexler and Jessica Henkin host the podcast.
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Now displaying: 2019
Dec 30, 2019

This week on the podcast, two tales about seeking insight and enlightenment in far-flung places.

Dec 23, 2019

A special live-to-tape broadcast of the 2019 Stoop Holiday show, featuring stories, music, and songs from Baltimore bluegrass heroes Ken and Brad Kolodner, Brian Farrow, and Rachel Eddy. 

Dec 16, 2019

This week on the podcast, two tales of holiday sweetness and strangeness.

Dec 9, 2019

This week on the podcast, three stories about harrowing holiday experiences.

Dec 2, 2019

This week on the podcast, two stories about the lies we tell to keep the Christmas spirit alive.

Nov 25, 2019

This week on the podcast, three stories about people who go just a bit overboard on the whole Christmas thing.

Nov 18, 2019

This week on the podcast, two stories of the lengths parents go to to care for their children.

Nov 11, 2019

This week on the podcast two stories about dogs bringing the love.

Nov 4, 2019

This week on the podcast two stories about the pleasures and perils of fantasies.

Oct 28, 2019

This week on the podcast, two tales about young people trying to reveal big truths to their families.

Oct 21, 2019

This week on the podcast, three storytellers thank God the folks back home can’t see them!

Oct 14, 2019

This week on the podcast, two stories from lovely quirky people who do weird things for a living.

Oct 7, 2019

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.

Sep 30, 2019

This week on the podcast, two stories in which something confusing and cuckoo never gets clarified.

Sep 23, 2019

This week on the podcast, two stories about venturing way beyond your comfort zone.

Sep 16, 2019

This week on the podcast, two stories about the pleasure and pain of being conned.

Sep 9, 2019

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

Sep 2, 2019

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.

Aug 26, 2019

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

Aug 19, 2019

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

Aug 12, 2019

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

 

Song: "R Retreats" by Candy Machine

Aug 5, 2019

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

 

Jul 29, 2019

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

Jul 22, 2019

This week on the podcast, two stories of gals who find the perfect job for them.

Music: "Welcoming to the Working Week," by Elvis Costello

Jul 15, 2019

This week on the podcast, two stories of young people in situations where they can’t be honest about their mental health struggles.

Music: "Lithium," by Nirvana

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