Play: Pioneer
On a school trip re-enacting the past, Coco tries to find themselves in the magic beyond who they are supposed to be. In this episode, Autho...
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State of the Human
State of the Human, a podcast of the Stanford Storytelling Project, shares stories that deepen our understanding of single, common human experiences—belonging, giving, lying, forgiveness—all...
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Play: Missing Pieces
After an accident left Becca with a skull fracture and concussion, she turned to an unlikely form of play to pick up the pieces. Interview w...
Play: Adesuwa's Day Off
After years of discipline and structure, Adesuwa takes a day off from productivity to remember how to have fun. Producer: Adesuwa Agbonile H...
Invisibility, Story 6: The Cancer Fighter's Other Side
As a pediatric neuro-oncologist, Dr. Paul Fisher works with children fighting brain cancer. In this episode, he shares how invisible skills...
Invisibility, Story 5: Hillbilly Highway
Viva Donohoe always saw her grandmother as the archetype of a sophisticated woman, modeled in the spirit of iconic country singer Patsy Clin...
Invisibility, Story 4: Willies on West 79th
In today’s episode, Sarah Lewis reads “Willies on West 79th,” a strangely moving tale about love, body dysmorphia, and why a rat ballet comp...
Invisibility, Story 3: Mousetraps
In today’s episode, Wallace Stegner Fellow Zach Williams reads his surreal story “Mousetraps,” where a simple errand spirals into a disorien...
BONUS: Story Craft Conversation with Langston Buddenhagen on New Flowers
As an added bonus to our Invisibility series, we’re including conversations with the creators who made them to give you a behind-the-scenes...
Invisibility, Story 2, New Flowers
Langston Buddenhagen takes us to Ethiopia's capital city of Addis Ababa in order to explore how neighborhoods change and what that change me...
Invisibility, Story 1: Emotional Prosody
We all know what it's like to sense something unspoken in a conversation—the hesitation, the sharpness, the softness. It's not the words, bu...
BONUS: Story Craft Conversation with Alex Strong on A Foot in Both Worlds
Alana Esposito and Alex Strong to discuss the process behind how A Foot in Both Worlds came to be. Producers: Alana Esposito, Alex Strong
Breaking the Rules, Story 3: A Foot in Both Worlds (BLEEPED Version)
Paul Calvo has always been ambitious, but he hasn't always been on the right side of the tracks. This is his story. Producer: Alex Strong. M...
Breaking the Rules, Story 3: A Foot in Both Worlds (UNBLEEPED Version)
Paul Calvo has always been ambitious, but he hasn't always been on the right side of the tracks. This is his story. Producer: Alex Strong. M...
Breaking the Rules, Story 2: Scaling Stanford
A group of Stanford alumni recall their time in undergrad climbing buildings on campus – and the way it permanently altered their lives. Pro...
Breaking the Rules, Story 1: Statute of Limitations
When a group of students stumbles upon a mysterious plaque hidden beneath an oak tree, a late-night discovery turns into a real-time detecti...
Nakedness, story 4: Naked Retreat
What would you do for the sake of a story? In this live story, recorded at the 2024 Senior Story Slam, Alina Wilson shares the story that sp...
Nakedness, Story 3: Okay With the Gay
Growing up with Indian immigrant parents in a Wyoming college town, Aru was used to the tension of what her parents expected her to be and t...
Nakedness, story 2: Stripping Down
Being naked–or seeing others naked–can evoke a firestorm of emotions . . . everything from freedom to vulnerability to sensuality to shame....
Nakedness, story 1: Exposure Therapy
Destiny Cunningham learned shame early. The comments that teachers, church leaders, and other kids made about her body led her to wear cloth...
Reclaiming, story 8: Back to the Garden
“Back to the Garden” tells the story of an organic farming couple, Jose and Rich, who are committed to sustaining the environment . . . and...
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