The Stoop Story Archive contains the true, personal tales shared by thousands of everyday people on our stages since 2006. We’re proud of this amazing collection and invite you to listen, browse by topic or storyteller, check out past shows — and share, share, share.
Archive
| Story Title | Story Date | Story Description | Story Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Rose Madden: Kitchen Confidential | November 2, 2009 | Seven storytellers get seven minutes each to tell tales of “Big Night” style masterpieces, waiting tables, and unholy cases of heartburn at the family dinner table. Story of learning to cook Italian family recipes from her mom and how this new appreciation of making food with love for her family has shown her how to be | |
| John Shields: Kitchen Confidential | November 2, 2009 | Seven storytellers get seven minutes each to tell tales of “Big Night” style masterpieces, waiting tables, and unholy cases of heartburn at the family dinner table. Story of how his ambitions to be a rock star got derailed and his disastrous first experience in a restaurant kitchen turned into a lifelong career as a chef. | |
| Erica Chung: Kitchen Confidential | November 2, 2009 | Seven storytellers get seven minutes each to tell tales of “Big Night” style masterpieces, waiting tables, and unholy cases of heartburn at the family dinner table. “Professional dater” tells story of going to New York to meet more men, meeting her future husband, and bringing a white man to meet her parents in Taiwan where he | dating, food, immigrants, love, myspace, personal ads |
| Gregory Hartzler-Miller: Kitchen Confidential | November 2, 2009 | Seven storytellers get seven minutes each to tell tales of “Big Night” style masterpieces, waiting tables, and unholy cases of heartburn at the family dinner table. | |
| Rebecca Quinn: First Times | story of about first love, with lots of baltimore landmarks mentioned | ||
| Ethel Weld: First Times | |||
| Dawn Douglas: First Times | Story of breaking her first bone (wrist) as a motorcycle instructor. | ||
| Carmen Brock: First Times | Teacher tells stories of funny interactions with misbehaving students in the beginning of her Baltimore teaching career. | ||
| Mimi Dietrich: First Times | |||
| Ed Norris: First Times | |||
| Ab Logan: First Times | |||
| Audrey Kay: First Times | Story of 17 year old girl moving in with a house full of Merchant Marines who looked out for her after trying to make it on her own, losing a | ||
| Shindana Cooper: First Times | A women helps out with a cruise to pay homage to their ancestors who were buried in the atlantic | ||
| Joe Mooney: First Times | A guy joins a downhill skii team to impress the coach and hurts himself practicing before he even starts skiing | lieing, skiing, upstate NY | |
| Wayne Larrivey: Baltimoored | July 11, 2009 | Summer in the City On July 9, 10 and 11, The Stoop’s first ever live radio show will feature old-time comedy sketches from our friends at the Baltimore Improv Group | |
| Jon Aaron: Baltimoored | July 11, 2009 | Summer in the City On July 9, 10 and 11, The Stoop’s first ever live radio show will feature old-time comedy sketches from our friends at the Baltimore Improv Group | |
| Kelly Meekins: Baltimoored | July 11, 2009 | Summer in the City On July 9, 10 and 11, The Stoop’s first ever live radio show will feature old-time comedy sketches from our friends at the Baltimore Improv Group | |
| Michael Ziccardi: Baltimoored | July 11, 2009 | Summer in the City On July 9, 10 and 11, The Stoop’s first ever live radio show will feature old-time comedy sketches from our friends at the Baltimore Improv Group | |
| Pamela White: Baltimoored | July 11, 2009 | Summer in the City On July 9, 10 and 11, The Stoop’s first ever live radio show will feature old-time comedy sketches from our friends at the Baltimore Improv Group | |
| Clarke Peters: Baltimoored | July 11, 2009 | Summer in the City On July 9, 10 and 11, The Stoop’s first ever live radio show will feature old-time comedy sketches from our friends at the Baltimore Improv Group | |
| Rain Pryor: Baltimoored | July 11, 2009 | Summer in the City On July 9, 10 and 11, The Stoop’s first ever live radio show will feature old-time comedy sketches from our friends at the Baltimore Improv Group | |
| Amanda Krotki: Baltimoored | July 11, 2009 | Summer in the City On July 9, 10 and 11, The Stoop’s first ever live radio show will feature old-time comedy sketches from our friends at the Baltimore Improv Group | |
| Sheri Booker: Baltimoored | July 11, 2009 | Summer in the City On July 9, 10 and 11, The Stoop’s first ever live radio show will feature old-time comedy sketches from our friends at the Baltimore Improv Group driving through a drive thru with a body | |
| Katie O’Malley: Baltimoored | July 11, 2009 | Summer in the City On July 9, 10 and 11, The Stoop’s first ever live radio show will feature old-time comedy sketches from our friends at the Baltimore Improv Group | |
| Susan Kim: Baltimoored | July 11, 2009 | Summer in the City On July 9, 10 and 11, The Stoop’s first ever live radio show will feature old-time comedy sketches from our friends at the Baltimore Improv Group | |
| Story Title | Story Date | Story Description | Story Keywords | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caitriona Hanley: Real Life Rom-Coms | February 7, 2022 | falling in love and missing the rendevous date for eiffel tower | ||
| Candice: Never Have I Ever | April 11, 2022 | teenager who gets the lead role in her school play | ||
| Cara Ober: Making Their Mark | November 18, 2016 | |||
| Carl Harding: A Movement in Every Direction | November 3, 2022 | |||
| Carl Henry Cesar: First Times | May 14, 2013 | |||
| Carl Henry Cesare: My Secret Weapon | November 8, 2012 | |||
| Carl Stokes: The Stoop Mayoral Show | April 13, 2016 | |||
| Carl Streed: A World Inside a City, III | April 4, 2013 | story about attempted suicide/being gay doctor | ||
| Carla Paisley: Balancing Act | March 1, 2023 | |||
| Carla Paisley: Every Body Has a Story | February 6, 2023 | Black woman giving birth to her last child with the help of a black doula and support system that supported her the best way possible | birth story, black doula, motherhood | |
| Carlos Raba: Intercambio | March 9, 2018 | Spent an idyllic childhood in Mexio with his mother and her family even though his father was murdered when he was a baby. Had to leave Mexico and take sanctuary | childhood innocence, cooking, corruption, fathers, firework, food, Journalism, Mexico, murder, sanctuary, sons | |
| Carly Pursley: Mother Love | May 8, 2024 | |||
| Carmen Brock: First Times | Teacher tells stories of funny interactions with misbehaving students in the beginning of her Baltimore teaching career. | |||
| Carmen Brock: Truth and Lies | July 25, 2019 | Story about possibly meeting Catherine Keener in Las Vegas | alone, buffet, Catherine Keener, crazy, drinking, Las Vegas, restaurant, trade show, travel | |
| Carol Dee Huneke: Justice Talking | March 18, 2013 | A new lawyer volunteers at the public defender office. Sounds written. | ||
| Carol Hess: These are the People in Our Neighborhood | June 23, 2023 | |||
| Carol Tankard: My Freaky Family | November 16, 2017 | Story about mother who loved Talbots and took her friend’s Talbot’s grand opening door prize winnings | clothes, daughters, fashion, Florida, Melbourne, mothers, old ladies, Talbot's | |
| Caroline Moore Kochiacs: Not Throwing Away My Shot | January 19, 2017 | A woman undergoing treatment for cancer raises about 125k for cancer research. | cancer, fundraising, perserverance, sickness | |
| Caroline Tufts: It’s a Mystery | October 28, 2013 | |||
| Carolyn Kaufman Kirschnick: Redefining Industry | June 5, 2024 | |||
| Carolyn Sufrin: Public Health Show | September 22, 2022 | |||
| Carrie Finkelstein: Hair! | April 24, 2014 | |||
| Casey: Summer Camp Stories | March 10, 2016 | Story about being at girl scout camp with a bugs bunny training bra. Not a great story | ||
| Cassandra Mullinix: Summer Camp Stories | March 10, 2016 | Story about Nintendo being her camp | ||
| Cassie Mullinix: Password, please! | June 25, 2015 | |||
Amanda Eby: No Limits
Story Date: March 6, 2019
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