Archive

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.

Story Title	Story Date	Story Description	Story Tags
Andy Parsley: Out of Stigma’s Shadow	May 21, 2019	An evening of inspiring true, personal tales about the challenges, the surprises, the struggles, and the triumphs, of living with mental health challenges. Presented by The Stoop Storytelling Series in story about overcomng OCD	666, christianity, counting, hell, mental health, OCD, Red Hot Chili Peppers, therapy
Mary Curtain: Out of Stigma’s Shadow	May 21, 2019	An evening of inspiring true, personal tales about the challenges, the surprises, the struggles, and the triumphs, of living with mental health challenges. Presented by The Stoop Storytelling Series in story about getting language aphasia during a deep depression in college	aphasia, crazy, day treatment, group therapy, language, mental health, recovery, self care, word salad
Dan Kleiner: Workin’ It	May 16, 2019	The Stoop Storytelling Series, in collaboration with Baltimore Museum of Industry and CityLab, presents an evening of true, personal tales about what we do to “get paid” — everything from story about working as a book cleaner for his local public school over the summer	curse words, erasers, public school, text books
James Cabezas: Workin’ It	May 16, 2019	The Stoop Storytelling Series, in collaboration with Baltimore Museum of Industry and CityLab, presents an evening of true, personal tales about what we do to “get paid” — everything from story about career as detective for baltimore city	blindness, cop, detective, dixon, police, the block, undercover
Joe Wall: Workin’ It	May 16, 2019	The Stoop Storytelling Series, in collaboration with Baltimore Museum of Industry and CityLab, presents an evening of true, personal tales about what we do to “get paid” — everything from story about nearly breaking the clock in the Bromo Seltzer Tower	Bromo Seltzer, clock, ladder, mishaps, slapstick
Christina Porter: Workin’ It	May 16, 2019	The Stoop Storytelling Series, in collaboration with Baltimore Museum of Industry and CityLab, presents an evening of true, personal tales about what we do to “get paid” — everything from story about being a Lyft Driver and making connections through her work	connection, empathy, lyft, mental health, strangers, trauma
Phillip Pack: Workin’ It	May 16, 2019	The Stoop Storytelling Series, in collaboration with Baltimore Museum of Industry and CityLab, presents an evening of true, personal tales about what we do to “get paid” — everything from story about working at Bethlehelm Steel as one of the few crew chiefs of color	african american, apprenticeship, Bethlehelm Steel, discrimiation, task, turner station, working together
Matt Fouse: Workin’ It	May 16, 2019	The Stoop Storytelling Series, in collaboration with Baltimore Museum of Industry and CityLab, presents an evening of true, personal tales about what we do to “get paid” — everything from story of turning a weird hobby into a thriving business	Baltimore, guns, Rat, rejection, shooting, Trohv
Modupe Agueh McCracken: Workin’ It	May 16, 2019	The Stoop Storytelling Series, in collaboration with Baltimore Museum of Industry and CityLab, presents an evening of true, personal tales about what we do to “get paid” — everything from Story of being being a mom and doctor	Africa, babies, burn out, daughter, mother, OB GYN, self care, wife
Jody Moscaritolo: Workin’ It	May 16, 2019	The Stoop Storytelling Series, in collaboration with Baltimore Museum of Industry and CityLab, presents an evening of true, personal tales about what we do to “get paid” — everything from Story of being a small business owner of a swing dance studio	dancing, Highway to hell, inclusness, marriage, mistakes, roommates, swing
Robyn Stegman: Workin’ It	May 16, 2019	The Stoop Storytelling Series, in collaboration with Baltimore Museum of Industry and CityLab, presents an evening of true, personal tales about what we do to “get paid” — everything from Story of how she was always destined to become the voice of Mr. Trash Wheel	catholic, climate, environment, Mr Trash Wheel, nerd, pollution, trash, voices
Chris DiGrigorio: Workin’ It	May 16, 2019	The Stoop Storytelling Series, in collaboration with Baltimore Museum of Industry and CityLab, presents an evening of true, personal tales about what we do to “get paid” — everything from Working at the busiest Trader Joe’s in NYC when the escalator breaks	escalator, lollypops, NYC, quick fixes, Trader Joes
Jason Boyd: My Public Health Moment	April 3, 2019	The Stoop partnered with the Coverdell Fellows at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health to present an evening of stories about the challenges, adventures, surprises, and unforgettable experiences of being got giardia from drinking spring water in Republic of Georgia	poop, travel, water
Kelly Drummond: My Public Health Moment	April 3, 2019	The Stoop partnered with the Coverdell Fellows at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health to present an evening of stories about the challenges, adventures, surprises, and unforgettable experiences of being motorcylce accident in Uganda exposes her legs, which are taboo in that culture	culture shock, dress, Uganda
Peggy Walton: My Public Health Moment	April 3, 2019	The Stoop partnered with the Coverdell Fellows at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health to present an evening of stories about the challenges, adventures, surprises, and unforgettable experiences of being went to ukraine before and after liberation
Liz Toure: My Public Health Moment	April 3, 2019	The Stoop partnered with the Coverdell Fellows at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health to present an evening of stories about the challenges, adventures, surprises, and unforgettable experiences of being dealing with a child poisoned by a bleach tablet	medicine, pills, public health
Jennifer DaPolito: My Public Health Moment	April 3, 2019	The Stoop partnered with the Coverdell Fellows at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health to present an evening of stories about the challenges, adventures, surprises, and unforgettable experiences of being teaching kids to sew their own sanitary pads in Tanzania	empowerment, international development, periods
Laura Ebone: My Public Health Moment	April 3, 2019	The Stoop partnered with the Coverdell Fellows at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health to present an evening of stories about the challenges, adventures, surprises, and unforgettable experiences of being evacuating from Guinea during Ebola crisis	disease, misunderstanding, myth
Priya Mysore: My Public Health Moment	April 3, 2019	The Stoop partnered with the Coverdell Fellows at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health to present an evening of stories about the challenges, adventures, surprises, and unforgettable experiences of being serving as a PCV in Cambodia where people said she was ugly — not American. She hid away until she couldn’t. Finally she started to make friends with the villagers.	beauty, isolation, save the world
Jessie Bennett: My Public Health Moment	April 3, 2019	The Stoop partnered with the Coverdell Fellows at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health to present an evening of stories about the challenges, adventures, surprises, and unforgettable experiences of being struggling as a Peace Corps volunteer in a remote, primitive village in Peru — until a baby boy is born on her birthday.	culture shock, guilt, jealousy, Peace Corps, unexpected surprise
Lisa Beauvois: Off the Menu	March 28, 2019	Click on the photo to hear the story. The Stoop and Baltimore magazine present a Second Stoop show featuring true, personal tales about eating and working in everything from dives to Nurse whose latino patient was a night manager at McDonalds	Latino, mcdonalds, nurse
Graham Boyce: Off the Menu	March 28, 2019	Click on the photo to hear the story. The Stoop and Baltimore magazine present a Second Stoop show featuring true, personal tales about eating and working in everything from dives to U2 story	restaurant, U2
Shawna Renee: Off the Menu	March 28, 2019	Click on the photo to hear the story. The Stoop and Baltimore magazine present a Second Stoop show featuring true, personal tales about eating and working in everything from dives to Pretended to run a restaurant as a child.	70s, child, flyer, kitchen, mother, neighborhood, restaurant, tip
Jane Lutken: Off the Menu	March 28, 2019	Click on the photo to hear the story. The Stoop and Baltimore magazine present a Second Stoop show featuring true, personal tales about eating and working in everything from dives to girl who was betrayed by the fact that her parents met for food at their special place during the school day without her	bakery, Mississippi, oprah, oxford
Erik Schmidt: Off the Menu	March 28, 2019	Click on the photo to hear the story. The Stoop and Baltimore magazine present a Second Stoop show featuring true, personal tales about eating and working in everything from dives to young hippie who cooked at a camp for a summer	angel, camp, cook, crying, girfriend, mountain

Story Title	Story Date	Story Description	Story Keywords
Rachel Micah Jones: Intercambio	March 9, 2018		starting a migrant workers’ rights legal organization in Zacatecas, and about falling in love with Mexico and living there for many years	lawyer
Rachel: Abortion is Autonomy	August 26, 2022
Rafael Alvarez: Stoop Holiday Hoopla	December 15, 2008		Story about an eldest brother’s grievance that his family’s historic Christmas Eve dinner was inherited by his brother to host instead of him.
Rahne Alexander: It’s Complicated	November 15, 2018		Story about transitioning from a strict Mormon background and being called a bull dyke by truckers.	Mormon, sexuality, transgender, truckers
Rahne Alexander: My Favorite Film	June 23, 2017		Boy in relationship after college goes on a road trip to Palm Springs after watching Thelma and Louise in 1989	clock tower, post college, Thelma and Louse, transgender
Rahne Alexander: My Theme Song	November 5, 2007		A story about hiding who she really is by covering up the music she listened to in a Morman household	transgender
Rahne Alexander: Something for Everyone	March 23, 2022
Rain Pryor: Baltimoored	July 11, 2009
Raj Konar: Kitchen Confidential
Ramsey Flynn: The Stoop in the Dark	October 26, 2017		Story about uncovering the reason for the Amtrack disaster in the late 1980s	1980s, accident, Amtrack, Baltimore Magazine, disaster, Journalism, source, uncovering
Ramsey Mihavetz: Oh, Baltimore	July 19, 2014
Ramsey Mihavetz: Rose-Colored Glasses	August 16, 2024
Ramsey Mihavetz: Silk Road	June 10, 2016		Woman recounts a weekend getaway in Cambridge for as little money as possible.	bad decisions, Cambridge, hitchhiking, London, travel
Randi Benesch: Summer Camp Stories	March 10, 2016		story about meeting her husband at summer camp
Ravi Pandit: A World Inside a City, III	April 4, 2013
Ray Gergen: Coming Out Stories	September 24, 2015
Ray: Not Throwing Away My Shot	January 19, 2017		A disabled man confronts another man for taking a handicap parking spot outside the wine source.	confrontations, disabilities, parking
Rebecca Abernathy: Moveable Feast	March 29, 2015
Rebecca Donnelly: O Little Town of Baltimore	December 20, 2010
Rebecca Fielding: See Beyond Disability Narrative	March 15, 2024
Rebecca Lewis: Neighbors	January 8, 2015		Story about being in jail twice before she turned 21, even though she was a debutante. There was a wedding her first day in jail.	not likeable
Rebecca Quinn: First Times		story of about first love, with lots of baltimore landmarks mentioned
Rebecca Ward: No Limits	March 6, 2019		Story about climbing Everest and then divorcing	divorce
Rebecca: Office Space	November 13, 2014
Rebecca: Over It	January 10, 2024		Story about complicated relationship with her mother