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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
Tracy Akinade: Movers and Shakers	March 4, 2020	The Stoop Storytelling Series in partnership with Women in Business at Johns Hopkins Carey Business School present “Movers and Shakers: Stories about taking risks, breaking barriers, fighting oppression, and disrupting story about helping one of her staff who was being sexually harassed by a white male boss	boss, corporate, mentor, sexual harassment
Antoinette St. Claire: Movers and Shakers	March 4, 2020	The Stoop Storytelling Series in partnership with Women in Business at Johns Hopkins Carey Business School present “Movers and Shakers: Stories about taking risks, breaking barriers, fighting oppression, and disrupting Integrated an all-white girls public high school in Chicago	brown v. board, Chicago, girls, segregation, trade school
Andrea Chamblee: Movers and Shakers	March 4, 2020	The Stoop Storytelling Series in partnership with Women in Business at Johns Hopkins Carey Business School present “Movers and Shakers: Stories about taking risks, breaking barriers, fighting oppression, and disrupting Became an anti gun activist after her husband was murdered in the Capital Gazette attacks	activism, guns, loss, pain, republicans, social media, widow
Maria Perales Sanchez: Movers and Shakers	March 4, 2020	The Stoop Storytelling Series in partnership with Women in Business at Johns Hopkins Carey Business School present “Movers and Shakers: Stories about taking risks, breaking barriers, fighting oppression, and disrupting Mexican DACA recepient	crossing border, DACA, Mexico, remote, undocumented
Stephanie Mendez: Movers and Shakers	March 4, 2020	The Stoop Storytelling Series in partnership with Women in Business at Johns Hopkins Carey Business School present “Movers and Shakers: Stories about taking risks, breaking barriers, fighting oppression, and disrupting story about growing up daughter of addicts to become a marine	addiction, marine, resiliance
Ndo Osias: BRAINsPARK		story about almost losing his Visa
Fariborz Zarfeshan: BRAINsPARK		story about coming to America to study before the Iran Hostage crisis
Joe Pabon: BRAINsPARK		story about translating for detainees on the border
Terry Nguyen: BRAINsPARK		story about her positive experience emigranting to US during the Vietnam War	Chase Manhattan, kindness, Vietnam, war
Susan Ellsberry: Family Drama	February 10, 2020	An evening of true, personal tales exploring the fascinating terrain of family life. Presented in partnership with Baltimore Center Stage. story about finding her birth son through Ancestory.com	adoption, nurse, pain, pregnancy, regret, secrets, youth
C Ryan Patterson: Family Drama	February 10, 2020	An evening of true, personal tales exploring the fascinating terrain of family life. Presented in partnership with Baltimore Center Stage. story about being the father to his girlfriend’s son	bike, brothers, dads, hijinks, kids, pizza
Powel Welliver: Family Drama	February 10, 2020	An evening of true, personal tales exploring the fascinating terrain of family life. Presented in partnership with Baltimore Center Stage. story about her brother having autism and being sent to Rosewood	ARC, autism, bus, death, leo kanner, linwood, rosewood, secrets, trauma
Robert Billingsley: Family Drama	February 10, 2020	An evening of true, personal tales exploring the fascinating terrain of family life. Presented in partnership with Baltimore Center Stage. story about discovering his father’s criminal past	bootlegging, criminal, death, jail, New York, new york times, real estate, respected, secrets, stork club, wanted, wealth
Robbin Lee: Family Drama	February 10, 2020	An evening of true, personal tales exploring the fascinating terrain of family life. Presented in partnership with Baltimore Center Stage. story about her grandfather’s buddist funeral	buddism, chinese, dreams, lottery, siblings, symbols
Lori James: Family Drama	February 10, 2020	An evening of true, personal tales exploring the fascinating terrain of family life. Presented in partnership with Baltimore Center Stage. story about forgiving her father who tried to shoot her and her mother	bunny, daughter, easter, father, guns, hospice, shooting, substance abuse, trauma, witness protection
Gillian Quinn: Family Drama	February 10, 2020	An evening of true, personal tales exploring the fascinating terrain of family life. Presented in partnership with Baltimore Center Stage. story about dealing with her dog n laws	birthdays, confederate statue, dog rescue, missing dog, puppy, trump, wealth
Beth Frederick: Family Drama	February 10, 2020	An evening of true, personal tales exploring the fascinating terrain of family life. Presented in partnership with Baltimore Center Stage. White parents approving of her Jewish first husband and black second husband	african american, approval, daughter, father, Jewish, kiss shoulder, Lutheran
Liz Swanson: Family Drama	February 10, 2020	An evening of true, personal tales exploring the fascinating terrain of family life. Presented in partnership with Baltimore Center Stage. brother committed suicide, so she threw a party	funeral, party, siblings, suicide
Joe G.: Family Drama	February 10, 2020	An evening of true, personal tales exploring the fascinating terrain of family life. Presented in partnership with Baltimore Center Stage. father owned bar, used to take him to Sabitinos, proud of him for being an art teacher, but never said it	art teacher, bars, county, father, Orioles, Sabatino's, son
Nellie Sorenson: A Beautiful, Terrible Thing	January 23, 2020	True, personal stories about life in the independent music world. Shirle’ Hale Koslowski, WOD Rob Girardi, WOD Andriana Pateris, WOD Spoon Popkin, WOD story about bathroom on tours	girls don't poop, smelly poop
Peter Quinn: A Beautiful, Terrible Thing	January 23, 2020	True, personal stories about life in the independent music world. Shirle’ Hale Koslowski, WOD Rob Girardi, WOD Andriana Pateris, WOD Spoon Popkin, WOD story about bathrooms on tours	bathroom, candy machine, chain link fence, tours
Eric Morrison: A Beautiful, Terrible Thing	January 23, 2020	True, personal stories about life in the independent music world. Shirle’ Hale Koslowski, WOD Rob Girardi, WOD Andriana Pateris, WOD Spoon Popkin, WOD Story about accidently doing drugs at a party and hallucinating	80s, drugs, TV
Arty Hill: A Beautiful, Terrible Thing	January 23, 2020	True, personal stories about life in the independent music world. Shirle’ Hale Koslowski, WOD Rob Girardi, WOD Andriana Pateris, WOD Spoon Popkin, WOD Story about what it was like to play Coconuts in OC	Brown Eyed Girl, karaoke, Ocean City, Sweet Home Alabama
Jefferson Steele: A Beautiful, Terrible Thing	January 23, 2020	True, personal stories about life in the independent music world. Shirle’ Hale Koslowski, WOD Rob Girardi, WOD Andriana Pateris, WOD Spoon Popkin, WOD Story about hanging out with Jesus Lizard	drinking, drummer, Jesus Lizard, photographer, rumor, touring
David Koslowski: A Beautiful, Terrible Thing	January 23, 2020	True, personal stories about life in the independent music world. Shirle’ Hale Koslowski, WOD Rob Girardi, WOD Andriana Pateris, WOD Spoon Popkin, WOD story about almost making it big in music	contracts, fax machine, indie label, money, representation, touring

Story Title	Story Date	Story Keywords
Robyn Barberry: Tales from the Crypt	October 24, 2022
Robyn Stegman: Workin’ It	May 16, 2019	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
Rodney Henry: Something for Everyone	March 23, 2022
Rohaizad Suaidi: Live and Learn	February 17, 2017	Story of getting Greencard/Gay Marriage/Adopting drug-addicted baby	9/11, adoption, gay, immigration, patriotism
Rohaizad Suaidi: The Outsiders	April 18, 2017	A student from Singapore comes to the US to attend college and for the first time is forced to grapple with his racial and ethnic identity.	communities, community, identity, immigration, international, obsession, outsiders
Ron Cassie: O Little Town of Baltimore	December 20, 2010
Ron Savage: Tales from the Crypt	October 24, 2022
Ron Spencer: Brush with Fame	March 21, 2024
Ron Spencer: Holidrama!	December 10, 2012
Ron Tanner: Holidrama!	December 10, 2012
Ron Tanner: The Outsiders	April 18, 2017	After growing up on a missile test site in the the Pacific, a fifteen year old boy deals with culture shock when moving to a conservative Southern town in 1969.	1960s, bullies, culture shock, high school, otusiders, school elections
Ron: Not Gonna Work for Me	November 9, 2023
Rona Kobell: It’s STILL Complicated	May 5, 2015
Rona Kobell: That’s Incredible!	October 20, 2014
Rona Kobell: That’s Incredible!	October 20, 2014
Ronnie	September 27, 2025
Ronnie Pasztor	January 22, 2026
Rosalia Scalia: What I Did for Love	February 15, 2007	Story about her daughter getting pregnant as a teen and Rosalia making her still going to college (funny story)	college, mom and daughter, single women with children, teen pregnancy
Rosalie Eck: Hair!	April 24, 2014	a girl tells about her autistic brother’s hair fascination
Rosanna: Rose-Colored Glasses	August 16, 2024
Rose Patterson: Under the Influence	October 10, 2011
Roseanna: Neighbors		Roseanna
Rosemary Raun: Illin’	May 12, 2016	Teacher who lost voice due to laryngitis struggles to find a diagnosis.	busy doctors, handicap, illness, laryngitis, lost voice, paralysis, teaching
Rosemary Raun: Into the Wild	May 30, 2018	Story about chaperoning a boy scouts camping trip and finding a porcupine in the latrine	camping, chaperone, flashlight, insomnia, late night talks, mystery, porcupines, tent
Rosemary Robinson: 21 Club	January 13, 2016	A story about a 21st birthday where the birthday girl goes to a party and meets the hostesses brother who ends up to be her husband	birthday, first meeting story, funny, love, new years