Podcasts

The Stoop Storytelling Series podcast captures the spirit of The Stoop live shows with bi-weekly episodes featuring Stoop stories and narration from founders Laura Wexler and Jessica Henkin. The podcast is produced by Maureen Harvie and hosted by WYPR-FM.

Podcast: Across the Divide

This week on the podcast, three complicated, contradictory, and confusing tales from young people confronted with the racial divide — and trying to find their...(Read More)

Air Date: January 16, 2017

Podcast: The Story Behind The Story

This week’s episode of The Stoop podcast, “The Story Behind The Story,” offers a peek behind the printed page, to the sausage-making of reporting, research,...(Read More)

Air Date: January 9, 2017

Podcast: First Times (Rebroadcast)

In honor of the New Year, The Stoop offers an encore version of its first podcast ever, a collection of stories about First Times. Ab...(Read More)

Air Date: January 2, 2017

Podcast: Jews Loving Christmas

In honor of Hanukkah, we offer three tales of “Jews Loving Christmas.” Arthur Magida spins a snow-globe tale of olde New York; Ana Goldseker yearns...(Read More)

Air Date: December 26, 2016

Podcast: A Little Christmas Chaos

This week on the podcast, we offer “A Little Christmas Chaos” — because if the holidays go exactly as planned, there are no good stories!...(Read More)

Air Date: December 19, 2016

Podcast: Two Santa Stories

What’s better than one disaffected young man pretending to be Santa to make the world — or at least, the mall — a more wonderful...(Read More)

Air Date: December 12, 2016

Podcast: A Southern Family Yarn

This week on the podcast, “A Southern Family Yarn” from writer Dudley Clendinin, in which past, present, and future merge in a dreamy holiday tale....(Read More)

Air Date: December 5, 2016

Ghost Stories

In honor of Halloween, three true tales that will scare the pants off ya! Kevin Farmer shares a story about a knife with staying power....(Read More)

Air Date: November 30, 2016

Silly Boys

This week on the podcast, we laugh at — er….with — three Silly Boys with three very different silly tales. Heath Harrison, best Water Boy...(Read More)

Air Date: November 28, 2016

Off the Menu

In honor of Thanksgiving, this week The Stoop goes “Off the Menu,” with three stories of unexpected dining adventures. Amy Cohen plays host to family...(Read More)

Air Date: November 21, 2016