Spokespeople
027 - To the Vet!

Two bags of screaming cats, two hangovers, and one over-crowded SPCA waiting room converge at 6:30 a.m. on a Saturday. Could anyone make it out with her sanity intact?

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What do you do if you lose your passport while in the process of moving to another country? Freak out, and then call the consulate. A lot.

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025 - Moist and Festering

Sharing a DIY bunk bed, publishing a magazine on feminine sexuality, checking each other for lice, this is what all roommates do together, right? This story of an uncommonly close living arrangement came from our September 2012 show, Roommates.

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New to home repair, this storyteller learns an important lesson on compassion and what not to buy at Home Depot. This story of learning to be meaningfully -- if painfully -- honest comes from our August 2012 show, Lost and Then Found.

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022 - Welcome to the Inner Circle of Trust

This week we're giving thanks for all of the crazy things past roommates have done to bring us the story for today. And thank you to our wonderful audience who came to hear this story told live in September at the Red Poppy Art House in San Francisco.

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021 - Sleepwalk To Me

In the words of today's storyteller, let's take a moment and thank Craig Newmark. If it weren't for him, where exactly would most of us get our crazy roommate stories? Thank you Craig for giving us many of us places to call home as well as our 21st podcas

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Is it problem if the people at the hazmat facility know your name? This deconstruction of a would-be set of Hoarders yields halloween cat ears and 1970s refrigerators, but what about treasured mementos from childhood?

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019 - All the Cars Are Facing Me

Making the leap from being a transit rider to a driver can be tricky. For starters, you can't rely anymore on the vehicle to magically get you where you want to go without providing it some direction.

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The Lost and Found is a finite space. It houses wayward gloves, wallets, and puffy jackets until their original owners come to reclaim them, or their new owners take gleeful possession of them.

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017 - A Wish for Egypt

A self-proclaimed weenie finds herself in Cairo during the Arab spring. This story of a wish for a more tranquil Egypt comes from our July 2012 show "Wishful Thinking."

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So many gears, and so fews hills on which to use them -- at least in Stockton. For fun and profit, this spoke wrench carrier sought after hillier, more unexpected terrain in the Bay Area.

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015 - The Missing Extracurriculars

A potluck that consists only of cupcakes, an aspiring competitor to Amazon, and group full of bond underwriters -- or what one storyteller finds when he goes in search of meaningful extracurricular activities in the real world.

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014 - Ninja Skillz

The most super cool ninja ever tests his skills. This story fulfilled career dreams comes from our July show "Wishful Thinking."

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013 - Oh Once I Was The Prince of Spain!

He was 10th in line to the throne, a three-sport varsity athlete, and had a taste for humble pie Chez Panisse. As my mother would say, if he sounds too good to be true, he probably is. But maybe not in this case...

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012 - My Longest Long-Term Fantasy Relationship

She's taken and lives 5,000 miles away. What's not going to work out? This story of love (un)requited came from our July 2012 show "Wishful Thinking."

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011 - That’s not me!

Is it better to go on Joy Behar Show and impersonate someone else or to hold out for your own invitation? This story of multiple personalities comes from our May 2012 show, "Mistaken Identity."

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010 - Just Another Day on the Bus

Is this what happens when you take the bus to Palo Alto? ('Cause I've never seen this on Caltrain. Yay, bike car!) Katie Seibert regales the audience of our April 2012 live show with this story about being "In Transit."

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009 - Stuart, You're In the Way

Meet George. Or is it Stuart? This mystery man didn’t know his own name one summer at an outdoors education camp in Maryland.

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008 - On the Move

Where do you come from if you’re constantly on the move? Piya Banerjee explores how to live a life in constant motion.

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007 - Press the Red Button

Exactly under what circumstances does one press the emergency button on BART? Susan Strom knows.

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006 - Transit's My Thing

Meet Gene Goldstein-Plesser. Some people are into knitting. Others like ultimate frisbee, but recreational transit is most definitely his thing. He even has an MTA shower curtain.

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005 - Take a chance on a Kayak

Patrick McVittie reflects on a time he decided to take a chance on a kayak to win a girl’s affection. This story is from our very first storytelling event in January 2012. The theme was "There's a First Time for Everything."

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004 - Shooting Mountains

Katie Seibert discovers that Nevada can be a truly wild place.

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003 - Rattlesnake

A trip out to the cabin... and all that could happen, would happen or did happen with a rattlesnake. Lesley Seacrist tells us how to take on rattlesnakes.

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002 - Touching

A little skin, a little touching... you know the west... uh... rest. Renee Johnson relates a close encounter.

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001 - Operating Room

Thanks to the inimitable Zoe Lehman for this story from our first ever storytelling event on Jan. 28, 2012. The theme was "There’s a First Time for Everything."

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