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This season, WBEZ’s critically acclaimed podcast series takes you on a journey to learn about daytime soap operas and their broad reach on television.

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Stories Without End Episode 7
A new era for daytime soap operas: Beyond the Gates
The creator of a new soap opera, featuring a core Black family, grew up on Chicago’s South Side. Michele Val Jean talks ‘Beyond the Gates.’
By Natalie Moore
 
Behind the curtain at ‘Days of Our Lives’: The lights, the sets, the pink coat
 
TV wouldn’t be TV without soap operas
 
Soaps take the lead on nuanced storylines about queer life
 
Black actors don’t want to be your sidekick
 
Stories Without End Episode 2 Susan Lucci
In the world of soaps, women’s issues take front-burner status
By Natalie Moore
 
MORROW CASE
Making: Stories Without End
The enduring, timeless appeal of the daytime soap opera
By Natalie Moore
 
Soap opera timeline collage
Making: Stories Without End
Timeline: First 1930s radio dramas, daytime soaps have led TV innovation and social change
By Natalie Moore  and Mary Hall
 
Stories Without End Ep 1 Rectangle
Meet Irna Phillips: The Queen of Daytime
By Natalie Moore
 

Recent

Stories Without End Episode 7
A new era for daytime soap operas: Beyond the Gates
The creator of a new soap opera, featuring a core Black family, grew up on Chicago’s South Side. Michele Val Jean talks ‘Beyond the Gates.’
By Natalie Moore
 
Behind the curtain at ‘Days of Our Lives’: The lights, the sets, the pink coat
 
TV wouldn’t be TV without soap operas
 
Soaps take the lead on nuanced storylines about queer life
 
Black actors don’t want to be your sidekick
 
Stories Without End Episode 2 Susan Lucci
In the world of soaps, women’s issues take front-burner status
By Natalie Moore
 
MORROW CASE
Making: Stories Without End
The enduring, timeless appeal of the daytime soap opera
By Natalie Moore
 
Soap opera timeline collage
Making: Stories Without End
Timeline: First 1930s radio dramas, daytime soaps have led TV innovation and social change
By Natalie Moore  and Mary Hall
 
Stories Without End Ep 1 Rectangle
Meet Irna Phillips: The Queen of Daytime
By Natalie Moore