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Strangers

Lea Thau, Peabody Award winner & former Director of The Moth, has created Strangers, featuring true stories about people we meet, the heartbreaks we suffer, the kindnesses we encounter, and those frightful moments when we discover that we aren’t even who we thought we were. From Radiotopia.

About

From Lea Thau, Peabody award-winning producer and creator of The Moth Podcast and The Moth Radio Hour, comes her new storytelling baby, Strangers, part of KCRW’s Independent Producer Project and of PRX’s Radiotopia network. Each episode is an empathy shot in your arm, featuring true stories about the people we meet, the connections we make, the heartbreaks we suffer, the kindnesses we encounter, and those frightful moments when we discover that we aren’t even who we thought we were.

Recent

  • Anniversary

    Lea has an anniversary and gets back in the closet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Listen — 6:22

  • Anniversary

    Lea has an anniversary and gets back in the closet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Listen — 7:17

  • Hi

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    Listen — 15:31

  • Isn’t It Nice

    We bring the year full circle with a new story about Jared in St George, Utah, who was the subject of our very first episode this year. We reflect on the beautiful difference a year can make, even …

    Listen — 36:00

  • Go, Kalan

    The story of a young man who decided to say yes.

    Listen — 27:00

  • The Continental Divide

    In this episode, Lea reckons with her mistakes and turns to the work of her longtime hero, Scott Carrier, of the podcast Home of the Brave, which you can find at homebrave.com. 

    Listen — 55:00

  • Jack Be Nimble, Part 2

    Ladies and Gentlemen: Jack, Part 2, in which there will be guns and fear and roses and magic. There will be frat boys and homeless ladies, sweet clowns, and sad selves. Above all, there will be …

    Listen — 37:00

  • Jack Be Nimble, Part 1

    A run-down trailer in small town Texas, Sunday mornings with Charlie Chaplin, heroine-dazed zombies, fighting off dragons, and narrowly escaping real life monsters — this was Jack’s life when she …

    Listen — 36:00

  • Human/Ordinary

    A couple of weeks ago we got an email from Sam in Australia about his podcast Human/Ordinary. We liked it so much we decided to share it with you. Here’s an adapted version of his 10th episode …

    Listen — 32:00