2nd Story

In this week's story, teller Madeline Bourdenko recalls the pressure of raising two young children and the trip she took that helped her find herself amongst the chaos.

In this week's story, teller Karla Estela Rivera recalls her experience learning to love her sexuality and the way she built a home for her child that would make their own experience open, loving, and joyous.

In this week's story, teller Connie Shirakawa recalls her experience on a pilgrimage to the former internment camp site where her parents met and the community she found among the generations of Japanese Americans she traveled with.

In this week's story, teller Dana Black looks back on her relationship with her grandmother, celebrating the little traditions they found together and how she honored her loss.

In this week's story, teller LaTanya Lane shares how she found, then learned to love, the fighter inside of her.

In this week's story, teller Matthew Braun recalls his struggle with financial and personal stagnation and the way he found satisfaction and community in movement.

In this week's story, we celebrate Pride with teller Timothy David Rey's story of growing up gay in 1980s small town America.

In this week's story, teller Darren Meyers reflects on some recent forays into dating and the way that growing up as an only child has impacted his philosophy.

In this week's story, teller Lynnette Li shares her experience of being caught between caring for her aging father and parenting her growing children.

In this week's story, teller Kim L Hunt recalls the confidence and optimism her mother constantly spread throughout her youth and how it’s followed her into adulthood.

In this week's story, teller Courtney Kotloski shares how she, along with her kids, developed a way to find strength and positivity in the face of fear.

In this week's story, tellers McKenzie Chinn and Mykele Deville look back at the way they found each other through the chaos and violence of the world around them.

In this week's story, teller Wyl Villacres explores the dissonance he felt when young love clashed with harsh reality on a teenage trip abroad.

In this week's story, teller Maegan Gwaltney reflects on the mother she once planned to be and the way we grieve and grow from the invisible losses of life.

In this week's story, teller Abra Millman shares her frantic search for proper documentation before her wedding, and the unexpected place that showed her mercy.

In this week's story, teller RJ Silva shares his experience being pulled between two worlds when he brought his husband to visit his home country for the very first time.

In this week's story, mother-daughter duo Bobbie & Liz Rice share stories of their shared Chinese values and experiences, as well as the ways they've helped each other to evolve and change.

In this week's story, our teller shares the lead up to - and follow up of - her marriage's end, and how she found her path forward through the grief of the transition.

In this week's story, teller Martinique Haller reflects on an act of rebellion from her youth and the understanding - if not forgiveness - that time has brought her.

In this week's story, Stephanie Chavara returns home and wrestles with both the vulnerability of putting down roots in familiar soil.

In this week's story, teller Jim Lupo reflects on his youth spent caring for his ill mother, and how he looks towards his future with that past in mind.

In this week's episode, we celebrate our 300th episode! Join us for a trio of stories along with a bit of nostalgia and reminiscing along the way!

In this week's story, teller Liz Blondel recalls her early college days, and the culture shock she experienced while studying just a few blocks northeast of her childhood home.

In this week's story, teller Ana Martin Sagredo shares the early days of her second child's life, the unexpected hurdles they experienced, and the decisions they made for their family.

In this week's story, teller Nestor Gomez recalls some notable conversations around this year's presidential election, with a particularly poignant metaphor for how he feels.