9 Stories Up

A long overdue profile of Blackshear Times publisher Robert Williams Jr doubles as a 9 Stories Up cover band/fan fiction version of The Journalism Salute podcast.

We are back in the studio with Vabs after a meager 14 months. Join us as we recap the third period of season 3 and get ready for overtime.

The journey of understanding AI's impact on the 9 Stories Up solar system culminates in the key to defeating "Skynet"

A friend's Christmas card rekindles an investigation into how the Artificial Intelligence explosion is impacting the 9 Stories Up universe and maybe the world beyond.

When something is a once in a lifetime you always remember it, even if it doesn't play out like the story book or happens to happen twice.

Vabs is in the LA studio to recap the middle three episodes of this season with Hunter, who is in New York, recording on location from the apartment 9 Storeys Up, for the very last time.

This podcast series started because a one act play seemed too hard to produce . . .  so now we come full circle with an episode chronicling the production and origin story of a new one act play from Maxene Kupperman-Guiñals. 

Showing up to a holiday party in the same "ugly sweater" ultimately offers Hunter a new hope.

Coordinated attacks on 2 Duke Energy power stations last week left the majority of a North Carolina county without power for 4+ days.  The story was covered by all reputable news outlets and 9 Stories Up is no different, embedding a very special correspondent into the chaos for an exclusive report.

Vabs is back in the virtual studio to try and make sense of the "first period" of season 3 then look ahead to period 2.  For the first time in 9 Stories Up intermission history, Hunter's mic actually sounds better than that of our CTO.

In an episode that could have been titled "Scenes from an Irish midtown bar," Hunter and his siblings bring his mother to her first Florida State game watching party in 3 years where his brother and sister quickly demonstrate they know as much about college football as they do late 80s baseball players.

Unlike his exams, our favorite chemistry teacher is an open book.  Mike returns to our radio lab to go through the uncanny, serendipitous steps that take a kid from the South Side of Chicago to the NCAA Wrestling Championships and back again to blow stuff up and make beaker wine in the name of educating the future leaders of the Prarie State. 

Friday night of Memorial Day weekend, Parlor Pizza, Chicago.   One night to see friends while in town visiting family.  Very little notice given to anyone.  A recipe for randomness randomly delivers Hunter's wife's friend's husband, an old work colleague who could stay for a drink, and a college friend who could promise even less time.  Once everyone arrives it occurs that...

Hunter meets his pen pal Mark for the first time to discuss their parallel(ish) past and introduce the 9 Stories Up world to Mark's recently released podcast series, "A Lasting Legacy"

Vabs and Hunter are back in the virtual studio to recap the "third period" of this season and get everyone ready for overtime.

9 Stories Up applies a full court press to the monumental 2022 NCAA Men's Final Four featuring Villanova, Kansas and the reality bending rematch of North Carolina and Duke.

A lot of people make chili for the super bowl and most people who make chili feel a great sense of Pride.  Well Sir, we at 9 Stories Up are no exception and hereby submit a step-by-step guide to cooking our legendary chili, complete (of course) with the legend.

My uncle David died approximately a year ago today (I say this because the medical examiner could only give us a range after he was discovered on Feb. 19 2021).  9 Stories Up was one way I was able to reconnect with him over the final year of his life.  My uncle's favorite episode was the second one I ever did called "Pac Bell."  In commemoration of his death, and for my Dad's 71st...

Holiday cleaning in Hunter's stepmother's basement conjures memories of a past business that not only foreshadowed a current venture, but also put his oldest friendship to the test.  

Vabs takes over the virtual studio to string a thread through the second period of season 2 and get to the bottom of the "lost" episodes.

In a world of socio-political polarization, we tell the story of a professional middleman's quest to bring thoughtful, informative discussion to the weary majority in the center via . . . wait for it . . . a hobby podcast!

In our very first, ground-breaking, never-been-done-before follow-up episode, we catch up with Rambling Nomad Craig Coleman as he shares his final stories from the road and heads out to sea with an old friend.

Hunter explores a crossroads his grandfather faced 70 years ago and begins to reimagine life had the old man stayed with door number 1, only to realize he knew what he was doing after all . . . or did he?

Vabs and Hunter catch up the virtual studio and get the Intermission episode back to its roots, discussing outside feedback on 9 Stories Up they recently received.  

Hunter takes a break from 9 Stories Up to create a personalized episode for a friend fighting for his life against Covid-19