Strangerville

This week, we share some fanmail, and introduce Strangerville Live. http://traffic.libsyn.com/strangerville/Short_Fanmail_Strangerville_Live.mp3

This time in Strangerville, we explore stories about awkward and complicated encounters and relationships with parents and guardians. A first-time mom suffers wrath after destroying Christmas magic. A father surprises his six children with an unexpected gift. A young boy brings a present home to his mother who must feign excitement. A teenage girl at a new school receives an unwelcome visitor to h...

This week on Strangerville Shorts, Eli and Jolyn read some of Yahoo! Answers most important questions. http://traffic.libsyn.com/strangerville/Short_Yahoo_Answers.mp3

This week on Strangerville Shorts, please enjoy a story Eli told live at The Porch in 2013 for The Porch’s special Christmas-themed show. http://traffic.libsyn.com/strangerville/Short_Worst_Christmas_Ever.mp3

Eli McCann tells a story on The Porch in 2012 about some surprising encounters with strangers while couchsurfing through eastern Europe with a friend. http://traffic.libsyn.com/strangerville/Short_Couchsurfing.mp3

This week on Strangerville Shorts, Eli and Jolyn read some of the poetry they’ve written over the years and discuss some very heavy topics. http://traffic.libsyn.com/strangerville/Short_Poems.mp3

In this episode of Strangerville we explore stories about fear to ring in Strangerville’s first Halloween. A five-year-old regales us with tale of a hairy toe. A woman wakes up on a basement floor, alone and terrified, somewhere in Thailand. And a family experiences senses and sounds from beyond. Segments: 1. The Hairy Toe by Charles and BreAnna 2. Trapped in Thailand by Annette Thacker 3. Somethi...

Eli and Jolyn analyze the most important parts of the recent presidential debate. http://traffic.libsyn.com/strangerville/Short_Debate_1.mp3

This week on Strangerville Shorts, Eli tells a story live at The Porch about a time he wandered a foreign airport naked, searching for his clothes. http://traffic.libsyn.com/strangerville/Short_Korean_Bathhouse.mp3

This time in Strangerville we hear stories from people who leave home and discover new things about themselves. A New Yorker quits her job and finds herself a few months later walking the Camino de Santiago. A drama teacher has a close call hiking and hitchhiking through the Californian wilderness. And a woman adopted as a baby from Korea returns to her homeland and unwittingly discovers that ever...

This week on Strangerville Shorts, Eli tells the story of his 2004 Ukrainian appendectomy. http://traffic.libsyn.com/strangerville/Short_Hospital_Bohdan.mp3

This week on Strangerville Shorts, Jolyn and Eli peruse a few of the tens of millions of emails they have received to the Strangerville email account. http://traffic.libsyn.com/strangerville/Short_Fanmail_2.mp3

This time in Strangerville we explore the world of travel through some stories that may make you just want to stay home from now on. TSA overreaches, figuratively and literally. A 13-year-old girl tries to take explosives onto a plane. A young woman escapes her problems for an inappropriately-romanticized life in Ireland. And a heroic woman combs the planet to reunite her family after the events o...

This week on Strangerville Shorts, Joey Leavitt, a foreign service officer in El Salvador, takes us back to the 80s and tells us how much Zelda means to him. http://traffic.libsyn.com/strangerville/Short_Joey.mp3

This time in Strangerville, we explore the world of homelessness. A senior citizen explains what it is like for him to live on the streets of Salt Lake City. A panhandler catches the attention of a passerby. A detox facility shares some insight and discusses misconceptions about the homeless community. And a young man, stranded on the highway, is befriended by colorful character who seeks to help...

This week, Jolyn and Eli give you dramatic readings of your favorite Lifetime movie synopses. http://traffic.libsyn.com/strangerville/ShortDramatic_Readings_of_Lifetime_2.mp3

In Episode 4, we explore the World of Mothers. Motherhood varies, but affects us all. Jolyn and Eli’s moms respond to a variety of questions they find too silly to take seriously. One woman falls into motherhood at a young age and in a unique way. And a man discusses for the first time in detail what it was like to lose his mother to a terminal and terrible disease. Segments 1. Cathie and Nancie b...

In the first episode of Strangerville, Jolyn Metro and Eli McCann explore the World of Love. An 85-year-old woman talks about decades’ worth of dating experiences. Generations are compared. Senior Citizens help Jolyn use her Tinder account to find a man. And one hopeless romantic finds a pleasant surprise through dating Apps. Segments: 1. Chatting with G-Mac 2. Tradition vs. Tinder 3. Tindering wi...