"True Tales of Lust and Love" This week, stories from Anna David's live monthly storytelling show "True Tales of Lust and Love." Funny, harrowing, sexy tales from Jillian Lauren (Some Girls, Pretty), Stacey Grenrock Woods (The Daily Show), Christie Nittrouer (Good Humor), Laura House (Talkin' Bout My Meditation), and Vanessa Marshall (The Spectacular Spider-man). Stay with us.

"Side Gigs" The Rock Bottom Remainders are bestselling authors by day, and rock stars by night. Hear tales of this literary supergroup (including Stephen King, Matt Groening, Dave Barry, and Byrds cofounder Roger McGuinn) from band members Sam Barry and Amy Tan. Also, bestselling author Pamela Ribon has a new book called "You Take It From Here," and so we take it to a lot of fascinating detours, including her time as an anime actress and a roller derby girl. Stay with us.

"Back from the Dead" - The members of the Olde English sketch group reunite for one more project - a movie called The Exquisite Corpse Project. The writers would each write 15 script pages to tell one story, but could only see the last 5 pages of what the previous writer had written. Ben Popik, Raphael Bob-Waksberg, Caleb Bark, Chioke Nassor, Adam Conover, Dave Segal, and Jesse Novak tell a funny and moving tale of what it means to create something together. And Elizabeth Laime of the Totally Laime podcast tells the story of how a nice Midwestern girl got to hang with Leonardo DiCaprio. So to speak. Stay with us.

"L.A. Stories" - Todd Zuniga, creator of the worldwide phenomenon Literary Death Match, tells new tales of Tinsel Town. Steve Abee tells the story of Johnny Future, lover of all that exists (specifically in the East Hollywood area). And Chip Jacobs tells the unbelievable true story of money, muckrakers, and a murder for hire corporation that stretched from Wilshire Blvd. to the far-flung suburbs. Los Angeles, I'm yours. Stay with us.

"Passion" Julia Vickerman (Yo Gabba Gabba) tells a tale of her passion for the beguiling actress Kristen Stewart, and how what started as a silly joke became something muchos mas grande. Laura Krafft (The Colbert Report) began her career in the Chicago ad world, and tells the story of her incredible passion to succeed as a high-powered advertising executive. It almost worked. Stay with us.

"Origin Stories" - Lahna Turner tells the story of how she discovered comedy and her future husband (comedian Ralphie May), all in one night. Adam Spiegelman takes us to the dark world of daytime television, and tells the tale of how he was able to see a ray of sunshine and escape to late night television, becoming a producer for Jimmy Kimmel and George Lopez. Season 3 of This American Wife begins here - stay with us.

"Romance and Sex" This week on the podcast, Sandra Daugherty and Dave Ross, hosts of the wildly popular Nerdist podcast Sex Nerd Sandra, talk about sex. But first, the romance - Adam Cohen is a singer and songwriter like his dad, Leonard Cohen. He tells the story of how his new album came to be called "Like a Man." It's the second anniversary of This American Wife, and we got you something special. Stay with us.

On "All Things Ill-Considered," Robert Siegel (Eric Martin) interviews artist Brandon Bird (Law and Order Coloring Book, No One Wants to Play Sega with Harrison Ford), who reveals the stories behind his most renowned works, and writer/storyteller/producer Laura Krafft, who reflects back on her time writing for "The Colbert Report." Also, Melissa Block (Jen Goldberg) reveals an exclusive sneak peek at the latest "Retraction" episode of "This American Wife." Finally, laugh and learn along with public radio's own news quiz show, "Wait Wait... Don't."

"A Carlin Home Companion" On today's episode, Kelly Carlin tells stories of growing up with her parents, George and Brenda Carlin, and of both living and waking up from the American dream. The show features an excerpt from Kelly's show "A Carlin Home Companion," now playing in Los Angeles (tickets available at kellycarlin.com). Also, our own Ned Hepburn tells a story from his new book - "Life's Rich Pageant." Stay with us.

"Potpourri 2012" John Ross Bowie (The Big Bang Theory) tells tales of the New York post pop punk scene with his seminal band Egghead, and just how inappropriate administrative assistants named Barb and Sheila could get in the halcyon days of the Internet bubble. Jamie Lee (Last Comic Standing) discovers how a gig in corporate PR can lead to becoming a champion of the people. Aside from these two being very funny and on TV, these stories have little in common. Therefore, we will not even attempt to shoehorn an arbitrary theme onto this week's episode. Stay with us.