This week on the podcast, we continue our Best of The Stoop series. As we head into our 15th year — and prepare to return to live shows — we’re revisiting some of our favorite stories. This week, we bring you three true, personal tales about...

Best of The Stoop: First Times

The Stoop showcases the extraordinary true stories of “ordinary" people, told in front of live audiences as large as 1,400. Stoop stories are weird, wonderful, hilarious, and heartbreaking — and, above all, intimate. Founders Laura Wexler and Jessica Henkin host the podcast.
The Stoop Storytelling Podcast is hosted by Laura Wexler and Jessica Henkin, produced by Maureen Harvie, and distributed by Your Public Studios. Click here to explore The Stoop's podcast archive prior to August 2022.

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This week on the podcast, two stories about boys who’ll do anything — and everything — to get kicked out of boarding school.
Music: “New World” by Kirk Osamayo/Free Music Archive
The Stoop Storytelling Podcast is hosted by Laura Wexler and Jessica Henkin, produced by Maureen Harvie, and distributed by Your Public Studios. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Great Escape

This week on the podcast, two stories about (pretty gross) pranks.
Music: “Cool Boy & The Sunglasses Shark” by Gagmesharkoff/Free Music Archive
The Stoop Storytelling Podcast is hosted by Laura Wexler and Jessica Henkin, produced by Maureen Harvie, and distributed by Your Public Studios. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Pranks

This week on the podcast, three tales of young women challenging the patriarchy.
Music: “Cold Kind of Woman Blues” by Cullah/Free Music Archive
The Stoop Storytelling Podcast is hosted by Laura Wexler and Jessica Henkin, produced by Maureen Harvie, and distributed by Your Public Studios. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fight the Power

This week on the podcast, two stories about using art to make change.
 Check out the video of the event, “Creating Art, Creating Change,” held in October by the Stoop Storytelling Series, in partnership with the American Visionary Art Museum (AVAM) and Art and Remembrance.
Music: “A Portrait of Absence,” by Aldous Ichnite/Free Music Archive
The Stoop Storytelling Podcast is hosted by Laura Wexler and Jessica Henkin, produced by Maureen Harvie, and distributed by Your Public Studios. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Power of a Portrait

This week on the podcast, two stories about people navigating mental health challenges with humor.
Music: “Higher Junction,” by Mark Wilson X/Free Music Archive
The Stoop Storytelling Podcast is hosted by Laura Wexler and Jessica Henkin, produced by Maureen Harvie, and distributed by Your Public Studios. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Best of The Stoop: First Times

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