For Real by Leslie Eiler Thompson

For Real by Leslie Eiler Thompson

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For Real by Leslie Eiler Thompson episodes

  • Toast

    A 3-minute standalone audio piece about a dog named Toast. I produced it for an audio competition and am now able to share it with you!

    You can read an in-depth breakdown of the creative process to bring Toast to completion on my Substack: leslieeilerthompson.substack.com

    Special thanks to:Chris ThiessenTasha French Lemley Kevin Morris

    Songs in the piece provided by Blue Dot Sessions:TwoPound CornicobBasketliner



    This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit leslieeilerthompson.substack.com
    4 min
  • The Blue Nuns Need an Elevator, Part 3: Elevator as Protest

    The Blue Nuns Need an Elevator is a story about an order of Nigerian nuns and their attempt to run a pregnancy center out of a dilapidated hospital in Illinois. The story will be told over the course of several installments through audio and written vignettes. This is part 3 of 3.

    Read more at LeslieEilerThompson.Substack.com



    This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit leslieeilerthompson.substack.com
    14 min
  • The Blue Nuns Need an Elevator, Part 2: Fish Not Necessary

    The Blue Nuns Need an Elevator is a story about an order of Nigerian nuns and their attempt to run a pregnancy center out of a dilapidated hospital in Illinois. The story will be told over the course of several installments through audio and written vignettes. This is Part 2.

    This second part of The Blue Nuns Need an Elevator goes deeper into the building itself. Why was it abandoned, why was it dilapidated, and how it became a pregnancy center.

    Read more at leslieeilerthompson.substack.com



    This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit leslieeilerthompson.substack.com
    19 min
  • The Blue Nuns Need an Elevator, Part 1: Meet Sister Theo

    The Blue Nuns Need an Elevator is a story about an order of Nigerian nuns and their attempt to run a pregnancy center out of a dilapidated hospital in Illinois. In part one, we meet Sister Theo, the runaway, flying nun. Read more, including a transcript, at:

    https://leslieeilerthompson.substack.com/p/the-blue-nuns-need-an-elevator-part#details



    This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit leslieeilerthompson.substack.com
    17 min

About For Real by Leslie Eiler Thompson

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I’m Leslie, a writer, media editor, and producer embracing a lifetime quest to become “real”. What’s “real”? The idea that we become more like ourselves as we develop wrinkles from laughing and crying, as our bodies weather the joys and griefs of our days, and as our characters strengthen through the richness of the human experience. That all sounds super serious…I just like to keep it real.