Life Out Loud Podcast
Life Out Loud is a literary nonfiction podcast featuring real students' stories, born in a Creative Nonfiction writing classroom at John Jay College in 2015. The show aims to diversify the perspectives typically heard in the genre by amplifying seldom-heard voices through artful truth-telling. Each episode presents personal narratives that reflect the belief that all stories matter and shape who we are.
Episodes
10.6 ~ Their Best Intentions
How are we shaped by the people who think they know best?
10.5 ~ Making Sense of It
"Just be yourself" is advice perhaps easier said than done...
10.4 - What She Carries
She carries it all, so let's hear it from her....
10.3 ~ Finding Distance
Maybe some space is for the best.
10.2 ~ Around the Table
Two authors walk us through who's here for dinner...and why.
10.1 ~ All Dressed Up
This Halloween will be different. Or, will it?
9.6 ~ Alive and...Well
9.6 ~ Alive and...Well by Life Out Loud Podcast
9.5~Work Flow
There's work to be done!
9.4 ~ Was it a Sign?
The signs are all there-- aren't they?
9.1 ~ Around the Halls
What goes on in school outside the 7th grade classrooms can be...complicated.
8.6 ~ Busted!
The punishment just doesn't fit the crime! Or...does it?
8.5 - Dimensions of a Dad
8.5 - Dimensions of a Dad by Life Out Loud Podcast
8.4 - Sweet Sorrow
8.4 - Sweet Sorrow by Life Out Loud Podcast
8.3 - State of Emergency
8.3 - State of Emergency by Life Out Loud Podcast
8.2 - Shadows of the Shield
8.2 - Shadows of the Shield by Life Out Loud Podcast
8.1 - Finding My Place
8.1 - Finding My Place by Life Out Loud Podcast
7.3 - (No) Can Do?
7.3 - (No) Can Do? by Life Out Loud Podcast
7.2 - Regretfully Yours
7.2 - Regretfully Yours by Life Out Loud Podcast
7.1 - Over the Table
Some of our best thoughts are shared at the table!
6.7 - Nothing's Forever
The pandemic brought on new challenges, but it also revealed some old ones...
6.6 - Toward the Great Escape
Two authors--trapped!
6.5 - Growing Pains
Maybe it's not easy being a kid...or a parent.
6.4 - Me and Her and...This
Two authors fight a destructive third-party in what's perhaps the most important relationship they have.
6.3 - Winner, Winner
6.3 - Winner, Winner by Life Out Loud Podcast
6.2 - From an Insider
Supporting a close-family member through a life-threatening illness is no easy task --for anyone.
6.1 - What Speaks in Silence
The past can sound pretty loud during the deafening loneliness of a COVID-19 quarantine...
5.8 - Idle Hands
They never meant to become thieves...
5.7 - Down the Block
When
these two authors drop everything
for a physical chase,
who knows what they’ll find in the end?
5.6 - The Way Back Home
Two female authors find themselves surrounded by strict
cultural expectations, but is that entirely a "bad" thing? Maybe. Maybe not...
5.5 - Character Development
While preparing for fictional roles on stage, these two actors learn something quite real
5.4 - Help (Not) Wanted
Sometimes "help" is the last thing you need
5.3 - His Whole World
Two female authors, two carefully painted portraits of specific men--their nows, their thens, their left-behinds.
5.2 - Found Out
What they find out...could change everything.
5.1 - Someone Like Me
Through first-hand accounts, two authors explore the stigmas surrounding parts of their identities
4.10 - In Search Of Truth(s)
In true literary journalism style, two young authors search for the truth(s) of some rather complex incidents...
4.9 - In the Years that Followed
Two authors examine how things have unfolded in ways they didn't quite expect in the "new world."
4.8 - No Other Home
Displaced, temporary, not-so-temporary? How do we decide who gets to call someplace "home"?
4.7 - Old World, New Ways
Will these anonymous authors succeed in their pushback against the deep generational ties that bind them?
4.6 - Fool Me Twice
Will a second chance make "fool me twice" inevitable?
4.5 - Family Ties
Is blood really thicker than water?
4.4 - Half-Steps
They're so close to the family they always dreamed of...
4.3 - Blindsided
They never saw it coming...or did they?
4.2 - On the Run
Will these authors get away with it? Do they want to?
4.1 - The Final Straw
When is enough enough?
3.9 - The Adults
Three stories on the ones who raised us...
3.8 - At Fault
Are these three authors really to blame for...what happened?
3.7 - Siblings at War
Three sets of siblings--all fighting both with and for each other
3.6 - Best Laid Plans
Sometimes, things just don't go the way we thought they would....
3.5 Will you?
Three young women authors: All deeply in love and all with an important choice to make...
3.4 - Friend of Mine
Three surprising stories about best friends.
3.3 - The Dream
With mixed results, these three authors share their pursuit of "The American Dream."
3.2 - Home is Where
Three surprising investigations set in and around the place we know best...
3.1 - A Genesis
Three Tales of New Beginnings
2.10 - Piecing It Together
Featuring four authors who bravely take part in complicated, personal, and sometimes maddening investigations.
2.9 - Better Left Unsaid?
Three authors wonder whether the truth is always worth speaking.
2.8 - Found in Translation
Through three disparate translation experiences, these three authors find themselves lost, found, or…somewhere in between.
2.7 - Mirror Mirror
These three authors see way more than their own reflection in the mirror.
2.6 - Maybe...Maybe Not.
Surely one of these three authors finds "the one." Right?
2.5 - Take Good care
Three new stories on the art and strife of care-taking
2.4 - A Fight for Freedom
Three surprising nail-biters (set on three different continents!) in which our authors explore why freedom is worth the fight.
2.3 - Taking Care of Business
Three surprising narratives about some fairly unconventional first "job" experiences...
2.2 - Beneath The Surface
Three courageous stories about experiences that have, until recently, remained largely...beneath the surface.
2.1 - Motherland
Three gut-wrenching tales about our mothers; their origins; and the lands that stretch between us.
1.6 - My Brother's Shadow
In these disparate coming-of-age narratives, three younger siblings each recount some difficult choice-making...
1.5 - At Home
Three memorable takes on finding (or unfinding) "Home"
1.4 - En Route
Featuring three deeply personal travel narratives
1.3 - The Games We Played
Three authors reflect on their past through the vehicle of childhood play
1.2 - Our Father
Four new stories depicting beautifully complex father-child relationships
1.1 - Between Worlds
Three new stories depicting authors navigating the "in-between."
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