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Episode 210: Cross Country Move

This time in Strangerville, Eli has a surprise for Skylar, moving is the worst, and a man recounts a cross country trip with toddlers. Story Cross Country Move, by James McMurray Production by Eli McCann & Meg Walter Join our Patreon! [patreon.com/strangervillepodcast]

Skylar

Emma

A couple of years ago Skylar visited his friend Emma in Oakland. This isn't really relevant to this story, but I already need to pause here and let

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Episode 209: Salt Lake Library

This time in Strangerville, Meg did genetic testing, some conversation about giving birth, and a woman tells the story of her wild first day at a new job. Story Salt Lake Library, by Aleceeya (Music by Gillicuddy [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/gillicuddy/]) Production by

Skylar

Coffee Shop

I just walked into the coffee shop—the same one where I go every day—to write. But it's hard. I get distracted. Distracted by the same people

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Episode 208: White Sedan

This time in Strangerville, Eli is a slob, Meg doesn't know how to talk to mechanics, and a piece about encounters with strangers. Story White Sedan, by Eli McCann (Music by Gillicuddy) Production by Eli McCann & Meg Walter Join our Patreon!

Work

Work From Home

I started working from home in 2020. I don't remember why. Something something social distancing. Hard to recall events that long ago. By 2021, a lot of my

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Episode 207: Edith and Beau

This time in Strangerville, Eli has yet another bathroom mishap, Meg is awkward at restaurants, and Eli shares a story on the Strangerville Live stage about some unexpected travel companions in Ukraine. Story Edith and Beau, by Eli McCann Production by Eli McCann &

Louie

Our Monster

A handful of dog claws scraped across my face and I could tell marks were already forming. This is how I was awoken from not-a-great sleep, a new daily tradition

Work

Change

I started law school in 2008, which may have been the worst possible year to start law school. The economic recession had hit the legal market hard, and when it

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Episode 206: Tesco

This time in Strangerville, Eli got a new job, Meg reflects on the Becky Edwards campaign, and Eli did a bad thing in a Tesco bathroom. Story Tesco, by Eli McCann Production by Eli McCann & Meg Walter Join our Patreon [patreon.com/strangervillepodcast]

Travel

Ceramic Fish

We found it in an art gallery in a small town in southwestern Ireland—a framed ceramic piece featuring small blue fish swimming in a circle. I told Skylar I

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Episode 205: Loose Change

This time in Strangerville, Eli went to Ireland, Meg is fighting deer, and a woman regrets leaving loose change on a table. Story Loose Change, by Ann Chapman Wells (music

EMBARRASSING

Tesco

We returned from two weeks in Ireland and Northern Ireland last night. It was lovely. We ate potatoes for every meal. Skylar now thinks we are going to name our

Skylar

Friends in Ireland

We were standing on the side of a street, waiting to cross it, when Skylar was robbed. The culprit was a man in grey sweatpants speeding through a busy thousand-year-old

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Episode 204: Bathroom Door

This time in Strangerville, Eli's puppy remains a terrorist, Meg went to a political debate, and a woman has a problem at a pizza restaurant. Story Bathroom Door, by Lisa Turley Smith Production by Eli McCann & Meg Walter Join our Patreon

Essays

He's Probably Still Afraid of Seat Belts

This piece was reader submitted by Jen Prinster; art by Christopher Patty. Long before high-back booster seats with side impact protection, children were bouncing around in cars like pinball machines.

Skylar

King Bed

A wet nose pressed into my neck. A moment later I felt the shove of four dog legs against my exhausted body. I inched closer to the edge of the

Guns

In 2012 I was living in Palau, in the equatorial pacific, for work. Palau is 17 hours ahead of Utah time, where I was from. I woke up that morning

Skylar

Graduation

It began at 9:00 and ended three months from now. At least, that's how long graduation felt. I made the mistake—a regrettable misjudgment—to arrive promptly

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Episode 203: Jacob

This time in Strangerville, a couple tells the story of their devastating experience navigating a parent's worst nightmare and the love for their child that guided them through it. Story Jacob, by Jessica Van Wyen and Justin Van Wyen (music by Benny

Louie

Vegas With Puppies

Over the years I've had friends tell me that once you start having kids, everything takes ten times longer. No outing is uncomplicated. No activity can ever truly

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Episode 202: Gym Bag

This time in Strangerville, it's graduation season, Meg's body is falling apart, and a mother's harrowing journey dealing with her teenager's gym bag. Story Gym Bag, by Laney Hawes (music by Danza Filipina [https://freemusicarchive.org/

Skylar

Handyman

"I can't find the charger for the drill," the ominous text said without any further explanation. I started typing back. The first word of my text

Skylar

What Color Are My Eyes?

"What color are my eyes?" Skylar had shut them before he asked me, a measure aimed at preventing me from "cheating." "Dazzling?" My answer

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Episode 201: Fur Coat

This time in Strangerville, celebrity meetings, a walk through Strangerville history, and Whitney Call takes the Strangerville Live stage to share a story about a very uncomfortable blind date. Story Fur Coat, by Whitney Call Production by Eli McCann & Meg Walter Join our

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