Your husband was lost at sea, and you have no way to support your family. What do you do....? Start a band.
Aug 15, 2015•30 min
Fascinating documentary production and storytelling that covers the ground between the sophisticated and the profane. A half-hour of captivating stories of real life, created by the most talented producers from around the country, as well as stories from writers and performers based in Los Angeles.
Aug 08, 2015•30 min
It's that shaky, full-body hangover you get after you realize how close you just came to oblivion…
Jul 11, 2015•30 min
Three stories with a bomb at the center of each. One is very real, another imaginary, and in one the bomb is human.
Jul 04, 2015•30 min
Transport yourself into the unknown with two stories from KCRW's newest podcast, Here Be Monsters .
Jun 27, 2015•30 min
Live stories from Mike White, Ken Reid and Steven Yeun about getting advice (both good and bad) from their fathers.
Jun 20, 2015•30 min
Stories of men who have a need to build, are compelled to build, obsessed, and healed by the act of creation.
Jun 06, 2015•30 min
Stories by radio artist and storyteller Joe Frank.
May 30, 2015•30 min
A man in the wrong place at the wrong time, a man so right he’s wrong, and a boy becomes the wrong man.
May 23, 2015•30 min
To the nomads of of the Tibetan Plateau, change is part of life and if you’ve got a yak, you’ve got everything you need.
May 16, 2015•30 min
"God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers." - Rudyard Kipling
May 09, 2015•30 min
You lie to manipulate, or to hide, or to seem more interesting, but mainly it's to save your own butt. (Repeat)
May 07, 2015•30 min
Against orders, Frederick Whitehurst kept the diary of a young North Vietnamese doctor. It took 30 years for her words to be heard.
May 02, 2015•30 min
"It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend." — William Blake (1757 - 1827)
Apr 25, 2015•30 min
The story of a man so ahead of his time he was out of sync with the world.
Apr 18, 2015•30 min
When you can't trust your own thoughts, it's a lonely world. Who decides when you're better, and how do you even know?
Apr 11, 2015•30 min
One of the most memorable characters to ever play baseball, Dock Ellis challenged the baseball establishment, pitched a no-hitter on acid, but always had impeccable style.
Apr 04, 2015•30 min
Go ahead and try on a new identity and see if it fits.
Mar 28, 2015•30 min
Humiliation, fear, poverty, de-humanization, self-doubt and lies… welcome to show business.
Mar 21, 2015•30 min
Freak, it means freakishly different. It’s an outrageous, rare difference.
Mar 07, 2015•30 min
Everyone has a secret shame: A secret plan, a secret crush, an unwelcome secret intruder in your pants.
Jan 31, 2015•30 min
There are many lessons to be learned six feet under the ground.
Jan 24, 2015•30 min
On this special holiday episode of UnFictional we share past stories of gifts, god and awkward family visits.
Dec 25, 2014•59 min
There's a mountain top in Vermont with hiking trails, wildflowers, a dog chapel and no leash law. It's a place called Dog Mountain.
Dec 20, 2014•30 min
From the line of fire... Three more stories from UnFictional Live, featuring Tig Notaro, Susan Orlean and Dave White.
Dec 13, 2014•30 min
He took heroin, stole cars, robbed banks and kidnapped a policeman. They locked him up in prison, and that’s where he found a better life.
Nov 08, 2014•30 min
Nineteen people were hanged as a result of the Salem Witch Trials in 1692. The reasons may be very familiar to 21st century Americans.
Nov 01, 2014•30 min
A man’s experiences with women, beginning with his mother, create misery for everyone.
Oct 25, 2014•30 min
The family you’re born into, and ones you make, the family you know, and the strange and alien one you're forced into for love.
Oct 11, 2014•30 min
Three stories, recorded live, about hitting your breaking point and dealing with the consequences.
Oct 04, 2014•30 min
