Meet Sequoia Schmidt - a most interesting and unusual young woman from a most interesting and unusual family. This is Part 1 of her story. Part 2 drops next week. Enjoy!

Wilmot of Helena

Jul 24th, 2020 26m 40s

Wilmot Collins is an interesting man with an interesting story. This is it. I hope you enjoy it. Find more Strangers content, new and old, at www.patreon.com/strangerspodcast - it's only $1 per month to join - or stay subscribed here for more f

The Cape, Chapter 1

May 7th, 2020 20m 58s

Lea is back, but where has she been? The story officially starts here.

The Corona Dialogues 1

Apr 26th, 2020 27m 18s

A poet brings beauty and hope, and Paul and Lea do DIY couple's therapy in a hottub.

Wilmot of Helena

1 Apr 22nd, 2020 26m 40s

Anniversary

Aug 4th, 2018 6m 22s

A mini update from Lea, in which she has an anniversary and gets back in the closet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 27th, 2018 14m 32s

15 minutes of life Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Isn’t It Nice

Dec 12th, 2017 34m 30s

We bring the year full circle with a new story about Jared in St George, Utah, who was the subject of our very first episode this year. We reflect on the beautiful difference a year can make, even for someone who thought his whole future had di

Go, Kalan

Nov 21st, 2017 24m 55s

The story of a young man who decided to say yes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Do You Like My Little Lie?

Oct 12th, 2017 33m 15s

It’s the time of year when skeletons come out of the closet. We honor the dead, as we get ready for holidays among the living, where secrets will be spilled, and secrets will be created that will haunt us for years to come. You might describe t

The Continental Divide

Sep 26th, 2017 55m 42s

In this episode, Lea reckons with her mistakes and turns to the work of her longtime hero, Scott Carrier, of the podcast Home of the Brave, which you can find at homebrave.com.

The Code Switcher

1 Sep 7th, 2017 36m 39s

Born in the Philippines as the only blond person for miles around, race was merely the first thing about the albino baby that confused people…Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jack Be Nimble, Part 2

1 Aug 18th, 2017 35m 20s

Ladies and Gentlemen: Jack, Part 2, in which there will be guns and fear and roses and magic. There will be frat boys and homeless ladies, sweet clowns, and sad selves. Above all, there will be Jack. He will be nimble and he will be bold. Lear

Jack Be Nimble, Part 1

1 Aug 5th, 2017 34m 21s

A run-down trailer in small town Texas, Sunday mornings with Charlie Chaplin, heroine-dazed zombies, fighting off dragons, and narrowly escaping real life monsters — this was Jack’s life when she was a little girl. It was about survival from th

Human/Ordinary

Jul 21st, 2017 29m 58s

A couple of weeks ago we got an email from Sam in Australia about his podcast Human/Ordinary. We liked it so much we decided to share it with you. Here’s an adapted version of his 10th episode called Headstone: Breath and Bone. The content migh

Franky Carrillo: Life Now

Jul 12th, 2017 28m 36s

We check in with Franky who did 20 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit (listen to our original Franky Carrillo episode “Life” for the backstory) and find out how he’s doing now and what he’s been up to for the last six years since his

A Brief Mea Culpa From the Land of the Danes

Jun 22nd, 2017 4m 22s

Where’s your episode? Where’s Lea? A short audio postcard from Denmark.

Franky Carrillo: Life

Jun 8th, 2017 38m 11s

A man spends 20 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit, but comes out ahead… Get the full story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dear Diary

Jun 1st, 2017 30m 5s

This is not another Trump voter conversation. It’s not an end-point or a neat conclusion to the series. This is Lea crying into her iPhone at 10pm on a Tuesday because she doesn’t know what to conclude, how to mend, where to go. It’s a messy, c

Lea in Trumpland #2: Eugene

May 12th, 2017 57m 34s

This is where the gloves come off. In this episode, Lea travels to New York to talk to a Trump supporter who defies a lot of the stereotypes: he’s coastal, young, urban, educated, Jewish, an immigrant… But man oh man do the punches fly, on both

Lea in Trumpland: Alicia

Apr 29th, 2017 56m 7s

Lea has been traveling around interviewing Trump supporters and she’s tried to do it differently. She’s gotten drunk with them and high with them, she’s road-tripped with them and stayed overnight in their kids’ bedrooms, she’s cried with them,

Kugel vs Khaled

Apr 16th, 2017 36m 52s

In this episode we revisit the story of Alaa Khaled AKA Alec Ledd and ponder life’s big questions, such as kugel, identity, celebrity, and how far we will go to please Barbara Streisand or compete with a more-famous brother. Learn more about y

Claire Obscure

1 Mar 11th, 2017 56m 32s

It starts with a murder and ends with new questions. In between there’s Claire’s story. That’s not her real name. It’s neither her old name, nor her new name. It’s the name she took to tell this story. Warning: this episode contains graphic and

12 Years On

Feb 25th, 2017 32m 45s

In August 2004, a Somali refugee family arrived in Vermont. It was the beginning of many good things. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices