Growing up gay in Jamaica, the Booker Prize winning writer fought against his sexuality.Marlon James is now one of the world’s most celebrated writers, but he grew up feeling like an outsider. Fearing ostracisation for being gay, he voluntarily entered into an exorcism at church, ...Show more
Rewind: The woman who brought down Elizabeth Holmes
We’ve got a fascinating episode of Lives Less Ordinary coming your way later today, but we would hate to leave you without a juicy story to listen to before then, so we thought you might be particularly interested right now after the release of the documentary You Can See Everyth ...Show more
What happens when you meet the right person at the wrong time? In this heartwarming episode, Nina and Mario recount their love story that began with a chance meeting in Central Park in 1999. From exchanging shy hellos to an unexpected reunion two decades later, their romance is s ...Show more
Cynthia Alvarez fell in love with Marine Corporal Daniel Mark MacMurray. She was a peace activist, he was a proud veteran, and the two didn't always see eye to eye. But they agreed to love each other.Leave us a voicemail at 702-706-TALK, or email us at podcast@storycorps.org.See ...Show more
It's been two years since our story about Rami and Marinka, the Dutch-Lebanese couple who fell in love over MSN Messenger during the Lebanon-Israel war. Not once, but twice, chance brought them together online, sparking an epic modern love story. Since we last spoke, a lot has ch ...Show more