VOICEMAILS: Dogs, Secrets, and Surprises

Some things you just have to learn on the job. This week, stories from funeral directors, garbage collectors, firefighters, and Golden Gate Bridge ironworkers about how their occupations challenged and changed them.Leave us a voicemail at 702-706-TALK, or email us at podcast@stor ...  Show more

In Shreveport, Louisiana, one home has become a lighthouse for local kids. We meet the couple who opened their doors to the neighborhood, and discover how their work has not only changed the community, but changed them and their volunteers too.Leave us a voicemail at 702-706-TALK ...  Show more

The guys play some of the most intriguing messages you've sent them. Listen in for unidentified aerial vehicles, giant sun-umbrellas, and much (much) more in this special voicemail edition of listener mail.They don't want you to read our book.: https://static.macmillan.com/static ...  Show more

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We take a lot of things for granted. But if we dig a little deeper, we might discover the curious stories behind them.

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On today’s tapes…>> Roo’s Hollow << Our storyteller finds a new path.>> Deep Sleep << Was it all just a dream?