6 episodes

Join Jon Hanrahan and Sarah Axtell in their search for the ROCK, a Lawrence University icon missing since 1998. A Sisyphean journey in podcast form.

No Stone Unturned Sarah Axtell and Jon Hanrahan

    • Society & Culture
    • 4.7 • 21 Ratings

Join Jon Hanrahan and Sarah Axtell in their search for the ROCK, a Lawrence University icon missing since 1998. A Sisyphean journey in podcast form.

    Episode 5: We Call a Lawyer

    Episode 5: We Call a Lawyer

    In the fall of 1998 the nicest of boulders, the greatest of all granite, The ROCK disappeared from the Lawrence University campus in Appleton, Wisc. Seventeen years later, we found it. We left it there—in the sun and in the snow, hidden away behind a yellow agricultural tub and assorted grasses of the Midwest—with nothing more than a vague hope that maybe, someday that two-ton hunk of stone could come home.

    In Episode Five of No Stone Unturned we dig into court records. We call an attorney. We answer the questions we left murky in Episode Four. And we ask: How soon until The ROCK comes home?

    • 17 min
    Episode 4: On A Local Farm

    Episode 4: On A Local Farm

    On a sunny day in July, last year, Sarah and Jon drove out to a local farm. The story of The ROCK comes to some sort of ending... for now.

    • 16 min
    Episode 3: Two Alumni And A Dog

    Episode 3: Two Alumni And A Dog

    The ROCK's fate becomes murkier when Sarah and Jon interview an anonymous Lawrence alumnus. They take a break from the investigation to tell the story of Maxie the Dog and the crazy Plantz kids who buried The ROCK in 1964.

    • 24 min
    Episode 2: The Frattening

    Episode 2: The Frattening

    Sarah and Jon dig deeper into fraternity shenanigans surrounding The ROCK -- and confront its boy's game past. They imagine a future where The ROCK returns to campus (a.k.a. they count their very unhatched chicks).

    • 34 min
    Episode 1: That's A Nice Boulder

    Episode 1: That's A Nice Boulder

    Episode 1: In which Jon and Sarah introduce The ROCK, its origins, and what lead them to tracking it down. Investigations start locally.

    • 26 min
    No Stone Unturned Podcast Trailer

    No Stone Unturned Podcast Trailer

    In October, 1998, a century-old Lawrence University tradition vanished...

    No Stone Unturned will be rolling your way on SoundCloud and WLFM this April. For more information, visit our website at www.nsupodcast.rocks

    • 1 min

Customer Reviews

4.7 out of 5
21 Ratings

21 Ratings

RationalBeing ,

Thanks

Y’all are great and this podcast is interesting and fun!

OTIS 1984 ,

A great slice of LU

As a former WLFM radio show host, trivia grandmaster, Sig Ep, and person known only by his nickname (not "Guy Super") from the class of the 1984 & devoted podcast listener, I just wanted to say you guys did a great job! Fantastic storytelling that hits the genre perfectly. I never heard of the Rock during my time at LU (nice job Plantz boys - I can easily picture Rik Warch's smirk when he oversaw the return of the Rock at your reunion). Your story caused me to remember the things that I loved about LU but also how much I hate it when people refuse to let go. Come on Phi Delt's it is time to let it go #returntheRock!

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