
100 episodes

The Stoop Storytelling Series WYPR 88.1 FM Baltimore
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4.5 • 209 Ratings
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The Stoop showcases the extraordinary true stories of “ordinary" people, told in front of live audiences as large as 1,400. Stoop stories are weird, wonderful, hilarious, and heartbreaking — and, above all, intimate. Founders Laura Wexler and Jessica Henkin host the podcast.
The Stoop Storytelling Podcast is hosted by Laura Wexler and Jessica Henkin, produced by Maureen Harvie, and distributed by Your Public Studios. Click here to explore The Stoop's podcast archive prior to August 2022.
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Marriage Story
This week on the podcast, two tales of unconventional matches.
Music: “Two Is One,” by Troigo
The Stoop Storytelling Podcast is hosted by Laura Wexler and Jessica Henkin, produced by Maureen Harvie, and distributed by Your Public Studios.
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For My Sister
This week on the podcast, two stories of women living life to the fullest in honor of their sisters, who can’t.
Music: "Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing" by Blue Lotus
The Stoop Storytelling Podcast is hosted by Laura Wexler and Jessica Henkin, produced by Maureen Harvie, and distributed by Your Public Studios.
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Obsessions
This week on the podcast: three stories about people who are fixated!
Music: “government funded weed,” Black Ant
The Stoop Storytelling Podcast is hosted by Laura Wexler and Jessica Henkin, produced by Maureen Harvie, and distributed by Your Public Studios.
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Body Work
This week on the podcast: two stories of people reclaiming their bodies.
Music: “You’ve Got the Body + I’ve Got the Brains” by lo-fi is sci-fi
The Stoop Storytelling Podcast is hosted by Laura Wexler and Jessica Henkin, produced by Maureen Harvie, and distributed by Your Public Studios.
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Not Staying in Their Lane
This week on the podcast: two stories of doctors who refuse to confine their work to the hospital.
Listener's note: The audio of Carolyn Sufrin’s story improves about 1:30 into her story.
Music: “A New Path” by Kirk Osamayo
The Stoop Storytelling Podcast is hosted by Laura Wexler and Jessica Henkin, produced by Maureen Harvie, and distributed by Your Public Studios.
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Adolescents Abroad
This week on the podcast: two stories from people who came to the United States as teenagers.
Music: “Julia Delaney” by Sláinte
The Stoop Storytelling Podcast is hosted by Laura Wexler and Jessica Henkin, produced by Maureen Harvie, and distributed by Your Public Studios.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Customer Reviews
I like it.
I like the show. I’m nowhere near Baltimore, but stories are stories and I enjoy listening to most of them. My only criticism is that as a podcast, you should be very concerned with sound, and the quality therein. Both of the hosts sound like absolute hot garbage, and can barely be understood. It’s bad.
Cringy hosts.
Too many staggered sentences and unnecessary pauses.
I’m a sucker for stories...
...And if you are too, than this is well worth listening to. Biggest complaint is that it’s too short, you get into the theme and it’s suddenly over. The hosts’ intro and exit comments end up taking up a big chunk of the run time. It’s similar to The Moth or Porchlight although not quite as good. (To be fair, I’m sure they have nowhere near the funding of those shows, especially The Moth.) So you won’t find any semi-celebrity guests or comedians, just good stories.