Best EaseDrop Podcast Network, Storyfort, Treefort Music Fest Podcasts (2024)

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Game Over! - Stories of Aging Out and Checking In 54:01

1y ago54:01

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Well hey, it's the FINAL episode of this wonderful season! Thank you so much for tuning in and sending over kind sports-centric words/thoughts/reviews. We love ya, and it's been a blast! AND for this final week...Larry and Christian sit down with longtime friend, sporty storyteller, and hardcore PickleBall enthusiast, Katina Dutton, to dig into sto…

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BarFight LIVE: Why Do Sports Matter: Now More Than Ever? 1:28:02

1y ago1:28:02

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This week we hop into the wayback machine and return to our epic BarFight donnybrook recorded LIVE at 10th Street Station during Storyfort '22! Larry moderates a raucous and wise panel of sports fanatics, literary luminaries, musician/bartenders, and a roomful of loving hecklers. Joining Larry onstage are:1) National Novel Writing Month Executive D…

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Wildcard!: Mothers/Daughters & a Kentucky Derby Pilgrimage; The Zen and Profane Beauties of High School Sports 59:42

1y ago59:42

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In this season's penultimate episode Rosen and Winn peruse the narrative Wildcard notions of the slip sandal, Michael Jordan's generosity, Adam Morrison weeping at center court, why Gonzaga gets to be the "chosen one" when it comes to basketball mid-majors, and more sporty esoterica. THEN we bring you TWO remarkable "Wildcard" stories that didn't n…

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Adult Sports Leagues: Triumph on the Diamond; Blood & Forgiveness; Psilocybin & The Long Ball 51:14

1y ago51:14

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This week Larry and Christian sit down to cull three remarkable stories all about Adult Sports Leagues (softball featured prominently!) from Mr. Grant Olsen, Sam Berman, and Ben Tanzer. Among SO many other things we talk about the lingering triumph of stealing bases and missing signs, batting 1.000 and coaches who suck. We explicate getting beaned …

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What Sports Mean To Me - Rosen & Winn: A Storied Deep-Dive Conversation 59:33

1+ y ago59:33

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This week co-hosts Larry Rosen and Christian Winn leave the storytelling guests at home and get into the nuances and narratives of just what sports mean to them. As players and participants, fans and followers, Winn and Rosen certainly live, and have lived, lives where sports play a significant role. They dive into old school Kingdome Mariners days…

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Skateboarding Tales: Dropping In; Board-Bound Runaways; SoCal Days at the Concrete Wave 48:52

1+ y ago48:52

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This week we once again eschew the ball sports and this time head to the skateparks and mean streets to find our stories from the world of skateboarding. First up, Story Forward's own Larry Rosen brings us a medley of wicked formative stories from his time as a serious (more serious than we ever knew!) skateboard kid in the early days of the SoCal …

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Non-Ball Sports: Ridin' Wheelies; Ironman Madness; Marathoners in Peril 57:24

1+ y ago57:24

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This week we set aside the spherical objects of sport and get into three remarkable stories from the world of Non-Ball Sports. We bring you chef/food-artist/big mountain skier/roller skating queen/worldclass yarn spinner, Chelsie Richter talking up a marathon trail-run experience she will never, ever forget! Then NYT bestselling author and journali…

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Fore!: The Golfing Bills (Murray/Clinton); Canada Geese in Peril; A Good Walk Spoiled (almost) 52:02

1+ y ago52:02

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This week Larry and Christian get into some personal banter and nuances of a game they both love, and love to hate - ah, GOLF. They also sit down with PGA Tour staff writer, logtime golf journalist, novelist, and epic yarnspinner, Cameron Morfit, to talk about his famous and infamous golf-centric encounters with Bill Murray and Bill Clinton. Next u…

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The Super Fan! - Poisoning Michael Jordan; Buckeye Nation Bullies; World Class Gushing 49:11

1+ y ago49:11

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This week Christian and Larry sit down with fiction writer and blue-collar oracle Ross Hargreaves, author and worldwide literary talent Grant Faulkner, and the remarkable ESPN producer/talent and author of the must-read sports tome, FANATICUS, Justine Gubar. We dig into stories of meeting a dude at a bar who claimed he poisoned Michael Jordan in Pa…

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Major Stories of the Minor Leagues w/ Boise Hawks VP/GM Mike Van Hise 56:01

1+ y ago56:01

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This week, our man Larry Rosen flies solo with the Vice President/General Manager of the Boise Hawks, Boise's very awesome independent minor league baseball team who step to the plate in the Pioneer League these days. Recorded LIVE on the Podcast Stage at Treefort '22 Mike and Larry get into the minutia and fervor of day to day life in the minor le…

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Alt Sports Stories: Fathers & Sons & Pro Wrestling; Ecstasy & Sport Aerobics; Debauch & Dart Leagues! 55:46

1+ y ago55:46

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This week we bring you three heartfelt, offbeat, kickass stories from the world of alternative sports! Nicky Mustard brings us a no BS coming of age, father/son/family story revolving around chilli and donuts and Professional Wrestling. Rebecca Evans takes us deep into one woman's saga (Rebecca's own) into the go-go world of Professional Sport Aero…

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Little League Stories: Triumph, Woe, & Adults Behaving Badly 1:01:28

1+ y ago1:01:28

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We kickoff the season with Little League stories of triumph and woe, adults behaving badly and the life-changing experiences of ballplayers. We get some high-level entertainment and insider baseball tales from novelist Johnny Evison, Little League stalwart David Barbe, and The Coach, Brian Snider. Hosts Larry Rosen and Christian Winn manage the gam…

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Game On!: Stories From the World of Sports - Season Trailer 4:15

1+ y ago4:15

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Story Forward is back for '23 with Season 3.0 - Game On!: Stories From the World of Sports. With hot new music from Nicky Mustard and Cigarette Speedway, Draw, and Gladys our new season will deliver 12 weekly episodes featuring 30+ original stories spun by sports aficionados, fanatics, skeptics, and lifelong participants. Stories of: Minor League B…

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The Power of Live: Rosen & Winn Talk Stories About Stories About Being There in Person 1:03:56

2y ago1:03:56

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In our FINAL episode of Season 2.5 Larry and Christian head into a narrative maze of stories, anecdotes, ramble, remembrances, and a whole lot of love for the power and experience of live happenings, readings, rock shows, and how it's always, or nearly always, best to be there in person when the real s#%t goes down! Enjoy the Travis Abels Storyscap…

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Last Summer at the Theme Park: Some Story Forward Best-of Nostalgia 47:55

2y ago47:55

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It's August. It's hot. The days are both long and short as summer '22 plays out its final act. And...we were feeling a bit nostalgic this week as well as gearing up to head to various theme parks, National Parks, city parks, and dog parks ourselves. SO, we've rebooted one of our favorite episodes from '21's Stories of Summer season - The Theme Park…

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A Storyfort MFA/Undergrad Showcase: Kickass Poetry, Prose, Storyscapes Live From Treefort '22 1:04:27

2y ago1:04:27

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This week we bring you host, editor, featured writer, Anika Bennett, delivering our intro/outro, guiding you all through this episode, and editing the entirety of these wonderful minutes of audio while C Winn and and L Rosen battle the temps and torpor and travel of late summer off-mic. These are incredible words recorded LIVE at Storyfort and Tree…

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The Dynamic Stories and Storyscapes of Travis Abels - Live from Storyfort '22 45:46

2y ago45:46

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This week we bring you some Story Forward, Treefort, and Story Forward narratives from our man Travis Abels. Live from Storyfort '22! Winn and Rosen dig into some banter and storytelling of their own, then we hand the episode over to the dynamic, nattily dressed, and incredibly generous Travis Ables. Straight out of Portland and bringing us the Sto…

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Storyscapes@Storyfort '22: The Poetry of Tessy Ward; Cocktail Stories feat. Matthew Moorman & Krysti Kicks - Cocaine and Mai Tais For Days! 50:44

2y ago50:44

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This week we bring you the very awesome poetry of Tessy Ward recorded live at Poetry and Mimosas Sunday during Storyfort '22. As well, we head over to The Mode Lounge at 8th and Idaho and get some go go stories from the world of the bartenders. It's Cocktail Stories featuring a tale of cocaine and living the mile-high life in Steamboat Colorado bac…

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Storyscapes@Storyfort '22: You Had To Be There, A Coming of Age Yarn from Jared "Manimal" Bostrom; Talkin' Body Talk w/ Amy Pence-Brown & Lizzy Duke-Moe 1:04:34

2y ago1:04:34

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This week we bring you some Winn/Rosen banter to get things rolling, then hop right back down into the storied confines of the 10th Street Station where Storyfort and Story Forward team member, Radio Boise extraordinaire, and the nicest Manimal you'll ever meet, Jared "Manimal" Bostrom brings us a wonderful story of some of his first glimpses behin…

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Storyscapes@Storyfort '22: Noir Scifi Haunt w/ Jones and Woolf; Transformation, Community Radio & Love w/ Nichole Marie and DJ Winkle 50:39

2y ago50:39

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This week we feature our close Story Forward friends, Radio Boise's Music Director Nichole Marie Albertson-Winkle and DJ (Christian) Winkle telling stories of finding solace, community, and a meaningful home in playing and connecting through music, on-air and in their spirits. As well, we feature the very talented and hauntingly awesome music and s…

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Storyscapes LIVE from Storyfort '22: Stalking Guy Fieri, Hangin' w/ Yelawolf, and Poetry & Mimosa Sunday 50:36

2y ago50:36

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Story Forward people! After a short break post Storyfort and Treefort we are back with Season 2.5, a special abbreviated season featuring a ton of live storyscapes from Storyfort '22 along with plenty of Larry Rosen and Christian Winn banter and storytelling to guide you along the journey. We kick off Episode #1 with Joe Davidson and Sam Berman tel…

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The Super Fan 55:46

2y ago55:46

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Well, here we are, wrapping up Season 2 - Playlist: Stories From the World of Music - and let's just say we went to 11 with eleven awesome episodes! Including this final episode, The Super Fan. We talk about a 20+ year quest to see Black Sabbath and Ozzy Ozborne with Dan DeLion and Jared Bostrom, talk Lady Gaga's biggest, sweetest fan with Sam Berm…

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BarFight! - The Story Song Donnybrook 1:24:45

2+ y ago1:24:45

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This week we deliver the live and raucous BarFight episode we recorded at Boise's legendary 10th Street Station at Storyfort last September. Larry moderates, and we brought the wicked smart and fearless Julie Hahn and Libby Callaway to the stage to take on Larry. They get into the merits, meaning, and extensive catalogue of The Story Song. What is …

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Talking Cover Bands and a Life in Music w/ Bart Hafeman of Hit Machine 43:19

2+ y ago43:19

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This week Larry and Christian hook up with Bart Hafeman (Christian's cousin, not by blood, full disclosure) to talk about Bart's life in music as a longtime, highly successful cover band artist and entertainer, but also as an artist who writes and performs his own originals. We get into the merits and appeal of the cover band, and just what people …

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The Producer: Skyler Locatelli of Freakout Records 33:19

2+ y ago33:19

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Live from the Podcast Stage at Treefort '21 in September. Larry flies solo with Skyler Locatelli of Freakout Records, the Freakout Festival, Seattle music scene insider, and longtime friend of Storyfort and the Treefort Music Fest. Enjoy! No correspondent piece this week, just because Skyler and Larry bring it all the way home! Find out about all t…

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Talking, Music, Writing, Zines, Rolling Stone, Serius, and Lives in Music w/ Bill Crandall & Correspondent Larry Rosen 1:10:23

2+ y ago1:10:23

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This week Larry and Christian sit down w/ Rock Journalist, Content Guru, Music Industry Insider, and all-around nice guy, Bill Crandall. They talk about old school zine days in San Francisco, writing for Rolling Stone, making a life in the music biz, learning how to enthusiastically navigate the ever changing world of rock. And then Bill drops the …

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What the Good Songs Teach Us: Boise Rock School w/ Correspondent Christian Winn 54:53

2+ y ago54:53

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This week Larry and Christian sit down with two stalwarts of the amazing Boise Rock School, badass cofounder and Education Director Jared Goodpaster, and awesome student-turned-instructor Annika Camarillo. They get into the origin story of Boise Rock School, forming a band, teaching art and song in a growing cultural hub like Boise, and just plain …

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Radio Radio: Nichole Marie and Wayne Birt of Radio Boise 58:19

2+ y ago58:19

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This week Larry and Christian sit down for an in depth interview and conversation about community radio, life, a career in the radio business, and creating the music and culture mosaic that is Radio Boise with Music Director, Nichole Marie Albertson-Winkle. Our badass Correspondent is Wayne Birt, longtime community radio man/legend, and Radio Boise…

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John Roderick, Rock N' Roll Renaissance Man 1:25:10

2+ y ago1:25:10

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This week Christian and Larry sit down with legendary Seattle musician and internationally known podcaster, John Roderick. Over the years John has carved out a life in the arts, music, and culture. Roderick fronted The Western State Hurricanes and The Long Winters, as well as had stints playing in Harvey Danger, with Jonathan Coulton, and a handful…

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Punk Rock and Poetry w/ Maw Shein Win & Correspondent Katy Dang (feat. Troy Wright) 1:07:55

2+ y ago1:07:55

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Larry and Christian bring the listeners a great and joyous interview with poet, educator, publisher, and old-school LA punk scene insider, Maw Shein Win. As Larry puts it, you know it's going to be a really good day when you get the opportunity to share some time with Maw. We couldn't agree more! As well, essayist, dissident, social critic, and reb…

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Behind the Sound and the Scene w/ David Barbe & Correspondent Kevin Mazzarelli 1:24:04

2+ y ago1:24:04

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This week Christian and Larry hop on a call with Athens, GA luminary and legend, David Barbe. Long a fixture in the Athens music scene as an artist, writer, sound engineer, and Director of the Music Business Certificate Program at the University of Georgia, Barbe gets into making his way into the Athens music scene in the early 80's, playing with B…

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For Music & Love w/ Smokey Brights & Correspondents Erica and Cody Cornwall 1:17:28

2+ y ago1:17:28

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Season 2 kicks off w/ Larry and bringing Kim West and Ryan Devlin, the married couple who formed and front Smokey Brights, one of Seattle's very best/kindest/most talented emerging indie rock bands into the Zoom studio. They get into where and how Kim and Ryan met and started playing songs together, the forming of a musical and life partnership, an…

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PLAYLIST: Stories From The World Of Music (Season 2 Trailer) 4:43

2+ y ago4:43

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Hello again Story Forward listeners and followers! Season 2 of our pivoted podcast is upon us, and here is what we have for you: Hosts Larry Rosen and Christian Winn bring you a 12-week season of stories all about the many-faceted, wild, complex, life-changing, far-reaching world of music. It's PLAYLIST: A season of stories from the likes of poets …

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Haunting Summer Campfire Stories 1:33:25

2+ y ago1:33:25

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Well, this creepy trio of tales closes out our Season of The Stories of Summer! Christian and Larry dig into a couple of their own haunting tales to start out the episode, then Malia Collins, Dr. Marlene Tromp, K Lange, and Emily Herbster give us some killer true crime and Hawaiian Night Marchers live from Scaryfort 2020. We also get into some teas…

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An American Summer Classic: The Family Vacation 49:24

3y ago49:24

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As we're now post-Labor Day and easing out of summer we wanted to visit the always-storied experience of the family vacation. Larry and Christian hop back in the station wagon, the RV, the Volkswagen van, and hit the road with Mom, Dad, Sisters, and Kids. They dig into a handful of wild and sentimental stories about their own experiences, both as y…

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Anthony Doerr, Cloud Cuckoo Land, and The Unexpected Summer Read 48:21

3y ago48:21

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This week Larry and Christian loop back to the nagging question of what exactly constitutes a summer read. They give a few of their own takes, but more importantly have a sit down with Pulitzer Prize winning author and all around amazing human, Anthony Doerr. We're going big time on you! Anthony gets into his soon to be released novel, Cloud Cuckoo…

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The Theme Parks of Summer 47:59

3y ago47:59

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This week we take a ride through some epic Theme Park stories and experiences of the Magic Kingdom, love and loss, fathers and sons, girls, travel writing, growing up in So Cal, and the lasting impact of being a Disneyland Jungle Cruise Captain. Larry and Christian talk theme park memories to start things off, then Larry goes on a Disneyland deep d…

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The Summer Job 59:30

3y ago59:30

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This week we feature THREE Correspondent stories all about strange, awkward, difficult, wholly memorable summer jobs. Also, Larry and Christian riff on some of their own narratives all about wild and odd places of summer employment - both southern and northern hemisphere featured! Our Correspondents are - 1) Forest Gurlach with a story of misadvent…

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Summer Camp 1:11:45

3y ago1:11:45

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This week Larry and Christian sit down with the amazing Rachel Levin who writes about food, culture, travel, and the many wonders of life. Including summer camp. We dig into our varied experiences at summer camps, 1980's through the present - as campers, counselors, and parents. Those wet, hot American summers were full of lasting stories for all o…

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The Summer Road Trip 1:02:59

3y ago1:02:59

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This week we're hitting the road, or at least discussing the power and majesty of the iconic American road trip in summer (and really always). Larry and Christian sit down with best-selling novelist and road trip aficionado, Jonathan Evison, to talk about how uniquely embedded the movement and ideals of the road trip are in his work, even as Evison…

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The Dog Days of Summer: Sports of Summer 1:00:04

3y ago1:00:04

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This week Larry and Christian dive into the dog days of summer, talking baseball - major and minor league - BSU summer football, the sports market in Boise, and many other sports and sports adjacent happenings in summer with longstanding Idaho sports radio host on KTIK, and sports columnist with the Idaho Press, Mike Prater. A spirited and thoughtf…

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The Summer Movie - Explored and Explained 1:02:23

3y ago1:02:23

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This week Larry and Christian sit down with Will Leitch, journalist, novelist, founding editor of Deadspin, father, blogger, and, among many other things, cohost of the wildly popular movie-centric podcast, Grierson and Leitch. We talk about the entity known as The Summer Movie, dig deep into what that moniker actually means, how it's carried out, …

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Independence Day - Remembering the Mayhem, and Counting Flags 46:17

3y ago46:17

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This week Larry and Christian get into a particularly memorable July 4th weekend that took place on San Juan Island in 1989. A dozen friends, all dudes. Far too much beer. Plenty of laughter, injuries, fuzzy antics, and stories that have lived on as pieces of the puzzle that was our lives back in our early twenties. We get into how we all remember …

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Summer Reads: The Booksellers' Takes 55:12

3y ago55:12

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We roll on with the Season One and Summer Stories with co-hosts Larry Rosen and Christian Winn continuing to explore the entity of the Summer Read, this episode through the lens of the bookseller, book buyer, and the very human joys of in-store experience of bookstores in summertime, and really all the time. We sit down via Zoom with Pete Mulvihill…

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The Summer Read w/ Jessica Anya Blau 51:45

3y ago51:45

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We kick off season one of our exciting new podcast - Story Forward - by diving into the many facets of the concept and execution of the summer read. What constitutes the iconic summer read? Who is reading what in the summer? What does it mean to write and release a book in summer? Co-hosts Larry Rosen and Christian Winn deliver their takes on the s…

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Story Forward Trailer 4:53

3y ago4:53

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Story Forward is a weekly podcast that's all about the big, strange, heartfelt, important stories we tell. For our first season we bring you twelve weeks of Summer Stories; the stories we spin during and about summer. Throughout our Summer Stories season we'll be looking at the books we read, the movies we see, the music we listen to, the tales we …

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The Before and The After: Three Winning Writers 57:08

3y ago57:08

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This week we're featuring three of the amazing writers who were among Storyfort's winning writers for our themed writing contest, The Before and The After. Poet Dani Parmenter, Essayist Deana Brown, and Fiction Writer Tomas Baiza talk process and the writing life w/ Storyfort Director Christian Winn. AND the winning works are read! Enjoy these amaz…

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Bloom Season #2 Begins w/ Tai Simpson and Odd Hours Theater 1:16:38

3y ago1:16:38

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This week we return to the Idaho Botanical Garden for some poignant stories of rebirth and reemergence as well as some whip-smart Covid comedy. Bloom: A Reading Series Season #2 has begun! Tai Simpson and Odd Hours Theater Co. brought the good stuff, and we can't wait to see all you Boise Area folks at the IBG again on May 10th for the second insta…

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Talking Poetry, Politics, Prose w/ Sen. Bill O'Neill and Ben Tanzer 1:05:30

3y ago1:05:30

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Larry and Christian sit down with NM Senator, poet, novelist, big-hearted artist, Bill O'neill, and writer, podcaster, teacher, Emmy-Award winner, and overall good dude, Ben Tanzer. We talk about Bill's collections and novels (info link below), Ben's work both as a creative himself and as a promoter of art and literature like Bill's. We get into so…

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Storytelling with Olivia Gatwood 51:48

3y ago51:48

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Storyfort’s Christian Winn and Allison Maier chat with writer and performer Olivia Gatwood about book and movie inspirations, the unique challenges of novel-writing, and the similarities between poetry and screenwriting. Plus, Olivia shares the best story she’s never written. Olivia is the author of two poetry collections: “New American Best Friend…

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