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STORIES by Lea Thau

STORIES by Lea Thau

Lea Thau

Society & Culture

Frequency: 1 episode/205d. Total Eps: 22

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The entire back catalogue of Strangers can be found ad-free at Lthau.substack.com, where you can also hear my new work - I'm making new episodes for the first time in five years.Strangers is storytelling for the 21st century from Peabody award winning director and producer, Lea Thau.
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  • 🇺🇸 USA - personalJournals

    09/06/2026
    #92
  • 🇨🇦 Canada - personalJournals

    08/06/2026
    #100
  • 🇺🇸 USA - personalJournals

    08/06/2026
    #74
  • 🇨🇦 Canada - personalJournals

    07/06/2026
    #89
  • 🇺🇸 USA - personalJournals

    07/06/2026
    #70
  • 🇨🇦 Canada - personalJournals

    05/06/2026
    #67
  • 🇺🇸 USA - personalJournals

    05/06/2026
    #51
  • 🇺🇸 USA - personalJournals

    02/06/2026
    #97
  • 🇺🇸 USA - personalJournals

    01/06/2026
    #68
  • 🇫🇷 France - personalJournals

    01/06/2026
    #90

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Franky Carrillo: Life

jeudi 11 avril 2013Duration 38:11

A man spends 20 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit, but comes out ahead… Get the full story here.

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Wilmot of Helena

vendredi 24 juillet 2020Duration 26:40

Wilmot Collins is an interesting man with an interesting story. This is it. I hope you enjoy it. Find more Strangers content, new and old, at www.patreon.com/strangerspodcast - it's only $1 per month to join - or stay subscribed here for more free episodes, which will drop from time to time. However, if you want to receive regular episodes, and hear the continuation of my series called The Cape, and access our archive of more than 90 episodes, join us on Patreon! 

Do You Like My Little Lie?

jeudi 12 octobre 2017Duration 33:15

It’s the time of year when skeletons come out of the closet. We honor the dead, as we get ready for holidays among the living, where secrets will be spilled, and secrets will be created that will haunt us for years to come. You might describe today’s story as a classic “noir,” if it wasn’t … Continue reading Do You Like My Little Lie? →

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The Son, The Goddess, and Leopoldo

lundi 30 mai 2016Duration 46:38

Born in a coven of lesbian witches in a Haight-Ashbury commune after the fall of Saigon, young Joshua Safran soon hit the open road with his single mother, Claudia, and things only got stranger from there. A word of warning: this story contains some disturbing moments.

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Falling Slowly

vendredi 24 octobre 2014Duration 24:13

Strangers, at its core, is about the beauty and the struggle of human connection and what happens in those moments when we get closer to someone else, or, say, further removed from ourselves. Often that change is subtle and slow, but sometimes it is sudden and monumental. Here is Lyena Strelkoff. A version of this … Continue reading Falling Slowly →

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Big Jim & Smokey Joe

mardi 14 octobre 2014Duration 12:43

A waitress, a former bomber pilot and a retired railroad engineer embark on the adventure of a lifetime. A version of this story was previously featured on Season 1 of Strangers. Get the full story here.

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Two Men and a Baby

dimanche 15 juin 2014Duration 24:36

Two young men receive a surprise delivery.  And it’s a newborn. Whaaa! Get the full story here.

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My Father’s Bones

vendredi 9 octobre 2015Duration 30:47

One day when Susan was five, her father came home and nailed her bunk bed shut. That was the beginning of a long strange journey.

Unconditional

vendredi 15 mai 2015Duration 33:32

This is a story of mothers, love, regrets and redemption, and of secrets from many years passed that cast long shadows in our lives. It’s about how Deborah Jiang-Stein came to be pulled over by two highway patrolmen at 19 years-old, with a trunk load of dope, a .38 revolver and a 10” switch blade…and … Continue reading Unconditional →

A Father’s Story – Then and Now

samedi 17 janvier 2015Duration 25:12

To mark the three-year anniversary of Strangers we share with you the very first story ever featured on the show, about Stephen Rochelle and his son Matthew, and we return to Stephen to see how they’re doing now, three years later. In July 2011, Matthew Rochelle stood trial for murder. This is the story of … Continue reading A Father’s Story – Then and Now →


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