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STORIES by Lea Thau

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STORIES Presents: The Longest Shortest Time - Xyla vs. The FAA

October 8, 2026 · 41 min

Xyla Foxlin started flying as a teenager. By her twenties, she was piloting her own plane and building another from scratch. But when a private health crisis went public, she wound up in a battle with the FAA that could ground her for…
STORIES presents: Proxy with Yowei Shaw – Caitlin Lost the Voice In Her Head

October 1, 2026 · 1 hr 4 min

We're featuring a story from another podcast we love today: Proxy with Yowei Shaw. She investigates the strange, funny, and sometimes maddening emotional mysteries that shape our lives. I was really moved by this episode, called Caitlin…
10 Years Later – Pabba's 32nd Year (i.e Pabba's 42nd Year)

September 25, 2026 · 32 min

Pabba is now in his 42nd year, and his story has a resolution! Tune in to hear how his conundrum got resolved. It's a good story:) And check out Pabba’s original story if you haven’t heard that yet. . If you want to see photos that go…
Summer of Strangers: Pabba's 32nd Year

September 17, 2026 · 27 min

Imagine your parents controlled your online dating profile. That’s what happened to Pabba and this is his story. We first ran this story 10 years ago and next week we’ll have a brand new story with him. I can already reveal that a LOT has…
Summer of Strangers: Midnight in Mexico – Then & Now

September 10, 2026 · 32 min

A family tragedy sends the Corchados from Mexico to California, searching for greener pastures. Upon arrival, that’s hardly what they find, but some years later, a deal involving a 1978 Camaro sets the oldest son on a path to unlikely…

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13 Years Later – Franky Carrillo #3: Still Franky

September 3, 2026 · 47 min

This is a brand new installment in the Franky Carrillo saga that I’m very excited to share with you. Franky is the same great storyteller he's always been, and he goes deeper than ever here. If you haven’t heard the first two episodes…
Summer of Strangers: Franky Carrillo #2: Life Now – 2017

August 27, 2026 · 31 min

I hope you heard Franky’s story from last week, because it’s heartbreaking, and uplifting, and enraging, and inspiring, and it’s the foundation for today’s episode, which is Part 2 of his story. If you haven’t heard it yet, I'd go listen…
Summer of Strangers – Franky Carrillo #1 Life

August 20, 2026 · 35 min

Franky Carrillo was 16 when he received a double life sentence for a crime he had nothing to do with. This is his story. It's one of the most beloved Strangers stories of all time, and it will be the first of three episodes about Franky…
14 Years Later: And Justice for All?

August 13, 2026 · 26 min

Last week we posted Sharon Houston's hilarious and beloved old Strangers story And Justice for All? and this week we're following up with Sharon to see what she's up to now....which turned out to be a lot of different things. If you’d like…
Summer of Strangers: And Justice for All?

August 6, 2026 · 22 min

Welcome back to our Summer of Strangers. Today's story is an old Strangers episode with Sharon Houston, and next week we'll do a follow-up with her. If you want to see photos that go with today’s episode, you can find them in these posts…
10 Years Later – The Son, The Goddess & Leopoldo

July 29, 2026 · 48 min

Thank you for all the love we’ve received about Joshua Safran’s story from last week. This episode is a follow-up with Joshua about his life now. It's quite different from the original episode, because it's more of a conversation and less…
Summer of Strangers: The Son, The Goddess & Leopoldo

July 22, 2026 · 48 min

Joshua Safran was born in a coven of lesbian witches in a Haight-Ashbury commune. After the fall of Saigon, young Joshua Safran hit the open road with his mother, and things only got stranger from there. This story is a rerun from 2016…

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About the show

Storytelling for the 21st century from Peabody Award-winning producer Lea Thau (former head of The Moth and Strangers). The entire back catalogue of Strangers can be found at STORIES by Lea Thau on Patreon and Substack, where you can also find the new work in its entirety, and where everything is ad-free. You can join as a free or paid member on both platforms, so come be a part of the community, or just listen along right here and follow along on Facebook and Instagram. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.