Dry Run: A Memoir by Nikki MacCallum
Produced by Lambo Productions, LLC (Broadway: "A Christmas Carol," 5 Tony Nominations), DRY RUN is a 26.2 episode serial podcast that compares the challenges of running a marathon to the struggles of alcohol addiction. It's an audio version of Nikki MacCallum's memoir that was released by Auctus Publisher's in 2019 and featured on CBS. Mirroring the book's format, each episode represents a mile of the marathon MacCallum ran as a Hail Mary pass of communication to her father, a recovering alcoholic and thirty-two-time marathoner himself, after he experienced a near death relapse. With original music by Brandon James Gwinn, DRY RUN features a cast of fifty-one (Casting by Tessa Faye Talent, LLC) and is narrated by author, Nikki MacCallum. The piece is directed by Nikki MacCallum and edited and engineered by Emily Crain.
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 22 minutes
- Episodes
- 28
- Years Active
- 2021
PART II: STILL RUNNING
After the marathon.
This episode is narrated by Nikki MacCallum and features Patrick McCartney (Dad), Dina Laura (Mom), Matthew Corozine (Matthew Corozine), Joseph Segot (Hot Trapeze Instructor), an…
MILE 26.2
Nikki crosses the finish line of the Providence Marathon.
This episode is narrated by Nikki MacCallum.
MILE 26
Nearing the end of the Providence Marathon, adult Nikki hangs on for dear life while a few-hours-younger Nikki is at the starting line of the Providence Marathon.
This episode is narrated by Nikki Ma…
MILE 25
At mile 25 of the Providence Marathon, adult Nikki struggles through her lack of adrenaline while a very slightly younger Nikki attempts her longest training run.
This episode is narrated by Nikki M…
MILE 24
During mile 24 of the Providence Marathon, adult Nikki meets an unexpected runner while a slightly younger Nikki travels home for Christmas just after her dad's relapse.
This episode is narrated by N…
MILE 23
Adult Nikki runs mile 23 of the Providence Marathon wondering if she's running away from something or toward something, while a slightly younger Nikki deals with the drama of Dad's missing phone.
Th…
MILE 22
During mile 22 of the Providence Marathon, Nikki losers her mind and demands high fives from the crowd while a slightly younger Nikki performs her one-woman show.
This episode is narrated by Nikki Ma…
MILE 21
During mile 21, Nikki contemplates the obnoxious twelve-year-old, while a slightly younger Nikki potentially saves a man's life.
This episode is narrated by Nikki MacCallum and features Kevin Martin…
MILE 20
At mile 20 of the Providence marathon, Nikki waits to hit the runner's wall, while a slightly younger Nikki goes to an AA meeting with her father.
This episode is narrated by Nikki MacCallum and fea…
MILE 19
Adult Nikki breathes through mile 19 of the Providence Marathon while a slightly younger Nikki experiences a panic attack and pays a visit to a pharmacologist.
This episode is narrated by Nikki MacC…
MILE 18
Exhaustion and pain really set in for adult Nikki during mile 18 of the Providence Marathon while a slightly younger Nikki attempts to send a message to her father via paper airplane.
This episode is…
MILE 17
At mile 17 of the Providence Marathon, Nikki experiences chaffing while a younger Nikki runs on a treadmill.
This episode is narrated by Nikki MacCallum.
MILE 16
At mile 16, adult Nikki runs by the ocean while twenty-five-year-old Nikki celebrates her twenty-third birthday and gets a letter from her father before bumping into him on the Cape Cod Canal.
This …
MILE 15
Adult Nikki pushes through mile 15 of the Providence Marathon, while back from Puerto Rico, a younger Nikki goes on a bender.
This episode is narrated by Nikki MacCallum and features Dina Laura (Mom…
MILE 14
Adult Nikki recognizes some runners from the starting line at mile 14 of the Providence Marathon while Nikki in her early twenties heads to meet her family in Puerto Rico.
This episode is narrated by…
MILE 13
During mile 13 of the Providence Marathon, Nikki finally passes the bikers while on summer break, a college age Nikki vacations at CWTF.
This episode is narrated by Nikki MacCallum and features Dina…
MILE 12
Adult Nikki runs up a bike path at mile 12 of the Providence Marathon while back at college, a younger Nikki confides in Eric for the first time.
This is episode is narrated by Nikki MacCallum and f…
MILE 11
Adult Nikki contemplates holidays past as she runs mile 11 of the Providence marathon while a college age Nikki deals with the aftermath of her father's relapse.
This episode is narrated by Nikki Mac…
MILE 10
Adult Nikki crosses into the double digits of the Providence Marathon while Nikki the college sophomore discovers beer cans under the bunny cages during a Thanksgiving trip home.
This episode is narr…
MILE 9
Adult Nikki pushes through mile 9 of the Providence Marathon, while a high-school aged Nikki prepares for her grandmother's funeral and relives the first time she ever experienced anxiety at an audit…