The Odyssey Storytelling Podcast

They say quarantine is a great opportunity to get all your chores done, so at long last, Odyssey Storytelling is finally cleaning up its Dirty Laundry. This is the final story from that fateful show …

Way back in June 2015, Edie Jarolim came to the Taboo show with the most taboo subject of all: money. "I think me and my friends are more comfortable talking about sex than money," she quips. But she…

Well folks, our mission (to bring you all six stories from the February 2017 Mission show, in this case) has come to an end. This final story from that event features Jordan Wilson, who provides an e…

When John Muller was asked to come up with a story for the March 2016 Strange show, he responded with not one strange story, but several! From childhood schizophrenia to alien abductions, John infuse…

There's a special time in a young person's life....well Odyssey's there too! Sweet sixteens, quinceañeras, coming of age, and whatever else helped you grow up. Our anniversary show has it all!

This s…

We're almost finished with the winding road that is the August 2015 Detours show! In this penultimate story, Jana Segal-Stormont discusses the journey of her brilliant, creative, and occasionally ecc…

The world is kind of terrible and scary right now, so it's probably a good time for a hilarious, lewd, or not-entirely-appropriate story of some kind. Fortunately, Roscoe Mutz specializes in all thre…

Everyone has to leave the nest sometime, and for us, it's time to grow up and let go of the July 2015 Independence show, because this is the last story from that event! Fittingly, it features Stephan…

Tarnished, messy, grubby, or gross. Dirty jobs reluctantly (or excitedly) completed. Pollution, contamination, and related activism. Cheating, scheming, and deeds done dirt cheap. Bawdy, edgy, filthy…

We don't usually rerun stories that aired previously as part of complete shows, but we're making an exception for Vene Aguirre, who took the stage at the May 2018 "Fake" show to talk about her strugg…

Let's be honest: Regardless of how you feel about religion, it would have sucked to do the Mission show without a single missionary story. That's what Ellen Morrell provided the Odyssey audience on t…

Alex Ruiz has a slow, calming style of storytelling, which helps when you're imagining homemade tacos sizzling in the fire. At the April 2016 Contradictions show, Alex talked about transitioning from…

Stories from the shoulda – coulda – woulda club. They say hindsight is 20/20. If you knew then what you know now . . . how would your life be different? Would you make the same choices or would you t…

The January 2017 Labor show comes to an end (except for one story that didn't get recorded properly because it was Miles' first Odyssey show) with this short one from Vic Roych, who meditates on the …

The December 2015 Body show completes its podcast journey with this story from Georgette "George" Rosburg, which is funny, sad, and heartwarming by turns, as you might expect when both Alzheimer's an…

Lori Riegal's story from the March 2016 Strange show was all about education -- both her own and her daughter's. In it, she discusses how she made the unlikely transition from depressed undergrad to …

Mark your holiday calendars for this must-see show. We’ll be hearing from newcomers to the Odyssey stage and perennial favorites on wide-ranging and riveting stories. Mind-numbing cold and case of fr…

We have officially bridged the distance between the beginning and the end of the February 2016 Bridges show, as this is our final story from that night's program. It features Dea Brasgalla, and carri…

We are officially finishing off the October 2015 "Home" show, and there's no better to do that than with Brad Lancaster's love letter to Tucson and ruminations on how he, personally, found his home. …

Claire Swinford's life has taken many detours, and she talked about several of them during the August 2015 Detours show. But while her the precise nature of her dreams many have changed over the year…