Episode Archive: Your Stories

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Bobby Fuller wasn't the first person to have a run-in with the law, nor is he the last. Here our lovely storytellers talk about their own experiences with law, order, chaos, and crime.

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In case you haven't heard, the Nerdologues is celebrating Life Day in style this Friday with our Nerd Wars Holiday Special show at iO Chicago. This is our take on the classic and awful Star Wars Holiday Special that, if you're lucky, you've never seen. It involves us trying to get Joe Gennaro back to his family for the holidays despite his home planet of Ohio being taken over by the worst enemy of all... the Bro Empire. To have a little fun, we thought we'd release a podcast-only teaser for the show this week that shows the gritty, horrid details of the bro takeover of Ohio. You can listen to it here! I only hope we can get Joe home in time for the traditional Life Day ham.

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About a month ago, Upstairs Gallery - the venue we used to call home - hosted an awesome comedy festival in the city, and they were kind enough to let us record an episode of our podcast there. And here it is! Because it was their first festival and ours, we thought "First Times" would make a pretty nifty theme. And because there was a podcast portion of the festival, we thought it would be cool to invite other podcasters to participate. So we did!

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Here at Your Stories, we're all about giving you more bang for your buck. Of course, you don't pay anything for this show, but still, here's some bonus content from this past month, including a super awesome online submission on April's theme of madness from regular storyteller Charlie Madsen, as well as some songs Dwight and I performed at an Improvised Star Trek/Nerdologues show a few weeks ago. Improvised Star Trek, by the way, is a super great group of people with a super great podcast of their own.

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Last night we recorded our monthly Your Stories show, the one that will mostly be released in January. Nerdologues member Alex Talavera, though, decided to tell a story that we thought it was best to release right away. Alex's life has been threatened by attackers with guns three times, and he wanted to talk about the idea - popularly floating around right now - that if you yourself are armed you can stop the "bad guys" from whatever they're doing. This is a great story, and it's offered without any promotional frills. Please give it a listen.

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In this second part of our sayonara to Alex Talavera, we've got a bunch of great speakers sharing what the phrase "best-laid plans" means to them.

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If you thought last episode was crazy, get on board for this wild ride through topics as disparate as Joseph Kony, The Legend of Zelda, and belligerent airline passengers (that last one ends up being a lot cooler than it sounds).

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Last month, founding Nerdologues member Alex Talavera left us to go be an adult in Colorado. LAME. On Your Stories, he's saying goodbye with an episode he helped put together - Alex picked the theme, hosted, chose the songs, and generally lended his awesome presence throughout the episode. Help say goodbye to a Your Stories favorite.

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Sure, your calendar says it's April, but your Your Stories podcast says it's March. Enjoy the first of our episodes centered on the theme of madness!