DrivingWithStrangers

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Sam Harnett interviews rideshare passengers and mixes together their stories into a radio show. It's like a car-sized This American Life, or a stranger-meets-stranger StoryCorps, or a micro version of The Moth, or, well, you get the idea. Every episode features a different theme and runs between six…

Sam Harnett


    • Jul 23, 2014 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 8m AVG DURATION
    • 9 EPISODES


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    DWS Episode 9: Uncovered Secrets Episode Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2014 9:01


    On paper he looked totally normal. At the office they suspected things but never expected this to happen. It took an online forum for him to finally find out the truth about himself. More secrets uncovered on this episode of Driving With Strangers.

    DWS Episode 8: Uncovered Secrets Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2014 7:49


    A few messages to the wrong person can change your life forever. Some of these passengers came upon secrets by accident, others snooped around for them.

    DWS Episode 7: Travel Disasters

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2014 9:28


    When you travel, things can go wrong in all kinds of ways. This week we hear stories about an unexpected stop on an African Safari, Presbyterians who get caught in a drug war, and an Indian football game that ends with a bang.

    DWS Episode 6: The Lowest Point

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2014 7:35


    These stories will make you think twice about opening a food trailer, working in a scrap yard, and swearing in public. On this episode, passengers talk about hitting rock bottom.

    DWS Episode 5: The Message

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2014 6:17


    This is a story about a son and his troubled father. It begins when the boy is young and his dad is on tour with a band. It ends with a voicemail sent ten years ago. Visit www.drivingwithstrangers.org to subscribe to the show.

    DWS Episode 4: Breaking The Law

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2014 8:47


    On this episode of Driving With Strangers hear from passengers about an email prank that got out of hand, an innovator who angered the Indian government, and a businessman who learned the tricks of the trade selling drugs.

    DWS Episode 3: Out-of-body Experiences

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2014 9:27


    In this episode I talk with people who have left their earthly bodies behind--interviews include a Holy Roller, a person with Alice in Wonderland Syndrome, and a passenger who discovered he had sleep paralysis while on a plane.

    DWS Episode 2: Near Death Experiences

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2014 8:51


    It's easy to forget that we are all going to die someday. But then death jumps right out at you. These passengers tell their stories of near death experiences.

    DWS Episode 1: Odd Jobs

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2014 8:31


    Summer jobs, part-time employment, freelance work, gigs. There are all kinds of odd jobs out there, and these passengers have had odder ones than most. Visit www.drivingwithstrangers.org to hear more and sign up for the podcast.

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