Life Out Loud Podcast

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Life Out Loud is a literary nonfiction podcast series that features real students' stories. Born in a John Jay College Creative Nonfiction writing classroom in the Fall, 2015 semester, Life Out Loud seeks to diversify the perspectives typically shared in the CNF genre. Our project aims to amplify vo…

Life Out Loud Podcast


    • Oct 29, 2024 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 1h 9m AVG DURATION
    • 60 EPISODES

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    9.1 ~ Around the Halls

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2024 52:10


    What goes on in school outside the 7th grade classrooms can be...complicated.

    8.6 ~ Busted!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2024 48:02


    The punishment just doesn't fit the crime! Or...does it?

    8.5 - Dimensions of a Dad

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2024 59:17


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    8.4 - Sweet Sorrow

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2024 84:14


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    8.3 - State of Emergency

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2024 59:03


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    8.2 - Shadows of the Shield

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2023 68:42


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    8.1 - Finding My Place

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2023 66:59


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    7.3 - (No) Can Do?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2023 51:47


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    7.2 - Regretfully Yours

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2023 72:23


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    7.1 - Over the Table

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2023 72:13


    Some of our best thoughts are shared at the table!

    6.7 - Nothing's Forever

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2022 68:04


    The pandemic brought on new challenges, but it also revealed some old ones...

    6.6 - Toward the Great Escape

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2022 60:54


    Two authors--trapped!

    6.5 - Growing Pains

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2022 68:56


    Maybe it's not easy being a kid...or a parent.

    6.4 - Me and Her and...This

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2021 48:09


    Two authors fight a destructive third-party in what's perhaps the most important relationship they have.

    6.3 - Winner, Winner

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2021 40:45


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    6.2 - From an Insider

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2021 55:16


    Supporting a close-family member through a life-threatening illness is no easy task --for anyone.

    6.1 - What Speaks in Silence

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2021 66:31


    The past can sound pretty loud during the deafening loneliness of a COVID-19 quarantine...

    5.8 - Idle Hands

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2021 46:36


    They never meant to become thieves...

    5.7 - Down the Block

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2021 68:08


    When these two authors drop everything for a physical chase, who knows what they’ll find in the end?

    5.6 - The Way Back Home

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2021 53:46


    Two female authors find themselves surrounded by strict cultural expectations, but is that entirely a "bad" thing? Maybe. Maybe not...

    5.5 - Character Development

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2021 62:06


    While preparing for fictional roles on stage, these two actors learn something quite real

    5.4 - Help (Not) Wanted

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2020 59:25


    Sometimes "help" is the last thing you need

    5.3 - His Whole World

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2020 50:56


    Two female authors, two carefully painted portraits of specific men--their nows, their thens, their left-behinds.

    5.2 - Found Out

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2020 43:53


    What they find out...could change everything.

    5.1 - Someone Like Me

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2020 60:08


    Through first-hand accounts, two authors explore the stigmas surrounding parts of their identities

    4.10 - In Search Of Truth(s)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2019 60:40


    In true literary journalism style, two young authors search for the truth(s) of some rather complex incidents...

    4.9 - In the Years that Followed

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2019 68:34


    Two authors examine how things have unfolded in ways they didn't quite expect in the "new world."

    4.8 - No Other Home

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2019 77:46


    Displaced, temporary, not-so-temporary? How do we decide who gets to call someplace "home"?

    4.7 - Old World, New Ways

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2019 86:20


    Will these anonymous authors succeed in their pushback against the deep generational ties that bind them?

    4.6 - Fool Me Twice

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2019 54:49


    Will a second chance make "fool me twice" inevitable?

    4.5 - Family Ties

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2019 62:56


    Is blood really thicker than water?

    4.4 - Half-Steps

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2018 70:35


    They're so close to the family they always dreamed of...

    4.3 - Blindsided

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2018 59:17


    They never saw it coming...or did they?

    4.2 - On the Run

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2018 60:02


    Will these authors get away with it? Do they want to?

    4.1 - The Final Straw

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2018 74:19


    When is enough enough?

    3.9 - The Adults

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2018 89:09


    Three stories on the ones who raised us...

    3.8 - At Fault

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2018 98:44


    Are these three authors really to blame for...what happened?

    3.7 - Siblings at War

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2018 59:19


    Three sets of siblings--all fighting both with and for each other

    3.6 - Best Laid Plans

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2018 94:06


    Sometimes, things just don't go the way we thought they would....

    3.5 Will you?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2018 68:58


    Three young women authors: All deeply in love and all with an important choice to make...

    3.4 - Friend of Mine

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2017 96:49


    Three surprising stories about best friends.

    3.3 - The Dream

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2017 99:01


    With mixed results, these three authors share their pursuit of "The American Dream."

    3.2 - Home is Where

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2017 53:47


    Three surprising investigations set in and around the place we know best...

    3.1 - A Genesis

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2017 75:29


    Three Tales of New Beginnings

    2.10 - Piecing It Together

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2017 64:30


    Featuring four authors who bravely take part in complicated, personal, and sometimes maddening investigations.

    2.9 - Better Left Unsaid?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2017 69:54


    Three authors wonder whether the truth is always worth speaking.

    2.8 - Found in Translation

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2017 63:16


    Through three disparate translation experiences, these three authors find themselves lost, found, or…somewhere in between.

    2.7 - Mirror Mirror

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2017 62:15


    These three authors see way more than their own reflection in the mirror.

    2.6 - Maybe...Maybe Not.

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2017 69:37


    Surely one of these three authors finds "the one." Right?

    2.5 - Take Good care

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2017 65:28


    Three new stories on the art and strife of care-taking

    2.4 - A Fight for Freedom

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2017 99:18


    Three surprising nail-biters (set on three different continents!) in which our authors explore why freedom is worth the fight.

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