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Longshot Dreams and Slapshot Fiends in the Ultimate '90s Pro Sports League

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2024 23:38


Joe Tamburino was a longshot. Describing his path to becoming a professional hockey player any other way would be an understatement. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.narratively.com/subscribe

My Secret Life as a Personal Assistant to 'America's Most Eligible Man'

Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2024 24:11


My Secret Life as a Personal Assistant to 'America's Most Eligible Man'He was the former star of an uber-popular reality dating show. I was a feminist lesbian 19-year-old—a.k.a. the least likely person on Earth to become his coach in life and love. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.narratively.com/subscribe

The First Guy to Break the Internet

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2023 62:14


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The Extremely Enchanting, Totally Perplexing, Possibly Never-Ending Quest for the Golden Owl

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2023 63:20


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The Sisterhood of Sex and the Quest for Porno Power

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2023 65:10


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21 Days of Staring Down Death: Diary of a Hunger Strike

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2023 44:45


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The Man Who Pierced the Iron Curtain in a Flying Go-Kart – and Left Civilization Forever

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2023 42:39


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The Greatest Game Ever Played Behind Barbed Wire

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2023 48:42


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The “Insane Pirate” Drifter and the Double Killing at the Fourplex

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2023 2:09


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The Gutsy Undercover Cop Who Took Down Chicago P.D.'s Most Crooked Crew

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2023 5:37


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I Could Have Killed Him Twice

Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2023 41:19


A Gilded Age tale of seduction, betrayal and revenge. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.narratively.com/subscribe

The Daring Dreams of the First Afghan Drag Queen

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2023 39:35


Najib Faizi has survived death threats, beatings, kidnapping and more, becoming a fearless role model for LGBTQ refugees everywhere.

My High Flying Life as a Corporate Spy Who Lied His Way to the Top

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2023 40:55


I was just looking to make rent when I stumbled into a part-time gig stealing secrets from Wall Street elite. I made millions once I realized how desperate we humans are for someone who will actually listen.

Welcome to America's Most Elite Girls Boarding School. Let the Hazing Begin.

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2023 43:01


I was a wide-eyed scholarship kid among daughters of the rich and famous. I expected academic rigor and supportive sisterhood—not humiliating midnight raids. But the most shocking thing to everyone else was when I stood up for myself.

The Extremely F*#!ing Chaotic Saga of the World's Most Notorious Police Impersonator

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2023 34:51


A Florida funeral escort who took his road-safety duties a little too seriously became a widely ridiculed Internet sensation—and landed in hot water with actual law enforcement. But that's only the start of the strange and twisted ballad of Jeremy Dewitte.

The First Family of Human Cannonballing

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2023 45:28


David and Jeannie Smith gave up their day jobs for a life of daredevil stunts —with six children in tow. Five decades, thousands of cannon shots and multiple Guinness World Records later, this stupendous family business is still defying gravity and all other expectations.

The Century-Long Duet of Two Dazzling One-Handed Pianists

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2022 34:45


Nicholas McCarthy was born in the 1990s without a right hand. Paul Wittgenstein lost his in World War I—and then left behind a musical treasure trove that would change Nicholas' life. Listen to our collaboration with the hit podcast Snap Judgement.

I Have Never Been to the Place Where I am From, But I Will Imagine It For Us

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2022 42:31


I have learned all the stories my father was too protective of me to share, parsed the conflicting histories and studied the maps. Now I can finally recreate our family's lost home, in a once small village in Palestine.

Living with a Skinhead, While Living in My Brown Skin

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2022 30:32


As an Indonesian adoptee in Sweden, I was alarmed when my new stepbrother started dabbling in white supremacy. I didn't realize how far it had gone until I was lying in a dark field, getting kicked in the chest with a steel-toed boot.

A Gilded Age Tale of Murder and Madness

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2022 41:06


In opulent seaside Newport, a wealthy and beloved Black businessman turns up dead. The prime suspect is his son-in-law, a dashing medical student set to become one of the country's first Black surgeons. The resulting trial will tear the town in two.

Punk Rock Freaks in the Heart of Hollywood

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2022 46:17


It was the era when video killed the radio star, when glitz and glamor and bubblegum pop dominated the airwaves. Meanwhile, a handful of musicians and misfits were subverting the pop culture narrative forever.

Murder to Middle School

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2022 43:43


I was 13 when my father was killed right before my eyes. Two weeks later, while everyone in our small town obsessed over his grizzly death, I embarked on a new horror: 8th grade.

My Strange, Seductive Stint as the Hugh Hefner of Moscow

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2022 50:03


As a disillusioned cub reporter, I jumped at the bizarro job of a lifetime: editor-in-chief of Playboy Russia when nouveau riche Moscow was a hedonistic playground of sex, drugs, and early-stage capitalism — until Putin's rise brought my reign to a screeching halt.

The Centerfield Soldiers of the 7 Line Army

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2022 41:39


Riding the emotional rollercoaster with “Loogy,” “Barefoot” and the most dedicated family of Mets superfans as they root, root, root for the hardest-luck team in sports.

Inside the Queer-Centric Frat That Dared to Question What a Frat Even Is

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2022 46:01


Students say the University of Michigan's Sigma Phi chapter is a vital, lifesaving space, and that going all-gender was the obvious thing to do. The national organization responded by suing them.

The Fastest Formerly Blind ‘Biker Babe' in Wichita

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2022 48:04


I woke up one morning in my mid-thirties and suddenly couldn't see. I vowed if I ever got my vision back I would live life differently — I had no idea that would mean flying down highways twice the speed limit with a colorful crew in the dead of night.

The Deep South's Dames of Dildos

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2022 36:52


In a Bible-belt state where sex toys stores are illegal, a church-going grandma, enterprising mom and sassy granddaughter build a booming business hawking penis pumps and butt plugs—and helping every person find their path to pleasure.

The Wild West Outpost of Japan's Isolationist Era

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2022 38:30


For two centuries, an extreme protectionist policy barred foreigners from setting foot inside Japan — except for one tiny island, a cramped cultural crossroads where anything could, and did, happen.

My High School's Secret Fantasy Slut League

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2022 64:00


Our wealthy California school had a hookup game where boys “drafted” girls, then tracked their sex acts. A decade later, my classmates still debate whether “FSL” was harmless teenage hijinks or a symptom of toxic rot in our elite enclave.

Revolución on the Cookie Factory Floor

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2022 30:28


The new owner of Argentina's de facto national treat stopped paying his majority-female workforce — so they seized control of the entire operation.

The Missing Persons Investigator Who Went Missing Herself

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2022 48:25


Andrea Knabel spent countless hours searching for missing people. Then one day she was the one who disappeared. Her family and friends—and half the internet—are still searching.

The True-Crime “Podcast Junkie” Turned Real-Life Murder Suspect

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2022 49:40


Is Steve Pankey a cold-blooded killer who got away with murder for decades, or just a true-crime obsessive craving attention?

The Fearless Mother-Daughter Duo Who Tamed Lions to Save the Circus

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2021 18:53


When the Great War sent the men of Europe to the front lines and left a legendary family business on the brink of bankruptcy, two brave women stepped into the ring.

The Pirate Queen Who Avenged Her Husband's Death on the High Seas

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2021 14:58


After the King of France beheaded a nobleman on questionable charges, his devastated widow transformed into “the Lioness of Brittany” and spent the next decade exacting her revenge.

Meet the Obsessive Role-Players Who Live Inside the World of Grand Theft Auto

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2021 32:34


Renegade developers co-opted this controversial video game's source code to build a complex alternate universe where breaking character is the cardinal sin. Millions tune in to watch.

She Spoke to the Dead. They Told Her to Free the Slaves.

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2021 37:23


In 1840s Vermont, Achsa Sprague swore that the spirits who miraculously helped her walk again also possessed her with a crucial mission: freeing every soul in America.

The Secret Life of a Happy-Ending Masseur and the Women Who Swear By Him

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2021 22:13


Everyone from bawdy bachelorettes to married lesbians pay Ray the masseur to get them off. And he gloats that when it comes to female pleasure, he's the G.O.A.T.

The One-Eyed African Queen Who Defeated the Roman Empire

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2021 21:41


Cocky male monarchs underestimated Queen Amanirenas for her gender, her race, and her disability. Each time, they did so at their own peril.

The Undercover Anarchists' Secret Construction Collective

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2021 20:03


In a sleepy corner of Connecticut, a radical band of leftists are sneaking out after dark to tackle the homelessness crisis that has spread to every corner of America.

I Woke Up From a Coma and Couldn't Escape the Guy Pretending to Be My Boyfriend

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2021 47:44


I fell 20 feet out of a redwood tree and when I came to, my memory was shattered and a man I'd broken things off with was telling everyone we were together. Then I found out why.

The Teenage King's Historically Bad Sex Education

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2021 21:23


As James V came of age, his evil ex-stepfather and a counsel of unscrupulous gatekeepers hatched a scheme to keep him from power: distract him with an ungodly amount of intercourse.

The Weird, Wacky and Wild Ride of Captain Cartoon, Father of Bat Boy

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2021 31:33


The incredibly colorful true life story of Dick Kulpa, a nerdy small-town kid who loved cartoons so much that he became one.

The Hollywood HIV Doctor Who Was Secretly Peddling Eternal Youth

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2021 24:06


How did a respected and beloved medical professional end up leading a multi-million-dollar anti-aging scheme—and staring down decades in prison?

The Bank Robbers Who Couldn't Shoot Straight (Or Do Anything Right, Really)

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2021 26:17


When the Duffy Brothers were deported from the U.S, they hatched a plan to bring Bonnie-and-Clyde-style armed robbery across the pond. Their plan had more holes than a bullet-riddled safe.

Diary of a Bachelor Who Suddenly Became a Solo Dad to a Teenage Girl

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2021 26:27


I was an 18-year-old father who couldn't be there for his baby. I know, you've heard this one before. How about this part? Twelve years later Krystasia's mom walked away and never came back.

These Forgotten Essays Reveal the Secrets and Dreams of Jewish Teens As Hitler Drew Near

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2021 48:21


A 1930s writing contest celebrates the inspiring endurance of the teenage spirit — in the form of heart-bursting crushes, angsty soul-searching and secret sexcapades.

They Were Labeled Witches. They Just Had Dementia.

Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2021 47:26


In tribal communities across Namibia, older, eccentric people are often accused of witchcraft and violently attacked. One man realized it was something else entirely.

The Shot-in-the-Eye Squad

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2021 28:39


As Black Lives Matter protests swept the nation, the rubber bullets and tear gas canisters started to fly. This epidemic of “blinding by police” inspired our unlikely network of survivors.

My Bizarre Reign as New York’s King of “Virgin Russian Hair”

Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2021 32:58


Complete strangers wiring me $15k on the spot, smuggling blond ponytails across the Atlantic, secret rendezvous under the overpass — I just may have had the weirdest side hustle of all time.

Queen of the S.R.O.

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2021 63:11


In gritty 1980s New York, one West Village flophouse became a last-chance refuge for addicts, criminals, LGBTQ runaways, and anyone with nowhere left to go. And my mom was their queen.

The Pregnant Woman Who Led a Legendary Slave Rebellion

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2021 16:31


In 1794 the people of Guadeloupe briefly tasted freedom. A woman named Solitude decided she’d rather die than go back into chains — but her heroism was nearly lost to history.

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