Secondhand Storytime

Ivan Kander joins this week to tell about a one night stand that got weird as the evening turned into morning. Ivan can be found around the internet writing for shortoftheweek.com, producing video at lucky9studios.com or tweeting under then handle @ivankander.

St Mort joins once again to tell of the continuing adventures of hapless security guard “G,” who made his first appearance in episode 94.  This time he’s helping out in a hospital

First time contributor Sanden joins to talk about something wacky that happened when a young college student met Allen Ginsberg.

Margot joins for the first episode of the new year.  It’s about a mystery her grandmother encountered that raised an eyebrow in their very safe neighborhood. Happy new year to everyone.  As stated in the podcast I’m trying to get this thing moving again, with weekly episodes and everything!  If you have a story you’d […]

The lovely Libby Ward, aka Sneakyvarmint (tumblr, twitter) joins the show again to tell about how one youngster ends up saying something that leads to a life-long nickname.

Saint Mort joins to tell about a security guard who discovered someone doing something very private in a public place.

Another celebrity edition!  This one talks about a young woman who encounters someone who is famous enough to make her skeptical! Edit:  For anyone who wants the reported details on the story, you can find them here! (mousing over may spoil the surprise!)

This one may seem familiar to long-time listeners.  Libby joins to tell about a dog-owner in the big city who has some trouble! Follow Libby Ward on Twitter and Tumblr.  

Recently my site was attacked by malware, so there were no new posts, since I didn’t want to help spread around whatever it was trying to infect you with, but it’s all clean now and I’m back on track (not only do I have a show this week, but I’ve got one ready for next week!) […]

After far too long a break Saint Mort joins again.  I usually don’t like to have the same guest on back-to-back, but he has a good story, and I feel that enough time has passed.  This one involves a teacher who gets a big surprise based on a project he’s doing with his students. And […]

This week Saint Mort joins to tell about someone’s unconcious mobility during his dad’s college days.

Eric joins this week to tell about a roughneck who tries to start some shit and doesn’t like where it ends up.

When Jeremy first told me this one, I wasn’t sure about posting it, but upon review it seems like some unfounded bragging and perhaps some hazy remembering, both fueled by alcohol.  Be warned, it does contain violence.

This week Austin joins to tell about a poor girl who is constantly razzed by her co-workers, although probably with good reason.

This week Caleb joins to tell a story of a former co-worker’s extremely wild night.

After far too long a break, the show is back.  Kramer joins to talk about an unexpected bodily fluid.  If you like the sound of Kramer you can find him online at krmr.com

Nate joins this week to tell another tale of Jeff, the poor guy who’s romantic life just doesn’t seem to go right.  For the previous Jeff story, listen to episode 80.

Logan joins the show again to tell about a young man who passes out at a party and the rather extreme thing his friends do to him.

This week St Mort joins to tell about some shenanigans that happened at his high school and then got blown out of proportion.  Nate also recorded a quick bit about hearing one of our previous stories from a different source.

This week Nate comes back on the show to tell about an encounter that starts in romance and ends in horror.

This week Steve joins the show again to tell about a college guy who pranks his extremely drunk and obnoxious roommate.  Also, if you listen closely, you can hear my cat being whiny during the outro.

This week Lame joins the show again to tell about a tense situation at the Chicago rally for the Blackhawks’ Stanley Cup victory.  Big crowd of drunk people in the muggy Chicago heat, what could go wrong?

This week Dave joins to tell about a co-workers brother who ended his family birthday outing in worse shape than he started it.

This week Jeff joins to tell about a guy who goes on a date that goes wrong at pretty much every turn.

Teresa joins this week to tell us why one poor girl’s first relationship didn’t work out.

This week SaintMort joins to tell about some high school kids who do something that could get them in a lot of trouble, and the fallout from those actions.

That’s right, the show is finally back.  Sarah joins to tell about some trouble on a commercial airline.

Listener Ben joins this week to share a story from his college days about when his roommates saw a naked guy ambling down the street in front of their house.

Jason joins the show to tell a story passed from the world of law enforcement about a parolee and his bicycles.

This week Teresa joins the show to tell about Carl, a boy who has a long, long night, most of it pretty far from sobriety.

Steve joins the show again to tell about how his irresponsible cousin got revenge on an even more irresponsible athletic coach.

It’s that time again.  Today I have five stories that were too short to be their own episodes but too fun to be forgotten forever.  There is fighting between brothers, weird names, and bad behaviour both at work and while out on the town.   Something for everyone.

The show is back for 2010.  The first story of the year is about a guy who tells an incredibly tall tale to his lady-friend. Josh joins me to tell it.

This week Bryan joins once again to tell about a friend who has some cat trouble.

On this episode, I’m joined by my friend Niki who tells about her grandfather Dilu, from Papua New Guinea.  He was pretty hardcore.

Bryan, aka Blackensalty, rejoins the podcast to tell about a father who takes his son hunting several times, but never with the result that he’s hoping for.

This week new contributor Chelsea joins the show to tell about a friend of hers who drinks something with suspicious origins.

Sad news.  After 62 consecutive weeks, I have to take one off.  No story.  If you’ve got one that would be good to share, please get in touch!  I already have a line on one or two for next week, but I always need them, so don’t be shy.  Happy Thanksgiving, for those of you […]

This week Steven joins to tell about a kid who really does a half-assed job on a school assignment and adds some drama to the classroom.

Logan comes on the show again to tell about a buddy of his who kept a party night in Mexico going all the way back across the border into Texas.

Chad joins this week to tell about a central-Indiana kid who hurts himself skating, and something unexpected that happens after the incident.

My other friend Liz joins this week to tell about her godmother’s time in Berlin back when the wall was still up.

This week Liz joins the show again to tell about her buddy EB and some pranks that he pulled several years ago.  Some deal with dating and some deal with the telephone.

My buddy The Lame joins this week to tell about one of his older friends who had a childhood encounter that could have ended really badly.

Jeremy tells a story this week about some angry people who like to use the horn, and how this escalates into some serious business.

Tursh joins the show again to tell a bit of a gross one about a guy who takes a quick trip to Tijuana and makes some bad decisions.

This week Anna got in touch with me to tell a story about a woman’s harrowing experience in a shared cafeteria.

Hannah returns this week to tell a story about a poor Afghanistani soldier-in-training who misuses something at an American military base. There was a little bit of noise in the line when I was talking to her. I couldn’t get rid of it, but I really like the story, so I’m sharing it anyway. Afghanistani

A whole year has gone by, so I’m marking the telling of so many good stories by so many of you with a bohemoth of a short story collection. None of these were quite enough to be their own episodes, but I still felt the need to share them. Clocking in just shy of half […]

Sarah joins the show again to tell a pretty gross one about a girl who gets sick from an unexpected source.

This week Bryan tells about how a person’s bad decisions lead to a great summer for one of his friends.