Episodes

  • Kari: A big, wonderful, dysfunctional family

    Kari: A big, wonderful, dysfunctional family
    Aug 2 2023
    A smart, funny sailor talks about her journey from being a cook on a destroyer to a counselor on an aircraft carrier.
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    10 mins
  • Luke: Turnip soup, black bread

    Luke: Turnip soup, black bread
    Jun 9 2023
    This amazing story details the day-to-day existence of a prisoner of war in Germany during World War II, and also what followed his liberation.
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    10 mins
  • Eugene: He helps me, and I help him

    Eugene: He helps me, and I help him
    Jun 2 2023
    A veteran discovers at 20 years old something that upends everything he thought he knew about himself. But life goes on.
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    9 mins
  • Greg: Just keep pedaling

    Greg: Just keep pedaling
    May 26 2023
    “You never know what other people are going through." That's a cornerstone idea for the "My Life, My Story" project, and it really rings true in this story about Greg.
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    9 mins
  • Kevin: Boring can be good

    Kevin: Boring can be good
    May 19 2023
    Where you start in life can go a long way toward determining where you end up as an adult. But it doesn’t have to.
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    9 mins
  • Florian: the story everyone wants to hear

    Florian: the story everyone wants to hear
    Aug 26 2021
    The story that Florian tells in this episode is literally the stuff movies are (and have been) made of. Whether or not you know the history of the USS Indianapolis, this is a story worth hearing.
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    11 mins
  • Jimmy: Leaving a mark

    Jimmy: Leaving a mark
    Aug 19 2021
    A taxidermist who trekked alone through China and made it into a book called "Weird Wisconsin" -- those are some of the highlights of this wonderful veteran's story.
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    10 mins
  • Jeb: The Guy Who Got Out

    Jeb: The Guy Who Got Out
    Aug 12 2021
    A lot of people have screwed up, royally, at least once in their lives. They've crashed cars, yelled at the wrong guy in a bar, fallen asleep on guard duty, cheated on their spouse . . . or worse. Sometimes, people dwell a lot on the screw-ups. But in Jeb's case, we hear more about what it means to deal with regret while moving on.
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    9 mins