#75: Redemptioner

Content Warning: One of this episode's stories contains brief descriptions of sexual violence in a workplace setting. The Cru explore the nature of sacrifice and redemption with five original stories in tonight's episode. Stories feature a girl on the end of a journey, hopefully; the false friendzone of the corporate world; a man who sacrifices everything for his dream; the nature of forgiveness; and someone who redeems another person. From Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Redemptioner. An immigrant who was obliged to pay back his passage money out of his earnings after landing in the new country, or who paid the master of the ship by his services. Stories begin around the 12:30 mark. Like this weeks episode and wish you could read as well as listen? Subscribe to our Substack for a summary of our opening discussion, a story from the episode, and a writing prompt!  Be sure to follow us on Instagram (if that's your sort of thing). Please do send us an email with your story if you write along, which we hope you will do. Episodes of Radio FreeWrite are protected by a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-ND 4.0) license. All Stories remain the property of their respective authors.