Life Advice Radio
by Life Advice Radio
Stories about birds that keep you up at night, dogs with unique smells, proto-hipsters seeking validation, and songwriters that that aren’t very good with words. Some of them true. Some of them almost true.Life Advice Radio appears monthly on Trop.
Episodes
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Stumped
She's been asking around. Time, I reckon, for her to get in touch with Tom and Peter.
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Drive
Parts of this story take place in a Jeep Liberty. If you listen closely to those parts, you’ll hear quite a few off-mic giggles. The giggles, like the Liberty, belong to Katie Browne. Katie doesn’t want to sound pompous, but she considers herself an expert in driving. “You can’t be sheepish when...
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The Status
I asked Naomi what her grandmother has taught her over the years. “Everything in life,” she said. “But I didn’t learn the one thing that she really wanted to teach me, the one thing she’s tried to teach me every day, every time I’ve seen her, which is that love doesn’t pay the rent.” This story...
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Jake de Grazia was a 2012 SoundCloud Fellow
I mention in this clip that I'm not a a professional radio producer. If you listen through the music, you'll hear some evidence of that. The music is a track called a Muhammad Ali by a musician called ProleteR. I found it in the jazz section on Free Music Archive. I needed something to cover up…
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Don't Be a Stranger
I'm a big fan of KCRW's Strangers podcast, and I think it would be a tragedy if the project didn't continue, so I played the Strangers Kickstarter video for Tom and Peter, and I gathered a little fundraising advice. Huge thanks to Katie McMurran and Lauren Whaley for essential production help!
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Outtake: Adam on Jaws
This scene didn't make it into The Renaissance Man. Luckily, however, our friends at Pop Up Archive are running a mashup contest, so YOU can use the scene in your stories. Here's a link to the rest of the featured clips. And here's another link to the a mashup contest rules.
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Mirror, Mirror
“I do like getting her high every once in a while,” said Myke. “I haven’t, though, not lately. You know how some people just shouldn’t get high when they’re having problems? I guess she’s one of them.” This story originally appeared on Trop. Huge thanks to Dan Carino, for illustrating, and Myke...
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Call for Problems!
Got a problem?! I want to hear about it. Upload it here. Or leave me a message at 323-963-7753. Or email me at [email protected].
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The Renaissance Man
Adam looked at my microphone and asked if I’d ever been to the place where his brother volunteers. I told him I’d never heard of it. “You should really go there,” he said. “It’s a good place for interviewing. It’s a place for senior citizens that are like 80, 85, 95. Some of them can’t really…
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The Chinook
Peter paused and put his shirt on. “What did I learn in the mountains this summer? Things that could help Stephan? Um, simple things, I guess. Like always keep track of your lighter. It’s a good idea to keep it close to things that you’ll need to set on fire. Um, that tomatoes and grapes are some...
About this show
Stories about birds that keep you up at night, dogs with unique smells, proto-hipsters seeking validation, and songwriters that that aren’t very good with words. Some of them true. Some of them almost true.Life Advice Radio appears monthly on Trop.
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