Skip to content
Stories from Real Life cover art

All episodes

Stories from Real Life, 226 episodes. Page 1 of 3.

#
Title
1

Ep 227 -- Robbi Hall Kumalo: Finding Your Voice When Life Changes

2

Ep. 226 -- Graig Kreindler: Painting the Past Back to Life

3

Ep. 225 -- Reid Ryan: Growing Up in a Famous Shadow

4

Ep. 224 - Pesa & Whitney Shayo: The Marriage Behind the Marriage Advice

5

Ep. 223 - Lisa Heisner: When Your Politics No Longer Fit Your Faith

6

Ep. 222 - Rich Dunning: ‘Silence Was My First Language’

E
7

Ep. 221 - Sass Schaeffer: Who Are You Now?

8

Ep. 220 - Patrick W. Naughton, Jr.: Saving Baker Battery

9

Ep. 219 - Andre Robertson: Before the Pinstripes: How Andre Robertson Changed Texas Baseball

10

Ep. 218 - Margaret Eastman Smith: Faith, Family and Freedom

11

Ep. 217 - Dr. Michael Brandt: The Future of Facial Plastic Surgery

12

Ep. 216 - Clint Hurdle: Take The Long Way Home

13

Ep. 215 - Diane Les Becquets: Between Heaven and the Rest of My Life

14

Ep. 214 - Connie Kwan: Building Better Habits Through Better Stories

15

Ep. 213 - Neil Taylor: Me and My Old Man...and My Son

16

Ep. 212 - Scot Loyd: Nolan Xavier Wells Reminds Me of Roy

17

Ep. 211 - Jeff Gomez: Why Fans May Save Hollywood

18

Ep. 210 - Gretchen Hertler: The Kindness That Endures

19

Ep. 209 - Kyle Sweetser: Semi-Sweet Home Alabama

20

Ep. 208 - Colin Owensby: Beyond the Finish Line

21

Ep. 207 - Amy Hawk: What Would Judas Do? (Encore)

22

Ep. 206 - Owen Ó Súilleabháin: Ancient Songs for Modern Lives (Encore Episode)

23

Ep. 205 - Nancy Deyo: Mountain High, Valley Low

24

Ep. 204 - Dr. Craig Yorke: I Was Raised to be Perfect

25

Ep. 203 - Johnzelle Anderson: Rewriting Your Life’s Mixtape

26

Ep. 202: Aaron Ryan: The Story of My Life

27

Ep. 201 - Jason Prokowiew: Fighting a Two-Front War in My Own Home

28

Ep. 200 - Melvin E. Edwards: Announcing the Release of 'Nuremberg, Mississippi'

29

Ep. 199 - Nancy Jasin Ensley: The Tire Swing

30

Ep. 198 - Dr. Stuart Jones: For the Love of Stephen

31

Ep. 197 - Eric Robinson: How a Pastor Became an FBI Agent

32

Ep. 196 - Matt O'Neill: Why Your Mood is Your Greatest Asset

33

Ep. 195 - Antonio Michael Downing: Becoming Yourself in a World That Misunderstands You

34

Ep. 194 - Lisa Parda: When Your Plans Change

35

Ep. 193 - Al Isaacs: Searching for My Mother after 53 Years

36

Ep. 192 - Mark Firehammer: The Lost Art of Being Human

37

Ep: 191 - Craig Randall: Stop Scoring Teachers. Start Growing Them.

38

Ep. 190 - Miles Spencer: What Happens When Curiosity Becomes a Career

39

Ep. 189 - Alison Gieschen: Sail On

40

Ep. 188 - Lisa Rites: Death, Divorce, and the Grief Between Them

41

Ep. 187 - Kerry Damiano: Around the World in One Lifetime

42

Ep. 186 - Dr. Ben Long: The Quiet Cost of Exhaustion

43

Ep. 185 - Kristan Swan: Learning to Listen to Your Own Life

44

Ep. 184 - Dr. Nelva Lee: From the Classroom to the Campaign

45

Ep. 183 - Helton Pereira: Fire, Faith, Family, and the Fight for Purpose

46

Ep. 182 - Mark Burnett: The Healing That No Doctor Prescribed

47

Ep. 181 - Matthew Pridgen: Confronting America’s Hardest Truths

48

Ep. 180 - Scott Miller: Love, Loss, and a Sci-Fi Legacy

49

Ep. 179 - Danny Johnson: Clean Comedy, Real Stories, and the Road

50

Ep. 178 - Russell Van Brocklen: The Truth About Dyslexia That Schools Don’t Teach

51

Ep. 177 - Tom Russo: In a Blink of an Eye

52

Ep. 176 - Amy Hawk: What Would Judas Do?

53

Ep. 175 - Karen Bates: More Than a Bus Driver

54

Ep. 174 - Scott Martin: How a Coach Lost His Identity -- and Found His Mission

55

Ep. 173 - Matt Roberson & Gene Bowles: Beyond The Dugout

56

Ep. 172 - Tami Gaines: The Story That Changed Everything

57

Ep. 171 - Joe Carlucci: The Heart of Hospitality

58

Ep. 170 - Jim Brown: How A Firefighter’s Guitar Group Helps Men Facing Cancer

59

Ep. 169 - Dr. Tomás Estrada: Engineering a Meaningful Life

60

Ep. 168 - Susan Snow: The Other Side of the Gun

61

Ep. 167 - Rand Timmerman: Redemption on the Appalachian Trail

62

Ep. 166 - Patton Dodd: 'Becoming the Father I Needed'

63

Ep. 165 - Justin Woods: Five Crowns and One Calling

64

Ep. 164 - How False Stories Keep Us Comfortable — and Trapped

65

Ep. 163 - Unbroken: One Woman’s Fight to Reclaim Her Life

66

Ep. 162 - She Started Her First Business at 16, Then She Hit Her Stride

67

Ep. 161 - From Studio Bassist to Music Legend

68

Ep. 160 - Was Donald Trump an Inevitability?

69

Ep. 159 - Thriving as a Highly Sensitive Person

70

Ep. 158 - How Dads Can Build Legacy and Live with Purpose

71

Ep. 157 - Empowering Students Through Proactive Support

72

Ep. 156 - Navigating the Sounds of Silence

73

Ep. 155 - Unlocking Your Side Hustle Potential

74

Ep. 154 - How One Device Can Make Camps Safer Everywhere

75

Ep. 153 - Faith, Intuition, and the Mystical Side of Grief

76

Ep. 152 - Lt. Colonel to Crime Writer

77

Ep. 151 - From Muscle Shoals to Margaritaville

78

Ep. 150 - How a Family Tree Sparked a Historical Novel

79

Ep. 149 - The Musician Who Became a Hypnotist

80

Ep. 148 - Living Room Startup to '20 Under 40'

81

Ep. 147 - From Classroom to Casting Call: Secrets of a Talent Insider

82

Ep. 146 - The Ancient Code for a Modern Life

83

Ep. 145 - Couples Therapy in Seven Words

84

Ep. 144 - Building Dood Woof: The Power of Community

85

Ep. 143: The College Game Plan: Smart Strategies for Students and Families

86

Ep. 142 - Free Black Virginians in a Slave Society

87

Ep. 141 - The Art of Science & The Science of Peace

88

Ep. 140 - Misha Jones: Raw

89

Ep. 139 - Andrew-Ryan Walked Away from a Cult (Part 2/2)

90

Ep. 138 - He Walked Away from a Cult. Then He Told Me Everything. (Part 1/2)

91

Ep. 137 - Smoke, Salt, and Southern Grit: The Story of Bill-E’s

92

Ep. 136 - School's Out Forever

93

Ep. 135 - Adapting and Advancing: Dr. Oluwole Babatunde's Inspiring Journey

94

Ep. 134 - A New Voice for Alabama: Kyle Sweetser’s Vision for the Senate

95

Ep. 133 - Autographing History: Preserving Personal Stories Through Technology

96

Ep. 132 - Voices Carry: Lea Sakran’s Adventures in Storytelling

97

Ep. 131 - From Sailor to Healer: A Transformative Path

98

Ep. 130 - Keeping Promises in Freefall: Lyubim Kogan’s Journey from Olympian to Hero’s Wings

99

Ep. 129 - 'I Was There on J6:' Pam Hemphill Explains Why She Rejected Trump's Pardon

100

Ep. 128 - Where the Roots Speak: Joseph Bolton and the Living Stories of Old Grandmother’s Tree