Likely Stories

Likely Stories

So many books, so little time! Although long-time host Jim McKeown has retired, his legacy continues as Likely Stories finds itself turning the page for a new chapter. Exploring an eclectic collection of books, each week Likely Stories see's a different host bring something new to the table to share their insight and earnest review. Likely Stories is a production of KWBU in Waco, Texas. Likely Stories airs Thursdays during Morning Edition and All Things Considered and Saturday and Sunday during Weekend Edition on 103.3 Waco Public Radio - KWBU.

Episodes

Likely Stories - We Keep the Dead Close by Becky Cooper

August 7, 2025 • 3 mins
In her first Likely Stories review, Kelly Craine explores We Keep the Dead Close by Becky Cooper—a gripping investigation into a decades-old Harvard murder. More than a true crime story, it’s a powerful meditation on memory, misogyny, and the life of Jane Britton. A compelling debut from a new voice on Likely Stories.
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Likely Stories - The Gulf: The Making of an American Sea by Jack Davis

July 24, 2025 • 3 mins
This is the Reverend Dr. Andrew Armond, associate rector of Saint Albans Episcopal Church here in Waco. Welcome to this week's edition of Likely Stories.
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Likely Stories - When the Moon Hits Your Eye by John Scalzi

July 17, 2025 • 3 mins
If you have ever wondered what it would be like if Star Trek The Next Generation and Monty Python had a baby, I expect that reading a John Scalzi novel is as close as you can get to experiencing it. I’m Gia Chevis with this week’s installment of Likely Stories.
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Likely Stories - I See You've Called In Dead by John Kenney

July 10, 2025 • 3 mins
Hello. My name is Douglas Henry, Dean of the Honors College at Baylor University, with this week’s edition of Likely Stories.
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Likely Stories - The Saturday Night Ghost Club by Craig Davidson

July 3, 2025 • 3 mins
The summer you turn 12 is the most magical and glorious of them all. Times stretches out before you, freedom is riding your bike all over the neighborhood, and every day is wonderful, especially if you spend it with your eccentric uncle going to all the best haunted spots in town.Welcome to Likely Stories, I’m Diane Kemper.
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Likely Stories - Winters in the World: A Journey Through the Anglo-Saxon Year by Eleanor Parker

June 26, 2025 • 3 mins
This is the Reverend Dr. Andrew Armond, associate rector of Saint Albans Episcopal Church here in Waco. Welcome to this week's edition of Likely Stories.
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Likely Stories - My Favorite Thing is Monsters by Emil Ferris

June 19, 2025 • 3 mins
Part murder mystery, part coming-of-age tale, My Favorite Thing is Monsters blends pulp horror, art history, and raw emotion into a stunning graphic novel experience. Told through a young girl's illustrated diary, Emil Ferris's masterpiece is unforgettable in both story and style.
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Likely Stories - Roman Stories by Jhumpa Lahiri

June 12, 2025 • 3 mins
Hello, I'm Rebecca Flavin, director of engaged learning curriculum and senior lecturer of political science at Baylor University. My friends will all attest. Two of my favorite things are reading and traveling. And when I can combine the two by reading books about places I travel, I am in heaven.
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Likely Stories - The Blues Brothers: An Epic Friendship, The Rise of Improv and The Making of an American Film Classic by Daniel De Vise

June 5, 2025 • 3 mins
Kevin Tankersley is in the host seat for this weeks Likely Stories. Behind the music, the comedy, and the car chases, The Blues Brothers was a passion project fueled by friendship. The Blues Brothers: An Epic Friendship explores the rise of Belushi and Aykroyd, the film’s impact, and the legends it helped reignite.
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Likely Stories - A Daughter of Fair Verona by Christina Dodd

May 22, 2025 • 3 mins
As an English teacher. Shakespeare has been in my lesson plans for years. I could teach the bard with my eyes closed. But what if we could reimagine one of the most classic plays in a new light, and take the famous couplet 'for never was there a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo', and flip it on its end. For never was a story of more whimsy than this. Of the Montagues and their daughter Rosie.
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Likely Stories - Hope by Pope Francis

May 15, 2025 • 3 mins
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Likely Stories - The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows by John Koenig

May 8, 2025 • 3 mins
Have you ever found yourself inexplicably moved by something incredibly simple and innocuous? A blinking street light in the dead of night. A solitary shopping cart in an empty parking lot. If so, then you might like to know, that sudden shift of emotion is known as a heartspur.
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Likely Stories - Bitter Soil by Mahasweta Devi

May 7, 2025 • 3 mins
This is Guilherme Feitosa DeAlmeida, senior lecturer of Musical Theatre at Baylor University. I'm here with this week's edition of Likely Stories. Award winning author Mahasweta Devi is an environmental crusader. Bitter Soil is her narrative manifesto.
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Likely Stories - You're Not Listening: What You're Missing and Why It Matters by Kate Murphy

April 24, 2025 • 3 mins
In my goal to read more nonfiction books, I picked up You’re Not Listening – what you’re missing and why it matters by Kate Murphy. I admit I can’t remember who recommended this book, I probably wasn’t listening… but reading it is a great opportunity to learn how to become a better listener and who doesn’t want that.I’m Lucy Petter. Welcome to today’s Likely Stories.
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Likely Stories - I Who Have Never Known Men by Jaqueline Harpman

April 17, 2025 • 3 mins
My name is Heather White, I teach Art History classes at Baylor and manage my household, I have two toddlers and a ten year old. Today I am reviewing, “I Who Have Never Known Men,” by Jaqueline Harpman. If you’ve never heard of it, don’t worry, it’s an older, obscure book with a somewhat wordy title.
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Likely Stories - Midnight Cowboy by James Kendrick

April 10, 2025 • 3 mins
If you haven’t seen the movie Midnight Cowboy, don’t read Baylor professor James Kendrick’s new book Midnight Cowboy. It is full of spoilers…full.
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Likely Stories - The Favorites by Layne Fargo

April 3, 2025 • 3 mins
You know, investing my soul into a story about fictional competitive ice dancers was not what I had on my 2025 BINGO card, yet there I was, poring over the pages of this book and pouring out my emotions over this debut that is an homage to Wuthering Heights and reads like part fictional account and part Netflix Olympic documentary. Dig in your toepicks to 'The Favorites' by Layne Fargo and get ready for one heck of a spin.
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Likely Stories - Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid

March 27, 2025 • 3 mins
Hey there. Lauren here. I’m KWBU’s public relations intern as well as a Baylor student and a bookseller at Fabled. Today I’m going to be talking all about the book, Carrie Sotozis Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid. Let me tell you, I love me some Taylor Jenkins Reid. I would probably say she’s my favorite author. She writes such fascinating stories with the most interesting characters. One of these interesting characters being Carrie Sot...
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Likely Stories - Iona Iverson’s Rules for Commuting by Clare Pooley

March 20, 2025 • 3 mins
Have you ever been in a daily commute, or in a class, and sat next to the same people day in and day out, and not known one thing about them? Not their names, not their jobs, and certainly not their lives. You give them nicknames in your head attributed to what they wear and what they drink, but you have no idea who they are. Of course, you never speak. The first rule is “don’t talk to strangers.” What would it take to get to know ...
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Likely Stories - Bringing Ben Home: A Murder, A Conviction, and the Fight to Redeem American Justice by Barbara Bradley Hagerty

March 13, 2025 • 3 mins
I’m Joe Riley with KWBU, and this is Likely Stories.Every couple of weeks, I visit the Waco McLennan County Library and browse the New Book shelves. That’s where I saw Bringing Ben Home: A Murder, A Conviction, and the Fight to Redeem American Justice. Actually, it was the author’s name that first caught my eye – Barbara Bradley Hagerty is currently a contributing writer at The Atlantic. Before that, she spent 19 years reporting on...
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