“Falling in love is wonderful,” says host Christopher Wynn. “And awful.”
Sarah Hepola recounts an unlikely romance that is set into motion in New Orleans’ French Quarter at gunpoint. She is the author of the New York Timesbestseller Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget, and she created and hosted the Texas Monthly podcast "America's Girls" about the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders.
Davy Rothbart faces off with an intruder in the middle of the night. Relationships are complicated. Davy is the editor/publisher of Found magazine, a contributor to This American Life and an Emmy award-winning filmmaker. Check out Davy’s documentary 17 Blocks.
Robb Armstrong finds his life — and marriage — begin to unravel the day a strange visitor shows up on the lawn. Robb is the creator of the syndicated cartoon “JumpStart” and he is a mentor for The Armstrong Project from Peanuts Worldwide, which helps develop Black artists. “Peanuts” creator Charles Schulznamed the Black “Peanuts” character “Franklin Armstrong” after Robb.
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Strange was created by Christopher Wynn and Jason Reimer
The show is edited and co-produced by Jeff Whittington
Jason Reimer writes our music. Additional music courtesy of Talented Friends. Heard in this episode:
Christopher Wynn – “Require”
Mauritzio Merli – “Cities on Fire”
Majestic Fitzel – “Majestic Theme”
Zemog Otrebor – “Light Blonde”
Additional audio by Spoke Media
Artwork and logos by Rob Wilson
Special thanks to Edward Medeles
Strange is independent. Support the show and get a T-shirt, coffee mug or ballcap at patreon.com/strangepod.
Got a strange story? Email christopher@strangepod.com. He responds to all messages. He also loves voice memos.
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