The Truth
The Truth delivers original short fiction with cinematic sound design and unforgettable performances. When you press play on a new episode, there’s no telling what you’re going to get, because each episode is a brand new story with a new cast of characters, and a whole new world to explore. Some are suspenseful, others funny, or shocking, or uplifting. What you’re guaranteed is incredible performances, thoughtful writing, and detailed, immersive sound design that pulls you in and never lets go. If you're new, some good starting places are: The Dark End of the Mall, Silvia's Blood, Can You Help Me Find My Mom, The Hilly Earth Society, or Robocalls. Listening with headphones is recommended!
Episodes
June 26, 2025 • 36 mins
On this episode, we're presenting two of our favorite stories:
Silvia's Blood was originally released in 2014, and is based on a short story by Philip K. Dick titled, "Upon the Dull Earth."
Moon Graffiti was the first episode of our show, which began in 2012. It was inspired by a speech written for Richard Nixon by William Safire titled, "In Event of Moon Disaster."
We’re in the middle of a fundraising campaign to bring the sho...
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June 20, 2025 • 6 mins
OUR DEADLINE FOR VINYL PRE-ORDERS HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO JUNE 30.
In this episode we'll hear from Neil Verma, an Associate Professor at Northwestern University, where he teaches classes in sound and audio drama. In addition to being a fan of The Truth, he's an expert on the history of audio fiction, and on this episode he talks about what he thinks makes The Truth special and worth bringing back.
We’re in the middle of a fundrais...
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June 16, 2025 • 6 mins
We’re in the middle of a fundraising campaign to bring the show back in October. We’ve been working hard on some new scripts we're hoping to make, and in this episode we'll hear from Hunter Nelson about the story he’s working on.
We have all new merch for sale, and for a limited time, we're taking pre-orders for a vinyl pressing of Silvia's Blood and Moon Graffiti. To see what we have to offer, go to:
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June 12, 2025 • 4 mins
We’re in the middle of a fundraising campaign to bring the show back in October. We’ve been working hard on some new scripts we're hoping to make, and in this episode we'll hear from Mary McDonnell about the story she’s working on.
We have all new merch for sale, and for a limited time, we're taking pre-orders for a vinyl pressing of Silvia's Blood and Moon Graffiti. To see what we have to offer, go to:
https://certifiedcrucial.co...
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June 9, 2025 • 8 mins
We’re having a fundraising campaign to bring the show back in October. We’ve been working hard on some new scripts we're hoping to make, and in this episode we'll hear from Davy Gardner about the story he’s working on.
We have all new merch for sale, and for a limited time, we're taking pre-orders for a vinyl pressing of Silvia's Blood and Moon Graffiti. To see what we have to offer, go to:
https://certifiedcrucial.com/truthshop
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June 5, 2025 • 8 mins
We’re having a fundraising campaign to bring the show back in October. We’ve been working hard on some new scripts we're hoping to make, and in this episode we'll hear from Louis Kornfeld about the story he’s working on.
We have all new merch for sale, and for a limited time, we're taking pre-orders for a vinyl pressing of Silvia's Blood and Moon Graffiti. To see what we have to offer, go to:
https://certifiedcrucial.com/truthshop...
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June 2, 2025 • 4 mins
Pre-order your copy of Silvia's Blood and Moon Graffiti on vinyl!
https://certifiedcrucial.com/truthshop
We want to bring The Truth back to your podcast feed, but in order to do that we need your help. For a limited time, we are pressing two of our most popular stories to vinyl, and we’re taking pre-orders through June 22. The album cost is $40, and all of the profits will go to making a new season of The Truth.
And if you don't h...
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July 12, 2023 • 36 mins
The grandson of a world-renowned art gallery owner falls in love with a performance artist. But when her performance piece becomes a crime scene, he has to team up with an art critic to investigate. Part 3 of 3.
Written by Davy Gardner.
Performed by Federico Rodriguez, Liz Leimkuhler, Ann Carr, Dmitry Shein, Amy Warren, Margaret Burrus, Woody Fu, and Hunter Nelson.
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June 28, 2023 • 30 mins
The grandson of a world-renowned art gallery owner falls in love with a performance artist. But when her performance piece becomes a crime scene, he has to team up with an art critic to investigate. Part 2 of 3.
Written by Davy Gardner.
Performed by Federico Rodriguez, Liz Leimkuhler, Ann Carr, Amy Warren, Margaret Burrus, Dmitry Shein, Marisa Brau, Brian Morabito, Davy Gardner, Woody Fu, Zuri Washington, Mary McDonnell, and Lo...
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June 14, 2023 • 32 mins
The grandson of a world-renowned art gallery owner falls in love with a performance artist. But when her performance piece becomes a crime scene, he has to team up with an art critic to investigate.
Written by Davy Gardner.
Performed by Federico Rodriguez, Liz Leimkuhler, Ann Carr, Amy Warren, Margaret Burrus, Dmitry Shein, Marisa Brau, Brian Morabito, Davy Gardner, Hunter Nelson, and Woody Fu.
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May 31, 2023 • 28 mins
When Jen gets an instruction manual specifically written for her boyfriend, she uses it to help both him … and herself.
Written by Mary McDonnell.
Performed by James Dwyer, Erin Bartley, John Trowbridge, Makena Miller, Cherie McMaster, and Sadie Mitchell.
Find The Truth at thetruthpodcast.com and @thetruthfiction on Twitter and Instagram.
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May 17, 2023 • 31 mins
A mechanic with a gambling problem has a chance to get out of debt by restoring his bookie’s vintage car. But first he has to deal with Ro.
Written by Louis Kornfeld
Performed by Jamie Rivera, Phoebe Tyers, Michael Cullen, Louis Kornfeld, and Hunter Nelson.
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May 3, 2023 • 36 mins
Welcome to the 18th Annual Heat Meet, where hot sauce enthusiasts from all over the world gather to talk shop, sample new sauces, and—maybe, just maybe—see the face of God.
Written by Hunter Nelson
Performed by James Coker, Brandon Zelman, James Urbaniak, Dan Chamberlain, Marina Gasparyan, Geoff Ross, Abby Royle, Tallie Medel, Lida Darmian, Sharon Spell, Bill Rohlfing, Hunter Nelson, Mary McDonnell, Davy Gardner, and Louis Korn...
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April 5, 2023 • 16 mins
We’re taking a break right now, and we’ll be back in May with all new stories. But in the meantime, we’re featuring stories from the past that you may not have heard.
For this episode, we’re re-releasing a story from 2013 called The Talk by Louis Kornfeld. A father comes to the rescue when three teenagers take things a little too far.
Performed by Christian Paluck, Dmitry Shein, Willy Appelman, and Elana Fishbein.
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March 1, 2023 • 15 mins
We’re taking a break right now, and we’ll be back in May with all new stories. But in the meantime, we’re featuring stories from the past that you may not have heard.
For this episode, we’re re-releasing a story from 2013 called Keep Running, based an interview with listener Brian Foy. Brian donated money to our show (thank you so much Brian!), and in return, we took details from his life, and changed them to make a fictional sto...
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February 1, 2023 • 18 mins
For this episode, we’re re-releasing a story from 2013 called Tough Crowd, about a stand-up comic competing with a speed-date event—based on a true story!
Performed by Alejandro Kolleeny, Annemarie Cullen, Devin O'Neill, Megan Gray, Noel Dineen, Maddy Mako, Matt Shafeek, Shacottha Fields, Louis Kornfeld, and Elana Fishbein.
Written by Louis Kornfeld, inspired by storyteller Adam Wade.
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January 4, 2023 • 11 mins
We’re taking a break right now, and we’ll be back in May with all new stories. But in the meantime, we’re featuring stories from the past that you may not have heard.
For this episode, we’re re-releasing a story that we made back in 2013 called The Mutiny, about the power dynamics between two children and their mother, and what happens when the tables get turned.
Performed by Melanie Hoopes. Asher Herbstman, and Bea Herbstman. ...
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December 19, 2022 • 23 mins
A disenchanted mall Santa gets a surprise gift from SantaCon.
This story was originally released in 2017. It was written by Louis Kornfeld, and performed by Tom Ligon, Chris Dwane, Anna Neu, Bianca Casusol, Jimmy O’Connell, Kevin Cobbs, Louis Kornfeld, Kerry Kastin, and Becca Schall.
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October 26, 2022 • 36 mins
Long-running late-night talk show “Still On” just got a new host. He’s young, innovative… and cursed.
Written by Hunter Nelson
Performed by Molly Thomas, Ed Herbstman, Jamie Newell, Louis Kornfeld, Kelsey Bailey, Hunter Nelson, Brandon Zelman, Michael Cullen, Bill Rohlfing, Thomas Whittington, and Mary McDonnell.
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October 12, 2022 • 31 mins
You know the story: back in high school, a jock and a nerd switched bodies. Except now it's ten years later... and they still haven't switched back.
Written by Matthew Brian Cohen
Performed by Seth Lind, Jeremy Bent, Betsy Kenney, Randy McKay, Drew Reilly, Joel Bernstein, Zuri Washington, Amy Warren, Matthew Brian Cohen, and Bill Rohlfing.
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