Story Forward

This week we hop into the wayback machine and return to our epic BarFight donnybrook recorded LIVE at 10th Street Station during Storyfort '22! Larry moderates a raucous and wise panel of sports fanatics, literary luminaries, musician/bartenders, and a roomful of loving hecklers. Joining Larry onstage are:1) National Novel Writing Month Executive Director, Reality Show Producer/Creator/Host, Grant Faulkner; 2) Legendary Idaho ...

In this season's penultimate episode Rosen and Winn peruse the narrative Wildcard notions of the slip sandal, Michael Jordan's generosity, Adam Morrison weeping at center court, why Gonzaga gets to be the "chosen one" when it comes to basketball mid-majors, and more sporty esoterica. 

THEN we bring you TWO remarkable "Wildcard" stories that didn't neatly fit into our previous episode themes! Friends of the podcast (and real-li...

This week Larry and Christian sit down to cull three remarkable stories all about Adult Sports Leagues (softball featured prominently!) from Mr. Grant Olsen, Sam Berman, and Ben Tanzer. Among SO many other things we talk about the lingering triumph of stealing bases and missing signs, batting 1.000 and coaches who suck. We explicate getting beaned in the face (twice!) by very hard, very fast-moving spheres. And...we spin ...

This week co-hosts Larry Rosen and Christian Winn leave the storytelling guests at home and get into the nuances and narratives of just what sports mean to them. As players and participants, fans and followers, Winn and Rosen certainly live, and have lived, lives where sports play a significant role. They dive into old school Kingdome Mariners days, the magic of the NY Mets, the untimely death of Thurman Munson, bonding with their ...

This week we once again eschew the ball sports and this time head to the skateparks and mean streets to find our stories from the world of skateboarding. First up, Story Forward's own Larry Rosen brings us a medley of wicked formative stories from his time as a serious (more serious than we ever knew!) skateboard kid in the early days of the SoCal scene. The Concrete Wave skatepark, fitting in, and Stacy Peralta play prominent...

This week we set aside the spherical objects of sport and get into three remarkable stories from the world of Non-Ball Sports. We bring you chef/food-artist/big mountain skier/roller skating queen/worldclass yarn spinner, Chelsie Richter talking up a marathon trail-run experience she will never, ever forget! Then NYT bestselling author and journalist, Kim Cross, brings us a touching, thoughtful, mother/son riding thousands of wheel...

This week Larry and Christian get into some personal banter and nuances of a game they both love, and love to hate - ah, GOLF. They also sit down with PGA Tour staff writer, logtime golf journalist, novelist, and epic yarnspinner, Cameron Morfit, to talk about his famous and infamous golf-centric encounters with Bill Murray and Bill Clinton. Next up is the burgeoning poet, storyteller, and golfing talent Ryan Marsh who gets in...

This week Christian and Larry sit down with fiction writer and blue-collar oracle Ross Hargreaves, author and worldwide literary talent Grant Faulkner, and the remarkable ESPN producer/talent and author of the must-read sports tome, FANATICUS, Justine Gubar.

We dig into stories of meeting a dude at a bar who claimed he poisoned Michael Jordan in Park City, UT, the night before his legendary "Flu Game" vs. The Jazz; a litany of gett...

This week, our man Larry Rosen flies solo with the Vice President/General Manager of the Boise Hawks, Boise's very awesome independent minor league baseball team who step to the plate in the Pioneer League these days. Recorded LIVE on the Podcast Stage at Treefort '22 Mike and Larry get into the minutia and fervor of day to day life in the minor leagues, how Van Hise got himself into this awesome job, and the joys and wonders ...

This week we bring you three heartfelt, offbeat, kickass stories from the world of alternative sports! Nicky Mustard brings us a no BS coming of age, father/son/family story revolving around chilli and donuts and Professional Wrestling. Rebecca Evans takes us deep into one woman's saga (Rebecca's own) into the go-go world of Professional Sport Aerobics. AND the one and only "Kentucky" Brian Taylor takes us back to his infamous (or ...

We kickoff the season with Little League stories of triumph and woe, adults behaving badly and the life-changing experiences of ballplayers. We get some high-level entertainment and insider baseball tales from novelist Johnny Evison, Little League stalwart David Barbe, and The Coach, Brian Snider. Hosts Larry Rosen and Christian Winn manage the game with verve and smacktalk along the way. Season 3.0 Begins!

HUGE thanks to Nicky Mu...

Story Forward is back for '23 with Season 3.0 - Game On!: Stories From the World of Sports. With hot new music from Nicky Mustard and Cigarette Speedway, Draw, and Gladys our new season will deliver 12 weekly episodes featuring 30+ original stories spun by sports aficionados, fanatics, skeptics, and lifelong participants. Stories of: Minor League Baseball, Sports Aerobics, Triathlons, Mountain Biking, Golf, Skateboarding, Adult Spo...

In our FINAL episode of Season 2.5 Larry and Christian head into a narrative maze of stories, anecdotes, ramble, remembrances, and a whole lot of love for the power and experience of live happenings, readings, rock shows, and how it's always, or nearly always, best to be there in person when the real s#%t goes down!

Enjoy the Travis Abels Storyscapes, too! He has crushed it for us at Storyfort '22, and brought the good words and vi...

It's August. It's hot. The days are both long and short as summer '22 plays out its final act. And...we were feeling a bit nostalgic this week as well as gearing up to head to various theme parks, National Parks, city parks, and dog parks ourselves. SO, we've rebooted one of our favorite episodes from '21's Stories of Summer season - The Theme Parks of Summer. Thusly, we ask you to grab a cold drink, take in the smell of droop...

This week we bring you host, editor, featured writer, Anika Bennett, delivering our intro/outro, guiding you all through this episode, and editing the entirety of these wonderful minutes of audio while C Winn and and L Rosen battle the temps and torpor and travel of late summer off-mic. 

These are incredible words recorded LIVE at Storyfort and Treefort '22! Here comes the poetry and prose of Lillian Jenner, Meredith Higg...

This week we bring you some Story Forward, Treefort, and Story Forward narratives from our man Travis Abels. Live from Storyfort '22! Winn and Rosen dig into some banter and storytelling of their own, then we hand the episode over to the dynamic, nattily dressed, and incredibly generous Travis Ables. Straight out of Portland and bringing us the Story Forward goods! Enjoy!

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This week we bring you the very awesome poetry of Tessy Ward recorded live at Poetry and Mimosas Sunday during Storyfort '22. 

As well, we head over to The Mode Lounge at 8th and Idaho and get some go go stories from the world of the bartenders. It's Cocktail Stories featuring a tale of cocaine and living the mile-high life in Steamboat Colorado back in the '80's and '90's. As well, Krysti Kicks delivers stories of bartending ...

This week we bring you some Winn/Rosen banter to get things rolling, then hop right back down into the storied confines of the 10th Street Station where Storyfort and Story Forward team member, Radio Boise extraordinaire, and the nicest Manimal you'll ever meet, Jared "Manimal" Bostrom brings us a wonderful story of some of his first glimpses behind a rock n' roll life.

As well, we bring you the very badass duo of Body Image C...

This week we feature our close Story Forward friends, Radio Boise's Music Director Nichole Marie Albertson-Winkle and DJ (Christian) Winkle telling stories of finding solace, community, and a meaningful home in playing and connecting through music, on-air and in their spirits.

As well, we feature the very talented and hauntingly awesome music and storytelling duo of Anthony Jones and Joel Woolf. Their darkly beautiful podcast Jones...