Laura Wexler
HostLaura Wexler is the co-founder and co-producer of The Stoop Storytelling Series, a popular cultural event and podcast in which “ordinary” people share extraordinary true tales about their lives. An expert in personal storytelling, Laura has presented workshops and trainings for organizations, businesses, and individuals since 2006, and has coached more than 3,000 people to tell the true tales of their lives. In addition to her work with The Stoop, Laura is the author of the narrative nonfiction book, Fire in a Canebrake: The Last Mass Lynching in America (Scribner, 2003), as well as nonfiction published in The Washington Post Magazine, The New York Times, and elsewhere. She has developed TV for Amazon Studios and co-created a Virtual Reality film that premiered at Sundance Film Festival 2018. She is a researcher and writer on Apple TV’s “The Morning Show” and is developing several independent projects.
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This week on the podcast, two stories about a present that causes panic. -
In honor of the best meal of the year in America, two stories about attempting to make Thanksgiving dinner. -
This week on the podcast, two stories about what it was to be a young child in America in the early 1960s. -
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This week on the podcast, two stories about women redefining themselves. -
This week on the podcast, an epic tale about how getting your big break can break you. -
This week on the podcast, two stories about well-intended rookies in the classroom. -
Our theme this month is "Work, Life, No Balance." Five storytellers share tales about the working world. We hear from a first-time teacher, Captain Quackers, and the king of the castle. Everyone has a story. What’s yours? -
This week on a special edition of the Stoop Storytelling Series, six stories set in the steamy heat of summers past. -
This week on the podcast, two stories about being pegged as the wrong guy.
