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 of women living life to the fullest in honor of their sisters, who can’t. -
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This week on the podcast: two stories of doctors who refuse to confine their work to the hospital. -
This week on the podcast: two stories from people who came to the United States as teenagers. -
In the final episode of a three-part series, we hear two stories about the fight to make your own reproductive decisions. -
In the second episode of a three-part series, we hear two stories that get at the difficult decision-making that often has to happen in situations where a woman needs an abortion. -
In the first episode of a three-part series, we begin with two very different stories that reveal the financial challenge of paying for abortion care. -
This week on the podcast, two tales of epic journeys in search of work, education and safety. -
This week on the podcast, tales from two women who face incredible obstacles and persevere.
