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Pitch us your holidays stories!

Stories that take place around or evoke themes and feelings of Thanksgiving, Diwali, Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, the Solstice, New Years Eve/Day, or even the commercial madness of Black Friday: pitch them to us, the sooner the better!

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Holiday Anecdotes

Got a short anecdote (3–4 minutes) to share? You can simply record it and send it to us. Everything you need to know about that is right here: Submit Anecdotes.

Here are two great examples:

“Elf on the Motherf’n Shelf” by Vin Brue

“Taking It To the Man” by Steve Spatucci

Holiday Stories

Got a full-length story (10+ minutes) to tell? They might be told live or recorded remotely with us, one-one. Just write up and send us a pitch! All the details for that can be found right here: Pitch Stories

Here’s a couple recent examples:

“For the Love of Nubbins” by Elna Baker

“The Present” by Sarah Long Hendershot

The Best of New Year’s Stories

Ben Garant, Jessie Rosen and Ophira Eisenberg share stories about New Years....

01/04/2024

Holiday Blues #1

All new and lovely stories set during the winter holidays with a bittersweet twist....

01/02/2024

The Best of Holiday Stories #2

Our second look back at some of our favorite Yuletide tales from the podcast....

12/21/2023

Holiday Stories #16

Ron Hart, James Gordon, Carolyn Erickson and Peter Mercury share seasonal tales in our annual winter holidays special fo...

12/19/2023

Holiday Stories #15

Christian Finnegan, Ryan Sirois Heller, Dixie De La Tour, Ryan Estrada and Jen Curcio share seasonal tales in our annual...

12/20/2022

The Best of Holiday Stories #2

Our second look back at some of our favorite Yuletide tales from the podcast....

12/25/2021

Holiday Stories #14

Marc L Abbott, Ashley Ward, Kevin Allison, Joy Gabriel and Sean David Christensen share seasonal tales in our annual win...

12/20/2021

Holiday Stories #13

Vin Brue, Amy Brooks, Kevin Allison, Rob Penty and Jude Treder-Wolff share seasonal tales in our annual winter holidays ...

12/22/2020

The Best of Holiday Stories #1

A look back at some of our favorite Yuletide tales from the podcast, as well as a few mini-stories from RISK! fans....

12/30/2019

Holiday Stories #12

Carolyn Castiglia, Ryan Estrada, David Crabb, Ben Garant and Rory Scholl share seasonal tales in our annual winter holi...

12/24/2019

Holiday Stories #11

Jiji Lee, Brendan Jay Sullivan, Matthew Dicks and DC Benny share seasonal tales about a Korean Christmas, a winter Trans...

12/24/2018

Holiday Stories #10

Cyndi Freeman, Kevin Bohl, Jamie Brickhouse, and Sarah Long Hendershot share seasonal tales about Jewish Christmas elves...

12/22/2017

Holiday Stories #9

Danny Lobell, David Hu, Tracey Segarra, and Megan Hayes share seasonal tales in our annual winter holidays special for 2...

12/26/2016

Holiday Stories #8

Joel Kim Booster, Joe Mulligan, Monte Lamonte and Susan Kent share Christmas memories in our 2015 Holidays special....

12/21/2015

Holiday Stories #7

Aubrey O’Day, Conner Habib, Matt Donnelly and Jenna Matthys share stories that are kinda sorta about the Holidays....

12/29/2014

Holiday Stories #6

Hank Chen, Nicole Byer, Danny Lobell, Sandi Marx and Sam Feirstein share stories happy and horrific on The Holidays....

12/22/2014

Holiday Stories #5

Satya Bhabha, James Adomian, Leslie Goshko and Will Luera share more holiday stories....

01/06/2014

Holiday Stories #4

Christmas stories from Kevin Allison, Alex Edelman, Jude Treder-Wolff and Danielle Kramer....

12/23/2013

Holiday Stories #3

Mara Wilson, Margot Leitman, Jefferson, Julie Threlkeld, Matteson Perry, and Jean Shepherd share more true tales of the ...

12/31/2012

Holiday Stories #2

Elna Baker, Michele Carlo, Scott Whitehair, Christine and Steve Spatucci share true tales of the Yuletide....

12/21/2012

Holiday Stories #1

A Christmas show! Elna Baker, Matteson Perry, Tracy Rowland and Brad Lawrence share wondrous tales of Christmas past....

12/22/2011