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Stories with keyword: college

The Lightswitch

After reading a short story in his college creative writing class about a man with OCD, Matt has a flash of insight and realizes that he himself showed all the signs of obsessive-compulsive behavior in his youth — counting rituals, … Continue reading →

Keywords cat, college, compulsions, control, counselor, counting, death, George, habits, high school, light switch, Live story, mental health, mental illness, New York, NYC, obsessions, OCD, People’s Improv, puberty, rituals, rumination, shower, summer camp, switchplate

A Farewell To Limbs Almost!!!

When Matteson was in college, he backpacked through Europe for six weeks with his friends Kyler and Carney, and ended up in Pamplona, Spain, with the goal of achieving his dream — running with the bulls, which he’d wanted to … Continue reading →

Keywords awesome, backpacking, bulls, ceremonious, chase, college, crowd, dangerous, death, dream., Ernest, Europe, fence, gore, Hemingway, injury, life goal, Pamplona, Radio story, ritual, running, San Fermin, Spain, streets, tradition, trample

The French Deflection

18 year-old Margot is a freshman theatre major, and is passionately in love with a French guy named Pierre who’s in her same department, and is just stereotypically romantic in a way she can’t resist…even when she sees signs that … Continue reading →

Keywords backstage, breakup, cheating, college, drama, French, freshman, kiss, making out, melodramatic, painter, passion, Pierre, punch, Radio story, rideshare, romantic, sex, station, theatre major, train, youth

Bulletproof

Andrew grows up Jewish in the south, with an identity as a rather nerdy, dateless hypochondriac; he wants so much to be cool, and to have a girlfriend, and it’s just not happening. While he’s in high school, he visits … Continue reading →

Keywords ammo, band, blood, brother, bulletproof vest, camo, collapsed lung, college, cops, Demerol, dorm, drugs, ER, guns, high, hospital, hypochondriac, Jewish, knives, Live story, Louisiana, narcotics, Navy Seal, nerdy, New Orleans, observation, pain relief, party, roommate, scar., stab, stitches, Tulane University, weapons

Interview: Tracy and Kevin Allison

Kevin Allison interviews Tracy about the process of creating and performing her shocking and deeply emotional story “Transcendent” as part of the Live From Philly episode. The interview contains excerpts from Tracy’s story.

Keywords analysis, anxiety, audio hallucination, better., blood, brave, breakdown, college, commentary, delayed grieving, delusion, delusional, detachment, dog, freaking out, grief, hallucination, hospital, inpatient, joint, karaoke, Kevin Allison, kill, knife, Live, love, marijuana, mental health, mental illness, messiah, mom, mother, murder, mushrooms, outpatient, pain, Philadelphia, Philly, philosophy, police, pot, psych ward, reality, recovery, religion, show host, stabbing, steak knife, suicide, trip, unconditional love, voices, weed

Marcia Nadel

Carlos is in film school in LA, and his assignment is to create a character study; he’s only allowed to use one actor in the film, and he feels this rule is stupid. He decides to get around it by … Continue reading →

Keywords adult toy store, adult toys, air, assignment, blow-up doll, cast, characters, college, customers, defective, dorm, dyke, film, film school, hole, Hollywood, inflatable, inflate, LA, leak, Live story, Marcia Nadel, movie, Pleasure Chest, return, sex doll, sex shop, sheep

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