This Is How The Story Goes
Wednesdays between 12 and 1 p.m.
From a hilarious account of being kicked out of a Pilates class to an astonishing precognitive dream, “This is How the Story Goes” is warm and generous storytelling at its best. These intimate tales inspire universal wonder and thought-provoking possibility, as listeners reconsider what they think they know of reality, reconnect with their best memories, laugh, reflect, and come to like themselves a bit better.
With a voice reminiscent of David Sedaris, Anne Lamott and Garrison Keillor, Oliver charms, informs, heals, and entertains. Every story is a love story to listeners and to life itself, with joy the secret subject of every episode.
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To reach other planets, mankind must launch from the moon but maybe someday we won't need space vehicles to travel. Laura J. Oliver presents the possibilities in her essay, "Faster than the Speed of Light," this week's episode of "This is How the Story Goes.
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How do we hope to be guided by a universe greater than the sum of our thoughts if we don't hold open the door? Laura J. Oliver shares a life-changing surprise in her essay Connecting in Charlotte, this week's episode of This is How the Story Goes.
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Astrophysicist and agnostic Carl Sagan, longed to believe his parents' essence and personalities still existed years after they died. And then he heard them say his name. Laura J. Oliver explores this territory in "Call My Name," this week's episode of "This is How the Story Goes."
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If you could look back in time far enough, you might find we have one common ancestor; that we are one people, on one planet. One family. One home. Laura J. Oliver explores this territory in "Under One Sky," as she explores her ancestral heritage and yours in this week's episode of "This is How the Story Goes."
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How to we shut out the noise of conflict and return our thoughts to peace? Laura J. Oliver explores this territory in "Peace By Proxy," an account of the monks who walked to unify our hearts in this week's episode of "This is How the Story Goes."
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Is imagination dependent on memory? How can we free ourselves with the stories we tell? Laura J. Oliver explores this territory in "Home by Tonight," lessons learned when her mother lay dying, in this week's episode of "This is How the Story Goes."
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This week, on This is How the Story Goes, Laura J. Oliver shares the secrets divulged in a writing class, and the revelation, that when it comes to sharing burdens, life is story, and everything is metaphor. This week's essay is "The Things You Carry."
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On this week's episode of "This is How the Story goes, Laura J. Oliver explores how easily we accept affirmation as truth, and how dangerous and tender that hunger is in her essay "Love Bombed."
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Today, "This is How the Story Goes," explores the evidence that human beings have loved each other since before spoken or written language. Join Laura J. Oliver for this week's essay, "The Story of Us," to learn how we know that is true.
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Every time she crosses the Bay Bridge she imagines falling from its heights to the sparkling expanse of water below. In this week’s essay, Crossing to Safety, Laura J. Oliver explores what it is like to live without a contingency plan. Join us for “This is How the Story Goes.”