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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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.”
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In her essay, “The Hard Problem of Consciousness” Laura J. Oliver returns to college decades after graduation to discover perfection was not on the syllabus. This week’s episode of “This is How the Story Goes.”
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When author Tom Clancy addressed the Maryland Writers Association he had just one message: “Write the Damn Book.” This week, Laura J. Oliver explores what it means not to wait to write, to heal, and to be happy, on “This is How the Story Goes.”
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You can’t change your feelings until you change the words in your head,” says Laura J. Oliver in her essay, “In the Beginning Was the Word. So choose your words carefully and see what manifests on this week’s episode of “This Is How the Story Goes"