Episodes

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Feb. 2, 2026

Story Not Sorry 2: "Cat Person"

In the second of our "Story Not Sorry" episodes, writer Kate Tell shares something so many of us dread and must still experience: the hole in our lives left by the death of a pet. With compassion and wit and blazing honesty, Kate touches our hearts. Kate Tell is a writer and poet based in Hoboken, New Jersey. She's currently working on a chapbook of poems centered on grief, as well as her first novel.
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Jan. 12, 2026

NEW Seasonal Series - Story Not Sorry "My Soul Doth Magnify The Lord" - Ben Jackson

Friends, we took a little break, as you may have noticed. We used the downtime to put together something special: we asked writers to submit their very best writing on the theme "finding meaning in a time of strife." The submissions were overwhelming, and for the next twelve weeks or so, you'll get to hear some of the best of them. To introduce the series, Alyssa and Ben share one of Ben's own essays: "My Soul Doth Magnify The Lord." This essay won the Emerson College Graduate Writing Award in...