Adventures Abroad

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Adventures Abroad

FromThe Stoop Storytelling Series

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21 minutes

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Jul 1, 2019

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This week on the podcast, two stories about the challenges and complexities of being a Peace Corps Volunteer. Music: "Who Needs the Peace Corps?" by Frank Zappa & The Mothers

Released:

Jul 1, 2019

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Titles in the series (100)

"Everyone has a story. What's yours?" The Stoop features "ordinary" people telling the extraordinary true tales of their lives in front of live audiences as large as 1,400. Stoop stories are weird, wonderful, hilarious, and heartbreaking — and, above all, intimate. Founders Laura Wexler and Jessica Henkin host the podcast.

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Adventures Abroad

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