StrangersThe Apple Seed • Season 2013, Episode 329
Jul 9, 2015 • 54m
When you were young, your mother wisely advised you not to talk to strangers. But what happens when you do? Stories included in this episode:
Joel ben Izzy
Story: Three Travel Tales
Teller: Joel ben Izzy
Site: www.storypage.com
Notes: Traveling is one of the best ways to encounter the world.
Lani Peterson
Story: In Search of Charles Dickens
Teller: Lani Peterson
Site: lanipeterson.com
Notes: While trying to connect with this prolific author, Lani finds herself connecting with people and places, both past and present.
Geraldine BuckleyStory: Hitchhiking
Teller: Geraldine Buckley
Site: www.geraldinebuckley.com
Notes: Sometimes in our lives, that which is familiar can seem strange.
Thomas Weller
Notes: Leslie Hurd is a Navy CACO, or Casualty Assistance Calls Officer. When active duty members of the Navy die, CACOs break the news to their families – and support them during their time of grief.
Site: storycorps.org/listen/leslie-hurd
Thomas Weller
Notes: Thomas Weller has spent the last 50 years helping strangers who break down on the highway.
Site: storycorps.org/listen/thomas-weller
Scott Macaulay
Notes: Scott Macaulay remembers how, 25 years ago, he started an annual holiday dinner for strangers who have nowhere else to go.
Site: storycorps.org/listen/scott-macaulay
Thomas WellerNotes: Debra Goodman interviews her friend Ed Trinka, a doorman at the Plaza Hotel since 1963, and who is in the business of making strangers and visitors feel right at home.
Site: storycorps.org/listen/ed-trinka-and-debra-goodman