Strangers (podcast)

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Strangers
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Presentation
Hosted by Lea Thau
GenreStorytelling
Language English
UpdatesCurrent
Length30-60 minutes
Production
ProductionLea Thau, Paul Dreux Smith
Publication
Original releaseJanuary 12, 2012
Provider KCRW, Radiotopia
Related
Website http://www.storycentral.org/strangers/

Strangers is a podcast hosted by Danish-born [1] producer Lea Thau. [2] Initially part of KCRW's Independent Producer project, Strangers became a founding member of PRX's Radiotopia podcasting collective in 2014. [3] Thau announced in November 2017 that Strangers would be leaving the Radiotopia collective. [4]

Contents

History

After a decade as executive and creative director for the storytelling organization The Moth and having created both its short-form podcast and The Moth Radio Hour, [5] Thau was awarded a 2010 Peabody Award [6] and radio station KCRW offered that she produce her own show. [7] [8] Lea's concept for Strangers was to bring strangers together to share stories. Thau kept creative control and only used KCRW to mix the final product. [3] By 2017, the show had 500,000 monthly downloads, and two full-time employees besides Thau. [9] Slate highlighted the show's 2014 arc on Thau's "life-altering heartbreak" as among the best in podcasting. [10] Los Angeles magazine recommended the podcast in 2014, [11] and Southern California KPCC listeners rated it their favorite podcast in 2015. [12]

Episodes

In 2014 Thau created the miniseries "Love Hurts" about dating after being dumped by her fiancé while she was pregnant with their child. [13] Slate ranked one installment of the series among "the 25 best podcast episodes ever." [14] In April 2017 Thau released another miniseries called "Lea in Trumpland" as an exposé on Donald Trump-supporters around the U.S. The series was a departure for the show usual showcase of "extraordinary stories of humanity." [15] In another episode, "Debbie's Story," Thau interviews a young Iranian Jewish immigrant to the U.S about femininity, religion, and her family's harrowing experience in crossing borders. [16]

Awards

In 2015 Strangers won KPCC's Public Radio Bracket Madness, beating stalwarts Radiolab, This American Life and Invisibilia for best podcast of the year. [17]

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  2. ↑ Misfeldt, Mai (August 16, 2017). "Historier på scenen og i æteren". Kristeligt Dagblad (in Danish). Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Lea Thau, Creator and Host of Strangers, episode #87 of The Wolf Den on Earwolf". The Wolf Den. Earwolf. September 3, 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
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