This Snap Judgment story is from a guy remembering his grandad, who was just awesome at killing off the monsters that haunted the boy.
Monthly Archives: December 2013
Sound of the Day: A Perfectly Broke Christmas
In case you were wondering whether I would include my own work in “Sound of the Day,” the answer is a merry “Yes!”
The Field of Steve Podcast offers you a musical Christmas story within a Christmas story, sure to warm that cheese-addled heart of yours. In this month’s episode I tell of the time I tried to replicate, kind of, a wonder I experienced as a child. So hurry on over and hear the story and some song versions that probably don’t make the rotation of those radio stations playing the same Christmas songs over and over and over and …
Sound of the Day: By Their Fruits and Vegetables
An NPR news story tells of a California doctor doing tremendous work to rescue produce from farms and backyards, food that would otherwise go to waste. She and a team of volunteers donate the food to food banks and offer classes teaching people how to incorporate more fruits and vegetables into their diets.
Sound of the Day: A Sick Superhero.
This is a sweet story by Tim Manley on The Moth. It’s about a sick boy and his mother. So very sweet.
Sound of the Day: Love with No Expectation of Return
There is a line toward the end of this This American Life story that struck me. It’s a powerful story about love without expectations.
If you have any suggestions for Sound of the Day, email me at steven@thenarrativearts.com.
Sound of the Day: A Conversation About the LDS Priesthood Ban on Blacks
When the LDS church issued its statement a week ago on the history of its priesthood ban for black men, I posted the link on Facebook and introduced it saying:
“I have long held that you can be a fully committed and believing Mormon and still believe the reason the priesthood was denied to blacks was the racism of LDS members themselves. So it’s with that lens that I read this work and see it saying much the same thing, only in several hundred more words.”
I thought about posting a much simple intro:
“Bottom line: We were racists.”
As of this writing there are 160 comments on the entry. It seems to have died down.
Peggy Fletcher Stack at the Salt Lake Tribune wrote a pretty comprehensive story about the issue.
But I thought the conversation on KUER’s RadioWest program, posted on the Mormon Stories site, went into a lot of angles others had not.
Sound of the Day: New Yorker Refuses to Leave
Ed Gavagan has a few stories posted on The Moth. This was the first one I heard. What he did says tons about New York City, or at least his relationship with New York City.
Sound of the Day: Malcolm Gladwell Sings and Gets a Worse Reception than When He Writes Books
Author Malcolm Gladwell tells a funny story of a funny friend who married an uptight girl from an uptight family. Gladwell and the other friends sing at the reception and get bad reviews.
Sound of the Day: CSI Neanderthal
It wasn’t a Neanderthal, but the dead man discovered in the Alps was dead a really, really, really long time. Really. Despite that, there were enough clues in his body that scientists were able to figure out what his last few days were like.
Sound of the Day: Needlenose Ned Ryerson
If you’ve got about an hour it would be so worth it if you would listen to Stephen Tobolowsky discuss so much about the movie Groundhog Day. It is his most memorable role, unless you’re a Gleek.