The Story Kiosk

In this episode of The Story Kiosk, an anonymous contributor remembers an important but intermittent childhood friendship, the years spent supporting one another, and growing apart as young adults.Learn more or share your own short, true story at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.storykioskpod.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and follow along on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@storykioskpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Medical emergencies? Teenage heartbreak? Attempted manslaughter? All this and more in a tragi-comic tale shared with us by Tony Lee, a new and very welcome contributor to The Story Kiosk.Learn more or share your own short, true story at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.storykioskpod.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and follow along on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@storykioskpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

In this episode of The Story Kiosk, Cassandra invites us to visit a childhood memory – a sleepover, a Leonardo DiCaprio movie, a moment of quiet revelation when all the pieces fell into place, all the funny looks and the parental panic, a precursor to a life under interrogation.Learn more or share your own short, true story at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.storykioskpod.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and follow along on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@storykioskpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Just a few notes on the radio are enough to bring a deep memory rushing back. In this episode of The Story Kiosk, Barbara Porritt recalls her father dancing in the kitchen – a small, ordinary moment that has stayed with her for a lifetime.Learn more or share your own short, true story at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.storykioskpod.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and follow along on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@storykioskpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

In the final Story Kiosk episode of the year, we’re sharing a funny, chaotic and unexpectedly tender childhood memory from an anonymous contributor. Pride Rock revisits a late-1990s airport layover gone spectacularly wrong, complete with jet lag, boredom, misplaced confidence and a very dramatic tumble.Learn more or share your own short, true story at ⁠⁠⁠⁠www.storykioskpod.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ and follow along on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠@storykioskpod⁠⁠⁠⁠.

The latest episode of The Story Kiosk features a striking personal story from Fiona, a longtime supporter of this project. The Rulebook captures the moment a hidden truth comes suddenly into view—and the quiet, devastating shift from not knowing to knowing.Learn more or share your own short, true story at ⁠⁠⁠www.storykioskpod.com⁠⁠⁠ and follow along on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠@storykioskpod⁠⁠⁠.

In this episode of The Story Kiosk, we’re sharing our very first fully independent submission, a wonderfully funny, gently chaotic tale about life on a narrowboat with a fearless (and frequently soggy) Siamese cat named Mewsli. A celebration of the pets who keep us entertained, exasperated and endlessly loved.Learn more or share your own short, true story at ⁠⁠www.storykioskpod.com⁠⁠ and follow along on Instagram ⁠⁠@storykioskpod⁠⁠.

This episode of The Story Kiosk coincides with Remembrance Day in the UK. Fittingly, today’s stories are all about memory, loss and enduring love. In Lessons from Grief, our friend Bethany shares four vignettes dedicated to their great-grandmother, great-grandfather, nanna and beloved dog, Zuzi. Through intimate moments, they explore how we remember those who shaped us, and how their presence lingers long after they’re gone.Learn more or share your own short, true story at ⁠www.storykioskpod.com⁠ and follow along on Instagram ⁠@storykioskpod⁠.

In this episode of The Story Kiosk, listener Annie shares a story from her early days as a police officer – meeting Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. What begins as a bitterly cold March morning turns into an unexpected moment of warmth and humanity, revealing a rarely-seen side of The Iron Lady.Learn more or share your own short, true story at www.storykioskpod.com and follow along on Instagram @storykioskpod.

Welcome to The Story Kiosk, a community podcast sharing short, true stories written by you, the listener. In this first, "proper" episode of the show, host Julian Frazer shares a story from his life, about pipe dreams, disillusionment and finding new direction when things don't unfold the way you thought they would.Learn more about our project and how to submit a story at ⁠www.storykioskpod.com⁠ and follow along on Instagram ⁠@storykioskpod⁠.