The Storyworth Podcast

When Melissa's family gifted their 85-year-old dad Raymond a Storyworth subscription, he loved it so much he spent every week carefully writing answers to his questions. What he didn't know was that his family was secretly planning a surprise book launch party for him. This week, Raymond and Melissa tell the story of the night his family pulled the wool over his eyes, the essay about his bride that left everyone in tears, and what it meant to celebrate a life so beautifully lived. Everyone ha...

When Ariana’s father passed away, her first son, Toby, was just 6 months old. Luckily, she had spent her pregnancy recording her father’s memories of his childhood in Iran, his immigrant journey to America, and his life’s work as a psychiatrist. In this episode, Ariana shares how she sees her father in her now-adult son, and they celebrate the publication of her children’s book, Baba’s Gift, based on her father’s recordings. Everyone has a story worth sharing.

In 1956, a fall during a youth group camping trip to the Olympic Peninsula nearly cost Robert his life. In this episode, he shares the full story with his daughter Bobbi: the terrifying rescue, how it changed his view of life, and the remarkable chance encounter 30 years later that allowed him to thank the man who saved him. Everyone has a story worth sharing.

After getting laid off from her job as a computer programmer in her fifties, Tair decided to visit her daughter Jane in Oakland. When she dropped into one of Jane's rehearsals for a fledgling clown show, she had no idea how that visit would change her life. In this episode, Jane shares how that visit unexpectedly turned into a critically acclaimed mother-daughter show, The Chinese Clown Cabaret, and the sides of her mother it helped reveal, changing their relationship forever. Everyone has a ...

What happens when you love your family but miss the part of yourself that loved the work? In this episode, Sarah and her mom, Uzma, talk about ambition, motherhood, and the courage it takes to start again. Uzma traces her journey from early computer science in Pakistan to stepping away from her career after moving to the U.S., then returning years later through a data science bootcamp, and finding purpose on the other side. Everyone has a story worth sharing.