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June 5, 2024

S1 E68 TONY WOLFE - East Tennessee stories from a first cousin

Tony Wolfe and Tim Larson are first cousins. We can ride around the mountains of east Tennessee in a truck and never have the same conversation twice. Recorded in Tony's kitchen on Memorial Day, May 27, 2024.

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June 5, 2024

S1 E69 BILL CODY - Morning man for 30 years on WSM radio in Nashvill…

Bill Cody and Tim Larson had only talked briefly on the phone six months prior to sitting down in the showcase studio of WSM Radio inside the Opryland Hotel. Their careers oddly have run parallel so the stories were very easy...

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June 3, 2024

S1 E67 TIM LARSON - Radio in Charleston, West Virginia 40 years ago!

Tim decided to set up his equipment on the shores of the Kanawha River in Charleston, West Virginia on the Friday before Memorial Day Weekend 2024. The state capital was over his shoulder as the radio stories from forty years...

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April 3, 2024

S1 E66 RON ROMERO & DEBYJO ERICKSEN - Illinois Rock & Roll Museum and…

The Illinois Rock & Roll Museum and Hall of Fame sits on Route 66 in Joliet, Illinois! Ron Romero and Debyjo Ericksen are the amazing organizers of this magical project. Hear the stories surrounding the inductees, collectible...

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March 25, 2024

S1 E65 TIM LARSON - The Story of Arthur and Sanford

This story aired on WLUV radio in Rockford/Loves Park, Illinois by your podcast host Tim Larson on March 31, 2021. It was written in a Paul Harvey "Rest of the Story" format.

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March 22, 2024

S1 E64 EMANUEL LARSON - The Cremation of Sam McGee by Robert Servi…

Tim Larson's grandfather could recite Robert Service's The Cremation of Sam McGee by memory until the day before he died at the age of ninety six. Emanuel Larson's goal was to verbally paint within your mind with the poetry h...

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March 21, 2024

S1 E63 RACHEL DANIEL - Professional Alaskan Tour Guide

My other stories of the tour of Alaska with Rachel Daniel will be told a hundred more times, but this one of hers is a real gem. More than fourteen people should hear her recollection of her first moose hunt. Recorded on a sm...

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March 14, 2024

S1 E62 - LARRY KANFER - Professional Photographer and Author

Larry Kanfer and his wife Alaina were connected to Tim Larson in 2009 through the Aldeen Golf Club barn renovation. Tim's grandfather Emanuel Larson built the barn in 1928 when the property was a dairy farm. The Kanfers were ...

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Jan. 30, 2024

S1 E61 STEVE BRIDGMON - Inspirational Country Singer/ Songwriter

Steve Bridgmon and Tim Larson met on the on the front steps of the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, Tennessee because of Steve's bowtie tattoo. We were part of the media frenzy and red carpet call of the Josie Awards nomine...

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Jan. 29, 2024

S1 E59 RIK ANTHONY - Host of Someone You Should Know Podcast

Rik and Tim decided to "double dip" this episode by uploading the same show on both Storytellers Studio and Some You Should Know podcasts. We meet at Maxim's Diner in Merrillville, Indiana on January 23, 2024 during a day fil...

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Jan. 29, 2024

S1 E60 ROYCE DeGRIE & BRITT CHAMBERS - Musicians Hall of Fame & Museum

Your host Tim Larson stumbled upon this museum while on a segue tour in Nashville, Tennessee sometime in October 2023. He kept it on his radar for a return trip. After having a three minute conversation with Royce, Tim schedu...

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Jan. 17, 2024

S1 E58 WILLIE PARHAM - A Friend of 54 years!

Your podcast host, Tim Larson, and Willie Parham have been friends since fifth grade in 1970. Learn how Willie has put his positive attitude to work and lived life to its fullest after his accident in 1987. He is the poster b...

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Dec. 18, 2023

S1 E57 HEIDI OGNIBENE - Rock River Valley Blood Center

Tim Larson and Heidi Ognibene have known each other since 1988. Their lives have crossed paths eight ways to Sunday. On this episode, you'll learn all about donated blood in an entertaining conversation among old friends. Rec...

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Dec. 6, 2023

S1 E56 J.R. SULLIVAN - New American Theater

Tim Larson has known J.R. Sullivan since the early eighties. Tim on WROK radio and J.R. at New American Theater in Rockford, Illinois. Their stories are many and far reaching including the explosion of the Space Shuttle Chall...

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Nov. 6, 2023

S1 E55 ABBIE THOMAS - Josie Music Award Female Multi-Genre Artist o…

Abbie Thomas and Tim Larson had only known each other for exactly two weeks when they sat down for some biscuits and gravy...again! It's catch up time at the Goshen Brewing Company in Indiana. Recorded on a bright Sunday morn...

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Oct. 28, 2023

S1 E54 BILL TAYLOR - Former WCFL & KHJ Radio Announcer

Legendary Chicago radio announcer Bill Taylor and host Tim Larson met in August of 2022 at an impromptu dinner after the Rock Radio Revisited event in near Chicago, Illinois. From there, it was many more radio stories at a bi...

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Oct. 24, 2023

S1 E53 JEFF SWANBERG of the Stone Front band and the Garwood mansion

Jeff Swanberg has led an interesting life. From Paul Newman to Jimi Hendrix and everything in between. Tim Larson and Jeff have known each other for well over twenty five years on a business level. Learn the personal sides of...

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Oct. 5, 2023

S1 E52 JONELLE & TERRY CARTER - River Road Trio

Tim Larson met Terry and Jonelle Carter during their performance at Edgebrook's Music on the Mall 2023. They hit it off immediately and got to know each other only in fifteen second spurts. During this episode they dug deep o...

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Sept. 25, 2023

S1 E50 JOHN LANDECKER SHOW on WGN radio with Tim Larson - 8 pm Hour

In hour two, John Landecker and Tim Larson are joined by Sam Panayotovich of FOX Sports Network for football picks and Marnie Shure from Takeout Magazine for all things new in the food world. Recorded in Studio A at WGN radio...

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Sept. 25, 2023

S1 E51 JOHN LANDECKER SHOW on WGN radio with Tim Larson - 9pm Hour

This is hour number three from Tim Larson's co-hosting opportunity with John Landecker on WGN radio in Chicago, Illinois. You'll hear plenty of late-breaking stories in the Sunshine, Lollipop and Rainbow Newscast...where noth...

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Sept. 21, 2023

S1 E49 JOHN LANDECKER SHOW on WGN radio with Tim Larson - 7pm Hour

Storytellers Studio co-founder Tim Larson donated to a charity auction conducted by the Museum of Broadcast Communications for co-hosting The John Landecker Show on WGN radio in Chicago, Illinois. This is the first of a three...

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Sept. 17, 2023

S1 E48 CLINT WOOTEN - Former Master Control at WREX-TV & The Nashvil…

Clint and Tim have known each other since high school (1977). They grew up in radio together and have consistently shared decades of entertainment stories regardless of where they were located. They have worked in virtually e...

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Sept. 5, 2023

S1 E47 BRETT WHITACRE - Muralist and Drummer

As you'll hear, Brett Whitacre and Tim Larson met on a "job site." One thing led to another and here we are...which is the way it works with most artists. Recorded in Rockford, Illinois on September 5, 2023.

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Aug. 23, 2023

S1 E46 ART VUOLO, JR. - National Videographer & Radio's Best Friend

Art Vuolo is a walking, talking media encyclopedia. He has video recorded everything worth watching from Marines and Paul Harvey to University of Michigan football and Dick Biondi. We talk about his Rock Radio Guides, radio r...

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