Strangers

Legendary non-fiction writer, Gay Talese, discusses his marriage, his work, and the scandals that have made waves in both.

Gay and Nan Talese eloping in Rome 1959
 

Gay and Nan on their wedding day

Gay Talese at the typewriter ca. 1969
 

The Taleses in 1980, the year “Thy Neighbor’s Wife” was published
 

Gay and Nan in Rome 1984

“Strangers” producer Lea Thau hosting Gay Talese at the 2008 Moth Ball,
the annual …

Time for another super fun Strangers party, hosted by KCRW’s storytelling podcast Strangers and producer Lea Thau! Join KCRW listeners, “Strangers” fans, and storytelling lovers. Enjoy drinks and appetizers at specialty prices in Más Malo’s más funky basement cantina, make new connections and live to tell the tales…
WHEN: Wednesday, May 15th at 7PM til 10PM
WHERE: Mas Malo, 515 W. 7th Street, Los Angeles, CA90014
To RSVP, …

A 16-year old is sentenced to life in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. One day he is going to high school, worrying about girls and homework, the next day he is arrested for a murder he had nothing to do with and is locked up, never to see the outside again. Twenty years go by while he writes hundreds of letters from prison …

Palestinian-American Alec Ledd decides that Barbara Streisand is well worth a sizable helping of kugel. Moby shares “strangers” stories from his life.

Moby
 Musical supervision on this episode by OOFJ
 

Three stories of heart break and true love about a mail-order bride who discovers that her intended is the man who robbed her en route to the wedding, a man whose love of love letters gets him in trouble, and a first date at Obama’s  inauguration in 2008.
 

VS. Dobbs (not his real name)
 

Lauren Whaley and Jake de Grazia
 

Hurricane Irene slams Jake and Lauren’s wedding
 

Love prevails
 

The son of American evangelical missionaries is dropped in a Greek school at age 5. He returns to the U.S. in the 8th grade with a mullet and a Jesus shirt, but goes on to master the art of conversion. Until he sees the light, or does he…?
This story was produced by Lea Thau for an episode of Strangers which is part of KCRW’s Independent Producer Project.

David …

Producer Lea Thau decides to try online dating and meets a man who wants her to donate something highly unusual for a medical transplant.
Strangers is produced by independent producer Lea Thau.

A boy experiences tragic losses and learns to scream…
 
Strangers is produced by independent producer Lea Thau.
 

The story of Lhakpa Tsering’s dramatic escape from Tibet, at nine years old, when young Lhakpa decided to run away from an abusive stepfather — to a foreign country, where he didn’t speak the language, on foot, with no money or passport, by himself. (This story originally aired on KCRW’s UnFictional.)
 
Strangers is produced by independent producer Lea Thau.

In this follow-up to Mike Gerle’s story, American Mormon-International Mr. Leather Part 1, we revisit Mike with his partner Garrett to talk about their slave-master relationship relationship.
 
Strangers is produced by independent producer Lea Thau.