Short Stories: Recent Episodes
Olivia Maiden
Olivia Maiden tells stories that she reads, writes, and knows of, whether they are real or fiction, as well as reacting to videos of stories told.
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Listen to an interesting background of a lady that passed, 5 funny crimes, and a song analysis..what’s the song? 🧐. You’ll find out if you stay to the end! StoryCorps: https://storycorps.org/animation/no-more-questions/ 5 Funny Crimes: https://www.murdoch.edu.au/news/series/series-articles/analysing-the-truth-crime-law-and-forensics/5-crime-fails-almost-too-funny-to-be-true
Listen to me share 2 StoryBird picture stories that I found on gaming, a video reaction to a girl’s family jealous that she’s famous at chess, and a cReEpY story of my dog’s chain...stick around til the end! StoryBird: https://storybird.com/picture-book/friends-battle-a-foe Video: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OPYgZUxon_o
Listen to me talk about what the rainbow really means with Bible passages and a short write, as well as reacting to a girl that never brushed her teeth with bad breath! Video: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_gE7B48v_7c Bible Passages: 1 Corinthians 13:4-13, Genesis 9:1–17
Listen to me talk someone who saw their “said dead” father again, a woman getting arrested for camping in a local park, and my Memorial Day weekend camping trip! StoryCorps: https://storycorps.org/stories/eric-lamet/ Article: https://www.krqe.com/news/crime/woman-arrested-after-being-told-repeatedly-to-stop-camping-at-local-park/
Hey Shorties! Listen to a girl’s story on her beauty, a girl that can’t feel pain(what?!?), and a short poem! Be sure to listen to this one, and DM me ideas on Instagram @shortstoriespodcast for what themes and stories you have to share(anonymous)! StoryBird: https://storybird.com/picture-book/mirror-mirror-on-the-wall-tell-me-am-i-beauti Girl that can’t feel pain video: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nEmBaiwO_90
Listen to a foster story, social experiment, and more on children this week! Foster StoryCorps: https://storycorps.org/stories/finding-a-mom-and-the-power-of-love-reflections-from-a-foster-mother-and-daughter/ Social experiment full video: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=m6Z7EWFTYTU Older Adopted Children: https://www.rd.com/list/heartwarming-stories-older-child-adoption/
Listen as I share a story of a strange teacher from StoryBird, react to a girl attending a billionaire high school(that’s a thing?), and listen to real life stories from my experiences with teachers. StoryBird: https://storybird.com/longform-story/teacher-troubles Billionaire High School girl video: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=C3Uik0XReoI
Listen to some sad stories of a man who died for his(almost) country, a school shooting of those with faith and other things that happened in 1999, and me read a poem on God and His America. StoryCorps: https://storycorps.org/stories/george-rincon-and-yolanda-reyes-170526/ Columbine school shooting: https://www.history.com/topics/1990s/columbine-high-school-shootings
Listen to me share about some sunsets and react to a girl with an allergy to the sun! StoryBird: https://storybird.com/picture-book/sunset-secret- Girl with sun allergy video: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UmtKdxywMc8
We listen to a StoryCorps story of a family and their growing up story, read about some true crime destinations, and listen to me read a poem that I wrote on the beach dream vacation! StoryCorps: https://storycorps.org/stories/two-sisters-on-enjoying-life-instead-of-a-drama-or-a-novela-make-it-a-sitcom/ True Crime Destinations: https://www.google.com/amp/s/viewfinder.expedia.com/true-crime-vacation-destinations-in-the-us/amp/
Since I know that American Idol is a big thing right now, we look at stories written and sung based on voices! Be sure to listen, and there will be Instagram pause and sharing opportunities for next weeks episode! StoryBird: https://storybird.com/longform-story/singing-into-a-hairbrush Song: You Say by Lauren Daigle
I share about a man who thinks of others in helping them from StoryCorps, share some funny quotes, and find out about a current crime! Be sure to listen, and every Tuesday episodes are posted! StoryCorps: https://storycorps.org/stories/a-funeral-director-first-responder-and-father-youre-stronger-than-you-feel/ Funny Quotes: https://parade.com/940913/parade/funny-quotes/
I read Chapter 3 of the “Socializing Game”, as well as listen and watch a video of a girl that hid in her room after she googled her mom and left! There is also a short poem/story that is about a little kid that gets kidnapped that I wrote. Please share any stories that you have! StoryBird story: https://storybird.com/longform-story/the-socializing-game/3 Video story: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zakUbJtwxfM
I share my experiences of my pre-birthday, go to an escape room, a flaming fire restaurant, share about the real story and facts of St. Patrick’s Day! Youtube video: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MqO0O8O8Gmk History.com Facts: https://www.history.com/news/st-patricks-day-facts StoryBird Chapter 2 of “The Socializing Game”: https://storybird.com/longform-story/the-socializing-game/2
Olivia Maiden shares a story that her sister and her started to write, a story from storyboard that an author wrote that was wacky about socializing, and a true story from StoryCorps of a man that died due to injuries form a marathon’s bomb from this officer’s parents. StoryCorps officer story: https://storycorps.org/stories/remembering-dj-simmonds-officer-injured-during-capture-of-boston-marathon-bombers/ StoryBird Story: https://storybird.com/longform-story/the-socializing-game/1
Listen to Olivia Maiden read a Storybird story by an author there called “Winter”, react to a video of a girl that was allergic to the cold, and to her story on her local power outage this winter! StoryBird Winter Story: https://storybird.com/longform-story/winter-blizzard/1 Cold Allergy Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czLoOcueEis
Olivia starts season 2 off with a story from Storybird, a reaction to an interesting true story from a video, and reads a poem that she reads, all based on tears! Check out the Storybird story from today here: Storybird - Artful Storytelling, and check the video on the girl that cries real diamonds here: I Cry Real Diamonds And I Hate It - YouTube
Ezra and Olivia discuss their New Year resolutions and their favorite and least favorite years so far.
I share Christmas traditions and experiences in this Week 4 of Christmas! Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! 🎆🎊
My little brother Ezra and I have a writing competition, and the winner to the holiday drawing is announced! Congrats to the winner!
Welcome to Week 1 of the 4 weeks of Christmas! Join me in Week 3 of Christmas for the official prize to be announced for an anonymous winner! Credit for given to The Poetry Foundation for this episode.
Happy Thanksgiving y’all! Listen me read you guys some short Thanksgiving stories, and tell you about some pranks and my driving situation story. Credit given to littlethings.com.
I read Miranda Carter’s short story titled “My Mother’s Sky”, full of imagery. Credit is given to reedsyprompts @blog.reedsy.com.
Join me as I tell you guys about 2 true injury stories from my life, and learn more about my fundraiser.
Celebrities that are for pro-life, against abortion, and could’ve been aborted are described in an article from preciouslife.com.
I in this holiday special, I share a short story that I wrote titled “Retsnom”, and I read a couple of segments from Harry Potter and the Spencer’s Stone, Chapter 10: Halloween.
I read the story of the young girl, Terry Jo, that was at sea for over 3 days. I give credit to all that’s interesting.com. I also share about my creepy texts.
In the First Episode on the “Short Stories Podcast”, listen to Olivia Maiden read the first chapter of her unfinished book, “These Three Things”.