Arc Stories

Two women seize unique opportunities and blaze their own paths, one to start love anew and another to overcome heartbreak.Learn more about Amy Marchino: Amy's TwitterLearn more about Carrie Smith: Carrie's TwitterLearn more about Chris Kinsley: Chris' Twitter | Chris' Instagram | Chris' FacebookGet tickets and info for our next live event: More Than Words: Stories About Love and HeartbreakPurchase Season TicketsRate and Review: iTunesSubscribe to Episodes: iTunes | AndroidFollow Us: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram

Two stories about how grandmothers can conjure up holiday wizardry like no one else can.Learn more about Leonard Lee Smith: Lee's Twitter | Lee's WebsiteLearn more about Chris Kinsley: Chris' Twitter | Chris' Instagram | Chris' FacebookToday's Sponsor: AL.comGet tickets and info for our next live event: More Than Words: Stories About Love and HeartbreakPurchase Season TicketsRate and Review: iTunesSubscribe to Episodes: iTunes | AndroidFollow Us: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram

Two stories about how the lives of our storytellers and those around them are forever impacted by a Christmas present from their youth, but neither of them are anything you'd guess.Learn more about Jonathan Whitt: Jonathan's Twitter | Jonathan's Instagram | Jonathan's WebsiteLearn more about Corey Elliott: Corey's Twitter | Corey's InstagramLearn more about Chris Kinsley: Chris' Twitter | Chris' Instagram | Chris' FacebookToday's Sponsor: AL.comGet tickets and info for our next live event: No Longer OrphanedRate and Review: iTunesSubscribe to Episodes: iTunes | AndroidFollow Us: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram

One woman tries to make her daughter's first Christmas as magical as it can be, and a father attempts to come to a compromise when it comes to Santa's presence in his house. Spoiler alert: things don't turn out that well for either one.Learn more about Erin Moon: Erin's Twitter | Erin's Instagram | Erin's FacebookLearn more about Al Elliott: Al's Twitter | Al's WebisteLearn more about Chris Kinsley: Chris' Twitter | Chris' Instagram | Chris' FacebookToday's Sponsor: AL.comGet tickets and info for our next live event: 'Tis the Season: Stories About the HolidaysRate and Review: iTunesSubscribe to Episodes: iTunes | AndroidFollow Us: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram

We've gone weekly for the holidays. In today's episode, one family celebrates Christmas by torturing their children to the point of tears as often as possible, and a young man tortures himself as he searches desperately to discover if his Christmas present is what he really wants.Learn more about Leonard Tiffany Robinson: Tiffs WebsiteLearn more about Josh Pigford: Josh's Twitter | Josh's WebisteLearn more about Chris Kinsley: Chris' Twitter | Chris' Instagram | Chris' FacebookToday's Sponsor: AL.comGet tickets and info for our next live event: 'Tis the Season: Stories About the HolidaysRate and Review: iTunesSubscribe to Episodes: iTunes | AndroidFollow Us: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram

Two stories to remind us to be thankful for our families, or at least that our storytellers should be thankful for theirs. A young man figures out the family secret about his two spinster aunts, and a young woman joins her grandfather in combat to defend what theirs.Learn more about Leonard Lee Smith: Lee's WebsiteLearn more about Erin Moon: Erin's Twitter | Erin's Instagram | Erin's FacebookLearn more about Chris Kinsley: Chris' Twitter | Chris' Instagram | Chris' FacebookToday's Sponsor: AL.comGet tickets and info for our next live event: 'Tis the Season: Stories About the HolidaysRate and Review: iTunesSubscribe to Episodes: iTunes | AndroidFollow Us: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram

In honor of Veterans Day, two stories of brothers-in-arms: one separated from those he loves by war and another who discovers a new love in the midst of war.Learn more about Chris Kinsley: Chris' Twitter | Chris' Instagram | Chris' FacebookLearn more about Andy Blanks: Andy's Twitter | Andy's Facebook | YM360Learn more about Mike Rudulph: Mike's FacebookToday's Sponsor: AL.comGet tickets and info for our next live event: 'Tis the Season: Stories About the HolidaysRate and Review: iTunesSubscribe to Episodes: iTunes | AndroidFollow Us: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram

Our special Halloween episode. One guy runs for his life when he finds himself in a real-life slasher flick, and another guy's friendly prank turns into something else when he pushes things a bit too far.Learn more about Erin Moon: Erin's Twitter | Erin's Instagram | The Last BeholderHear the first story Erin ever told at an Arc Stories event in Episode 12 - From the Vault.Learn more about Chris Kinsley: Chris' Twitter | Chris' Instagram | Chris' FacebookLearn more about Jonathan Owen: Jonathan's Twitter | Camp Straight StreetToday's Sponsor: AL.comGet tickets and info for our next live event: 'Tis the Season: Stories About the HolidaysRate and Review: iTunesSubscribe to Episodes: iTunes | AndroidFollow Us: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram

A woman receives a troubling diagnosis, and a guy gains new understanding about who both he and his father are following his arrest.Learn more about Jamie Golden: Jamie's Twitter | Jamie's Instagram | Jamie's Facebook | The PopcastLearn more about John Archibald: John's Twitter | John's ColumnToday's Sponsor: AL.comGet tickets and info for our next live event: Spooked: Stories That Go Bump in the NightRate and Review: iTunesSubscribe to Episodes: iTunes | AndroidFollow Us: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram

A guy tries to get himself put back together again, and a woman and her daughter find themselves in completely over their heads.Learn more about Taylor Robinson: Taylor's Twitter | Taylor's Instagram | Six Foot Five ProductionsToday's Sponsor: AL.comGet tickets and info for our next live event: Spooked: Stories That Go Bump in the NightRate and Review: iTunesSubscribe to Episodes: iTunes | AndroidFollow Us: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram

Two stories of firsts, one in the pursuit of a dream and another in the pursuit of love.Learn more about Jonathan Owen: Jonathan's Twitter | Camp Straight StreetLearn more about James Minderhout: James' TwitterGet tickets and info for our next live event: Go! Fight! Win!: Stories About SportsRate and Review: iTunesSubscribe to Episodes: iTunes | AndroidFollow Us: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram

A man discovers his life-calling in rectifying wrongs perpetrated by his own family, a woman finds a quality use of her theater degree, and a girl learns she has much more support than she ever thought possible.Learn more about Kent Haines: Kent's Twitter | Kent's WebsiteLearn more about Christie Connolly: Christie's Twitter | Christie's FacebookLearn more about Triniti Williams: Triniti's FacebookGet tickets and info for our next live event: Go! Fight! Win!: Stories About SportsRate and Review: iTunesSubscribe to Episodes: iTunes | AndroidFollow Us: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram

One woman struggles to translate great personal tragedy for both herself and others, and a young man attempts to cross cultural barriers while staying with a family in Japan.Learn more about Christina Frantom: Christina's Instagram | Christina's WebsiteLearn more about Brad Toland: Brad's Twitter | Brad's WebsiteGet tickets and info for our next live event: Go! Fight! Win!: Stories About SportsRate and Review: iTunesSubscribe to Episodes: iTunes | AndroidFollow Us: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram

A woman finds out whether or not you really can go home again, and a boy gets taken for the ride of his life.Learn more about Eunice Elliott: Eunice's Twitter | Eunice's Facebook | Eunice's WebsiteLearn more about Justin Fisher: Justin's WebsiteGet tickets and info for our next live event: Lost in Translation: Stories of MisunderstandingRate and Review: iTunesSubscribe to Episodes: iTunes | AndroidFollow Us: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram

One man attempts to reconcile with a childhood friend he betrayed years before, and another recounts how his experiences as a child with his grandmother prepared him for a future career.Learn more about Leonard Lee Smith: Leonard Lee's WebsiteGet tickets and info for our next live event: Lost in Translation: Stories of MisunderstandingRate and Review: iTunesSubscribe to Episodes: iTunes | AndroidFollow Us: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram

One man does his best to save the life of his friend when they encounter an unexpected travel companion, and another encounters disaster when trying to travel home with his newly adopted son.Learn more about Herbie Newell: Herbie's Twitter | Lifeline Children's ServicesLearn more about Chris Kinsley: Chris' Twitter | Chris' Instagram | Chris' FacebookGet tickets and info for our next live event: Lost in Translation: Stories of MisunderstandingRate and Review: iTunesSubscribe to Episodes: iTunes | AndroidFollow Us: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram

One man reflects on what good he received from his father, and another tries to get his kids to actually do some good for somebody else.Learn more about Leonard Lee Smith: Leonard Lee's WebsiteLearn more about Jeremy Gore: Jeremy's InstagramGet tickets and info for our next live event: From the Ashes: Stories About RedemptionRate and Review: iTunesSubscribe to Episodes: iTunes | AndroidFollow Us: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram

Three women have their perspectives completely flipped around: one inside an abortion clinic, another in conversation with a holocaust survivor, and a third after a brush with death.Learn more about Jen Barnett: Jen's InstagramLearn more about Rebecca Dobrinski: Rebecca's Twitter | Birmingham Holocaust Education CenterLearn more about Joi Miner: Joi's Twitter | Joi's Instagram | Joi's WebsiteGet tickets and info for our next live event: From the Ashes: Stories About RedemptionRate and Review: iTunesSubscribe to Episodes: iTunes | AndroidFollow Us: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram

In honor of the summer, we're taking a trip down the river, as all good Southerners should. One young man is stuck on a boat with some of the more eccentric members of his family and another is forced to whether a terrible storm.Learn more about John Hammontree: John's Twitter | al.com | Triple TakeLearn more about Jonathan Owen: Jonathan's Twitter | Jonathan's Instagram | Camp Straight StreetGet tickets and info for our next live event: P.O.V.: Stories About a Change in PerspectiveRate and Review: iTunesSubscribe to Episodes: iTunes | AndroidFollow Us: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram

A woman is sent on a very important errand for a bride, and man learns his father isn't who he thought he was.Learn more about Jamie Golden: Jamie's Twitter | Jamie's Facebook | Jamie's Instagram | The PopcastLearn more about Richard Banks: Richard's Twitter | Red Barn Media GroupGet tickets and info for our next live event: P.O.V.: Stories About a Change in PerspectiveRate and Review: iTunesSubscribe to Episodes: iTunes | AndroidFollow Us: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram