Falling Uphill: a podcast

A return flight that almost didn't return. Story told by Jessica DiSalvo Produced by Matt Elzweig Music Maccary Bay by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4010-maccary-bay License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Sound (freesound.org) fassaria tompallant JoelAudio ecfike

A perfect storm of mismanagement and anxiety results in the real-life version of a classic nightmare scenario. Story told by Tim Heller Produced by Matt Elzweig Music Maccary Bay by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4010-maccary-bay License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Sound (freesound.org) Iamgiorgio anagar lewis100011

Grant Morris hosts Happy Hour on the It’s New Orleans podcast network, which he founded. Produced by Matt Elzweig Music Maccary Bay by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4010-maccary-bay License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Jill Twiss is a New York Times #1 Bestselling author and an Emmy Award-winning comedy writer. She was a staff writer for six seasons of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. Produced by Matt Elzweig Music Maccary Bay by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4010-maccary-bay License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

If you have a story to tell or would like to be featured on an upcoming episode like this one, email me at fallinguphill@fallinguphill.org Thanks for listening. Political scientist, circus performer and comedian Andrea Jones-Rooy is a professor and directs undergraduate studies at NYU’s Center for Data Science. She also hosts Ask a Political Scientist. Falling Uphill is Produced by Matt Elzweig Music Maccary Bay by Kevin MacLeod Link:...

David Ryan Polgar is the founder of All Tech Is Human and co-host of the podcast Funny as Tech. Produced by Matt Elzweig If you have a story to tell or would like to be featured on an upcoming episode like this one, email me at fallinguphill@fallinguphill.org Music Maccary Bay by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4010-maccary-bay License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Falling Uphill is still a podcast where ordinary people in unthinkable situations tell their stories. But it now also includes conversations like this one I had recently with Carin Gilfry. Carin, a voice actor and singer is the founder of Voice Actors of NYC. It’s grown from a small Facebook Group into an opportunity for almost 3,000 members to network and learn during live events, on and offline. Produced by Matt Elzweig Music Maccary Bay by Kevin MacLeod Link:...

A houseful of traveling performers in a war zone is just about to call it a night, when intruders arrive outside their door. Story Told by Holly Adams Produced by Matt Elzweig Music Maccary Bay by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4010-maccary-bay License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

To mainstream elements in the neighboring countries of Nigeria and Benin, the Kalakuta Republic, musician Fela Kuti's commune, was off-limits and the subject of rumors and innuendo. Raised in the Celestial Church of Christ, but inspired by the sounds of high life, juju, funk, and rhythm and blues - and Afrobeat - the genre that Fela Kuti revolutionized, Leon Ligan-Majek taught himself the guitar and crossed the border into Nigeria from Benin as a teenager. He took shelter in the only place...

Just in time for Election Day, Falling Uphill has received the infamous pee tape! No, not that pee tape. This one was recorded in London, not Moscow, and starts a punk rocker* not a useful idiot. *When you're a star, they let you do it. You can do anything. Story told by Ed Zed, former lead singer of The Inconsolables, currently one half of The Casual Sexists. Produced by Matt Elzweig Music “Crisis Atomica” by GLAM “Hoverfly” and “I Want To Go To Borneo” by The Inconsolables “Tiptoe...

One day, a stranger approached Cici McNair on a busy street in Midtown Manhattan. It was precisely the type of encounter that as a private detective, Cici McNair used assumed names and personas to avoid. Story told by Cici McNair. Produced by Matt Elzweig Music "Espionage at Noon" by Ergo Phizmiz "Espionage" by Split Phase "Maccary Bay ft. Brett VanDonsel" by Kevin MacLeod "I’m Doing Just Fine" by Lee Rosevere "Unanswered Questions" and “New Direction” by Kevin MacLeod "Down Low"...

In the early 90s, a group of London schoolteachers and administrators invited a teenage punk band to play their prom. What were they thinking? Story told by Ed Zed, former lead singer of The Walking Abortions Ed is currently one half of The Casual Sexists. Check out their most recent single, "What's Wrong With Being Sexy?" and all their music here. Produced by Matt Elzweig Music "You Give Me an Ulcer," "Where Does Jenny Live," "Four White Walls," and "Vision Red," by the Walking...

The race to build a house before winter arrives in Northern New Mexico sets in is upended by murder. Sound freesound: Blu_150058 blukotek Story told by Emily Ray Reese -- Instagram: @emilyrayreese Produced by Matt Elzweig Music “Maccary Bay” by Kevin MacLeod "Valantis Vespers," "Slow Dial,""The One Shot" by Blue Dot Sessions Sound freesound: Blu_150058 blukotek tags: emily ray reese, unsolved murders, mysteries, New Mexico, stories, podcast Ways to Support Falling...

When you're in a park, in a country your parents told you was 'off-limits' after 9/11, and there's a man following you who you think may think you're a foreign spy, there's only one thing to do--become one. Story told by Adam Valen Levinson Produced by Matt Elzweig Music “Maccary Bay” by Kevin MacLeod "The Oud Player of Rosslyn (Prelude 20 for Oud)" by Rob MacKillop "Oud Improvisation" by Hanawo "The Commoner" Sound freesound: eaglechopper YouTube September 11 2001 As It Happened...

A slight stretch of the truth takes Uluç Ülgen on two trips -- one good, one very bad. Produced by Matt Elzweig Story told by Uluç Ülgen Music "A Dixie Jam Session" by Armand Hug's New Orleans Jazzmen; Armand Hug; Santo Pecora; George Girard; Bujie Centobie; John Senac; Fred King "He-Man (Synthpop mix)" by Zapac Intoxicated By Distance by Christian Fiesel "Intoxicated by Distance" by Christian Fiesel "Pilgrimage - Awe" by Wayne Kinos "Black Chorale" by Pussyfinger "Spiritual...

Brian McCullough avoided even over-the-counter painkillers. But one night, aching from rugby and softball, and with a grad school paper to write, he decided to make an exception. The problem was, there was no Advil or Tylenol to be found in his house. His mother had a prescription, however. She was willing to share it. He may have underestimated its potency. Story told by Brian McCullough Produced by Matt Elzweig Music “Maccary Bay” by Kevin MacLeod "LSD Sky Chefs" by...

With so many people out of town, the Sunday before Memorial Day should’ve been an easy shift at the New York cocktail lounge where this husband and wife team works. It got off to a good start. Then all hell broke loose.

You may remember Augustus* from Episode 6. He’s a guy to whom things tend to happen and then some. In this case, a pickpocket in Barcelona, a stolen suitcase, and a minor blemish on his passport set off a series of events that put his citizenship and his identity in question. Moments after arriving in San Francisco to catch his connecting flight to school, Augustus finds himself thinking not about how difficult the new semester will be, but whether he’ll be wasting away in a cell on the...

To actors trying to get work in New York City or anywhere else, acting and staging plays is a labor of love and insanity where every opportunity that presents itself could be that once in a lifetime break, a complete waste of time, or something in between. When Cherry Lou Sy graduated from theater school, she was willing to take almost any gig, even if she found it on Craig's List. She was still too green to notice several red flags when she agreed to play the role of Juliet in ...some sort...

Amy Oestreicher was a gifted high school student who seemed destined for a career on the stage. After what seemed to be an auspicious meeting with a respected mentor to several Broadway stars took a very dark turn, her life began to spiral out of control, culminating in an unheard of medical emergency. She lingered in a coma for months, and when she awoke she was unable to eat or drink. Putting her life back together seemed all but impossible. Produced by Matt Elzweig Story told by Amy...