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			<description><![CDATA[<p>Hi friends, I’m back! New episodes start dropping Tuesday!&nbsp;</p><br><p>Also, heads-up: I’ll be changing the name of this podcast from <strong>Strangers</strong> to<strong> STORIES by Lea Thau </strong>on Monday. That hurts a little, I know – for me too – but I promise it’s not the end of Strangers.&nbsp;The plan is for <strong>STORIES by Lea Thau</strong> to be an umbrella for all my work<strong>,</strong> including <strong>Strangers</strong>, and I want to do<strong> a new season of that show next year</strong>.&nbsp;</p><br><p>But first we’ll kick off next week with episodes from my latest series, <strong>The Hopeful Locals</strong>.&nbsp;</p><br><p>If you can’t wait for the public release and would like to <strong>binge the first eight episodes of The Hopeful Locals right now</strong>, you can do so on <a href="http://patreon.com/leathau" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Patreon</strong></a><strong>,</strong> where you’ll also find <strong>70 episodes of Strangers</strong> that are only available there, and much more.</p><br><p>If you can’t afford to pay, you can also join my Patreon community for free and get access to some new and old episodes without ads – <strong>Episode 1 of The Hopeful Locals is already up there!&nbsp;</strong></p><br><p>If you have questions or comments, or perhaps a story you’d like to share, you can email me at <a href="mailto:stories@leathau.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>stories@leathau.com</strong></a> or message me on <a href="http://patreon.com/leathau" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Patreon</strong></a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/STORIESbyLeaThau/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Facebook</strong></a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/stories_by_leathau/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>&nbsp;Instagram</strong></a>, or <a href="https://leathau.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Substack</strong></a>. My name on all those platforms is now <strong>STORIES by Lea Thau.&nbsp;</strong></p><br><p>I look forward to spending a lot more time with you again, so please….don’t be strangers!</p><br><p>The entire back catalogue of Strangers can be found at <strong>STORIES by Lea Thau</strong> on <a href="https://www.patreon.com/leathau" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Patreon</strong></a> and <a href="https://leathau.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Substack</strong></a>, where you can also find my new work in its entirety, all of it ad-free. You can join as a free or paid member, so come be part of my community! Or follow my new work in my new public feed, <strong>STORIES by Lea Thau, </strong>which you can find wherever you get your podcasts.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></description>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[<p>Hi friends, I’m back! New episodes start dropping Tuesday!&nbsp;</p><br><p>Also, heads-up: I’ll be changing the name of this podcast from <strong>Strangers</strong> to<strong> STORIES by Lea Thau </strong>on Monday. That hurts a little, I know – for me too – but I promise it’s not the end of Strangers.&nbsp;The plan is for <strong>STORIES by Lea Thau</strong> to be an umbrella for all my work<strong>,</strong> including <strong>Strangers</strong>, and I want to do<strong> a new season of that show next year</strong>.&nbsp;</p><br><p>But first we’ll kick off next week with episodes from my latest series, <strong>The Hopeful Locals</strong>.&nbsp;</p><br><p>If you can’t wait for the public release and would like to <strong>binge the first eight episodes of The Hopeful Locals right now</strong>, you can do so on <a href="http://patreon.com/leathau" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Patreon</strong></a><strong>,</strong> where you’ll also find <strong>70 episodes of Strangers</strong> that are only available there, and much more.</p><br><p>If you can’t afford to pay, you can also join my Patreon community for free and get access to some new and old episodes without ads – <strong>Episode 1 of The Hopeful Locals is already up there!&nbsp;</strong></p><br><p>If you have questions or comments, or perhaps a story you’d like to share, you can email me at <a href="mailto:stories@leathau.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>stories@leathau.com</strong></a> or message me on <a href="http://patreon.com/leathau" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Patreon</strong></a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/STORIESbyLeaThau/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Facebook</strong></a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/stories_by_leathau/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>&nbsp;Instagram</strong></a>, or <a href="https://leathau.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Substack</strong></a>. My name on all those platforms is now <strong>STORIES by Lea Thau.&nbsp;</strong></p><br><p>I look forward to spending a lot more time with you again, so please….don’t be strangers!</p><br><p>The entire back catalogue of Strangers can be found at <strong>STORIES by Lea Thau</strong> on <a href="https://www.patreon.com/leathau" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Patreon</strong></a> and <a href="https://leathau.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Substack</strong></a>, where you can also find my new work in its entirety, all of it ad-free. You can join as a free or paid member, so come be part of my community! Or follow my new work in my new public feed, <strong>STORIES by Lea Thau, </strong>which you can find wherever you get your podcasts.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></itunes:summary>
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			<title>Wilmot of Helena</title>
			<itunes:title>Wilmot of Helena</itunes:title>
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			<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Wilmot Collins is an interesting man with an interesting story. This is it. I hope you enjoy it. Find more Strangers content, new and old, at  - it's only $1 per month to join - or stay subscribed here for more free episodes, which will drop...]]></itunes:subtitle>
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			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[<p>Wilmot Collins is an interesting man with an interesting story. This is it. I hope you enjoy it. Find more <em>Strangers</em> content, new and old, at <a href= "http://www.patreon.com/strangerspodcast">www.patreon.com/strangerspodcast</a> - it's only $1 per month to join - or stay subscribed here for more free episodes, which will drop from time to time. However, if you want to receive regular episodes, and hear the continuation of my series called The Cape, and access our archive of more than 90 episodes, join us on Patreon! </p><p>The entire back catalogue of Strangers can be found at <strong>STORIES by Lea Thau</strong> on <a href="https://www.patreon.com/leathau" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Patreon</strong></a> and <a href="https://leathau.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Substack</strong></a>, where you can also find my new work in its entirety, all of it ad-free. You can join as a free or paid member, so come be part of my community! Or follow my new work in my new public feed, <strong>STORIES by Lea Thau, </strong>which you can find wherever you get your podcasts.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></itunes:summary>
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			<title>Do You Like My Little Lie?</title>
			<itunes:title>Do You Like My Little Lie?</itunes:title>
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			<itunes:subtitle>It’s the time of year when skeletons come out of the closet. We honor the dead, as we get ready for holidays among the living, where secrets will be spilled, and secrets will be created that will haunt us for years to come.</itunes:subtitle>
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			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[It’s the time of year when skeletons come out of the closet. We honor the dead, as we get ready for holidays among the living, where secrets will be spilled, and secrets will be created that will haunt us for years to come. You might describe today’s story as a classic “noir,” if it wasn’t … Continue reading Do You Like My Little Lie? →  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href= "https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a><p>The entire back catalogue of Strangers can be found at <strong>STORIES by Lea Thau</strong> on <a href="https://www.patreon.com/leathau" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Patreon</strong></a> and <a href="https://leathau.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Substack</strong></a>, where you can also find my new work in its entirety, all of it ad-free. You can join as a free or paid member, so come be part of my community! Or follow my new work in my new public feed, <strong>STORIES by Lea Thau, </strong>which you can find wherever you get your podcasts.<hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></itunes:summary>
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			<title>Me For Mayor?</title>
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			<itunes:subtitle>Have you ever had the fantasy that a chance encounter with a stranger could tell you who to be? Karin Gutman was working as an assistant when a senior advisor to a US Senator came out of the blue with an offer to change her life… This story first aired.</itunes:subtitle>
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			<title>The Son, The Goddess, and Leopoldo</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 30 May 2016 05:01:15 GMT</pubDate>
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			<itunes:subtitle>Born in a coven of lesbian witches in a Haight-Ashbury commune after the fall of Saigon, young Joshua Safran soon hit the open road with his single mother, Claudia, and things only got stranger from there. A word of warning: this story contains some di...</itunes:subtitle>
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			<title>Elizabeth and Mary, Part 1</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2016 19:28:54 GMT</pubDate>
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			<itunes:subtitle>Would you give a kidney to a stranger? Inspired by a previous episode of Strangers, Elizabeth decided to do just that. This is Part 1 of the story that ensued.</itunes:subtitle>
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			<title>My Father’s Bones</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2015 17:11:42 GMT</pubDate>
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			<itunes:subtitle>One day when Susan was five, her father came home and nailed her bunk bed shut. That was the beginning of a long strange journey.</itunes:subtitle>
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			<title>Unconditional</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2015 20:23:54 GMT</pubDate>
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			<itunes:subtitle>This is a story of mothers, love, regrets and redemption, and of secrets from many years passed that cast long shadows in our lives. It’s about how Deborah Jiang-Stein came to be pulled over by two highway patrolmen at 19 years-old,</itunes:subtitle>
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			<title>Adrian’s Race</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2015 05:33:42 GMT</pubDate>
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			<itunes:subtitle>Adrian is 25 and losing his eyesight. He’s in a race against time. He’s also in a battle between humility and pride. When is it stubborn, perhaps even foolhardy, not to make concessions to one’s disability? When is it the only way out?</itunes:subtitle>
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			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[<p>Adrian is 25 and losing his eyesight. He’s in a race against time. He’s also in a battle between humility and pride. When is it stubborn, perhaps even foolhardy, not to make concessions to one’s disability? When is it the only way out? And where do you find wisdom to know the difference? Get the … Continue reading Adrian’s Race →</p><p>The entire back catalogue of Strangers can be found at <strong>STORIES by Lea Thau</strong> on <a href="https://www.patreon.com/leathau" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Patreon</strong></a> and <a href="https://leathau.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Substack</strong></a>, where you can also find my new work in its entirety, all of it ad-free. You can join as a free or paid member, so come be part of my community! Or follow my new work in my new public feed, <strong>STORIES by Lea Thau, </strong>which you can find wherever you get your podcasts.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></itunes:summary>
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			<title>A Father’s Story – Then and Now</title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2015 01:18:21 GMT</pubDate>
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			<itunes:subtitle>To mark the three-year anniversary of Strangers we share with you the very first story ever featured on the show, about Stephen Rochelle and his son Matthew, and we return to Stephen to see how they’re doing now, three years later. In July 2011,</itunes:subtitle>
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			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[<p>To mark the three-year anniversary of Strangers we share with you the very first story ever featured on the show, about Stephen Rochelle and his son Matthew, and we return to Stephen to see how they’re doing now, three years later. In July 2011, Matthew Rochelle stood trial for murder. This is the story of … Continue reading A Father’s Story – Then and Now → </p><p>The entire back catalogue of Strangers can be found at <strong>STORIES by Lea Thau</strong> on <a href="https://www.patreon.com/leathau" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Patreon</strong></a> and <a href="https://leathau.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Substack</strong></a>, where you can also find my new work in its entirety, all of it ad-free. You can join as a free or paid member, so come be part of my community! Or follow my new work in my new public feed, <strong>STORIES by Lea Thau, </strong>which you can find wherever you get your podcasts.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></itunes:summary>
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			<title>Falling Slowly</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2014 02:59:59 GMT</pubDate>
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			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Strangers, at its core, is about the beauty and the struggle of human connection and what happens in those moments when we get closer to someone else, or, say, further removed from ourselves. Often that change is subtle and slow, but sometimes it is sudden and monumental. Here is Lyena Strelkoff. A version of this … Continue reading Falling Slowly →  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href= "https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a><p>The entire back catalogue of Strangers can be found at <strong>STORIES by Lea Thau</strong> on <a href="https://www.patreon.com/leathau" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Patreon</strong></a> and <a href="https://leathau.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Substack</strong></a>, where you can also find my new work in its entirety, all of it ad-free. You can join as a free or paid member, so come be part of my community! Or follow my new work in my new public feed, <strong>STORIES by Lea Thau, </strong>which you can find wherever you get your podcasts.<hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></itunes:summary>
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			<title><![CDATA[Big Jim & Smokey Joe]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2014 23:15:24 GMT</pubDate>
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			<itunes:subtitle>A waitress, a former bomber pilot and a retired railroad engineer embark on the adventure of a lifetime. A version of this story was previously featured on Season 1 of Strangers. Get the full story here.</itunes:subtitle>
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			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[A waitress, a former bomber pilot and a retired railroad engineer embark on the adventure of a lifetime. A version of this story was previously featured on Season 1 of Strangers. Get the full story here.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href= "https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a><p>The entire back catalogue of Strangers can be found at <strong>STORIES by Lea Thau</strong> on <a href="https://www.patreon.com/leathau" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Patreon</strong></a> and <a href="https://leathau.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Substack</strong></a>, where you can also find my new work in its entirety, all of it ad-free. You can join as a free or paid member, so come be part of my community! Or follow my new work in my new public feed, <strong>STORIES by Lea Thau, </strong>which you can find wherever you get your podcasts.<hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></itunes:summary>
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			<title>Two Men and a Baby</title>
			<itunes:title>Two Men and a Baby</itunes:title>
			<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2014 07:47:58 GMT</pubDate>
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			<itunes:subtitle>Two young men receive a surprise delivery.  And it’s a newborn. Whaaa! Get the full story here.</itunes:subtitle>
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			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Two young men receive a surprise delivery.  And it’s a newborn. Whaaa! Get the full story here.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href= "https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a><p>The entire back catalogue of Strangers can be found at <strong>STORIES by Lea Thau</strong> on <a href="https://www.patreon.com/leathau" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Patreon</strong></a> and <a href="https://leathau.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Substack</strong></a>, where you can also find my new work in its entirety, all of it ad-free. You can join as a free or paid member, so come be part of my community! Or follow my new work in my new public feed, <strong>STORIES by Lea Thau, </strong>which you can find wherever you get your podcasts.<hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></itunes:summary>
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			<title>Jenni Rowell: Life, Interrupted</title>
			<itunes:title>Jenni Rowell: Life, Interrupted</itunes:title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2014 01:00:50 GMT</pubDate>
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			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Imagine waking up every morning and seeing a stranger in the mirror… Get the full story here.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href= "https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a><p>The entire back catalogue of Strangers can be found at <strong>STORIES by Lea Thau</strong> on <a href="https://www.patreon.com/leathau" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Patreon</strong></a> and <a href="https://leathau.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Substack</strong></a>, where you can also find my new work in its entirety, all of it ad-free. You can join as a free or paid member, so come be part of my community! Or follow my new work in my new public feed, <strong>STORIES by Lea Thau, </strong>which you can find wherever you get your podcasts.<hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></itunes:summary>
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			<title>Matjames and Tyler: Flee, Flood, Float</title>
			<itunes:title>Matjames and Tyler: Flee, Flood, Float</itunes:title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Aug 2013 23:34:15 GMT</pubDate>
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