5 Minute Personal True Stories
Jul 14, 2021
The Car
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Featuring Steven Lewis, Andi Rosenthal, Kathryn Mayer, and David Masello. Do you remember your first car? How about your worst car? What about your road test or that first big road trip you made on your own? The stories we're presenting in today's show were recorded in the Ossie Davis Theater in New Rochelle, New York at a Read650 live event called THE CAR.
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Haunted
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