Sometimes a simple question is all it takes to get someone telling a story. We begin this show by asking people to tell the story of their first kiss. Every story is the same. Every story is different. After that, changes of hearts and a deeper understanding of one’s capacity to love. Then we have two glimpses into potential future realities, android love and a Valentinian Apocalypse. Have a great V Day.
Host: Rachel Hamburg
Producers: Aaron Thayer, Eme Akpabio, Claire Woodard, Charlie Mintz, Will Rogers, and Jonah Willihnganz
Featuring: Max McClure, Heidi Thorsen, and members of the Stanford community who told us their story in White Plaza.
Music: Daniel Steinbock, Max McClure, Fleet Street, and a spontaneous mishmash of singers who were out serenading people on the Saturday night before this story aired, in February 2009.
Release Date: 16 February 2010
Story 1: Your First Kiss
Answering our first of three questions, passersby on White Plaza tell us of their first kisses. Some kisses were awkward, some were sensational, and some were both.
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Story 2: When did you change your mind about love?
White Plazans tell of a time when they shifted their perceptions of love–sometimes shifts for the better, and often for the worse.
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Story 3: The Heart that Grew Three Sizes in One Day
White Plazans tell of a time they realized their capacity for love.
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Story 4: Falling for Androids
The first winner of our winter story contest, Max McClure, reads a story about love beyond the bounds of species. Will he find love in all the wrong places?
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Story 5: Apocalypse, February 14, 2023
Heidi Thorsen, the second winner of our story contest, posits the Valentinian Apocalypse of Love. Is this the big one?
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