Summary
We’re taking a break right now, and we’ll be back in May with all new stories. But in the meantime, we’re featuring stories from the past that you may not have heard.
For this episode, we’re re-releasing a story from 2013 called Keep Running, based an interview with listener Brian Foy. Brian donated money to our show (thank you so much Brian!), and in return, we took details from his life, and changed them to make a fictional story. It’s about a man running from Wisconsin to Indiana, and where his mind goes along the way.
Performed by Peter McNerney, with Elana Fishbein, Louis Kornfeld, Julia Hynes, and Teddy Shivers.
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| 0:00.0 | This feels good. This is the zone. We're just floating. Wisconsin to Indiana, 80 miles, |
| 0:28.9 | 12 hours, one day. Just keep my leg to the left. Just keep running. Keep running. Keep running. |
| 0:45.3 | Running for me is very meditative, but it can also take your mind to places that you can't run away from. |
| 1:01.3 | We made this story back in 2013 when the truth had a fundraiser, and one of the big rewards for donating was to make a fictional story based on our listeners' real life. |
| 1:11.3 | I'm Brian Foy, I've been living in Chicago for the last 13 years. I'm Brian donated money to our show, and I learned that he loves to run. He runs marathons all over the world. |
| 1:21.3 | I'm not a great marathoner. I'm definitely a mid-packed person. I'm average. I'm average average. |
| 1:26.3 | But he's also always looking for a new challenge. |
| 1:29.3 | So I had this thing I want to do. I want to run from Indiana to Wisconsin. It's about 80 miles. |
| 1:36.3 | That's 80 miles in a single day. This is an epic three-state journey, but he'd be running through some areas that could be dangerous. |
| 1:44.3 | Am I about to get mugged or in-dub in some sewer dead and no one's going to know where I went to? |
| 1:50.3 | This is the truth. I'm Jonathan Mitchell, and today we're revisiting a story we made way back in 2013 that took details from Brian's real life and changed them to make a fictional story about a man running from Wisconsin to Indiana, |
| 2:04.3 | and where his mind goes along the way. |
| 2:10.3 | Before we get to this episode, I want to let you know that our fellow radio topia show, Adelchish, is back with their new ninth season. |
| 2:17.3 | Adelchish is the award-winning advice, culture, and storytelling podcast put together by and four young adults. |
| 2:23.3 | This season will feature stories and insights of cannabis, self-love shams, the joy of drag, and holding grudges. |
| 2:30.3 | Look out for new episodes of Adelchish by YR Media and Radio Topia, every Thursday starting April 20th. |
| 2:38.3 | Now back to... keep running. |
| 2:46.3 | The sun's still up, I should be fine. We can great time. |
| 2:52.3 | I said that I had plenty of time to take this run. |
| 2:57.3 | I thought I had all the time in the world. |
| 3:01.3 | I didn't always live in Chicago. I certainly never thought I'd be divorced. |
| 3:07.3 | I don't know that you were getting the divorce. |
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