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Video: Suzanne Clores takes a ride she can't refuse
At the May 7th edition of Tuesday Funk, returning reader Suzanne Clores related the squirm-inducing tale of a car ride she took with a Brooklyn mobster, and it sounded a little like this... And if you enjoyed that, please join...
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Video: Jeremy Jasper revisits a terrified inner child
Last month at our April 2nd edition, Jeremy Jasper dropped by to relate a powerful and terrifying tale from childhood, and it went a little like this... And if you enjoyed that, please join us at 7:30 pm tomorrow night,...
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Co-host William Shunn appears twice this week!
Attention, Funkers! Our longtime co-host William Shunn will be appearing next week in not one but two of Chicago's most thrilling other reading series. They'll be on consecutive nights, no less, so please block out Tuesday and Wednesday evenings on...
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Video: William Shunn takes us inside the Mormon temple
In recognition of tomorrow's LDS General Conference in Salt Lake City, we're pleased to share William Shunn's reading from our January 1st episode. His personal essay "The Fanatic on the Street" took us on an intimate tour through the secrets...
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Video: Patricia Ann McNair makes a painful "Return Trip"
At our Not Your Parents' Valentine's Day Edition of Tuesday Funk, Patricia Ann McNair read us her essay "Return Trip," from the anthology Briefly Knocked Unconscious by a Low-Flying Duck, and it went just a little like this... And if...
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Video: Mary Pat Bohan can't carry your baggage too
At our Not Your Parents' Valentine's Day Edition of Tuesday Funk, Mary Pat Bohan read her personal essay "Brutally Honest," and it went just a little like this... And if you enjoyed that, please join us at 7:30 pm on...
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Video: Andrew Reilly pictures love overseas
For your Valentine's Day pleasure, we're pleased to share Andrew Reilly's reading from our December 4th episode. His true story "Here, Capture Something" appears in the new 2nd Story anthology Briefly Knocked Unconscious by a Low-Flying Duck, but we warn...
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Video: Julie Ganey communes with the fairies
At our January 1st edition of Tuesday Funk, Julie Ganey brought us a charming true tale of fantasy, wonder, and fairies. Julie's essay "When the Fairies Came" appears in the new 2nd Story anthology Briefly Knocked Unconscious by a Low-Flying...
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Video: Andrew Huff gives us "Directions Home"
At our January 1st edition of Tuesday Funk earlier this week, Gapers Block editor Andrew Huff took us for a drive down Memory Lane, and it went a little like this... And if you enjoyed that, please join us at...
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Video: Jodi Eichelberger comprises an audience of one
At our December 4th edition of Tuesday Funk, Jodi Eichelberger told us about the time he arrived at a mime performance in London only to find that he was the only one in the audience. Here's what happened next... And...
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