the stories i wish you heard
By citybuoy | BUNK Collective
𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗶 𝘄𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗱 is a Fiction podcast featuring stories, interviews, and listener submissions. It is a safe space for the broken-hearted to breathe and tell their stories.
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the stories i wish you heardMar 28, 2021
aural fixation: Mrs. Dalloway (2)
so much happened, i couldn't bring myself to write any stories. so i decided to read someone else's.
welcome to aural fixation. 🌹🪻🌷
Listen to the Mrs. Dalloway playlist at spoti.fi/3xAufqD.
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Woolf, Virginia. (1925). Mrs. Dalloway. Urbana, Illinois: Project Gutenberg. Retrieved February 21, 2016, from www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/71865.
aural fixation: Mrs. Dalloway (1)
so much happened, i couldn't bring myself to write any stories. so i decided to read someone else's.
welcome to aural fixation. 🌹🪻🌷
Listen to the Mrs. Dalloway playlist at spoti.fi/3xAufqD.
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Woolf, Virginia. (1925). Mrs. Dalloway. Urbana, Illinois: Project Gutenberg. Retrieved February 21, 2016, from www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/71865.
intro / hey tiger, you busy?
Originally published in January 2024 on citybuoy.blogspot.com.
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𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗶 𝘄𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗱 is part of the BUNK Collective. Discover more podcasts at http://www.thebunkph.com and connect with us through social media: @thebunkph.
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i. confusion
Originally published in January 2024 on citybuoy.blogspot.com.
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𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗶 𝘄𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗱 is part of the BUNK Collective. Discover more podcasts at http://www.thebunkph.com and connect with us through social media: @thebunkph.
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ii. confirmation
Originally published in January 2024 on citybuoy.blogspot.com.
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𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗶 𝘄𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗱 is part of the BUNK Collective. Discover more podcasts at http://www.thebunkph.com and connect with us through social media: @thebunkph.
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iii. collapse
Originally published in January 2024 on citybuoy.blogspot.com.
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𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗶 𝘄𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗱 is part of the BUNK Collective. Discover more podcasts at http://www.thebunkph.com and connect with us through social media: @thebunkph.
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iv. compromise
Originally published in January 2024 on citybuoy.blogspot.com.
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𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗶 𝘄𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗱 is part of the BUNK Collective. Discover more podcasts at http://www.thebunkph.com and connect with us through social media: @thebunkph.
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outro / happy new year, tiger
Happy new year, tiger. I hope your new year’s is a little bit better.
Originally published in January 2024 on citybuoy.blogspot.com.
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𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗶 𝘄𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗱 is part of the BUNK Collective. Discover more podcasts at http://www.thebunkph.com and connect with us through social media: @thebunkph.
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34a: Wishstick
🎈 HAPPY BIRTHDAY, STORIES! It's been three years since my first episode. Thank you for tuning in to the stories I wish you heard. I hope you enjoy today's twin offering. He looks so lonely in the early morning sky. Never looked more beautiful than when he’s breaking my heart. I look straight into his dark brown eyes and see a million forevers that would never be. It’ll be morning soon. I will be mourning soon.
Originally published in December 2013 on citybuoy.blogspot.com.
Music: Dishwalla - Angels or Devils (Acoustic Cover)
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𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗶 𝘄𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗱 is part of the BUNK Collective. Discover more podcasts at http://www.thebunkph.com and connect with us through social media: @thebunkph.
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33b: The Desire for Shared Sleep
🎈 HAPPY BIRTHDAY, STORIES! It's been three years since my first episode. Thank you for tuning in to the stories I wish you heard. I hope you enjoy today's twin offering. 🙋♂️ What is the most intimate non-sexual thing you’ve ever done?
Join this week’s Storytellers (Makoy, Jay, and Janssen) as we go over how The Man Who Stayed was written and produced for this podcast, the limits you have when it comes to love, and how at the end of the day, we can all be our own heroes.
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33a: The Man Who Stayed
You know, my life’s been a mess these last few weeks. I’m sorry. I shouldn’t be putting all this on you. I know we just met but… it feels like you’re the only calm in my life. Would you… would you mind staying the night? Just for tonight. I just really need someone to hold me.
Originally published in June 2023 on citybuoy.blogspot.com.
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𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗶 𝘄𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗱 is part of the BUNK Collective. Discover more podcasts at http://www.thebunkph.com and connect with us through social media: @thebunkph.
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intro: a very Stories christmas
POV: It’s Christmas and you’re lonely in a sea of people. You call a friend to tell you a bedtime story or two.
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𝗮 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗮𝘀: a collection of 100-word stories and holiday songs to sleep to.
Listen to the entire set with optional song interludes here: https://spoti.fi/3vbbqGj.
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Hey, it’s been a while.
Yeah, yeah. I know. I said I’d be back soon but…
I’ve been busy. Just with the holidays. H – how about you?
That’s good to hear. I know this season can be tough sometimes but I see you hanging on.
What? A story? Aren’t you a little too old for stories?
Fine, but you know how this goes. They never end up in the end.
Are you around a lot of people? Yeah, go ahead. I’ll wait.
You in bed? Why don’t you breathe in for me? Breathe out. Breathe in. Breathe out.
These are the stories that I wish you heard.
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Music: Winter
1: wondering if you ever will
POV: It’s Christmas and you’re lonely in a sea of people. You call a friend to tell you a bedtime story or two.
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𝗮 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗮𝘀: a collection of 100-word stories and holiday songs to sleep to.
Listen to the entire set with optional song interludes here: https://spoti.fi/3vbbqGj.
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I remember the last time you kissed me. You were half awake when I crawled into bed. With eyes closed, you kissed me good night. Outside, the city breathed in and out like it does every night. I didn’t know what was happening at that time – didn’t know that was the last time you could ever do that. If I knew then what I know now, would I have kissed you with my eyes wide open?
The demons came back and they took me from you. Like the million times before, I say I’m sorry wondering if you ever will.
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2: perhaps the next time
POV: It’s Christmas and you’re lonely in a sea of people. You call a friend to tell you a bedtime story or two.
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𝗮 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗮𝘀: a collection of 100-word stories and holiday songs to sleep to.
Listen to the entire set with optional song interludes here: https://spoti.fi/3vbbqGj.
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When you left, I fantasized about the moment I’d see you again.
Perhaps the next time you see these eyes, they won’t be crying anymore. The next time you hear this heartbeat, it won’t be in sync with yours anymore.
And maybe then, if I’m good and I eat my vegetables and drink my milk at night, you wouldn’t know that I still care about you. Tell me about the lives you’ve lived without me. Tell me it was worth it in the end.
Because right now it doesn’t seem like it ever will be. Tell me how I survive.
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3: even the earth remembers
POV: It’s Christmas and you’re lonely in a sea of people. You call a friend to tell you a bedtime story or two.
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𝗮 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗮𝘀: a collection of 100-word stories and holiday songs to sleep to.
Listen to the entire set with optional song interludes here: https://spoti.fi/3vbbqGj.
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I search through the cracks for my memory, some reminder that I was there. You are whole again and I’m still in pieces.
It’s been years but even the earth remembers earthquakes. Skyscrapers may rise where bungalows fall but if you look closely, you’ll see patches of wild grass growing in the cracks.
You smile nonchalantly, pretend you don’t notice me staring at you. You pretend you don’t remember me loving you.
You ask if I’m okay. I smile back. And just like that, a glimmer of kindness in your eyes, a patch of lime and purple in the concrete.
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4: this christmas, i'm giving up on you
POV: It’s Christmas and you’re lonely in a sea of people. You call a friend to tell you a bedtime story or two.
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𝗮 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗮𝘀: a collection of 100-word stories and holiday songs to sleep to.
Listen to the entire set with optional song interludes here: https://spoti.fi/3vbbqGj.
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I once lit a torch for you. Its glow provided light through the darkest nights. It kept me warm on evenings most unforgiving. And then you woke up one day, packed your bags and told me you didn’t want it anymore.
I set down my torch for you years ago but I lit a candle in its place. It has burned meekly all these years though it has never once warmed your bones.
The last time I saw you, there was a vacancy in your eyes. They say it’s the season of giving. This Christmas, I’m giving up on you.
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5: barely the same person
POV: It’s Christmas and you’re lonely in a sea of people. You call a friend to tell you a bedtime story or two.
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𝗮 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗮𝘀: a collection of 100-word stories and holiday songs to sleep to.
Listen to the entire set with optional song interludes here: https://spoti.fi/3vbbqGj.
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He says “Ah, but that was a lifetime ago” and I nod. Sometimes, memories are so distant, they stop belonging to you. I remember loving him, I remember slowing my breath so our hearts could beat in time, but it’s as if it was a story someone told me over breakfast or a short film I saw online.
Yes, I loved him but that was a lifetime ago and I’m barely the same person.
One day, I believe all the socks who’ve lost their pairs will find their missing halves. When that time comes, would we still feel the same?
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6: i release you
POV: It’s Christmas and you’re lonely in a sea of people. You call a friend to tell you a bedtime story or two.
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𝗮 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗮𝘀: a collection of 100-word stories and holiday songs to sleep to.
Listen to the entire set with optional song interludes here: https://spoti.fi/3vbbqGj.
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“Are we good?” he asks me as I am packing my things. “You seem upset?”
“I’m fine,” I lie. “But for what it’s worth, I release you. What happened happened a lifetime ago. I am letting you go.”
He looks up, confused. “You release me? What is there to release? Whatever you’re feeling – that’s on you. I dealt with all that years ago. I’m done.”
No man steps in the same river twice. For it is not the same river. He is not the same man.
How could I tell him? I thought he already knew. Sometimes, the river remembers.
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7: name one after you
POV: It’s Christmas and you’re lonely in a sea of people. You call a friend to tell you a bedtime story or two.
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𝗮 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗮𝘀: a collection of 100-word stories and holiday songs to sleep to.
Listen to the entire set with optional song interludes here: https://spoti.fi/3vbbqGj.
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“Where I’m from, they name storms after women,” he said to me and I asked why. “Only a woman can ravage so swiftly, so completely.” At that point, I knew I loved him.
I thought that I could take him. I thought I was his typhoon. Then one day, I realized he’d been safe under his umbrella the whole time. Silly me.
You said they name storms after women. Why don’t they name earthquakes? If they did, I’d tell them to name one after you. You who shook me to the core – your fault line ran deep in my heart.
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outro: merry christmas, tiger.
POV: It’s Christmas and you’re lonely in a sea of people. You call a friend to tell you a bedtime story or two.
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𝗮 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗮𝘀: a collection of 100-word stories and holiday songs to sleep to.
Listen to the entire set with optional song interludes here: https://spoti.fi/3vbbqGj.
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You still there? Yeah, that was the last one.
I guess you have to go back – it’s pretty rude to be in your room while everyone’s out there.
Hey. I just want you to know. I’m here for you. You don’t have to go through this alone.
Good night, tiger. And Merry Christmas.
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Music: Winter
32: Forever Clouds
The little things don’t scare me. But if you ask me about forever, well… that’s a different story.
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That's a wrap for Season 6! If you miss me too much, come find me at (just the stories) i wish you heard: https://spoti.fi/3c2J07Q.
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Originally published in November 2012 on citybuoy.blogspot.com.
🎵: 𝖱𝖺𝖼𝗁𝖺𝖾𝗅 𝖸𝖺𝗆𝖺𝗀𝖺𝗍𝖺 - 𝖡𝗈𝗍𝗁 𝖲𝗂𝖽𝖾𝗌 𝖭𝗈𝗐 (𝟤𝟢𝟢𝟫)
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31: All That We Were Losing (Part 2)
I told him I knew he'd stopped loving me because he stopped drawing me. Years later, he would tell me exactly when he stopped.
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I hope you enjoy the conclusion of All That We Were Losing. You can listen to the first part here.
🎉 HAPPY 100,000 STREAMS! This episode is out a few days early because I’m celebrating a milestone for this show. As of this moment, The Stories I Wish You Heard has been streamed 100,000 times! This was just a little project I started in my bedroom two years ago. I know you have a lot of choices when it comes to podcasts out there so every time you stream, tweet, or tag me in an Instagram story, it really means a lot to me.
Thank you for always being there. I hope that I can continue telling you the stories I wish you heard.
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Simultaneously published in September 2022 on citybuoy.blogspot.com.
A big thank you to @bjornforyou for lending his voice to this episode.
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I wanted to tell you. (Trailer)
These are the stories i wish you heard - a safe space for the broken-hearted to breathe and tell their stories.
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30: All That We Were Losing (Part 1)
Often times, closure is elusive. Only the brave can seek it out for themselves.
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I hope you enjoy the first part of All That We Were Losing. Stay tuned next week for the story’s conclusion.
A big thank you to @bjornforyou for lending his voice to this episode.
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Simultaneously published in September 2022 on citybuoy.blogspot.com.
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29: Good at Goodbyes
I wanted to break up with him but fate had other plans.
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Simultaneously published in September 2022 on citybuoy.blogspot.com.
Contains a portion of disconnect, published in December 2011.
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You, me, and a Parallel Universe: Music + Talk Edition
Happy birthday, Stories! Can you believe it’s been two years? Here’s a special version of You, me, and a Parallel Universe. Listen on Spotify for a brand new experience with songs I handpicked for each chapter. 🤍
From my heart and my bottom, thank you for listening to the stories i wish you heard. xx
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You, me, and a Parallel Universe: Music + Talk Edition
1. Voicemail (Intro)
2. Joji – Glimpse of Us
3. This should floor me but it doesn’t. (2022)
4. Clairo – Feel Something
5. Our heads in the clouds. (2012)
6. Snoh Aalegra – Fool For You
7. The last Louis you’ll ever get. (2012)
8. MUNA – Winterbreak
9. But I guess I failed. (2022)
10. Troye Sivan – The Good Side
11. A part of me never left. (2012 – 2022)
12. FINNEAS – Break My Heart Again
13. Postscript (Outro)
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𝗬𝗼𝘂, 𝗺𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗹 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲 was recorded at Kindred Productions, a full-scale audio production house located at 5th Floor, Shaw Plaza, Shaw Boulevard, Brgy. Wack-Wack, Mandaluyong City. Record your podcast and other audio production needs here - for bookings, call or text 0926 620 8621 or shoot them an email at business@kindredism.xyz.
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28: King of the Castle
He said we could dance all night if I wanted to, as long as our skin never touched.
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Originally published as com-promise in December 2010 on citybuoy.blogspot.com.
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27b: Falling for an FWB
Have you ever fallen in love with someone you hooked up with?
Join this week’s Storytellers (Noah Fence, Makoy, Jon, M, George, Pablo, and Gigi) as we go over how If You Stay With Me Tonight was written and produced for this podcast, the terms of engagement in any friends with benefits relationship, and how one goes from hooking up to settling down.
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27a: If You Stay With Me Tonight
I’m tired of how flimsy words are. Let your body say the words you cannot.
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Simultaneously published in August 2022 on citybuoy.blogspot.com.
Cover Art: Happy Together (1997)
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26b: The Most Memorable Gift
What was the most memorable birthday gift you've ever received?
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🎵 OneEightFour by Blue Dot Sessions
26a: Happy Birthday
All day, people wished me a happy birthday but I was only ever waiting to hear from a forgetful boy.
🎂 Super random but today really is my birthday so I thought I’d stop by and share this quick story with you.
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Simultaneously published in August 2022 on citybuoy.blogspot.com.
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S5B: You, Me and a Parallel Universe (The B Episode)
What would you be willing to give up to be with someone you love?
Join this week’s Storytellers (Makoy, Mookiebo, Earl, Precious, Red, Shawn, and Dodong) as we go over how You, Me, and a Parallel Universe was written and produced for this podcast, the times we considered leaving everything behind for love, and the lessons we learned along the way.
TW: Depression, PTSD, self-harm. If you or someone you know is in need of help, please contact the National Mental Health Crisis Hotline.
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𝗬𝗼𝘂, 𝗺𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗹 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲 was recorded at Kindred Productions, a full-scale audio production house located at 5th Floor, Shaw Plaza, Shaw Boulevard, Brgy. Wack-Wack, Mandaluyong City. Record your podcast and other audio production needs here - for bookings, call or text 0926 620 8621 or shoot them an email at business@kindredism.xyz.
5. A part of me never left. (2012-2022)
Sometimes, I wake up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat and wonder where you are.
Did your life get better when you left me or are you just as stranded as I am?
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Simultaneously published in July 2022 on citybuoy.blogspot.com.
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🎵: Cavill - A Way
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𝗬𝗼𝘂, 𝗺𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗹 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲 was recorded at Kindred Productions, a full-scale audio production house located at 5th Floor, Shaw Plaza, Shaw Boulevard, Brgy. Wack-Wack, Mandaluyong City. Record your podcast and other audio production needs here - for bookings, call or text 0926 620 8621 or shoot them an email at business@kindredism.xyz.
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4. But I guess I failed. (2022)
There are lies we tell others and lies we tell ourselves.
When I said you would never see me again, who was I lying to?
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Simultaneously published in July 2022 on citybuoy.blogspot.com.
𝗬𝗼𝘂, 𝗺𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗹 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲 was recorded at Kindred Productions, a full-scale audio production house located at 5th Floor, Shaw Plaza, Shaw Boulevard, Brgy. Wack-Wack, Mandaluyong City. Record your podcast and other audio production needs here - for bookings, call or text 0926 620 8621 or shoot them an email at business@kindredism.xyz.
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3. The last Louis you’ll ever get. (2012)
Have you ever stopped to consider the people you left behind to get to where you are today? Was it worth it in the end?
Tell me it was worth it in the end.
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Simultaneously published in July 2022 on citybuoy.blogspot.com.
𝗬𝗼𝘂, 𝗺𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗹 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲 was recorded at Kindred Productions, a full-scale audio production house located at 5th Floor, Shaw Plaza, Shaw Boulevard, Brgy. Wack-Wack, Mandaluyong City. Record your podcast and other audio production needs here - for bookings, call or text 0926 620 8621 or shoot them an email at business@kindredism.xyz.
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2. Our heads in the clouds. (2012)
It’s fascinating how when you’re younger, love can feel like this mountain that everyone but you has climbed.
Ah, but I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now.
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Simultaneously published in June 2022 on citybuoy.blogspot.com.
𝗬𝗼𝘂, 𝗺𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗹 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲 was recorded at Kindred Productions, a full-scale audio production house located at 5th Floor, Shaw Plaza, Shaw Boulevard, Brgy. Wack-Wack, Mandaluyong City. Record your podcast and other audio production needs here - for bookings, call or text 0926 620 8621 or shoot them an email at business@kindredism.xyz.
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1. This should floor me but it doesn’t. (2022)
You get so used to people leaving that their footsteps start to sound like raindrops.
I’ve always loved the smell of rain.
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Simultaneously published in June 2022 on citybuoy.blogspot.com.
Album artwork photo by @mynegativefeelings.
𝗬𝗼𝘂, 𝗺𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗹 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲 was recorded at Kindred Productions, a full-scale audio production house located at 5th Floor, Shaw Plaza, Shaw Boulevard, Brgy. Wack-Wack, Mandaluyong City. Record your podcast and other audio production needs here - for bookings, call or text 0926 620 8621 or shoot them an email at business@kindredism.xyz.
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You, Me, and a Parallel Universe (Trailer)
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25: phantom
He presses an ear to my chest, listening for my heartbeat.
“Why doesn’t your heart beat like mine?”
“Maybe it used to,” I said. “But it sure doesn’t anymore.”
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Originally published in June 2012 on citybuoy.blogspot.com.
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24b: Catching Cheaters
You can call it a hunch, an itch, God-given woman’s intuition but somehow you just know when someone’s cheating on you. Finding proof was the easy part. Question is - are you ready to face the truth once it rears its ugly head?
Join this week’s Storytellers (Ana, Ione, Louise, Michelle, and Makoy) as we go over how Your Ghost was written for this podcast, the times we confronted our cheating partners, and the lessons we learned in the end.
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24a: Your Ghost
HAPPY FIRST ANNIVERSARY! This week's story is brand spankin’ new. We’re ending this season with an original story written specifically for this podcast.
There is a ghost in my lover’s apartment. I snuck in one night to see who he is.
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Bedtime Stories: Music + Talk Edition
Bedtime Stories: A collection of 100-word stories to sleep to.
POV: It’s been a long day but the night won’t lend itself to sleep. You call a friend to tell you a bedtime story or two.
1. Intro // Sarah McLachlan - The Rainbow Connection
2. Come Here and I’ll Write You a Story // Sara Bareilles - Orpheus
3. Automatic Love (Previously Unreleased) // Billie Eilish - Halley's Comet
4. The Boy Who Cried Rain // Pete Yorn - EZ
5. What It Was Like to Love You // Sheryl Crow - Wildflower
6. I Was Told All Lies Are Half True // Rachael Yamagata - I Wish You Love
7. I Wish He Would (Previously Unreleased) // Del Water Gap - High Tops (Stripped)
8. I Imagine You’ve Come Back to Me // Olivia Rodrigo - drivers license
9. You Never Truly Own Anybody // Norah Jones - Don’t Miss You At All
10. I Look Forward to the Day You Leave Me // Beyoncé - Sandcastles
11. I’d Like to Believe There Was Love There // Fiona Apple - Never Is a Promise
12. He Kisses Me Goodbye as He Leaves // No Doubt - Everything In Time - Los Angeles
13. You’re Never Really You Again // Amy Winehouse - Love Is A Losing Game
14. I’m Hardly the Same Person Anymore // Birdy - If This Is It Now
15. A Heart That Beats for Me // Semisonic - El Matador
16. Outro
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Originally published as Project 0.1 on citybuoy.blogspot.com.
23c: Hindi Iyo
Maligayang 20K! Bilang pasasalamat sa dalawampung libong pakikinig sa programang ito, narito ang isang espesyal na pagtatanghal ng Mga Kwentong Sana’y Narinig Mo. Inulit ko ang una kong kabanata (Never Yours) sa wikang Filipino. Maraming salamat kay Campmaster Earl ng Philippine Campfire Stories sa pag-salin, at kina Bryan (Bulalo Sessions), Red (Haynayan at Agham), at Carisa (Coping with Carisa) sa mga natatanging pag-ganap.
Nawa’y naibigan ninyo ang kabanatang ito. Maraming salamat sa walang sawang pakikinig sa Mga Kwentong Sana’y Narinig Mo.
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23b: Rebounding for Dummies
Presenting… the guide that literally no one asked for. Here is the definitive resource on rebounding properly and responsibly.
Join this week’s Storytellers (Louise, Ione, Mookieebo, Makoy, Flow, and Akaso) as we go over the journey On the Moment You Are Put Back Together took from blog to podcast, the people who brought us back to life, and whether the easiest way to get over someone really is to get under someone else.
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23a: On the Moment You Are Put Back Together
Isn’t it funny how we remember the exact moment we are broken but not the moment we are put back together?
Originally published in November 2018 on citybuoy.blogspot.com.
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22b: Coffee With Exes in Cafes
We fantasize about that moment when we run into an ex and they see how much we’ve changed. But how many romcom makeovers does it take to actually get over somebody you once loved?
Join this week’s Storytellers (Bryan, Alex, Mookieebo, Flow, and Makoy) as we go over the journey On What It Will Be Like took from blog to podcast, the changes we made to get to our version two-point-oh, and what it was like to break bread with someone who broke your heart.
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22a: On What It Will Be Like
For weeks, I practiced what I would say to you if I ever saw you again. All you could tell me was that I’ve changed.
Originally published in August 2016 on citybuoy.blogspot.com.
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21b: How To Be Brave
If this past year has taught us anything, it’s that life is oh so short. You can be here one minute and gone the next. Have you said all that you wanted to say?
Join this week’s Storytellers (Ione, Phil, Jerick, Clarence, and JC) as we go over the journey Crash took from blog to podcast, the fears we keep hidden in the dark, and the things we would say if nothing stood in our way.
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21a: Crash
In the middle of a plane crash, my thoughts float to you. What would I tell you if my heart would let me be brave?
Originally published in November 2011 on citybuoy.blogspot.com.
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20b: Changing Colors
With each passing lover, we drift farther and farther from the people we were when we first fell in love. Did you become a better person in the end or did you end up feeling lost and homeless?
Join this week’s Storytellers (Kiffy, Mhyre, Anne, and Earl with Makoy) as we go over the journey Paint It Black took from blog to podcast, the times we’ve changed for lovers, and whether it was worth it in the end.
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