The Truth (podcast)

The Truth
Presentation
Genre Fiction
Language English
Production
Production

Jonathan Mitchell (Executive Producer)

Davy Gardner (Associate Producer)
Publication
Original release 2012 – present
Website thetruthpodcast.com

The Truth is an anthology fiction podcast and founding member of Radiotopia by PRX. Episodes are released about once every two weeks. Many nationally syndicated public radio programs, including This American Life, Studio 360, Snap Judgment, and The Story, have featured work by The Truth.

History

In 2009, Jonathan Mitchell and Hillary Frank received funding from American Public Media to produce pilot stories together. One of those stories was "Moon Graffiti," which was later featured on The Guardian podcast and won the 2010 Gold Mark Time Award.[1] This story later became the first episode of The Truth.

In December 2011, Ed Herbstman and Mitchell hired a group of improvisors (many from the Magnet Theater, which Herbtsman cofounded) to write stories together, with the goal of producing a story in one month. The first piece was "Interruptible." The group continued working together and eventually reached the podcast's current output of two stories a month.

The Truth was named by iTunes to be the Best New Arts podcast of 2012[2] and the #1 new podcast of 2012 by The Daily Dot.[3]

The show's title comes from a quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson: "Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures."  [citation needed]

Episodes

2012
EpisodeDateVoices
Moon GraffitiNovember 2, 2012Matt Evans, Ed Herbsman, and John Ottavino
Eat CakeFebruary 14, 2012Eliza Skinner, Birch Harms, and Curtis Gwinn
Movie Mash-UpFebruary 22, 2012
InterruptibleJune 3, 2012Christian Paluck, Chet Siegel, Louis Kornfeld, Amy Warren, Ed Herbstman, Melanie Hoopes, Charlotte Rabbe, and Jamie Rivera
They're Made Out of MeatMarch 20, 2012Russ Armstrong and Miriam Tolan
Everybody SCREAM!!!!November 4, 2012Chet Siegel, Emily Tarver, and Ed Herbstman
Tape DelayApril 25, 2012Ed Herbstman and Tami Sagher, with Libby George and Christian Paluck
People BeatSeptember 5, 2012India Kotis, Matt Evans, Melanie Hoopes, Carmen Berkeley, Matt J. Weir, Bryn Magnus, Christian Paluck, Ed Herbstman, and Amy Warren. With Tim Dadabo, Louis Kornfeld, Chet Siegel, Leanne Linsky, Jon Bander, and Kelly Moylan
Total Transparency and Eye ContactMay 23, 2012Chet Siegel, Ed Herbstman, and Louis Kornfeld
In Good Hands (part 1)June 6, 2012Emily Tarver, Alex Marino, Louis Kornfeld, Ed Herbstman, Christian Paluck, and Amy Warren.
Human IntelligenceJune 20, 2012Ed Herbstman, John Ottavino, and Melanie Hoopes
In Good Hands (part 2)December 7, 2012Emily Tarver, Alex Marino, Louis Kornfeld, Christian Paluck, Ed Herbstman, Amy Warren, and Ben Jones
Lucy and the Bike GirlJuly 25, 2012
Third PartySeptember 8, 2012Ed Herbstman, Chet Siegel, Rick Andrews, Nick Kanellis, Louis Kornfeld, Amy Warren, and Bryn Magnus
Machine MenAugust 22, 2012
That's DemocracyMay 9, 2012Peter McNerney, Russ Armstrong, Alexis Lambright, with Fiona Bradford, Teddy Shivers, Oscar Montoya, and Ben Jones
Domestic ViolinsSeptember 19, 2012Amie McKenna, Michele Durman, Michael Whalley, and Martin Dingle Wall. Produced at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Radio Beyond Radio conference.
Do You Have a Minute for Equality?April 10, 2012Chet Siegel and Tom Ligon, with Matt J. Weir, Quentin Loder, and Melanie Hoopes
The Death of PoeOctober 18, 2012Christian Paluck, Ed Herbstman, Chet Siegel, and Louis Kornfeld
The Modern PrometheusNovember 2, 2012Louis Kornfeld, Rachel Hamilton, Tom Ligon, Chet Siegel, Amy Warren, Ed Herbstman, Christian Paluck, and Rupert Degas
In Good Hands (rerelease)November 14, 2012
Interruptible (rerelease)November 28, 2012Christian Paluck, Chet Siegel, Louis Kornfeld, and Amy Warren. With Ed Herbstman, Melanie Hoopes, Charlotte Rabbe, and Jamie Rivera
Mirror LakeDecember 14, 2012Ed Herbstman, Lauren Ashely Smith, and Louis Kornfeld
2013
Happy New YearOctober 1, 2013Ben Jones and Tom Ligon
It's Going to Change Your LifeFebruary 21, 2013Kelly Buttermore, Amy Warren, Melanie Hoopes, Louis Kornfeld, Ed Herbstman, and Christian Paluck
Where Have You Been?March 22, 2013Ed Herbstman, Ben Jones, Christian Paluck, Chet Siegel, Louis Kornfeld, Amy Warren, and Asher Herbstman
FallingApril 11, 2013Chet Siegel and Peter McNerney, with Willy Appleman, Louis Kornfeld, Lauren Ashley-Smith, Sebastian Conelli, Quinton Loder, Jon Bander, and Kim Ferguson
You're Not AloneMay 10, 2013Christian Paluck, Carly Monardo, Tom Stephens, Louis Kornfeld, Jon Keller, Kerry Kastin, Nick Mykins, Aina Rapoza, and Ashley Wilson with special musical guest Elizabeth Ziman (of Elizabeth and the Catapult), singing a song by Daniel Johnston.
Fine DiningAugust 15, 2013Louis Kornfeld, Elana Fishbein, Nick Jaramillo, Tom Ligon, Kevin Cragg, Kerry Kastin, Brian Frange, Bob Kern, and Matt Evans. With help from the improv groups Featherweight and Nurse Practitioner.
Sweets for the CheatAugust 29, 2013Jon Bander, Alessandro King, Bianca Casusol, Brian Frange, and Elana Fishbein.
The MutinySeptember 15, 2013Melanie Hoopes. Asher Herbstman, Bea Herbstman, Blanche Ames, Ed Herbstman, Shacottha Fields, and Noel Dinneen
Keep RunningSeptember 29, 2013Peter McNernery, with Elana Fishbein, Louis Kornfeld, Julia Hynes, and Teddy Shivers
The TalkOctober 13, 2013Christian Paluck, Dmitry Shein, Willy Appelman, and Elana Fishbein
The Devil You knowOctober 24, 2013
The MemoiristNovember 11, 2013Elana Fishbein, Matt Antonucci, Kevin Kiernan, Lauren Olson, Alessandro King, Sebastian Connelli, Blanche Ames, Kevin Cragg, and Michael Kroll
Tough CrowdNovember 25, 2013Alejandro Kolleeny, Annemarie Cullen, Devin O'Neill, Megan Gray, Noel Dinneen, Maddy Mako, Matt Shafeek, Shacottha Fields, Louis Kornfeld, and Elana Fishbein
Naomi's WorldDecember 10, 2013Isabel Frohnhofer, Tom Ligon, Elana Fishbein, Imran Chowdhury, Laura Parker, Philipp Goedicke, Dennis Pacheco, Blanche Ames, Ron Palais, Willy Appelman, Andrew Yurman-Glaser, and Phoebe Tyers
Biological ClockDecember 20, 2013Tami Sagher, Ed Herbstman, Louis Kornfeld, and Kerry Kastin
2014
It's Your FuneralJanuary 25, 2014Andy Moskowitz, Jackie Hoffman, Ben Jones, Damon Ketron, Phoebe Tyres, Shacottha Fields, Blanche Ames, Amy Warren, and Rebecca Robles
The ExtractorMarch 10, 2014Ed Herbstman, Kevin Cragg, Annemarie Cullen, Dennis Pacheco, and Rebecca Robles. With Melanie Hoopes, Bea Herbstman, Alex Marino, and Kerry Kastin.
Jeff Gets TowedMarch 30, 2014Andrew Yurman-Glaser, Sebastian Conelli, and Phoebe Tyers
InternsApril 15, 2014Maggie Morris as Melanie, and Emily Shapiro as Annalyse. With Willy Appelman, Dennis Pacheco, Elana Fishbein, and Louis Kornfeld
Voyager FoundMay 14, 2014Chet Siegel and Peter McNerney
The Penis MuseumMay 28, 2014Phoebe Tyers and Damon Ketron. With Elana Fishbein, Alejandro Kolleeny, Kerry Kastin, and Ira Gamerman.
Chaotic NeutralJune 18, 2014Elana Fishbein, Jon Bander, Justin Moran, and Matt Shafeek
Cold ReadSeptember 17, 2014Alex Marino, Christina Dabney, Blanche Ames, and T.J. Mannix
Silvia's BloodOctober 15, 2014Andy Moskowitz, Rebecca Robles, Diana McCorry, Ben Jones, and Al King
Return of the ExtractorNovember 12, 2014Ed Herbstman and Elana Fishbein. With Louis Kornfeld and Alejandro Kolleeny
SketchballsNovember 26, 2014Rosie Whalen and Chris Dwane, with Louis Kornfeld
Naughty or NiceDecember 18, 2014Seth Lind, Elana Fishbein, Louis Kornfeld, Eli Itzkowitz, Ed Herbstman, Shaina Feinberg, Tom Ligon, Kevin Cragg, Willy Appelman, Kerry Kastin, Katie Corr, Phoebe Tyers, Pat May, Olivia Simonson, Asher Herbstman, Bee Herbstman, Melanie Hoopes, and Gregory C. Jones
2015
The One about the Dead DogJanuary 15, 2015Phoebe Tyers and Dennis Pacheco, with Nick Mykins, T.J. Mannix, and Chris Dwane
Don’t Touch a ThingFebruary 11, 2015Amy Warren, Armando Diaz, Jackie Hoffman, Louis Kornfeld, and Noel Dinneen
Living the DreamMarch 12, 2015Adam Wade, Chrissie Gruebel, Dan Fairall, and Blanche Ames
Joe FrankMarch 26, 2015Mark Hammer, Barbara Sohmers, Carolyn Swift Hammer, Arthur Miller, F. Murray Abraham, Annalee Jefferies, Eric Seers, and Paul Mantell
Can You Help Me Find My Mom?April 8, 2015Bee Herbstman, Melanie Hoopes, Ed Herbstman, Evan Sudarsky Abadi, Gregory C. Jones and Blanche Ames
The Last JobMay 20, 2015Peter McNerney, Louis Kornfeld, Rebecca Robles, India Kotis, Dave Hill, Alex Marino, Phoebe Tyers, Rupert Degas, and T.J. Mannix
Remember the BabyJune 4, 2015Ann Carr, Louis Kornfeld, and Amy Warren
Dark MatterJuly 16, 2015Kevin Corrigan, Chet Siegel, Ed Herbstman, Dennis Pacheco, Alexis Lambright, Anna Sale, and Rob Webber
Enjoy the SufferingSeptember 10, 2015Bianca Casusol, Kate Emswiler, Louis Kornfield, Jake Hart, Blance Ames, Jimmy O'Connell, and Kerry Kastin
TuesdaySeptember 24, 2015Anni Ginsterer, Belinda Jombwe, Rupert Reid, and Rahel Romahn
StarburstOctober 23, 2015Matt Antonucci, Angela DeManti, Kerry Kastin, Alejandro Kolleeny, and Louis Kornfeld
Santa for PresidentDecember 16, 2015Tom Ligon, Rachel Dratch, Russell G. Jones, Connie Ray, Shaina Feinberg, Willy Appelman, Jo Firestone, Phoebe Tyers, Mo Rocca, Helen Coxe, T.J. Mannix, Lauren Ashley Smith, Bill Rohlfing, Mario Correa, Kerry kastin, Louis Kornfeld, and Benjamin Correa
2016
Call of Dating & The Big PrawnJanuary 15, 2016"Call of Dating" is performed by Clair Galea and Dennis John Cahill. "The Big Prawn" is performed by Katia Pase.
Visible & Drive Straight AheadFebruary 12, 2016"Visible" is performed by Russell G. Jones, Rachel Hamilton, Ann Carr, and Kerry Kastin.
Man V. NatureMarch 9, 2016David Pasquesi, Ed Herbstman, and Mark Gessner.
Songonauts (Episode One)April 14, 2016Jonathan Mann, Elena Skopetos, Bianca Casusol, Tom Ligon, Louis Kornfeld, Jimmy O'Connell, Amy Warren, and Dan Fairall
The Man in the BarnMay 12, 2016Sarah Reynolds, Joe Mullins, Maeve McGrath, Diarmuid McIntyre, and Louis Kornfeld
Songonauts (Episode Two)June 9, 2016Jonathan Mann, Elena Skopetos, Bianca Casusol, Tom Ligon, Louis Kornfeld, Jimmy O'Connell, Amy Warren, and Dan Fairall
The Making of That's DemocracyJuly 13, 2016
Sleep Some More September 7, 2016 Brian Miskell, Mark Gessner, Lusia Strus, and Hannah Chase
Cor-wrong-ct! October 12, 2016 Peter McNerney, Lane Kwederis, Alessandro King, Scott Adsit, Laura Grey, Ed Herbstman, Tami Sagher, April Matthis, Becca Schall, Willy Appelman, Louis Kornfield, Tom Ligon, and Blanche Ames
Commentary Track November 10, 2016 Birgit Huppuch, Libby Woodbridge, and Maurice Jones
Naughty or Nice December 7, 2016 Seth Lind, Elana Fishbein, Louis Kornfeld, Eli Itzkowitz, Ed Herbstman, Shaina Feinberg, Tom Ligon, Kevin Cragg, Willy Appelman, Kerry Kastin, Katie Corr, Phoebe Tyers, Pat May, Olivia Simonson, Asher Herbstman, Bee Herbstman, Melanie Hoopes, and Gregory Jones
The Sweet Music of Friction December 22, 2016 Khalil Kain, Craig muMs Grant, Keith Randolph Smith, Shamika Cotton, Chris McKinney, Louis Kornfeld, Jaymes Jorsling
2017
The Dark End of the Mall January 11, 2017 Lauren Adams and Peter Grosz
Ice Music (rerelease) & Mirror Lake January 25, 2017 Gregory Whithead; Ed Herbstman and Lauren Ashley Smith with Louis Kornfeld
A Drop in the Ocean February 9, 2017 Gregory Jones, Chris McKinney, Russell G. Jones, Billy Griffin Jr., Reynaldo Piniella, and Michael Cullen, with the Magnet Theater improv team Eagelfox.
Bloodless February 22, 2017 James Urbaniak
Miracle on the L Train March 8, 2017 Joanna Hausmann, T.J. Mannix, Christina Dabney, Philip Godicke, Rachel Rauch, Shacottha Fields, Suni Reyes, Lou Gonzalez, Louis Kornfeld, Adam Twitchell, Will Quinn, Leonard Lyzner, Joe Lepore, Dennis Pacheco, and Andrew Vuilleumier
Scavenger Hunt March 23, 2017 Rebecca Robles and Louis Kornfeld
Hey Bumblebee April 13, 2017 Alexis Pereira, Elana Fishbein, Michael Delisle, Kelsey Bailey, Anna Neu, Angela DeManti, Matt Shafeek, Becca Schall, Ed Herbstman, Hannah Chase, Dennis Pacheco, and Bill Rohlfing
Intimacy Challenge April 26, 2017 Leonard Lyzner, Florencia de la Lorca, Russell Jones, Gillian Glasco, Lipica Shah, and Jordan Mahome
Do the Voice May 10, 2017 Erica Schroeder, Brian Dykstra, Marc Thompson, Justin Morgan, Rosie Whalen, Susan J. Jacks, Chris Kipiniak, Lorena Russi, Eric Molinsky, Kerry Kastin, Asher Herbstman, and Rob Webber
Influencers (Part I of II) June 29, 2017 Michael Delisle, Ann Carr, T.J. Mannix, Michael Cullen, Chris McKinney, Will Quinn, Becca Schall, Louis Kornfeld, Chris Kipiniak, and Kerry Kastin
Possible Side Effects September 13, 2017 Adam Wade, Hannah Chase, Mariette Strauss, Elana Fishbein, Dennis Pacheco, Anne Antonucci, Jeremy Bent, Noel Dinneen, and Seth Lind
Brain Chemistry September 27, 2017 Scott Adsit, Amy Warren, Ed Herbstman, Anna Neu, Billy Griffin Jr., Alexis Lambright, Louis Kornfeld, Elana Fishbein, Joanna Hausmann, and Kerry Kastin
Magic Hugs October 11, 2017 Austin Pendleton, April Matthis, Jenny Lee Mitchell, Becca Schall, Kevin Cobbs, Louis Kornfeld, Chris Kipiniak, Kerry Kastin, Kate Chapman, T.J. Mannix, and Phoebe Tyers
The Decider October 25, 2017 Tallie Medel, Tim Platt, and Kelsey Bailey
Game Night November 11, 2017 Bill Rohlfing, Adelaide Kipiniak, Max Kipiniak, Brandi Varnel, Margaret Burrus, Kelsey Bailey, Jack Frederick, Jimmy O'Connell, Leonard Lyzner, Willy Appelman, Ariel Gitlin, Richie Moriarty, Lila Newman, Elana Fishbein, Suni Reyes, Dennis Pacheco, Andy Moskowitz
Troll November 23, 2017 Abby Royle, Kyle Gordon, Ashlie Atkinson, Jennete Cronk, Jaymes Jorsling, Kerry Kastin, Chris Kipiniak, Becca Schall, Lila Newman, Louis Kornfeld, and Matt Shafeek
Mall Santa December 13, 2017 Tom Ligon, Chris Dwane, Anna Neu, Bianca Casusol, Jimmy O’Connell, Kevin Cobbs, Louis Kornfeld, Kerry Kastin, Becca Schall
2018
The Co-op January 31, 2018 Hannah Chase, Dennis Pacheco, Amy Warren, Susan Owen, Betty Hudson, Joel Bernstein, Michael Cullen, and Sam Tsoutsouvas
Nuclear Winter February 14, 2018 Woody Fu, Danielle Delgado, and Billy Griffin, Jr.
Rideshare February 28, 2018 Dana Kaplan-Angle, Amir Darvish, and Boris Khaykin
The Hilly Earth Society March 21, 2018 Michael Cullen
The Runaways April 5, 2018 Jenny Mudge and Chris Henry-Coffey
Justice Battalion April 19, 2018 Jake Hart, Marc Thompson, Erica Schroeder, Billy Bob Thompson, and Graham Rowat
The Matter of Tyco May 10, 2018 Lila Newman, Erica Hernandez, Fred Newman, Joel Bernstein, Jack Frederick, Jeff Wucher, Kyle Gordon, Davy Gardner, and Margaret Burrus
The Jesse Eisenberg Effect June 7, 2018 Jesse Eisenberg, Keith Rubin, Jaymes Jorsling, Jeremy Bent, Lenny Thomas, Jeff Wucher, and Jonathan Mitchell
Fish Girl June 20, 2018 Bee Herbstman, Alison Cimmet, Scott Richardson, and Ed Herbstman
Wonderworld, U.S.A. July 12, 2018 Taylor Dalton Curtis, Federico Rodriguez, Sam Tsoutsouvas, Lila Newman, Chris Kipiniak, Peter McNerney, Molly Kiernan, Davy Gardner, John Ross, Kyle Gordon, Anthony Sneed, Dennis Pacheko, Phoebe Tyers, Becca Schall, Matt Whitfield, Amy Warren, Marisa Brau, Mike Cabellon, Rick Andrews, and Louis Kornfeld

Awards

YearAwardEpisode
2010Mark Time Gold AwardMoon Graffiti
2010PRX Zeitfunk Award 2010 for Most Listened-to PieceMoon Graffiti
2012iTunes Best New Arts Podcast of 2012
2012Daily Dot's #1 New Podcast of 2012
2013Mark Time Gold AwardThe Modern Prometheus
2013Ogle Silver AwardIn Good Hands
2013Ogle Silver AwardThat's Democracy

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