A Billionaire’s Son Lives in Poverty for...

Post-WWII Germany: Nearly a decade after his affair with an older woman came to a mysterious end, law student Michael Berg re-encounters his former lover as she defends herself in a war-crime trial. Movie: The Reader (2008) 

In a future where the polar ice-caps have melted and Earth is almost entirely submerged, a mutated mariner fights starvation and outlaw "smokers," and reluctantly helps a woman and a young girl try to find dry land. Movie: Waterworld (1995) 

A wrongfully convicted boy is sent to a brutal desert detention camp where he joins the job of digging holes for some mysterious reason. Movie: Holes (2003) 

Emmett, a veteran with failing military-issued “enhancements,” finds himself stranded in an inhospitable town. Twitter: @BrokenRoadPod Instagram: @BrokenRoadPod TikTok: @BrokenRoadPod Learn more: http://www.recursor.tv/brokenroad Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone. ... Show More

Kwan is an old man who doesn't have enough money to buy rice. When he steals some at the market, he gets sent to jail! Now what will he do? If you would like to support Stories Podcast, you can subscribe and give us a five star review on iTunes, head to patreon.com/stories and pl ... Show More

<p>When director Chloé Zhao met horse trainer Brady Jandreau on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, she knew she wanted to put him in her next project. Then, Jandreau--a rising rodeo star--suffered a devastating riding accident, and Zhao knew she had the starting point of her new ... Show More

In their hour of need, our heroes reunite despite the clear and present danger of forced unemployment. And what is soup, anyway? No one really knows. 

<p>The new movie “Minari” is a personal story from filmmaker Lee Isaac Chung. It’s about a Korean American family struggling to run a small Arkansas farm in the 1980s. Chung says he thought “Minari” was going to be the last script he ever wrote before leaving the industry entirel ... Show More

<p>The changing entertainment industry and tanking economy have combined to put people below the line under the gun. We talk about what’s making it so hard and how its affecting the people on the ground with a veteran gaffer, a cameraman and an agent for below-the-line people.<br ... Show More

Your Kid Is Poor – Today Jubal is calling a mom whose daughter is supposed to have play date with Jubal’s son but after learning some information he may keep his son away. Can’t have the rich kids playing with poor kids! That’s just unforgivable! 

A father and son confront the impossible phenomena that wait patiently to strike from within terribly familiar places. MUSIC: “Duality” by Kyle Preston, “Blue Echoes” by Norvik, “The Horizon” by Maya Belsitzman and Matan Ephrat, all rights reserved. Patreon subscribers listen ad- ... Show More

Sifting through waste to find and sell scraps of cloth and recyclables use to be enough for Gunja and Chand to support their family. Now they're earning less because of a series of lockdowns and the Russia-Ukraine war. Written by Suparna Sharma. Read by Laura Lockwood.