Wilson Seely shares a story about being adopted and his process of deepening his understanding of what it means to be a family. We talk with Wilson about how being a middle school teacher has made him a better storyteller. Sich Slone, co-founder of the Barrymore Theater, joins us to share a little known piece of Madison history. He tells the backstory of turning a rundown theater showing porn films into the Madison institution it is today. (Here is the link to the article Wilson published in the Wisconsin State Journal about traveling to S. Korea and meeting his birth mother - https://tinyurl.com/qoc8sfd.)
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We listen to a story Wilson Seely told at the Madison Moth StorySlam at the High Noon Saloon in 2020, explore the themes in the story and discuss how he crafted the story. We also did our first Madison little known history story.
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