HeyJaredAudacious with Chion Wolf
Audacious with Chion Wolf spotlights the stories of people whose experiences, professions, or conditions defy convention or are often misunderstood.
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The Big E: What it takes to create 17 days of magic (opens the original)
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Wander with the Audacious crew through 175 acres of wonder and delight to meet the people who bring The Big E to life! From a Lost & Found sage, to a fairy from the Florence Griswold Museum, to a hot tub ace, to Amber, the bathroom attendant/joy DJ. President & CEO Gene Cassidy shares the soul of the Exposition, then we follow our heads, hearts, and (especially) stomachs through cream puffs, Pepe’s pizza, and cookie dough-on-a-stick. This episode originally aired on October 4, 2025. Suggested ep
What is a life worth? One 9/11 widower’s fight for fairness (opens the original)
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After Charles Wolf’s wife, Katherine, was killed in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, he found himself taking on an unlikely new role: activist. Wolf became a tireless advocate for victims’ families, challenging the federal compensation system and successfully pushing for reform. His efforts later became part of the movie Worth , with Stanley Tucci playing him. Twenty-five years later, Wolf looks back at what grief made him do, what justice can and cannot accomplish, and the life he
A trip to Brimfield Antique Flea Market, where old things find new people (opens the original)
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Welcome to the Brimfield Antique Flea Market! Thousands of buyers and sellers descend on a small Massachusetts town three times a year, filling fields with furniture, vintage clothes, tools, art, oddities and things you didn’t know existed five minutes ago. We spend the day roaming the country’s largest outdoor antiques show, meeting serious collectors, first-timers, lifelong dealers and shoppers operating almost entirely on instinct. Along the way: haggling advice, the difference between an oar
'I Will Always Love You': Jada Star’s musical bond with her aunt Dolly Parton (opens the original)
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In honor of Dolly Parton, we’re rebroadcasting a conversation with her niece, singer/songwriter Jada Star. Jada shares what it was like growing up with Aunt Dolly, watching the rest of the world fall in love with her, and learning from her example of kindness, faith, hard work, and generosity. For a transcription of this episode, click here . Original air date: January 6, 2024. GUEST: Jada Star : Singer-songwriter whose debut album is called Tell Me I'm Your Angel . She also starred in the ABC r
Playboy: Two women revisit the very different lives behind their centerfolds (opens the original)
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The Playboy Bunny is one of America’s most recognizable symbols, but it never represented a single experience. Candace Jordan was both a Bunny and a Playmate in the ‘70s, and remembers Playboy as a source of sisterhood, ambition, opportunity and lifelong belonging. Victoria Valentino was Miss September 1963, and for her, becoming a Playmate became tied to family rejection and an identity she never wanted. Decades later, both women look back on the same famous institution, and reveal two profound
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