The Volume Knob Podcast
1) Will: Unconditional 1 (Lookout Kid)
Lots of firsts in this week's episode. My good friend Will is the first storyteller in TVK history to tell three, full-length stories on the show. He's also (and this one is close to my heart) the fir...Show More
2) Julia: Tom's Diner
Julia's a performer who's fighting hard not to be a stage mom. Julia's story takes us from her mom's first attempts to help her "find her people" at musical theatre auditions in the Caribbean to Juli...Show More
3) Gina: Into the Mystic
Gina's story might well meet the definition of bittersweet. It's about first love and first heartbreak in a way that, quite thankfully, very few of us ever get to experience. Love, loss and reflectio...Show More
4) Juanita: There is a Light that Never Goes Out
It wasn't supposed to end this way, but Juanita is crying under the piss-stained high school bleachers rather than on stage with her twin sister, receiving her diploma. Left wondering what could have ...Show More
5) Jesse: Waiting For You
How do you define yourself? For a long time, Jesse was the guy who made himself happy by being helpful to others. He even had an award for it: The Most Helpful Boy, he won it in 8th grade. After an ...Show More
6) Jonathan: Viva La Vida
"Fuck you, Coldplay! You left ME!" Susan has left Jonathan and that's just the start of it. He's lost himself and his creativity and he has to find wisdom in, of all places, the bathroom of a Whole F...Show More
7) Meg: Just Friends
Meg's dad recorded with The Bird, but not according to the liner notes. They called him "oboe unknown." Her story is a lovely series of snapshots, a reminder that people stay with us, in many ways, ...Show More
8) Greg: Suddenly
Greg's 15. The new kid at a new school. He's "got a girlfriend in Canada". Then he meets Joe and an 80s John Hughes story begins all to the sounds of Billy Ocean's Suddenly.
9) John: Let it Be
Some moms think that their kids are destined for great things. John's mom was convinced he was the King of Kings. This week's episode is about mental illness. It's also about faith and belonging an...Show More
10) Aida: Last Day of our Acquaintance
Sweaty palms. Forgetting the words. It's the nightmare of anyone who's ever been on stage, or anyone who's ever dreamed of it. Aida had a solution to her own stage fright. David. He was beside her w...Show More