Rob and Andrew are back with some news. Also, a preview of a new show from Personal Best's very own Jess Shane. What really happens when stories about people’s lives are collected, edited, and consumed? Radiotopia Presents: Shocking, Heartbreaking, Transformative, a four-part non-fiction series created by Jess Shane, about the nuts and bolts of documentary storytelling, the power dynamics between makers and subjects, and rewriting unwritten rules of the documentary and non-fiction content industry. To learn more visit: https://radiotopiapresents.fm/shocking-heartbreaking-transformative

Limited Capacity is a collection of six short stories about the strange and twisted ways we interact with the internet, and with each other. Each immersive episode is packed with intimate and jarring stories that are both completely familiar and somehow confoundingly alien. It’s like Black Mirror for your ears. From the fiendishly clever mind of Rob Norman, co-creator of the hit podcast Personal Best. More episodes are available at: smarturl.it/limitedcapacity

Joe is a hobo punk anarchist who wants to jettison part of his old self, so that he can step out onto the dance floor. Our final episode of season 2.

Two stories. Sienna cries when confronting authority figures. Also, four strangers wake-up chained in a spooky basement...

Fan is a poet and writer of love letters. He basks in fantasy, but he's never been able to muster any passion for cooking.

Nick is an actor who has auditioned for over 100 commercials with very little success. Is it possible he's just too cool?

Cihang is afraid of running out of things to say. She wishes for a database of interesting tidbits to pull from at parties.

Rob and Andrew hit the streets to find a random stranger's problem and solve it within 48 hours.

Colleen is a very big fan of her brother-in-law's abstract paintings. She offers to sell them on his behalf, withholding the fact she has no idea how to sell.

Chandler is a woman in her thirties without a credit card. The answer might be found in an unusual self-help book.