EST, Edition #30 of Stories From Graceland Pond.      Theme: Brush With Greatness     Fred Rubin returns in a guest appearance and leads off with a story about working with -the Greatest! -- Muhammad Ali.   Mark Maguire, Joanna Trotter, Doug Stevenson, and Marijo O'Connell provide their spin on both the famously great and the un-famously great. James Earl Jones, Bruce Springsteen, and Hal Linden are encountered by our cast.      Music Interludes by: Natalie Merchant, Bruce Springsteen, The Byrds, David Bowie, Britney Spears, and Whitney Houston.

Gone Fishin, Edition #43

Four storytelling writers collaborate with Host Gregg Fraley to tell original stories around themes like "Summer Jobs," "Big Lies I've Told," or "Absurdities I Ponder." Musical selections surround the stories, all related to the theme of the episode.

The crazy cast of colorful characters includes:

Doug Stevenson, former Second City player
Mark Maguire, roustabout, taxi driver and biographer
Joanna Trotter, memoirist, and,
Marijo O'Connell, master teacher and radio exec.

Guests occasionally drop in to tell a story. Folks like Fred Rubin, a Hollywood TV writer, or, Gene Baldwin, a playwright, and columnist.