We’re wrapping up this season of Valley Voices Summer Shorts with a story from Michael “Buster” McMahon complete with examples of his karaoke prowess and a mob boss with a carnation in his lapel. Enjoy!

You wouldn’t think that being part of “the definition of a hot mess” would be a sweet memory, but Tara Bronner brought us right there in her story “Tuesdays with Lois”. That’s this week’s Valley Voices Summer Shorts podcast from NEPM!

This week on NEPM’s Summer Shorts podcast, Ruthy Woodring gets existential about her love of bike riding.

When you know you are the “keeper of a messy desk”, might as well just own it! Angela Combest is this week’s storyteller for NEPM’s Summer Shorts podcast. She looks back on a memory from grade school and gets a peek into how it relates to her head space as an adult.

On NEPM’s Valley Voices Summer Shorts this week, Sarah Madden shares her story “Mother Teresa and a Pit Bull” including a few memories of her early days of teaching. This one should come with a language warning - you probably want to keep this away from kids if you don’t want them learning certain words that they could use against you!

Jennifer Baker is up next in NEPM’s Valley Voices Summer Shorts podcast. At our “Valley Folklore” story slam this season, Jennifer takes a look at an unexpected guest who showed up at her office.

Another veteran storyteller this week for NEPM’s Valley Voices Summer Shorts podcast. Paul McNeil takes a minute to examine his life’s philosophy while in the back of a cop car.

Jessica Geil takes us back to elementary school on NEPM’s Valley Voices Summer Shorts podcast this week. She seems to be remembering a lot of emotions that were specific to her situation, but somehow those feelings are pretty relatable for all of us!

This week on NEPM’s Summer Shorts podcast, veteran story slam participant Matthew Dicks takes a look at one night from the past that could have been just embarrassing, but in the end gave him a chance to re-think his relationship with his in-laws.

As part of NEPM’s 10th season of our Valley Voices Story Slam, we asked for people’s “Valley Folklore” - tales about the unique place that we all live.Helene Busby went to Hampshire College, surely one of the most “unique” parts of our “unique” Valley! For this week’s Summer Short, Helene brings us a funny remembrance of Hampshire and its quirky students in her story “Talking Trees”.