Josie's Lonely Hearts Club
Support us by joining the Great Story Guild on Patreon! *** Josie’s Lonely Hearts Club is a semi-scripted audio drama set in New Mexico’s 2nd-best relationship call-in show. On-air, Josie mends the broken hearts of a weekly collection of hilarious improvisers. Off-air, listeners eavesdrop on Josie’s secret identity: shy, unassuming Joanne Holtzinger. Join Joanne and her puckish producer Frank as they navigate the pitfalls of love and fame as their show slowly becomes a national sensation. Josie’s Lonely Hearts Club was created by Maximilian Clark (Superhuman Public Radio) and Rachel Music. Our story editor is Aliza Brugger. This podcast is brought to you by the Good Story Guild . Keep track of us at goodstoryguild.co and stay cozy, cuties.
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January 9, 2024 • 1 min
Josie’s Lonely Hearts Club is a semi-improvised audio drama set in the studio of New Mexico’s 3rd-best romantic advice call-in show. On-air, listeners eavesdrop as Josie (Rachel Music, How Do They Bone?) squares off against top improvisers and her engineer Frank (Maximilian Clark, Superhuman Public Radio). Each episode’s off-air vignettes chart her journey from melancholy Joanne Holtzinger to nationally syndicated sensation Josie H...
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January 17, 2024 • 24 mins
Remastered. After a terrible speed dating event, Jo and Frank open the lines to talk about first impressions. Are they all they’re cracked up to be? Meet a bouncer who can’t find romance, test a few pick-up lines with a quirky close-up magician, and find out what it means to be caught in flagrante derowboat.
Our callers this week included the talents of Laura Lee Walsh, Al Pagano, Shane Snider, and Carla Lerner Montero. This episod...
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January 24, 2024 • 28 mins
Remastered. If your love language is "stuff found by the side of the road," you're in luck. Otherwise, grab a horse-drawn carriage and brush up on your sonnets, because this week Josie is asking her listeners to dream bigger. Where are those big romantic gestures, and why do we crave them so much?
Our callers this week included the talents of Tiffany Cornwell, Jacob Alden Roa, Patrick Harvey, and Elke Reid. This episode was edited...
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January 31, 2024 • 21 mins
Remastered. This week, Josie slips into something a little more comfortable as we explore love, socializing, and pickleball both in and out of our comfort zones.
Our callers this week included the talents of Shane Snider, Carla Lerner Montero, Al Pagano, and Laura Lee Walsh. This episode was edited by Aliza Brugger.
Josie’s Lonely Hearts Club is a semi-improvised audio drama set in the studio of New Mexico’s 3rd-best romantic adv...
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February 7, 2024 • 26 mins
Remastered. This week Josie opens up the lines to travelers, wanderers, voyagers, and more. When the rubber hits the road, do changes in latitudes really mean changes in attitudes?
Our callers this week included the talents of Jacob Alden Roa, Tiffany Cornwell, Patrick Harvey, and Elke Reid. Our story editor is Aliza Brugger.
This episode is dedicated to Jimmy Buffett. Rest in Paradise, with all the cheeseburgers and boat drinks ...
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February 14, 2024 • 27 mins
Remastered. This Valentine's Day, everyone at KDNM is unlucky. Not even Josie has a date. Not to be deterred, she asks her audience for their best moments of instant karma and boy howdy do they deliver. Stock up on string cheese and watch your step, because big things happen when the lines open up.
Our callers this week included the talents of Caitlin Carleton, Ross Childs, Alex Stine, and Raechel Wong. This episode was edited by ...
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February 20, 2024 • 30 mins
Remastered. Josie is putting her matchmaking where her mouth is, bringing lovelorn architect Nick from Santa Fe back on the air to find his special someone. It's a first for KDNM and in no way a terrible idea.
Our callers this week included the talents of Alex Stine, Ross Childs, Raechel Wong, and Caitlin Carleton. Additional calls from Frank Romeo, Anjali Khurana, Jessie Cannizzaro, Maggie Dunbar, and Sarah Allyn. Our story edito...
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February 28, 2024 • 24 mins
Remastered. In need of a win, Josie turns the show into a shared sleepover with everyone's favorite confession game, Never Have I Ever. It's a saucy time, with a tang and a kick and a full orchestra. Despite a few service interruptions, tea is spilled. So is ramen.
Our callers this week included the talents of Marnina Schon, Meghan Falcone, Geoff Grimwood, & Jeff Lorch. Our story editor is Aliza Brugger.
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March 6, 2024 • 34 mins
Remastered. In the Season 1 finale, Josie quizzes her listeners about their breaking points and gets more than she bargained for. Meet a gal who's given up cruciferous veggies, a cat owner at the end of his rope, a perennial personality re-vamper, and more. Heads up, cuties; this episode discusses themes of loss and grief.
Our callers included the talents of Marnina Schon, Jeff Lorch, Meghan Falcone, and Geoff Grimwood. Our story ...
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March 20, 2024 • 11 mins
Meanwhile, at KDNM, Frank checks the station voicemail. Call a friend and see how they're doing. Check the expiration dates on your dairy products. See you in Season Two, cuties.
This episode features Chris Gebauer, John Nelson Dorsey IV, Laura Lee Walsh, & Jenny Schumacher.
Josie’s Lonely Hearts Club is a semi-improvised audio drama set in the studio of New Mexico’s 3rd-best romantic advice call-in show. On-air, listeners eavesd...
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March 27, 2024 • 28 mins
While we gear up for Season Two, KDNM would like to spotlight one more show before we resume our broadcast schedule of "every-week-you-cuties-can-handle:" Forgive Me by Rogue Media tells the story of Father Ben, a try-hard priest reassigned from Binghamton to St. Patrick's in Upstate New York. Catch up on their three season run now and learn more at roguedialogue.com/forgive-me
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April 3, 2024 • 35 mins
Back in the saddle after her brief hiatus, Josie finds herself ... uncertain? Maybe? Perhaps? Mayhaps? To make matters worse, she is confronted by dilemma after conundrum after enigma, with nothing to do but waffle. But don't worry; she's got this. Probably. Mayhaps.
Our callers included the talents of Maggie Dunbar, John Grady, Adam Fried, and Sarah Allyn. Our story editor is Aliza Brugger.
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April 10, 2024 • 32 mins
Tonight, Josie entreats those long-time fans, first-time callers into a trust fall. The theme is "help me, help you" and the callers need all the assistance they can get. Come along a magical mystery tour of long hikes, steam-powered sex toys, and an unwanted inheritance.
Our callers included the talents of Tristan Miller, Jessie Cannizzaro, Anjali Khurana, & Frank Romeo. Our story editor is Aliza Brugger.
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April 17, 2024 • 34 mins
Tonight, Josie entices her listeners to take...it...slow...ly*. Sparked by a new addition to the KDNM squad, it's all about indulgence and languor. Wander aimlessly with a guilt-riddled nonagenarian, a ghost-hunter stuck in the Friend Zone, a pastry chef with a toxic housemate, and one caller who just can't get enough of Josie.
If you want to ask Josie a question or tell her a story about your own romantic troubles, send her a voi...
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April 24, 2024 • 32 mins
Ah, beans! While Josie is mustering the courage to make a phone call, she invites her listeners to search for surprises wherever they may be: at the farmer's market, in a museum, at a masquerade...even in the stars. Everyone is on the cusp of discovering something brand spanking new about themselves. Also, Frank has a some new gear to show off, but let's not indulge him.
If you have a story or question for Josie, send a voice memo...
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May 1, 2024 • 34 mins
Get ready to stand on your desks, O cuties my cuties, as Josie entreats her listeners to seize their destiny! They face difficult odds: crushworthy coworkers, extra-sensory self-doubt, even a 40-year coma...but you can't keep a good lonely heart down. Maybe their courage will spur our own Josie into making a move of her own?
Want to ask Josie something? Send a voice memo to audio@goodstoryguild.co and she might just air it in seas...
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May 8, 2024 • 32 mins
Put your best face forward tonight as we embrace uncertainty, court spontaneity, and make out with impulsivity. Meet a luckless karaoke wallflower, an HR rep with big, big feelings, and someone whose never heard of a capybara. Will the high-risk, high-reward path be strewn with rose petals? Or will Josie fumble at the finish line?
Our callers this week included the talents of Shane Salk, Matt Mundy, Danielle Cohn and Sarah Allyn. ...
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May 15, 2024 • 29 mins
We've got some eggshells on the floor here at KDNM, and Our Lady of the Airwaves is in rare form. Between a spurned pyromaniac, a reverse harem, a boy-sober sadist, and a slam piece, Josie may finally help us uncover the meaning of love. Be sure to touch some grass today.
Our callers included the talents of Michael Mau, Laura Holliday, Cali Daby, and Brendan Sokler. Our story editor is Aliza Brugger.
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May 22, 2024 • 31 mins
Season Two finale. You better listen all the way to the end on this one, cuties.
After a heaping helping of heartache, resident tough cookie Josie gives us a peak of that gooey, nougaty center. Joanne drops a few truths of her own. Along the way, we encounter a crooner in khakis (and a time loop), comfort a gal in love with a slob, and try to piece together a very, very dysfunctional proposal. If time allows, we might even hear fr...
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May 29, 2024 • 25 mins
Before a whirlwind vacation, Joanne helps Frank pick something for the cuties to listen to...
Now out from the Good Story Guild: Divorce Ranch! Season one is now complete.
June 1949. Heiress Mitzi Ballantyne has gone missing during her "Reno-vation" at the Sidewinder Resort. Detective Francis O'Connell, a Bible-toting bloodhound, would rather be at his Ma's sickbed. Instead, he steps off the train and into a den of liberated ex-w...
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