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Imagine you’re at the beach, taking in the scenery, breathing in the fresh ocean air, when the sun hits something floating in the water just right… It’s a bottle! With a message inside that looks totally intact!

Meet people who’ve found - and gotten back - their messages in bottles, and hear about one that was thrown from the Titanic.

GUESTS: 
Stefanie Marco Lantz, Lana & Tommy Simmons: The Simmons family received a message in a bottle as a donation at their thrift store in Statesville, NC. They tracked down its owner, Stefanie, in West Hartford, Connecticut. She had tossed her message in a bottle into the water near Martha’s Vineyard, MA back in 1982 when she was nine years old
Eric and Melanie Dahl: Parents of Brian Dahl, who sent off a message in a bottle when he was 12 years old in 1989. He died in 2007, and his bottle was found in 2022
Jack Walsh: General Manager at Cobh Heritage Centre in County Cork, Ireland. In their collection, they have a message in a bottle written by Jeremiah Burke that was thrown from the Titanic on its doomed voyage

Imagine you’re at the beach, taking in the scenery, breathing in the fresh ocean air, when the sun hits something floating in the water just right… It’s a bottle! With a message inside that looks totally intact!
Meet people who’ve found - and gotten back - their messages in bottles, and hear about one that was thrown from the Titanic.
GUESTS: 
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.kindspindesign.com/">Stefanie Marco Lantz</a>, Lana &amp; Tommy Simmons: The Simmons family received a message in a bottle as a donation <a href="https://www.yokefellowstatesville.org/">at their thrift store</a> in Statesville, NC. They tracked down its owner, Stefanie, in West Hartford, Connecticut. She had tossed her message in a bottle into the water near Martha’s Vineyard, MA back in 1982 when she was nine years old</li>
<li>Eric and Melanie Dahl: Parents of Brian Dahl, who sent off a message in a bottle when he was 12 years old in 1989. He died in 2007, and his bottle was found in 2022</li>
<li>Jack Walsh: General Manager at <a href="https://www.cobhheritage.com/">Cobh Heritage Centre</a> in County Cork, Ireland. In their collection, they have a message in a bottle written by Jeremiah Burke that was thrown from the Titanic on its doomed voyage</li>
</ul>

Audacious with Chion Wolf spotlights the stories of people whose experiences, professions, or conditions defy convention or are often misunderstood. Guided by deep curiosity and genuine compassion, the team behind Audacious creates space for the kinds of stories that rarely get told - and the kinds of questions we're often afraid to ask. From those speaking publicly for the very first time to voices already known around the world, every guest is met with care, and every story is honored as both deeply personal and profoundly human.

For more: ctpublic.org/audacious

Audacious with Chion Wolf spotlights the stories of people whose experiences, professions, or conditions defy convention or are often misunderstood. Guided by deep curiosity and genuine compassion, the team behind Audacious creates space for the kinds of stories that rarely get told - and the kinds of questions we're often afraid to ask. From those speaking publicly for the very first time to voices already known around the world, every guest is met with care, and every story is honored as both deeply personal and profoundly human.
For more: <a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/audacious-with-chion-wolf">ctpublic.org/audacious</a>

Audacious with Chion Wolf spotlights the stories of people whose experiences, professions, or conditions defy convention or are often misunderstood. 

Audacious with Chion Wolf

Audacious with Chion Wolf spotlights the stories of people whose experiences, professions, or conditions defy convention or are often misunderstood.

Guided by deep curiosity and genuine compassion, the team behind Audacious creates space for the kinds of stories that rarely get told - and the kinds of questions we’re often afraid to ask. From those speaking publicly for the very first time to voices already known around the world, every guest is met with care, and every story is honored as both deeply personal and profoundly human.

Listen at ctpublic.org/audacious

Support is provided by a generous contribution from Suzanne Hopgood, in Memory of Frank Lord.

Audacious with Chion Wolf spotlights the stories of people whose experiences, professions, or conditions defy convention or are often misunderstood.
Guided by deep curiosity and genuine compassion, the team behind Audacious creates space for the kinds of stories that rarely get told - and the kinds of questions we&rsquo;re often afraid to ask. From those speaking publicly for the very first time to voices already known around the world, every guest is met with care, and every story is honored as both deeply personal and profoundly human.
Listen at <a href="http://ctpublic.org/audacious">ctpublic.org/audacious</a>
Support is provided by a generous contribution from Suzanne Hopgood, in Memory of Frank Lord.

What's in that note? Stories about messages in bottles

Imagine feeling an unbearable itch, convinced that tiny insects are crawling under your skin. But no doctor believes you. You try to prove it, collecting samples, documenting everything. But under a microscope? Nothing is there.

That was Paula Cox’s experience with delusional infestation, a rare disorder where people are absolutely certain they’re infested with bugs, despite all evidence to the contrary. In this episode, Paula shares her harrowing experience, and experts - a leading entomologist and a psychiatrist-dermatologist - explain what’s really happening in the brain and how healing is possible.

Suggested episodes:
Body Integrity Dysphoria: When being disabled is a desire
When every face you see is distorted: Living with PMO

GUESTS: 
Dr. Gale Ridge: an entomologist and Associate Scientist at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station in New Haven. She oversees the daily activities of the insect inquiry office. She’s also the editor of The Physician's Guide to Delusional Infestation
Paula Cox: a woman in Australia who experienced delusional infestation. She started a Facebook support group called “Delusional parasitosis help”
Dr. John Koo: a Professor of Dermatology at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) Medical Center and Director of the UCSF Psoriasis Skin and Treatment Center. He is board-certified in both dermatology and psychiatry and co-author of Morgellons Disease: High Yield Principles for Clinical Practice

Imagine feeling an unbearable itch, convinced that tiny insects are crawling under your skin. But no doctor believes you. You try to prove it, collecting samples, documenting everything. But under a microscope? Nothing is there.
That was Paula Cox&rsquo;s experience with delusional infestation, a rare disorder where people are absolutely certain they&rsquo;re infested with bugs, despite all evidence to the contrary. In this episode, Paula shares her harrowing experience, and experts - a leading entomologist and a psychiatrist-dermatologist - explain what&rsquo;s really happening in the brain and how healing is possible.
Suggested episodes:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/audacious-with-chion-wolf/2023-03-16/body-integrity-dysphoria-when-being-disabled-is-a-desire">Body Integrity Dysphoria: When being disabled is a desire</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/audacious-with-chion-wolf/2024-12-13/when-every-face-you-see-is-distorted-living-with-pmo">When every face you see is distorted: Living with PMO</a></li>
</ul>
GUESTS:&nbsp;
<ul>
<li><a href="https://portal.ct.gov/caes/about-caes/staff-biographies/gale-e-ridge">Dr. Gale Ridge</a>: an entomologist and Associate Scientist at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station in New Haven. She oversees the daily activities of the insect inquiry office. She&rsquo;s also the editor of&nbsp;<a href="https://a.co/d/4GbDQpU">The Physician's Guide to Delusional Infestation</a></li>
<li>Paula Cox: a woman in Australia who experienced delusional infestation. She started a Facebook support group called &ldquo;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/share/g/p5tYSbWVfo6S8q3F/?mibextid=K35XfP%C2%A0">Delusional parasitosis help</a>&rdquo;</li>
<li><a href="https://profiles.ucsf.edu/john.koo">Dr. John Koo</a>: a Professor of Dermatology at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) Medical Center and Director of the UCSF Psoriasis Skin and Treatment Center. He is board-certified in both dermatology and psychiatry and co-author of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Morgellons-Disease-Principles-Clinical-Practice/dp/B08CLT96MS">Morgellons Disease: High Yield Principles for Clinical Practice</a></li>
</ul>

How delusional infestation makes you feel bugs that aren’t there

What kind of person looks at a Boeing 727 and thinks, yes, I should live there? Or boards a cruise ship and decides never to go back to a traditional home? 

Bruce Campbell is a 76-year-old engineer and pilot who has spent more than 25 years living in a retired jetliner in the Oregon woods. 

Angelyn and Richard Burk are a married couple who turned loss, an enthusiasm for minimalism, and a love of travel into an everyday existence at sea. 

They share wisdom about home, routine, freedom, minimalism, and staying put.

 

Suggested episodes:
Audacious at sea: Wisdom from strangers on a cruise ship

 

GUESTS: 
Bruce Campbell: 76-year-old engineer who has lived in a retired Boeing 727 in the woods of Hillsboro, Oregon, since 1999. He welcomes visitors from around the world into the airplane home he built after deciding a conventional house no longer made sense for him
Angelyn and Richard Burk: Married couple from the Seattle area who have been living as cruise nomads since 2021. After losing all their belongings in a moving-truck fire in 2013, they embraced minimalism and now spend much of the year making cruise ships their home

What kind of person looks at a Boeing 727 and thinks, yes, I should live there? Or boards a cruise ship and decides never to go back to a traditional home?&nbsp;
Bruce Campbell is a 76-year-old engineer and pilot who has spent more than 25 years living in a retired jetliner in the Oregon woods.&nbsp;
Angelyn and Richard Burk are a married couple who turned loss, an enthusiasm for minimalism, and a love of travel into an everyday existence at sea.&nbsp;
They share wisdom about home, routine, freedom, minimalism, and staying put.
&nbsp;
Suggested episodes:
<ul>
<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/audacious-with-chion-wolf/2025-12-05/audacious-at-sea-wisdom-from-strangers-on-a-cruise-ship">Audacious at sea: Wisdom from strangers on a cruise ship</a></li>
</ul>
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GUESTS:&nbsp;
<ul>
<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://airplanehome.com/">Bruce Campbell</a>: 76-year-old engineer who has lived in a retired Boeing 727 in the woods of Hillsboro, Oregon, since 1999. He welcomes visitors from around the world into the airplane home he built after deciding a conventional house no longer made sense for him</li>
<li aria-level="1">Angelyn and Richard Burk: Married couple from the Seattle area who have been living as cruise nomads since 2021. After losing all their belongings in a moving-truck fire in 2013, they embraced minimalism and now spend much of the year making cruise ships their home</li>
</ul>

You live where?! When home is a plane or a cruise ship

Obituaries are meant to mark an end. But sometimes they start a whole new conversation.

First, Andy Corren, whose funny, biting, tender obituary for his mother captured so much life that it went viral and became a memoir.

Then, Sallie Hammett, whose loving obituary for her dog Charlie rippled across the internet and moved countless strangers.

And finally, we talk with professional obituary writer Jamie Passaro about what makes an obit memorable, honest and worth reading.

Suggested episodes:


Rethinking funerals with the Coffin Confessor, living eulogies, and designer caskets 


What death investigators can tell you about life 

GUESTS: 


Andy Corren: Writer and author of Dirtbag Queen, a memoir that grew out of the viral obituary he wrote for his mother, Renay


Sallie Hammett: South Carolina writer whose heartfelt obituary for her dog, Charlie, went viral after she shared it online


Jamie Passaro: Professional obituary writer and founder of Dear Person Obits; she also co-founded Elegy.us, an online obituary platform

Obituaries are meant to mark an end. But sometimes they start a whole new conversation.
First, Andy Corren, whose funny, biting, tender obituary for his mother captured so much life that it went viral and became a memoir.
Then, Sallie Hammett, whose loving obituary for her dog Charlie rippled across the internet and moved countless strangers.
And finally, we talk with professional obituary writer Jamie Passaro about what makes an obit memorable, honest and worth reading.
Suggested episodes:
<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/audacious-with-chion-wolf/2025-08-01/rethinking-funerals-with-the-coffin-confessor-living-eulogies-and-designer-caskets">Rethinking funerals with the Coffin Confessor, living eulogies, and designer caskets</a>&nbsp;
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/audacious-with-chion-wolf/2026-02-20/what-death-investigators-can-tell-you-about-life">What death investigators can tell you about life&nbsp;</a>
</li>
</ul>
GUESTS:&nbsp;
<ul>
<li>
Andy Corren: Writer and author of <a href="https://www.audible.com/pd/Dirtbag-Queen-Audiobook/B0D4WS78W8?source_code=AUDORWS0718179KY7">Dirtbag Queen</a>, a memoir that grew out of the viral obituary he wrote for his mother, Renay
</li>
<li>
Sallie Hammett: South Carolina writer whose heartfelt obituary for her dog, Charlie, went viral after she shared it online
</li>
<li>
Jamie Passaro: Professional obituary writer and founder of <a href="https://dearpersonobits.com/">Dear Person Obits</a>; she also co-founded <a href="http://elegy.us">Elegy.us</a>, an online obituary platform
</li>
</ul>

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