Comedy
Fiction
Rachel Music, Maximilian Clark, and Good Story Guild
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.
Total 40 episodes
1
27/11/2024

4.8 Franksgiving

Grab a drumstick and sweeten your potatoes, because this week we're getting stuffed. Frank and Joanne arrive for their long-awaited Thanksgiving Day celebration and the tea -- and the gravy -- is piping hot. Meet Frank's family. That's it. No puns or wordplay, just ...Frank's family. Buckle up. The Good Story Guild is thankful for YOU this season! In less than a year, we have shared ups and downs and milk out our noses, and the gratitude is irrepressible. If you'd take a moment to review the show, or share us with someone you're thankful for, we can keep this virtuous cycle of goofs and love going strong. Our cuties this week are Kyle Prue, Sarah Ellis, Amanda Sykes, Frank Romeo, Johnny Pirkis, Jennifer Jiles, Martin Olson, River Romeo and Grace Gladstone. *** Josie’s Lonely Hearts Club is a semi-improvised audio drama set in the studio of 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 get to eavesdrop on the life of 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 the show slowly becomes a national sensation. Created by Maximilian Clark and Rachel Music.  Josie’s Lonely Hearts Club is brought to you by the Good Story Guild. Keep track of us on Instagram @goodstoryguild and join our Discord. If you enjoyed the show, consider leaving a rating and/or review on your preferred podcast listening platform. Nighty night, cuties. https://www.goodstoryguild.co Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
45m
20/11/2024

4.7 Lady Shart

Brush up your Shakespeare and Feed the Birds, this week we try to class the joint up a little. We're catching Joanne mid-glow-up, doing her best to be Our Fair Lady. Time is ticking down to Thanksgiving, and Fr--er, Pennybutt--seems even squirrellier than usual. In the spirit of impersonation, the show's theme is sweet little lies, and Josie navigates a bevy two-faced cuties. Meet a faux-dio clown, a wrestler with a dark and smelly past, a veracity-challenged individual, and perhaps the best (and definitely real-est) boyfriend ever! This week's callers included Al Pagano, Laura Holliday, Ashley Adler, and Brendan Sokler. Our story editor is Aliza Brugger.  Josie’s Lonely Hearts Club is a semi-improvised audio drama set in the studio of 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 get to eavesdrop on the life of 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 the show slowly becomes a national sensation. Created by Maximilian Clark and Rachel Music.  Josie’s Lonely Hearts Club is brought to you by the Good Story Guild. Keep track of us on Instagram @goodstoryguild and join our Discord. If you enjoyed the show, consider leaving a rating and/or review on your preferred podcast listening platform. Nighty night, cuties. https://www.goodstoryguild.co Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
33m
30/10/2024

4.4 Well and Truly Ghosted

Spirits are high and spooky season is nigh -- let's scare up a few cuties for this special Halloween episode! This week Frank and Joanne are "exorcizing" their rights, driven to desperate measures to rid their studio of its meddlesome poltergeist. There's also a pretty fundamental costume mix-up, it'll take more than a sugar cube to butter up Ruby this time. Meet a forgetful barfly channelling Karloff, a mistaken identity that might get murderous, a hottie lost on a campsite, and one fella who's really been playing the (potter's) field. Our callers this week included the talents of Levi Penley, Steve Hayes, Kat Letwin and Kristi Boulton. Our story editor is Aliza Brugger. Josie’s Lonely Hearts Club is a semi-improvised audio drama set in the studio of 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 get to eavesdrop on the life of 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 the show slowly becomes a national sensation. Created by Maximilian Clark and Rachel Music.  Josie’s Lonely Hearts Club is brought to you by the Good Story Guild. Keep track of us on Instagram @goodstoryguild and join our Discord. If you enjoyed the show, consider leaving a rating and/or review on your preferred podcast listening platform. Nighty night, cuties. https://www.goodstoryguild.co Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
32m
23/10/2024

4.3 A Woman is Dead, Joanne

We hope you're sitting down for this - the KDNM family just got a little smaller, and Josie decides to turn the show into a remembrance ceremony. Plus, Frank's being kind of squirrelly. What's that about? When the lines open up, Josie pitches a novel to a murder suspect, counsels a paranormal throuple, audits a recent widow, and mediates a marriage bedeviled by daredevilry (that's very fun to say out loud - go ahead, try it). Josie's was created by Maximilian Clark and Rachel Music. Our callers this week included the talents of David Lawson, Aria Tereza Salai, Nick Reinhardt and Avra Friedman. Our story editor is Aliza Brugger.  Josie’s Lonely Hearts Club is a semi-improvised audio drama set in the studio of 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 get to eavesdrop on the life of 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 the show slowly becomes a national sensation. Created by Maximilian Clark and Rachel Music.  Josie’s Lonely Hearts Club is brought to you by the Good Story Guild. Keep track of us on Instagram @goodstoryguild and join our Discord. If you enjoyed the show, consider leaving a rating and/or review on your preferred podcast listening platform. Nighty night, cuties. https://www.goodstoryguild.co Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
28m
04/09/2024

Josie Presents: LEYLINES

Frank is out of town, but he's left Joanne some instructions, so everything is certain to go smoothly. Season 4 will be in your feeds Wednesday, Oct 2nd. To keep you satisfied, our offering this week is Episode 1 of LEYLINES, the new sci-fi audio drama from Good Story Guild. Head to Episode 2 here, or join our BRAND SPANKIN' NEW PATREON for access to ad-free episodes, episodes of Josie's a whole week early, and a super-special package in our Discord. *** It's been one year since Dr. Anthony Harbor's experiment caused a blast that ruptured the foundations of MIT, destroyed his reputation, and cost him his life. Now, estranged brothers Ethan and Milo Harbor come together to uncover the mystery of their father’s work. Weaving science fiction and spirituality, Leylines is an adventure across the globe as the Harbor brothers confront billionaires, the US government, and each other to save their father and Earth as we know it. Created by Kerrod Williams Directed by Rachel Music Written by Nick McMurdy, Robin Rose Singer, Christopher J. P. Smith, and Kerrod Williams Starring: Christopher J. P. Smith as Ethan, Christopher Gebauer as Milo, Jessica Cannizzaro as Abigail, Nick Reinhardt as Noah, Alyssa Mann as Cameron McCall, and Jamie Lujan as Dr. Anthony Harbor Featuring: Matt Horn as Sawyer Meghan Falcone as Dakota Neill Fleming as Malcolm Danielle Beckmann as Ellie Additional voices by: Gloria Tsai, Sam Gasch, Keiko Shimosato Carreiro, Jeff Lorch, and Jesse Burch Sound Design by Katharine Seaton Original Music composed by Michelle Sudduth Recorded, Mixed, and Mastered by Evan Chambers Produced by Simone Kisiel Associate produced by Maximilian Clark Executive Produced by the Good Story Guild For transcripts, full cast and crew details, and to follow these and other GSG productions, see our show notes. Connect with us on Instagram @goodstoryguild or on our Discord or at [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
21m
28/08/2024

3.8: Plop Them in His Nog (Season 3 Finale)

Things are jingle-bell rockin' for our season three finale! The station powers-that-be have declared a five-month block of holiday planning: O, holy night! August in New Mexico isn't very Christmassy, but that won't stop our Josie, no way. She's here to sleigh...ride. Encouraging us all to "just go with it," we meet a riffer getting mixed signals, a fan of the under-goat, a business-owner in distress, a blue-ribbon beau-chaser, and something of a hometown hero. You know the drill by now: listen to the very end ... Our callers this week included the talents of Shane Snider, Tiffany Cornwell, Chris Gebauer, Jenny Curtis, and Shawn Ahmed. Our story editor is Aliza Brugger. Josie’s Lonely Hearts Club is a semi-improvised audio drama set in the studio of New Mexico’s 2nd-best relationship call-in show. On-air, Josie (Rachel Music, How Do They Bone?) mends the broken hearts of a weekly collection of hilarious improvisers. Off-air, listeners get to eavesdrop on the life of Josie’s secret identity: shy, unassuming Joanne Holtzinger. Join Joanne and her puckish producer Frank (Maximilian Clark, Superhuman Public Radio), while they navigate the pitfalls of love and fame as the show slowly becomes a national sensation. Josie’s Lonely Hearts Club is brought to you by the Good Story Guild. Keep track of us on Instagram @goodstoryguild and join our Discord. If you enjoyed the show, consider leaving a rating and/or review on your preferred podcast listening platform. Nighty night, cuties. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
35m
21/08/2024

3.7: Horny Geppetto Has Entered the Chat

KDNM is a Southwestern Garden of Eden as Joanne finds herself between a Mark and a hard place. Temptation is the name of the game, and a surprise visit from a vagabond cutie makes things a little sticky. Meet at gamer who keeps things play-tonic, a husband with a journal problem, a monogamy doubter, and a student of chemistry. When the rubber meets the road, who will our Josie choose? Our callers included the talents of Jacob Alden Roa, Mike Puckett, Katie Kleiger, and Marnina Schon. Featuring Sarah Allyn as Alex. Our story editor is Aliza Brugger. Josie’s Lonely Hearts Club is a semi-improvised audio drama set in the studio of New Mexico’s 2nd-best relationship call-in show. On-air, Josie (Rachel Music, How Do They Bone?) mends the broken hearts of a weekly collection of hilarious improvisers. Off-air, listeners get to eavesdrop on the life of Josie’s secret identity: shy, unassuming Joanne Holtzinger. Join Joanne and her puckish producer Frank (Maximilian Clark, Superhuman Public Radio), while they navigate the pitfalls of love and fame as the show slowly becomes a national sensation. Josie’s Lonely Hearts Club is brought to you by the Good Story Guild. Keep track of us on Instagram @goodstoryguild and join our Discord. If you enjoyed the show, consider leaving a rating and/or review on your preferred podcast listening platform. Nighty night, cuties. https://www.goodstoryguild.co/josies-lonely-hearts-club Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
33m
17/07/2024

3.2: Once More Into Their Breeches

There's been an historic shake-up at KDNM and Joanne is feeling the pressure. Heavy is the head that wears the cuties. Luckily Colorado is just as lovelorn as New Mexico as Josie greets her new constituents: a beer-goggled burglar, a sleep-deprived scribe, a history buff with a new baby, and a stone-cold hottie just looking for a little wetwork. The show was created by Maximilian Clark and Rachel Music. Our callers this week featured the talents of Miranda Warzel, Dana DeRuyck, Neill Fleming, Meghan Falcone, and Shawn Ahmed. Our story editor is Aliza Brugger. Josie’s Lonely Hearts Club is a semi-improvised audio drama set in the studio of New Mexico’s 2nd-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 Heller. What results is an often hilarious and surprisingly human show exploring the risks we idiots take every time we fall in or out of love. Josie’s Lonely Hearts Club is brought to you by the Good Story Guild. Keep track of us on Instagram @goodstoryguild and join our Discord. If you enjoyed the show, consider leaving a rating and/or review on your preferred podcast listening platform. Nighty night, cuties. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
32m
22/05/2024

2.8: Things Escalate. Limbs Are Thrown. (Season 2 Finale)

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 from a return caller... Mark your calendars for July 3rd when we come hurtling back for Season Three! If you have ever wanted Josie to solve a quandary of the heart from YOUR life, just record her a voice memo and send that lil' beauty on over to [email protected] - Josie might just read it on air. Our callers included the talents of Shane Salk, Matt Mundy, Danielle Cohn and Carla Lerner Montero. Our story editor is Aliza Brugger. 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 Heller. What results is an often hilarious and surprisingly human show exploring the risks we idiots take every time we fall in or out of love. Josie’s Lonely Hearts Club is brought to you by the Good Story Guild. Keep track of us on Instagram @goodstoryguild and join our Discord. If you enjoyed the show, consider leaving a rating and/or review on your preferred podcast listening platform. Nighty night, cuties. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
31m
08/05/2024

2.6. Since We're Strangers...

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. Our story editor is Aliza Brugger. Executive produced by Good Story Guild. Follow us @goodstoryguild on Instagram or join our Discord! Featured promotion: Divorce Ranch is now out. Check out the new limited series from Good Story Guild wherever you listen. 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 Heller. What results is an often hilarious and surprisingly human show exploring the risks we idiots take every time we fall in or out of love. Josie’s Lonely Hearts Club is brought to you by the Good Story Guild. Keep track of us on Instagram @goodstoryguild and join our Discord. If you enjoyed the show, consider leaving a rating and/or review on your preferred podcast listening platform. Nighty night, cuties. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
32m
01/05/2024

2.5: Whippy-Chainy-Spanky Time

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 [email protected] and she might just air it in season three! Our callers this week included the talents of Cali Daby, Brendan "S.B." Sokler, Laura Holliday, Michael Mau and Sarah Allyn (<3). Our story editor is Aliza Brugger. 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 Heller. What results is an often hilarious and surprisingly human show exploring the risks we idiots take every time we fall in or out of love. Josie’s Lonely Hearts Club is brought to you by the Good Story Guild. Check out our first limited series, Divorce Ranch, anywhere you get your podcasts. Keep track of us on Instagram @goodstoryguild and join our Discord. If you enjoyed the show, consider leaving a rating and/or review on your preferred podcast listening platform. Nighty night, cuties. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
32m
24/04/2024

2.4: It's French for "Horny Party"

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 to [email protected] and she might end up addressing it on air in Season 3! Our callers this week included the talents of Tristan Miller, Frank Romeo, Anjali Khurana, and Jessie Cannizzaro. 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 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 Heller. What results is an often hilarious and surprisingly human show exploring the risks we idiots take every time we fall in or out of love. Josie’s Lonely Hearts Club is brought to you by the Good Story Guild. Keep track of us on Instagram @goodstoryguild and join our Discord. If you enjoyed the show, consider leaving a rating and/or review on your preferred podcast listening platform. Nighty night, cuties. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
30m
17/04/2024

2.3 Queen of the Damned, Leave Me Some Pie!

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 voice memo at [email protected] - she might just play it on the air next season! Our callers included the talents of Adam Fried, John Grady, Maggie Dunbar, & Sarah Allyn. Our story editor is Aliza Brugger. 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 Heller. What results is an often hilarious and surprisingly human show exploring the risks we idiots take every time we fall in or out of love. Josie’s Lonely Hearts Club is brought to you by the Good Story Guild. Keep track of us on Instagram @goodstoryguild and join our Discord. If you enjoyed the show, consider leaving a rating and/or review on your preferred podcast listening platform. Nighty night, cuties. * - Josie cares about grammar. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
33m
17/01/2024

1.1: Let's Jam It Up, Sluts!

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 episode was edited by Aliza Brugger. || Join our Discord, or support us on Patreon for ad-free episodes, early access to future episodes, and bonus content. || 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 Heller. What results is an often hilarious and surprisingly human show exploring the risks we idiots take every time we fall in or out of love. Josie’s Lonely Hearts Club is brought to you by the Good Story Guild. Keep track of us on Instagram @goodstoryguild and join our Discord. If you enjoyed the show, consider leaving a rating and/or review on your preferred podcast listening platform. Nighty night, cuties. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
30m