I love finding new hobbies later in life. I finally make the decision to go purchase my first gun.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Shannon Cason's Homemade Stories

HS #113 Revolver

It's been too long, so let me catch you up on my whereabouts and whatsups before I start dropping more storytelling episodes. 2020 - what a year so far!  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

HS Special Report - What I've Been Up To

The bottle return in Michigan is 10 cents. The highest in the country. This high bottle return created a thriving economy for children who could carry bags of bottles to the store for candy, chips, and pop. Here's my story.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

HS #112 MI Bottle Return

Waking early to fix a low-battery smoke detector chirp takes the mind in a bunch of directions.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

HS #111 The Smoke Detector

My favorite music is hip hop. I grew up on it and in it. There's always an ongoing debate of - who's the Top 5 hip hop artists? I don't think that can be answered in consensus. Music is personal. So here's my personal Top 5 hip hop artists.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

HS #110 Top Five

I'm slow. I take my time. A late bloomer. I try things when I'm good and damn ready, and I'm glad I finally got around to trying this one thing out.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

HS #109 Four Twenty

Uncles are unique family members. They are the substitute teachers of the family. When they close the classroom door, you can do whatever you want within reason. They care just the right amount for you to be yourself around them. This episode is me, my Uncle Nate, and my tape recorder.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

HS #108 Me, My Uncle, & My Tape Recorder

I'm a Mama's Boy, but a reluctant Mama's Boy who pulled away a lot when I was young. There was a need to create space from Mama, but that never meant closing her out. This is that story. I love you Ma!  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

HS #107 A Mother's Worry

Most of us have a place (or places) we've considered home at one time. I had three homes growing up. I remember each of them well.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

HS #106 Three Homes

Raymond Christian tells a short visual story of the horrible beauty of war. A true soldier's story with drum solo accompaniment.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

HS #105 A Kinda Beauty

It's 1985 and every person who loves basketball wants one pair of shoes - the original Air Jordans. A story about my journey to the prize. Thanks to Grandma Mary. This is a rebroadcast with new intro/outro.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

HS #104 1985 AJ1 Original OG

My dad did business in Detroit's hair salons, and I followed behind carrying his briefcase. WDET asked me to highlight Detroit's black hair community in a piece for WDET's Framed By series. Give a listen. More at framedbywdet.org  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

HS #103 Hair Capital of the World

Straight talk for men of a certain age. Men over 40 need some love too.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

HS #102 Help for Men

An aftermath story to my popular Insidious story. Overcoming addiction is a consistent process of ups and downs and taking one day at a time.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

HS #101 Bad Coffee

I consider listeners and supporters of Homemade Stories friends. Here's a letter to you for my 100th episodes and first episode of 2019. It gets more and more real as it reads.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

HS #100 Letter to a Friend

Short stories and commentary by writer/storyteller, Shannon Cason.