7 Minute Stories is Aaron Calafato’s extemporaneous, autobiographical storytelling podcast. This top award-winning story podcast is quick, immersive, and tinged with nostalgia. Each story feels deeply personal and always leaves you with something to chew on—7MS sounds like if a Millennial swapped notes with Jean Shepard, Spalding Gray and Paul Harvey at a Midwestern diner.
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7 Minute Stories is Aaron Calafato’s extemporaneous, autobiographical storytelling podcast. This top award-winning story podcast is quick, immersive, and tinged with nostalgia. Each story feels deeply personal and always leaves you with something to chew on—7MS sounds like if a Millennial swapped notes with Jean Shepard, Spalding Gray and Paul Harvey at a Midwestern diner.
In this episode of 7MS, Storyteller Aaron Calafato shares an encounter with a "fortune teller" at a Bob Evans that reshaped how he saw his future. At 18, he dismissed her vision that he’d trade rock-and-roll dreams for a life centered on home and family. Years later, over breakfast at the same restaurant, Aaron faces the question: did her vision come true?
🎙️ Listen to Aaron tell stories and talk with special guests live during Night Stories on his YouTube Channel—these late-night sessions go live every Thursday starting @ 9:30PM EST and going into the late night hours. And...
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The Team:
Story created & performed by: Aaron Calafato
Senior Audio Engineer: Ken Wendt
Additional vocals: Cori Calafato
Artist in Residence: Pete Whitehead
Original Theme Music: thomas j. duke
Additional Soundscape Design: Isaac Gehring
Special Thanks:
Shannon Baker
Rob Montague Jr
Kyle McCarthy
Dania Khalife
7 Minute Stories w/ Aaron Calafato
7 Minute Stories is Aaron Calafato’s extemporaneous, autobiographical storytelling podcast. This top award-winning story podcast is quick, immersive, and tinged with nostalgia. Each story feels deeply personal and always leaves you with something to chew on—7MS sounds like if a Millennial swapped notes with Jean Shepard, Spalding Gray and Paul Harvey at a Midwestern diner.
