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Likely Stories
Thursday 7:45am and 4:45pm. Saturday 8:35am. Sunday 9:35am

So many books, so little time!

Although long-time host Jim McKeown has retired, his legacy continues as Likely Stories finds itself turning the page for a new chapter.

Exploring an eclectic collection of books, each week Likely Stories see's a different host bring something new to the table to share their insight and earnest review.

Likely Stories is a production of KWBU in Waco, Texas.

Likely Stories airs Thursdays during Morning Edition and All Things Considered and Saturday and Sunday during Weekend Edition on 103.3 Waco Public Radio - KWBU.

Latest Episodes
  • Likely Stories - The Madwomen of Paris by Jennifer Cody Epstein
    Imagine being punched in the ovaries to bring on a fit.This is The Madwomen of Paris by Jennifer Cody Epstein, which was inspired by the dark history of the Salpêtrière asylum in the 1880s.
  • Likely Stories - Killers of a Certain Age
    I am a huge James Bond fan, and never missed an episode of Charlie’s Angels as a pre-teen growing up. A story about women my age who could still fight, run, plan, take action, and do all the things they did in their early years really appealed to me.
  • Likely Stories - My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell
    The book that I'm reviewing today is challenging. It was an unsettling read, and I thought about it for weeks after I finished it. I hesitated to recommend it on Likely Stories. But these difficult books catch our attention for a reason, they are important to talk about and examine.
  • Living It - Candi Cann
    On this edition of Living It, host Meg Wallace talks to Dr. Candi Cann.
  • Likely Stories - Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live by Susan Morrison
    I’ve been reading a lot about Saturday Night Live lately, for a couple of reasons. First, I talk about the show when I cover the history of television in my Introduction to Mass Communication class at Baylor, and I like to keep up with what’s going on with SNL. Second, Saturday Night Live just celebrated its 50th anniversary, so there’s been plenty written about it in the last year or so.
  • Likely Stories - The Celebrants by Steven Rowley
    In nineteen-ninety-five, five college friends, distraught over the suspected suicide of their friend and haunted by the question “would Alec have died had he known how much he was loved?” enter into a lifelong pact to hold living funerals.
  • Likely Stories - Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
    Many times on public radio, you hear folks say, “Long-time listener, first-time caller.” Well, that’s me! I’m Maggie McCarthy—a long-time listener of KWBU—bringing you my, hopefully, first book review on Likely Stories.
  • Likely Stories - Spencer's Mountain by Earl Hamner Jr
    A true story of a family’s deep love and incredibly difficult struggles in rural Virginia during the Great Depression becameone of the most beloved television shows of all time.Welcome to “Likely Stories.”I’m Diane Kemper.
  • Likely Stories - The Colonel and the King: Tom Parker, Elvis Presley and the Partnership that Rocked the World by Peter Guralnick
    ‘The Colonel and the King: Tom Parker, Elvis Presley and the Partnership that Rocked the World’, sheds new light on the infamous Colonel Tom Parker and his sometimes questionable choices in managing Elvis Presley's career. I'm Kevin Tankersley, and this is likely stories on KWBU.
  • Likely Stories - A Case of Mice and Murder by Sally Smith
    Welcome to this week’s installment of Likely Stories on KWBU. My name is Gia Chevis, and I confess that I watch what is probably an unhealthy number of cozy murder mystery shows, mainly British and British-adjacent. I am absolutely the target audience for A Case of Mice and Murder, the first novel in Sally Smith’s newish detective series.