7 Minute Stories w/ Aaron Calafato

Active· last episode 16 days ago

Listen on Apple Podcasts

Rate this show

Your podcast? Claim it

~9 min episodes

If you like 7 Minute Stories w/ Aaron Calafato

Seven Continents, One Story

5 Minute Storytelling - A Legacy Recorder Podcast

Gael

Stories from Real Life

The True Stories Podcast Network

One Moment Podcast

Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales

Seven: Disturbing Chronicle Stories of Scary, Paranormal & Horror Tales, Bleav

More Storytelling podcasts

Browse all →

Horses

Vent!

The Art of Playing

The Storytelling Lab

Rain Bennett

The Scafachiverse Podcast

Sacred Sleep Stories

About 7 Minute Stories w/ Aaron Calafato

7 Minute Stories is the leading short-form autobiographical storytelling podcast in the world, reaching over 30 million listeners through weekly unscripted personal narratives. Each episode delivers a true story from Aaron Calafato’s extremely normal yet deeply relatable life in Ohio, told in about seven minutes with no script. This show is quick, immersive, and tinged with nostalgia. Each story feels deeply personal, fits into your day, and leaves you better than it found you. 7MS sounds like a Millennial swapping stories with Jean Shepherd, Spalding Gray, and Paul Harvey at a Midwestern diner. New episodes every week.

Language: English
Type: podcast

Latest episodes(50)

1A Big Announcement & Preview
6 Oct 20269m
A new chapter is coming to this feed. Aaron shares why 7 Minute Stories will become Shortwave Stories in January 2027, what’s changing, and why listeners can stay right here for a new story every…
2Grapes of Wrath
6 Oct 20268m
On a scorching Ohio summer day, Aaron and Corey pull into a shady corner of a movie theater parking lot to eat lunch. What they find there is hard to explain, and even harder to fit into its…
3The Fish Resurrection (Season 7 Premiere!)
23 Sept 20268m
Can a fish rise from the dead? Aaron has seen it happen. In the Season 7 premiere of 7 Minute Stories, a family aquarium, a fish named Poop, and one unforgettable mystery become a strange and…
4Cori Takes Over: Back to Basics for Season 7
23 Sept 20265m
Aaron’s wife and business partner, Cori, hijacks the microphone for one final summer bonus episode with a simple message: keep the main thing the main thing. Before season seven of 7 Minute Stories…
5The Impostor Violinist
10 Sept 20269m
In this classic episode from Season 3, Aaron joins the elementary school orchestra and discovers the thrill of making music. Then the sheet music gets harder, the other violinists race ahead, and he…
6It's Just Summer Love
29 Aug 20269m
One summer in the late 1990s, a weeklong camping trip brought Aaron face-to-face with the kind of teenage connection that makes the rest of the world disappear. In this 7 Minute Story, he looks back…
7Things I Learned Behind the Red Doors
29 Aug 20269m
Aaron looks back on the Episcopal church of his childhood, an unforgettable pastor named Jess, and the day he was told he might grow up to become a minister. Years later, he realizes the prediction…
8The Red Balloon: A Message to Heaven
17 Aug 202610m
When Aaron learns that his childhood friend Justin has lost his dad, he turns to an old French film and a six-year-old belief that balloons might be magic. What follows is a story of friendship, hope,…
9A Bronx Tale Test
17 Aug 20269m
After his first marriage ended, Aaron made himself a promise: he would never get married again. Then Cori came along. Still afraid of repeating the past, Aaron turned to an unlikely source for…
10Episode 10 - The Fight
4 Aug 20267m
When I was younger I fought a lot. This time, however, felt different than the rest. I was in over my head and would experience the true power, utility and lasting effect of violence.

+40 more — listen on the platforms above

Listener comments

Join the conversation. Members can leave comments and discover other listeners.