Arc Stories: September 2015 Edition

| September 24, 2015 

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Storyteller, Glenny Brock

Arc Stories

Stories include a man trying to do the right things when society is telling him otherwise; one man’s conflict within his own making; a young girl impersonating someone of a different race and gender; and a father trying to keep up appearances in front of his daughter.

(Originally aired September 24, 2015 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.)

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