The Doorstep Project

Do you find oranges in your stockings? Why is that? Where did the tradition come from, and will we continue it? We're having an anniversary episode at the end of this month, and we want community input!! To tell us what you think of the podcast you can visit familyfriendlypodcasts.com . We can't want to hear from you!! Leilani and AJ invite you to submit your stories!! You can find the details at familyfriendlypodcasts.com/the-doorstep-project Written, edited, and preformed by AJ. Sound Effects from Zapsplat Music used: "Enchanted Journey" Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Looking to submit work to The Doorstep Project? familyfriendlypodcasts.com Questions about CC BY 4.0 License? creativecommons.org Family Friendly Podcasts - Our Safe Listening Space

We're having an anniversary episode at the end of this month, and we want community input!! To tell us what you think of the podcast you can visit familyfriendlypodcasts.com . We can't want to hear from you!! Leilani and AJ invite you to submit your stories!! You can find the details at familyfriendlypodcasts.com/the-doorstep-project Written, edited, and preformed by AJ. Sound Effects from Zapsplat Music used: "Reawakening" Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Looking to submit work to The Doorstep Project? familyfriendlypodcasts.com Questions about CC BY 4.0 License? creativecommons.org Family Friendly Podcasts - Our Safe Listening Space

In this world of 'fast fiction,' we're taking a moment to remember organic writers. This is a promise that The Doorstep Project, and Family Friendly Podcasts as a whole, will never use AI generated content in our podcasts or creative works. Leilani and AJ invite you to submit your stories!! You can find the details at familyfriendlypodcasts.com/the-doorstep-project Written, edited, and preformed by AJ. Sound Effects from Zapsplat Hammer Sound Effect Contribution: Metallic Sound Pack 22.wav by soniktec -- https://freesound.org/s/164261/ -- License: Creative Commons 0 Music used: "Reawakening" Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Looking to submit work to The Doorstep Project? familyfriendlypodcasts.com Questions about CC BY 4.0 License? creativecommons.org Family Friendly Podcasts - Our Safe Listening Space

This Halloween, Leilani invites you to consider the life of Edgar Allan Poe. This episode is not scary and is suitable for all ages, but parents are encouraged to listen before children. They may not understand the episode or find it unsettling in some ways. Leilani and AJ invite you to submit your stories!! You can find the details at familyfriendlypodcasts.com/the-doorstep-project Written, edited, and preformed by AJ. Sound Effects from Zapsplat Hammer Sound Effect Contribution: Metallic Sound Pack 22.wav by soniktec -- https://freesound.org/s/164261/ -- License: Creative Commons 0 Music used: "Reawakening" Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Looking to submit work to The Doorstep Project? familyfriendlypodcasts.com Questions about CC BY 4.0 License? creativecommons.org Family Friendly Podcasts - Our Safe Listening Space

Another ghost story for the Halloween season, this one from the Appalachian Mountains. Leilani and AJ invite you to submit your stories!! You can find the details at familyfriendlypodcasts.com/the-doorstep-project Written, edited, and preformed by AJ. Sound Effects from Zapsplat Hammer Sound Effect Contribution: Metallic Sound Pack 22.wav by soniktec -- https://freesound.org/s/164261/ -- License: Creative Commons 0 Music used: "Reawakening" Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Looking to submit work to The Doorstep Project? familyfriendlypodcasts.com Questions about CC BY 4.0 License? creativecommons.org Family Friendly Podcasts - Our Safe Listening Space

Leilani kicks off spooky season with a ghost story. Sorry about the wait. My health has been making it difficult to record and edit. Leilani and AJ invite you to submit your stories!! You can find the details at familyfriendlypodcasts.com/the-doorstep-project Written, edited, and preformed by AJ. Sound Effects from Zapsplat Hammer Sound Effect Contribution: Metallic Sound Pack 22.wav by soniktec -- https://freesound.org/s/164261/ -- License: Creative Commons 0 Music used: "Reawakening" Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Looking to submit work to The Doorstep Project? familyfriendlypodcasts.com Questions about CC BY 4.0 License? creativecommons.org Family Friendly Podcasts - Our Safe Listening Space

In honor of college starting, here is a story of three sisters... who have grown far apart... Sorry about the wait. My health has been making it difficult to record and edit. Leilani and AJ invite you to submit your stories!! You can find the details at familyfriendlypodcasts.com/the-doorstep-project Written, edited, and preformed by AJ. Sound Effects from Zapsplat Hammer Sound Effect Contribution: Metallic Sound Pack 22.wav by soniktec -- https://freesound.org/s/164261/ -- License: Creative Commons 0 Music used: "Reawakening" Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Looking to submit work to The Doorstep Project? familyfriendlypodcasts.com Questions about CC BY 4.0 License? creativecommons.org Family Friendly Podcasts - Our Safe Listening Space

How lucky we are to perform an exhibit in our Library of Lost Things this week? Sorry about the wait. My health has been making it difficult to record and edit. Leilani and AJ invite you to submit your stories!! You can find the details at familyfriendlypodcasts.com/the-doorstep-project Written, edited, and preformed by AJ. Sound Effects from Zapsplat Hammer Sound Effect Contribution: Metallic Sound Pack 22.wav by soniktec -- https://freesound.org/s/164261/ -- License: Creative Commons 0 Music used: "Reawakening" Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Looking to submit work to The Doorstep Project? familyfriendlypodcasts.com Questions about CC BY 4.0 License? creativecommons.org Family Friendly Podcasts - Our Safe Listening Space

A poem about 'good things.' Sorry about the wait. My health has been making it difficult to record and edit. Leilani and AJ invite you to submit your stories!! You can find the details at familyfriendlypodcasts.com/the-doorstep-project Written, edited, and preformed by AJ. Sound Effects from Zapsplat Hammer Sound Effect Contribution: Metallic Sound Pack 22.wav by soniktec -- https://freesound.org/s/164261/ -- License: Creative Commons 0 Music used: "Reawakening" Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Looking to submit work to The Doorstep Project? familyfriendlypodcasts.com Questions about CC BY 4.0 License? creativecommons.org Family Friendly Podcasts - Our Safe Listening Space

Another letter mentioning The Professor. Sorry about the wait. My health has been making it difficult to record and edit. Leilani and AJ invite you to submit your stories!! You can find the details at familyfriendlypodcasts.com/the-doorstep-project Written, edited, and preformed by AJ. Sound Effects from Zapsplat Music used: "Reawakening" Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "Americana" Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Looking to submit work to The Doorstep Project? familyfriendlypodcasts.com Questions about CC BY 4.0 License? creativecommons.org Family Friendly Podcasts - Our Safe Listening Space

Sorry for the late release, but we're still around. Summer is super busy, so late or skipped releases are to be expected. This week Leilani learns about Irish history. This episode is only loosely based on history. The original idea came from Justin Barton and was changed and adapted based on Irish history. Leilani and AJ invite you to submit your stories!! You can find the details at familyfriendlypodcasts.com/the-doorstep-project Written, edited, and preformed by AJ. Sound Effects from Zapsplat Music used: "Reawakening" Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "Americana" Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Looking to submit work to The Doorstep Project? familyfriendlypodcasts.com Questions about CC BY 4.0 License? creativecommons.org Family Friendly Podcasts - Our Safe Listening Space

Sorry for the late release, but we're still around. Summer is super busy, so late or skipped releases are to be expected. This week Leilani learns a little more about the person they call 'The Professor.' Leilani and AJ invite you to submit your stories!! You can find the details at familyfriendlypodcasts.com/the-doorstep-project Written, edited, and preformed by AJ. Sound Effects from Zapsplat Music used: "Reawakening" Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "Americana" Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Looking to submit work to The Doorstep Project? familyfriendlypodcasts.com Questions about CC BY 4.0 License? creativecommons.org Family Friendly Podcasts - Our Safe Listening Space

We're back with a special 4th of July episode!! (We understand that many of our listeners may not celebrate the 4th of July. This episode is about all freedom in all forms, but is illustrated through the depiction and remembrance of soldiers. If you are uncomfortable with this, or this is a sensitive topic to you we invite you to celebrate your freedom in your own way, as we do ours.) "Out of the Trenches" was written by Joshua Barton. Leilani and AJ invite you to submit your stories!! You can find the details at familyfriendlypodcasts.com/the-doorstep-project Written, edited, and preformed by AJ. Sound Effects from Zapsplat Music used: "Reawakening" Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "Americana" Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Looking to submit work to The Doorstep Project? familyfriendlypodcasts.com Questions about CC BY 4.0 License? creativecommons.org Family Friendly Podcasts - Our Safe Listening Space

We'll be back in July!! Leilani and AJ invite you to submit your stories!! You can find the details at familyfriendlypodcasts.com/the-doorstep-project Written, edited, and preformed by AJ. Sound Effects from Zapsplat Music used: "Reawakening" Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Looking to submit work to The Doorstep Project? familyfriendlypodcasts.com Questions about CC BY 4.0 License? creativecommons.org Family Friendly Podcasts - Our Safe Listening Space

Gavin specially requested this episode. And we have new art for episode 6! Amy is the sole creator for Ramen Doodles Cafe. You can find her on instagram @ramendoodlescafe and you can see some of her work on our podcasts, both The Doorstep Project and Office Workers Guide to Demon Hunting! Leilani and AJ invite you to submit your stories!! You can find the details at familyfriendlypodcasts.com/the-doorstep-project Written, edited, and preformed by AJ. Sound Effects from Zapsplat Music used: "Reawakening" Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Looking to submit work to The Doorstep Project? familyfriendlypodcasts.com Questions about CC BY 4.0 License? creativecommons.org Family Friendly Podcasts - Our Safe Listening Space

Leila opens the last envelope from the latest box. Leilani and AJ invite you to submit your stories!! You can find the details at familyfriendlypodcasts.com/the-doorstep-project Written, edited, and preformed by AJ. Sound Effects from Zapsplat Music used: "Reawakening" Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Looking to submit work to The Doorstep Project? familyfriendlypodcasts.com Questions about CC BY 4.0 License? creativecommons.org Family Friendly Podcasts - Our Safe Listening Space

Leilani reads from an old journal from the 1940s. Leilani and AJ invite you to submit your stories!! You can find the details at familyfriendlypodcasts.com/the-doorstep-project Written, edited, and preformed by AJ. Sound Effects from Zapsplat Music used: "Reawakening" Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Looking to submit work to The Doorstep Project? familyfriendlypodcasts.com Questions about CC BY 4.0 License? creativecommons.org Family Friendly Podcasts - Our Safe Listening Space

Special thanks to Maaria, who supplied the idea for this story. This story was based off of real events that happened to Maaria and her family. If yu happen across a rest stop in southern Idaho, northern Utah late at night, take a picture by the footbridge. I'd love to see it. Leila gets most of the envelopes back from the police, and starts her journey again. Leilani and AJ invite you to submit your stories!! You can find the details at familyfriendlypodcasts.com/the-doorstep-project Written, edited, and preformed by AJ. Sound Effects from Zapsplat Music used: "Reawakening" Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Looking to submit work to The Doorstep Project? familyfriendlypodcasts.com Questions about CC BY 4.0 License? creativecommons.org Family Friendly Podcasts - Our Safe Listening Space

Content Warning: This episode is about the Parisian Catacombs. Death is discussed at length. Leilani wrote an episode about her two favorite things, history and etymology. Leilani and AJ invite you to submit your stories!! You can find the details at familyfriendlypodcasts.com/the-doorstep-project Written, edited, and preformed by AJ. Sound Effects from Zapsplat Music used: "Reawakening" Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Looking to submit work to The Doorstep Project? familyfriendlypodcasts.com Questions about CC BY 4.0 License? creativecommons.org Family Friendly Podcasts - Our Safe Listening Space

Leilani records for an exhibit in the library. Leilani and AJ invite you to submit your stories!! You can find the details at familyfriendlypodcasts.com/the-doorstep-project Written, edited, and preformed by AJ. Sound Effects from Zapsplat Music used: "Reawakening" Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "Hero Down" Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "Water Lily" Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Looking to submit work to The Doorstep Project? familyfriendlypodcasts.com Questions about CC BY 4.0 License? creativecommons.org Family Friendly Podcasts - Our Safe Listening Space

Leilani reads about someone... dangerous. Leilani and AJ invite you to submit your stories!! You can find the details at familyfriendlypodcasts.com/the-doorstep-project Written, edited, and preformed by AJ. Sound Effects from Zapsplat Music used: "Reawakening" Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Looking to submit work to The Doorstep Project? familyfriendlypodcasts.com Questions about CC BY 4.0 License? creativecommons.org Family Friendly Podcasts - Our Safe Listening Space

Leila reads a letter she doesn't believe. Leilani and AJ invite you to submit your stories!! You can find the details at familyfriendlypodcasts.com/the-doorstep-project Written, edited, and preformed by AJ. Sound Effects from Zapsplat Music used: "Reawakening" Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Looking to submit work to The Doorstep Project? familyfriendlypodcasts.com Questions about CC BY 4.0 License? creativecommons.org Family Friendly Podcasts - Our Safe Listening Space

This episode is dedicated to children who have passed away from cancer, or other illnesses, and their families. This episode discusses grief and loss. Leilani and AJ invite you to submit your stories!! You can find the details at familyfriendlypodcasts.com/the-doorstep-project Written, edited, and preformed by AJ. Sound Effects from Zapsplat Music used: "Reawakening" Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Looking to submit work to The Doorstep Project? familyfriendlypodcasts.com Questions about CC BY 4.0 License? creativecommons.org Family Friendly Podcasts - Our Safe Listening Space

Leilani wonders about Arcadia. Leilani and AJ invite you to submit your stories!! You can find the details at familyfriendlypodcasts.com/the-doorstep-project Written, edited, and preformed by AJ. Sound Effects from Zapsplat Music used: "Reawakening" Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Looking to submit work to The Doorstep Project? familyfriendlypodcasts.com Questions about CC BY 4.0 License? creativecommons.org Family Friendly Podcasts - Our Safe Listening Space

Leilani and AJ invite you to submit your stories!! You can find the details at familyfriendlypodcasts.com/the-doorstep-project Written, edited, and preformed by AJ. Looking to submit work to The Doorstep Project? familyfriendlypodcasts.com Questions about CC BY 4.0 License? creativecommons.org Family Friendly Podcasts - Our Safe Listening Space