Master of Puppets

Our Producer Tasha A F Lemley still sleeps with a stuffed animal named Bear. She thought maybe she was strange and alone, but found that many of her friends still share a bed with a stuffed companion.

In her journey to find normalcy, she stumbles across a series of fliers stapled to telephone poles. On the fliers are the words "Lost Friend" with different pictures of a stuffed donkey. This well-loved toy was found outside a coffee shop by Matthew Laird who is on a mission to reunite it with it's owner. Matthew also happens to be a puppeteer, who has a masters in puppetry. His job is to give life to characters like this donkey, and Tasha's stuffed bear, and to him it's nothing less than magic.

Music in this episode by Mark Lemley, Joe Pagetta, and Podington Bear.