Brandon Gardner

David needs help. So does David. A severely depressed man reaches out for an emergency therapy session. He’s not the only one who needs help.

A little girl has a birthday dinner with her father that she'll never forget...

Emily accidentally tells her school nurse that her dementia-stricken grandpa almost got them killed, a rookie child-welfare agent is sent to their house to investigate. A botched extraction ensues and Emily is taken and placed with Sylvia, a new foster parent.

Lauren Caspian is public radio's third most popular host. He's a well-meaning, hypocritical nimrod, just like you and me. He's also a stop motion puppet. Each episode follows the making of an episode of Lauren's show In the Know, in which Lauren conducts in-depth interviews with real world human guests. Lauren collaborates with a diverse crew of NPR staff. They are also puppets and nimrods.