iT’S STORY GAME TiME The highs and lows of human experience? We’re here for it. So are the spontaneous story slammers who drop their name in the hat at every show. At SLAMMER OF THE YEAR, standout story picks from our latest flagship and late-night seasons get up to get down on the theme CHUTES & LADDERS. Studio guides Jessica Holmes and Leta Harris Neustaedter each champion teams of five top-ranked story slammers to make points on the games people play. (It’s like truth or consequences IRL.) They’ll first take turns sliding into plot twists on the prompt CHUTES. Then one team moves to the last rung for an elimination round that plays up LADDERS. When the game’s over, only one storyteller scores the winning title of Slammer of the Year. Talk about an all-time high. You game? Hosted by Jodi Eichelberger Music by Marimba Boise Featuring: Team Chutes (championed by Jessica Holmes) Christopher Ingels (from THE GREAT OUTDOORS) Caroline Johnson (from OUT THE BACK DOOR) Mitch Kuhn (from OUT THE CLOSET DOOR) Kenneth Paul (from FAST FORWARD) Michael Zabel (from OUT THE CLOSET DOOR) Team Ladders (championed by Leta Harris Neustaedter) Carrie Applegate (from PLAY) Katie Battazzo(HUMBLE PiE) Allison Ginn (from PLAY) Mindy Hackler (from HUMBLE PiE) Jacob Smith (from STOP)