Until now. We're collecting the stories that will become the first season. Members, staff, caddies, spouses and the long-suffering board: send us the one you only tell after the second cocktail.
True stories, told anonymously. No names. No clubs. No locations. Ever.
Overheard at the Club is a podcast being built entirely from your submissions: the true, the absurd, and the quietly scandalous things that have happened behind the gates. The board meeting that ended in a resignation. The cart that ended up in the pond. The member-guest that became a divorce. The movie star who showed up unannounced and closed the bar.
The show hasn't aired yet, and that's on purpose. We're gathering stories first so the first season launches with the good stuff. The best submissions will be read on air by your host, Birdie Belle, with every identifying detail changed. You will never be named, and neither will your club.
"It wasn't the affair that got him expelled. It was where he parked."
Long or short, hilarious or heartbreaking, scandalous or unexpectedly kind. A few of our favorite categories, for inspiration.
Who got in, who got blackballed, and the sponsor who regretted it. Membership politics at their most polite and most vicious.
The famous guest who was lovely. The famous guest who was not. What they ordered, what they tipped, and what they did on the back nine.
The tennis pro. The swim coach. The mixed doubles partners who were a little too mixed.
Unpaid dues, secret debts, the member who tried to pay for a wedding in chips and the one who actually did.
Staff stories. What members say when they think you're furniture. The tip that changed your life. The one that ended a job.
Pond incidents. Fireworks incidents. The goose. Anything involving a cart and a body of water.
Not everything behind the gates is a scandal. The member who quietly paid a caddie's tuition. The staff who closed the dining room for a widower's birthday. The tip that was a car. We want the stories that restore your faith in the place, too.
We take anonymity as seriously as your club takes the collar rule.
Yours, theirs, or the club's. We don't ask for your name and we don't want it.
Not the city, not the state, not "a club in the Northeast with a famous seventh hole."
We alter dates, roles, and incidental facts so nobody who was there can point a finger.
Tell us anything you'd rather we leave out, and it stays out. Change your mind later? We'll pull it.
The form takes about five minutes. No account, no email required. Write it however it comes out; we'll handle the polish. The first season is being built from what comes in right now.
Opens a secure form. We never collect names, clubs, or locations.
Yes. The form does not ask for your name, email, or club. We don't collect anything that identifies you. If you'd like to be reachable for a follow-up question, there's an optional field for an email, but it's entirely up to you.
Before anything is read on air, we change names, locations, dates, and incidental details. If a story is so specific it can't be disguised, we won't use it. You can also tell us in the form which details are off-limits.
Not at all. Some of the best stories are small and strange: the feud over a parking space, the 40-year rumor about the clock in the grill room. And some of the best are the opposite of scandal, the outlandishly generous things members and staff have done for each other. Funny, sad, petty, sweet, all welcome.
Please do. Staff see more than members ever will. We especially want to hear from servers, bartenders, caddies, lifeguards, pro-shop staff, and anyone who ever worked a member-guest.
Once we have enough great stories to fill a first season. Submissions are what make that happen, so the sooner yours arrives, the sooner it starts. Leave an email in the optional field if you'd like to hear when the first episode drops.
Yes, and we hope you do. Submit them separately so each one gets its own moment.