Stories We Don't Tell

For the next few episodes, Paul and Stefan are joined by special guest co-host Joey Jakob. Each episode will include the usual: a story from the live event and a discussion about an aspect of storytelling. Alia shares a story about moving to China, her struggles there, and the very creative solution that her parents come up with to help her out. Visit our website for more information on the Storie...

For the next few episodes, Paul and Stefan are joined by special guest co-host Joey Jakob. Each episode will include the usual: a story from the live event and a discussion about an aspect of storytelling. Jon Aaron Sandler shares a story from his past that involves making some healthy decisions for himself. For more stories from Jon, visit his website jonaaronsandler.com and follow him on Instagr...

For the next few episodes, Paul and Stefan are joined by special guest co-host Joey Jakob. Each episode will include the usual: a story from the live event and a discussion about an aspect of storytelling. To honour the new co-host, Joey shares a story about friendship, reflecting on your younger self, and cherry picking. Visit our website for more information on the Stories We Don’t Tell book , l...

Paul and Stefan are going back to their storytelling roots. For the next bunch of episodes, they will be presenting stories recorded live off the floor at the Stories We Don’t Tell monthly event. Paul shares a funny story about getting better after something bad happened. After each performance, Stefan and Paul discuss an aspect of storytelling that was inspired by the story, either in form or con...

Paul and Stefan are going back to their storytelling roots. For the next bunch of episodes, they will be presenting stories recorded live off the floor at the Stories We Don’t Tell monthly event. Fatima Kamenge shares an emotional journey about finding true love and acceptance. After each performance, Stefan and Paul discuss an aspect of storytelling that was inspired by the story, either in form...

Paul and Stefan are going back to their storytelling roots. For the next bunch of episodes, they will be presenting stories recorded live off the floor at the Stories We Don’t Tell monthly event. Rob Shirkey shares an emotional story about recovering from two concussions. After each performance, Stefan and Paul discuss an aspect of storytelling that was inspired by the story, either in form or con...

Paul and Stefan are going back to their storytelling roots. For the next bunch of episodes, they will be presenting stories recorded live off the floor at the Stories We Don’t Tell monthly event. The man himself, Stefan, shares a story about visiting his mother at the hospital. After each performance, Stefan and Paul discuss an aspect of storytelling that was inspired by the story, either in form...

Paul and Stefan are going back to their storytelling roots. For the next bunch of episodes, they will be presenting stories recorded live off the floor at the Stories We Don’t Tell monthly event. Jette Stubbs shares a story about her childhood. After each performance, Stefan and Paul discuss an aspect of storytelling that was inspired by the story, either in form or content. For this episode, Jett...

Paul and Stefan are going back to their storytelling roots. For the next bunch of episodes, they will be presenting stories recorded live off the floor at the Stories We Don’t Tell monthly event. Veronica Antipolo shares a beautiful story about her grandmother. After each performance, Stefan and Paul discuss an aspect of storytelling that was inspired by the story, either in form or content. For t...

Paul and Stefan are going back to their storytelling roots. For the next bunch of episodes, they will be presenting stories recorded live off the floor at the Stories We Don’t Tell monthly event. Joey Jakob shares a story about one of those small details that happen in our lives. After each performance, Stefan and Paul discuss an aspect of storytelling that was inspired by the story, either in for...

On this one-off episode, Stefan tricks Paul into talking about sports. More importantly, they wanted to introduce a special project they have been working on over the summer hiatus. September 2019 is the fifth anniversary of the Stories We Don’t Tell and to mark this occasion, they put together a book of 61 stories that have been performed at the event over the years. In addition to sports, Paul a...

Your humble hosts, Stefan and Paul, present a mash-up of the ongoing Five in Five and After Dark series, among other things. As we get closer to celebrating five years of Stories We Don’t Tell, the next five episodes will include lessons they’ve learned along the way. Paul and Stefan secretly made a list of some of these lessons separately, and in each of the next five episodes, they will both rev...

Your humble hosts, Stefan and Paul, present a mash-up of the ongoing Five in Five and After Dark series, among other things. As we get closer to celebrating five years of Stories We Don’t Tell, the next five episodes will include lessons they’ve learned along the way. Paul and Stefan secretly made a list of some of these lessons separately, and in each of the next five episodes, they will both rev...

Your humble hosts, Stefan and Paul, present a mash-up of the ongoing Five in Five and After Dark series, among other things. As we get closer to celebrating five years of Stories We Don’t Tell, the next five episodes will include lessons they’ve learned along the way. Paul and Stefan secretly made a list of some of these lessons separately, and in each of the next five episodes, they will both rev...

Your humble hosts, Stefan and Paul, present a mash-up of the ongoing Five in Five and After Dark series, among other things. As we get closer to celebrating five years of Stories We Don’t Tell, the next five episodes will include lessons they’ve learned along the way. Paul and Stefan secretly made a list of some of these lessons separately, and in each of the next five episodes, they will both rev...

Your humble hosts, Stefan and Paul, present a mash-up of the ongoing Five in Five and After Dark series, among other things. As we get closer to celebrating five years of Stories We Don’t Tell, the next five episodes will include lessons they’ve learned along the way. Paul and Stefan secretly made a list of some of these lessons separately, and in each of the next five episodes, they will both rev...

Temwa shares a story about her 25-year-old self and her 400-year-old self. Your humble hosts, Stefan and Paul, talk about writing a story based on a feeling.

Nicole shares a beautiful and moving story about friendship. Your humble hosts, Stefan and Paul, talk about telling a story that is taken from a larger piece.

Peggy Sue returns to the podcast with a powerful story about loss. Your humble hosts, Stefan and Paul, talk about storytellers that keep coming back for more. To hear more from Peggy Sue, have a listen to her earlier interview on the podcast HERE .

Jon Aaron Sandler shares a story about evolving into The Third Guitarist. Stefan and Paul talk about the community that has formed around Stories We Don't Tell.

Stefan and Paul celebrate the 100th episode of the podcast by going back in time and re-visiting the past. With beers in hand, your humble hosts re-listen to episode one to see how far they’ve come. Spoiler alert: not very far (but for good reasons). We recommend that you have a listen to that first episode and for your convenience, we re-posted it right before this one in your feed. We want to th...

For the 100th episode of the podcast, Stefan and Paul listen to and reflect on the very first episode. We talked about such specific things about the first episode that we decided to bump it up the feed so it would be right next to the 100th. So, enjoy! Paul, Brianne and Stefan talk about how Stories We Don't Tell got started. Brianne tells the story that launched our essay group Let's Get Persona...

Paul shares a story about how his inner voice is a jackass. Stefan and Paul offer another challenge - take a thought, feeling or concept and create a narrative around it. The next few episodes introduce an experiment the SWDT crew has been working on - a digital writing group. To get updates on Digital LGP (Let’s Get Personal) over the next few months, like the SWDT Facebook Page. Digital LGP invo...

Stefan shares a story about anxiety masked in a journey through Jordan. Paul and Stefan offer another challenge - tell an internal story through external means. The next few episodes introduce an experiment the SWDT crew has been working on - a digital writing group. To get updates on Digital LGP (Let’s Get Personal) over the next few months, like the SWDT Facebook Page. Digital LGP involves readi...

Joey Jakob shares a story about her life during the completion of her PhD. Stefan and Paul offer a challenge of their own - a writing exercise on how to compress time. The next few episodes introduce an experiment the SWDT crew has been working on - a digital writing group. To get updates on Digital LGP (Let’s Get Personal) over the next few months, like the SWDT Facebook Page. Digital LGP involve...