Stories We Don't Tell

Lawrence Alvarez shares a letter that is not what you think. Stefan and Paul are inspired by Lawrence’s story so much that they offer a prompt of their own. 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 reading p...

On this episode, you get two stories in one episode. Brianne Benness tells a story where she finds humour in dark places. Adam Zawalich shares a tale that runs parallel to Brianne’s story. Subscribe to Brianne’s No End in Sight Podcast: https://noendinsight.co . She talks to friends and strangers about their experiences managing their health, seeking a diagnosis, and building a life with chronic i...

This special episode of the podcast features performances from the live event Stories of Home. Join Stefan and Paul and five inspiring people as they explore the idea of what home means to them and their journey in finding it. The speakers include (in order) Maria S., Roberta Taylor, Sepali Samanmali, Robin Potts and Emily Wright. Stories of Home was a part of National Housing Week - a moment for...

We’re back after our summer break. As we did last year, we’re opening this season with a five part series that includes some tips and challenges to help be an inspiration to your writing. For this episode, your hosts - Stefan Hostetter and Paul Dore - talk about presentation, what makes a good story, and thinking about audience expectations. The challenge from this episode is to pick another perfo...

We’re back after our summer break. As we did last year, we’re opening this season with a five part series that includes some tips and challenges to help be an inspiration to your writing. For this episode, your hosts - Stefan Hostetter and Paul Dore - talk about telling stories from different perspectives. The challenge from this episode is to take a story you’ve got and re-write it from a differe...

We’re back after our summer break. As we did last year, we’re opening this season with a five-part series that includes some tips and challenges to help be an inspiration to your writing. For this episode, your hosts - Stefan Hostetter and Paul Dore - talk about genre in storytelling. The challenge from this episode is to take a story you’d like to write and place it into a different genre. Subscr...

We’re back after our summer break. As we did last year, we’re opening this season with a five part series that includes some tips and challenges to help be an inspiration to your writing. For this episode, your hosts - Stefan Hostetter and Paul Dore - talk about writing a story using a specific tone. The challenge from this episode is to take a story you have already written and try to re-write it...

We’re back after our summer break. As we did last year, we’re opening this season with a five-part series that includes some tips and challenges to help be an inspiration to your writing. For this episode, your hosts - Stefan Hostetter and Paul Dore - talk about writing a story based on a theme, rather than from an experience. The challenge is to pick something you’ve been thinking or talking or j...

The next five episodes of the podcast will be a mash-up of our Five in Five and After Dark series. Two random hosts talk about writing tips and tricks that are companion pieces or add-ons to the original Five in Five. In this episode, we talk about how just as a writer finds their writing voice, a storyteller needs to find their performance voice. The Stories We Don't Tell Podcast is sponsored by...

The next five episodes of the podcast will be a mash-up of our Five in Five and After Dark series. Two random hosts talk about writing tips and tricks that are companion pieces or add-ons to the original Five in Five. In this episode, we re-visit editing. A lot of people don’t like to do it, but you really should do it. It’s not necessary to say every detail about your story. Choose your words wis...

The next five episodes of the podcast will be a mash-up of our Five in Five and After Dark series. Two random hosts talk about writing tips and tricks that are companion pieces or add-ons to the original Five in Five. In this episode: know the elements of your story and use quality ingredients. After writing your entire story out, choose the best moments in order to use your time wisely. And natur...

The next five episodes of the podcast will be a mash-up of our Five in Five and After Dark series. Two random hosts talk about writing tips and tricks that are companion pieces or add-ons to the original Five in Five. What happens when you have a theme or universal concept you want to explore in a story? We discuss how to pick a personal moment in your story that represents a universal theme. The...

The next five episodes of the podcast will be a mash-up of our Five in Five and After Dark series. Two random hosts talk about writing tips and tricks that are companion pieces or add-ons to the original Five in Five. One of our pieces of advice is to write out the entire story. But, can you write too much sometimes? We try very hard to answer this question. The Stories We Don't Tell Podcast is sp...

Podcast mini-series alert! For the next few episodes, we'll be featuring interviews with Stories We Don't Tell performers and be talking about how they use storytelling in other ways. Joey Jakob is an extroverted introvert who sometimes likes talking and really likes writing and thinking. Stefan sits down with Joey in the Stories We Don't Tell Studios to discuss how Joey uses storytelling in her w...

Co-host Stefan talks with Peggy Sue about her career and how she uses storytelling in fashion. To learn more about the Peggy Sue Collection, visit peggysuecollection.com. Stay tuned for a story from Peggy Sue that she performed at a recent Stories We Don't Tell. For listeners of this podcast, Peggy Sue is offering 15% off all orders through their online store. Visit peggysuecollection.com/store/ o...

Podcast mini-series alert! For the next few episodes, we'll be featuring interviews with Stories We Don't Tell performers and be talking about how they use storytelling in other ways. Adrianna is a storyteller and geeky social media addict who supports mental health advocacy through her podcast Stories Like Crazy. Combining her Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) and safeTALK cert...

Stefan Hostetter sat down with Joshua Stribbell in the Stories We Don't Tell Studio. Joshua talked about his own journey and how storytelling plays a role in his life. Joshua is the program worker for Torontomiutaujugut. On March 2nd and 3rd, Joshua will be at The National Urban Inuit Youth Conference, which brings together Inuit youth from urban centres across Canada to begin identifying, address...

Two anonymous hosts discuss the difference between writing a story strictly for the room you’re performing in and a story written for a wider online audience. The mysterious hosts share a recording sent in by an anonymous storyteller.

Stefan and Paul talk about getting at a deeper truth through fiction. This episode includes a long preamble about Jean-Claude Van Damme versus Steve Buscemi. Mello Ayo shares a deeply felt piece of fiction about his conversations with an old man by the sea.

Stefan and Paul talk about using humour to tell a more effective story. They also try their hands at knock knock jokes. The key word being ‘try’. Renira Narrandes shares a story about returning home and finding out her car has disappeared. From there, she embarks on an epic journey to get it back.

Stefan and Paul share something in common: they both think they’re imposters. Your humble hosts discuss the concept of imposter syndrome. Stefan shares a story where his jeans get quite critical. This episode of the Stories We Don’t Tell Podcast is sponsored by Hamburg & Dore Private Investigators. They put the ‘P’ and ‘I’ in private investigating. Find out more at hamburgdorepi.wordpress.com.

Stefan and Paul talk about the challenges of finding focus and balance when writing a story. Joey Jakob shares a story about a very important friend. This episode of the Stories We Don’t Tell Podcast is sponsored by Hamburg & Dore Private Investigators. They put the ‘P’ and ‘I’ in private investigating. Find out more at hamburgdorepi.wordpress.com.

Paul and Stefan talk about how to write a story that has no context for an audience and the importance of details. Stefan shares a story about the creation of a gameshow and finding a friend. Tweet #SWDTconfused @jeffreypauldore and @Steho_.

Stefan and Paul talk about writing sequels. Yes, the Godfather, Part III does come up. If you’re as confused as we are, tweet with #SWDTconfused @jeffreypauldore and @Steho_. Paul shares three stories about an ambulance, a swimming pool and getting trapped in a bike cage.

Welcome to Stories We Don’t Tell: After Dark! In this special presentation, Stefan interviews Paul about his upcoming live show Better Than Grisham. There might have been a beer (or two or three) consumed during this episode, but no crows were harmed during this recording. Better Than Grisham is a scripted show that combines storytelling, comedy and music. Joining Paul are two Stories We Don’t Tel...