Stories We Don't Tell

Paul and Stefan talk about sharing a story where the audience already knows the outcome. Andrew Cheung tells a story about going to New York in November 2016 to be a part of Hilary Clinton breaking the glass ceiling. Things didn’t go as planned.

Paul and Stefan return for a regular run of storytelling discussions and stories from the live event. They discuss the importance of doing the Stories We Don’t Tell live event at different houses and apartments across the city. For this episode, Stories We Don’t Tell co-founder Brianne Benness also returns! For our October event, Brianne happened to be in Toronto for the weekend and brought a stor...

For this episode, we’re taking you right into the live event Stories of Home. Stories of Home took place on November 23rd, 2017 at the Centre for Social Innovation. We asked different inspiring people to explore the idea of what home is to them and to tell us about their journey in finding it. The event was part of National Housing Week - a moment for Canadians to come together and acknowledge tha...

Regular host Stefan Hostetter returns to continue our Stories of Home Mini-Series. For this episode, Stefan talks with Claire-Hélène Heese-Boutin. Claire-Hélène is an active member of the Dufferin Grove Housing Co-operative which led her to get involved with the Parkdale Neighbourhood Land Trust and the Community Finance Working Committee of the PCED.

Guest host Michelle German talks with housing advocate Roz McLean, continuing our Stories of Home Mini-Series.

Guest host Michelle German talks with master storyteller Sage Tyrtle, continuing our Stories of Home Mini-Series.

Paul talks with Michelle German from Evergreen about National Housing Week. She will be taking over as guest host of the podcast for the next couple of episodes. Michelle goes into detail about the background of National Housing Week and all of the exciting events and activities happening to raise the profile of important housing issues that affect us all. Over the next few weeks, we’ll be introdu...

To kick off the third season of the podcast, Paul and Stefan present a five part mini-series called ‘Don’t Take This Advice’. The series focuses on writing and storytelling tips and tricks they’ve learned over the years. This last part is about editing for the audience.

To kick off the third season of the podcast, Paul and Stefan present a five part mini-series called ‘Don’t Take This Advice’. The series focuses on writing and storytelling tips and tricks they’ve learned over the years. This fourth part is about the importance of editing.

To kick off the third season of the podcast, Paul and Stefan present a five part mini-series called ‘Don’t Take This Advice’. The series focuses on writing and storytelling tips and tricks they’ve learned over the years. This third part is about placing your story in context.

To kick off the third season of the podcast, Paul and Stefan present a five part mini-series called ‘Don’t Take This Advice’. The series focuses on writing and storytelling tips and tricks they’ve learned over the years. This second part is about finding your moment and slowing down time.

To kick off the third season of the podcast, Paul and Stefan present a five part mini-series called ‘Don’t Take This Advice’. The series focuses on writing and storytelling tips and tricks they’ve learned over the years. This first part is about writing out your entire story.

Paul and Stefan close out the second season of the Stories We Don’t Tell Podcast. They reflect on their favourite moments from both the live event and the podcast. We have some exciting ideas in development, so stay tuned for season three coming Fall 2017!

Singer/songwriter Arlene Paculan has performed at Stories We Don’t Tell and been a friend of the event since the beginning. Paul goes on location with Arlene, talking with her about storytelling through music.

Stefan Hostetter sits down with Luke Anderson for some story workshopping. We then transport into the future to hear Luke’s most embarrassing moment(s).

For the next few episodes, we’ll be going behind-the-scenes with storytellers that have performed at Stories We Don’t Tell. Stefan Hostetter sits down with Elisa D’Arcangelo in the Stories We Don’t Tell Studios to talk about her experience and to hear her story.

Stefan returns! He talks with Paul about what will be happening on the next few episodes. We’ll be bringing in storytellers who have participated in the Stories We Don’t Tell live event and interviewing them about their process. To get the ball rolling, Stefan and Paul interview each other and share a story.

Monica’s last episode as guest host! She wraps things up with a conversation with Paul about depression. 

Guest host Monica Hamburg talks about audience reactions.

Guest host Monica Hamburg talks with Paul about why we tell stories to groups of strangers.

Guest host Monica Hamburg talks about finding the funny side of tragedy. Paul and Monica share bits of stories where they turn tragedy into comedy.

Guest host Monica Hamburg takes us through stories about parental death.

Paul and Stefan talk (probably too long) about movie sequels. The Matrix sequels are bad, The Godfather sequels are good. They finally get around to talking about how we can take control of our personal narratives through storytelling. Vivek Jain tells an life-affirming story about a traumatic accident that happened to him as a child.