The Compulsive Storyteller with Gregg LeFevre

This week we have another Summer Rewind where we dig up a favorite episode from past seasons. For our second installment we’re revisiting "Divers and Dealers" I'm spending the summer with my girlfriend at her place in a small lobster fishing village with just as many drug smugglers as lobstermen. What starts out as an idyllic getaway goes south when an ill conceived joke makes me an...

We're on vacation but that doesn't mean there's nothing to listen to. Check out this guest episode from Reading and Writing Podcast , an interview with storyteller and author Alaya Dawn Johnson , World Fantasy Award-winning author of the new novel THE LIBRARY OF BROKEN WORLDS .

This week we start our Summer Rewind where we dig up favorite episodes from past seasons. For our first installment we’re revisiting "Signor Pizza" Summer's here and I'm starting my new job at a pizzeria on Cape Cod. The problem is the place is mafia owned and the boss has taken a liking to me. With new responsibilities come new ways to disappoint the Boss, and things start to ge...

In this week’s episode, entitled "The Wildest Street in NYC", Gregg tells stories from downtown New York City, and the things he saw on Canal Street. Thieves, vandals, and more roam the street and you never know what will happen as you walk down the sidewalk. The Compulsive Storyteller Podcast is a series of short personal true stories in 20 minutes or less written and narrated by me, Gr...

In this week’s episode, entitled "Suds", crack open a cold one and listen to gregg tell three stories about beer. Hear about schoolboy hijinks, a dive bar with a lunchtime show and classic beer snobbery. The Compulsive Storyteller Podcast is a series of short personal true stories in 20 minutes or less written and narrated by me, Gregg LeFevre. New episodes will be released every other W...

In this week’s episode, entitled “Art Stories", Gregg has three stories about his off beat experiences in the art world. In the first, “Art Critic '' he closes a door to a well known art critic forever. The second, “The Flintstone '', involves his fabrications team's relationship to a special tool and the last entitled “Big Time Dealer” Gregg learns a harsh lesson about de...

In honor of Father's Day coming up, this week’s episode, entitled "My Dad the Mariner", Gregg tells stories from his Dad's time in the merchant marines. The Compulsive Storyteller Podcast is a series of short personal true stories in 20 minutes or less written and narrated by me, Gregg LeFevre. New episodes will be released every other Wednesday across all podcast platforms. Foll...

In this week’s episode, entitled "Dating Disasters", Gregg has three stories of dates gone wrong. One with a polyandrist, another with a fanatical Yankees fan, and the third with an eerie Dutch innkeeper. The Compulsive Storyteller Podcast is a series of short personal true stories in 20 minutes or less written and narrated by me, Gregg LeFevre. New episodes will be released every other...

In this week’s episode, entitled "Eagle Scout", Bad Scout Gregg breaks every rule in the Scout handbook leading him into one jam after another. From a stray bullet in a church altar, a daring theft from all his fellow Scout's mothers, to actually setting another Boy Scout on fire listen in to find out if he makes amends or gets expelled from the Boy Scouts of America forever. The Com...

In this week's episode, entitled Free Fall, Gregg shares stories of three spectacular falls. Count yourself lucky if you never find yourself in one of these situations! The Compulsive Storyteller Podcast is a series of short personal true stories in 20 minutes or less written and narrated by me, Gregg LeFevre. New episodes will be released every other Wednesday across all podcast platforms. Fo...

While on spring break this week we're airing an epsiode from the the Compulsive Storyteller archive. "Ratatouille Too" takes us to hilarious loft dinner party in New York City.  After days of preparation, my girlfriend and I are ready to entertain her new boss, a French Diplomat and his wife. The menu is set, the hors d'oeuvres are ready, the loft is arranged, all that's left...

In this week’s episode, entitled Lol Haha , Gregg shares three very funny stories, Hamster Sex, Cherry Bomb and Falling Magician . The Compulsive Storyteller Podcast is a series of short personal true stories in 20 minutes or less written and narrated by me, Gregg LeFevre. New episodes will be released every other Wednesday across all podcast platforms. Follow on instagram @TheCompulsiveStorytelle...

In this week’s episode, entitled Street Comedian , Gregg gets to know a black comedian who practices his stand up in Washington Square Park at the center of  Greenwich Village. He’s brilliant and creative but also, like so many comedians, mean spirited and cruel. After a long relationship with him, Gregg is left wondering why he continues to take his abuse. The Compulsive Storyteller Podcast...

This  week's episode is entitled "3 NYC Street Stories" In the first, Baseball Bat, Gregg is pursued into the basement of a Deli by an out of control garbage truck driver wielding a baseball bat. In the second, Wrong Way, Gregg let’s his attempt to help a severely disabled young man be subverted by a couple of pretty women and a free meal. In the finale, God is Good , Gregg happily watches a...

In this week’s episode, entitled Motorcycle Gangs of the Guggenheim, Gregg meets a lovely woman singing blues in a club and invites her to the opening of “The Art of the Motorcycle” at the Guggenheim Museum. The director Thomas Krens has created the ultimate in edgy openings by inviting both black tie patrons and motorcycle gang members. Ironically, the only violence at the event is visited on Gre...

In this week’s episode, entitled Sleeping Cop, Gregg is  running late, speeding along in his van for a nighttime delivery of one of his sculptures to a wealthy collector's house in an affluent suburb of Boston. The winding road he’s on is completely deserted, so when he realizes that he’s  headed in the wrong direction, he runs a red light, does a sweeping U turn and runs the red light a...

Off this week but will be back next week Wed Jan 18 with another story! The Compulsive Storyteller Podcast is a series of short personal true stories in 20 minutes or less written and narrated by me, Gregg LeFevre. New episodes will be released every other Wednesday across all podcast platforms. Follow on instagram @TheCompulsiveStoryteller and visit our website thecompulsivestoryteller.com

In this week's episode, entitled Animal Nature, Gregg shares three first hand stories about wild animals. First is “Tokoyo Attack”, with some savage ravens, second is “Picnic” when Canada Geese go on a rampage, and lastly, is “Scarface”, where a damaged squirrel finds a happy ending. The Compulsive Storyteller Podcast is a series of short personal true stories in 20 minutes or less written and nar...

In this week's episode entitled "Dog Graffiti," Gregg allies himself with a crazy graffiti artist with a day job collecting junk. His new friend has a penchant for playing pranks and causing trouble, but In the end, instead of karmic payback, he receives a huge payout. The Compulsive Storyteller Podcast is a series of short personal true stories in 20 minutes or less written and narrated by me, Gr...

In this weeks episode, entitled “Tin Can Ladies”, Gregg starts observing a group of older asian women in his neighborhood who collect cans from the trash. But when his altruism becomes too much of a game, he gets a message from the universe. The Compulsive Storyteller Podcast is a series of short personal true stories in 20 minutes or less written and narrated by me, Gregg LeFevre. New episodes wi...

In this week's episode, entitled “Hole in One”, Gregg and his best friend Dan, back in their hippie days, are thrown together in a golf foursome with a couple of hot shot corporate lawyers from Boston. Every hole of this match made in hell is as funny as golf can be. The Compulsive Storyteller Podcast is a series of short personal stories in 20 minutes or less written and narrated by me,...

In this week's episode, entitled “Fantasy Phone”, we meet Gregg’s sexy new friend Leanna, a provocative artist and an even more provocative business owner. At the conclusion of their long relationship, he’s offered up the chance of a lifetime. The Compulsive Storyteller Podcast is a series of short personal stories in 20 minutes or less written and narrated by me, Gregg LeFevre. New episodes will...

In this week's episode, entitled “Hospital M*A*S*H”, Gregg tells a story about sickness, injury, and his alarming trip to the infamous St. Vincent’s Hospital. There he discovers every manner of corruption and incompetence, including bad luck, bad ideas, and bad nurses. The Compulsive Storyteller Podcast is a series of short personal stories in 20 minutes or less written and narrated by me, Gregg L...

In this week's episode, entitled “Hot Dog Factory”, Gregg gets a new job in a meat factory, and takes a first hand look into the dubious and disgusting world of meat processing. Warning this episode might make you a vegetarian. The Compulsive Storyteller Podcast is a series of short personal stories in 20 minutes or less written and narrated by me, Gregg LeFevre. New episodes will be released ever...

In this week's episode, entitled “Mover’s Lament”, Gregg and his girlfriend find themselves short on cash, and decide to start a moving company. But they are definitely not prepared for the unique experiences that are headed their way when they start entering people’s homes. The Compulsive Storyteller Podcast is a series of short personal stories in 20 minutes or less written and narrated by me, G...