The Compulsive Storyteller with Gregg LeFevre

This week's episode entitled "Love is a Bitch", has me stepping outside of my Manhattan art studio,  where I meet a beautiful new friend. Could this turn into something? Possibly, but nothing is more unpredictable than love. The Compulsive Storyteller Podcast is a series of short personal stories in 20 minutes or less written, narrated by Gregg Lefevre. Follow at the @TheCompulsiveStoryteller and...

On this week's episode we take a trip to the famous Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. My then wife and I are on our honeymoon, speeding around this perfectly flat smooth salt dessert in our Volkswagen Beetle. What could possibly go wrong? The Compulsive Storyteller Podcast is a series of short personal stories in 20 minutes or less written, narrated by Gregg Lefevre. Follow at the @TheCompulsiveStory...

In this week's episode, entitled Zen Tracker we head out on a wilderness tracking expedition led by a very weird teacher. After a day in the woods the class is left wondering if this guy is more interested in abusing his students than he is in teaching them. The Compulsive Storyteller Podcast is a series of short personal stories in 20 minutes or less written, narrated by Gregg Lefevre. Follow at...

This week's episode, entitled "Dysfunctional Family Fun" takes us on my highly dysfunctional family's last weekend camping trip together. On our ill-fated boat trip to an island in Lake George, we encounter almost every mishap and disaster known to man. Some high comedy, others dark tragedy. The Compulsive Storyteller Podcast is a series of short personal stories in 20 minutes or less written, nar...

In this week's episode, entitled 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 enemy of the close knit community. Just how much will this one mistake cost me? The Compulsive Storyteller Podcast is a...

This week's episode, entitled "Old Dog, New Tricks" takes us to Provincetown on Cape Cod. It is the final episode of a trilogy about the life of a well loved dog named Tia. It chronicles her final years and proves that an old dog can learn new tricks. The Compulsive Storyteller Podcast is a series of short personal stories in 20 minutes or less written, narrated by Gregg Lefevre. Follow at the @Th...

In this week's episode, entitled   Mr LeFevre Sucks, I start a new teaching job in a grade school in the South Bronx. After overcoming some initial distrust, I share many funny moments with my classes. I also learn a good deal about growing up in poverty in a neighborhood forgotten by the City and its services, and the amazing resilience of my 12 year old students. The Compulsive Storyteller Podca...

Our next episode of this new season is entitled Touching the Sky, we find a famous blind Indian writer visiting my studio. He's never seen a skyscraper and plans to feel the relief work on my collection of bronze depictions of New York City architecture to discover what these tall buildings really look like. The whole experiment is a total failure, but not in the way you might think.  Fantasy and...

We are back for a new season of the Compulsive Storyteller! Pigs are the smartest, most independent and mischievous barnyard animals, and I love asking pig farmers to share their favorite stories. This week's episode features three tales from my Pig Stories collection. FIrst up is a story about the dangers of a pig farmer raising his own pet pig . Next we visit a roadside attraction where a pig tr...

Out last week of the Summer Rewind, we revisit another episode from a past season. This episode, entitled "Chuck E and the Princess" takes us to the end of the road, deep in the jungles of Costa Rica, where a chance meeting with an old flame leads to an invitation to her tea plantation where my involvement in a love triangle almost costs me my head. The Compulsive Storyteller Podcast is a series o...

As we continue our Summer Rewind, we revist another story from the archives. "The Man of the House", takes us back to my 12th year, when my best friend Larry Jennings and I decide to spend our summer building a tree fort. When the DIY construction gets deemed an eyesore by the neighboring adults, our summer fun ends in disaster and foreshadows much bigger disasters on the horizon. The Compulsive S...

On this week of our Summer Rewind we are revisiting another episode from our archives. "Cops and Hookers" takes us to Dallas Texas, where my crew and I are installing a series of large bronze history reliefs in the plaza in front of the new Police Headquarters. Meanwhile back at our motel, there are some shady deals afoot that involve the  Dallas police as well. Additional music on this episode by...

This week we are starting our Summer Rewind where we revisit previous episodes. This week's episode, Whipped Cream,  has my Dad and I sitting down to dinner to discuss my stolen inheritance and to meet his new wife Winnie. After an indecent incident with some whipped cream I storm out. What follows is a comedy of errors that results in me rethinking my relationship with my father. The Compulsive S...

In this week's episode, entitled "A Wrench in the Works",  I go back to school. Namely my high school in Utica, New York, where the spirit of civil disobedience and group actions are flourishing. My group takes part in a movement to fight the system and the particularly unjust and cruel Assistant Principal for Discipline. The Compulsive Storyteller Podcast is a series of short personal stories in...

In this week's episode, entitled "Glacier", I head out to Las Vegas, Nevada to work on my new public art project at McCarran Airport. But as I work, the distant mountains out the window across the desert call to me even more than the Vegas strip and I promise myself to climb a glacier. How hard can that be? The Compulsive Storyteller Podcast is a series of short personal stories in 20 minutes or l...

This week's episode, entitled "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 to do is tuck Ratsky, our pet rat into his cage and away from prying eyes, but where is he?...

In this week's episode, entitled 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 get very dicey. The Compulsive Storyteller Podcast is a series of short personal stories in 20 minutes or less written an...

This week's episode, entitled "47 in Dog Years" takes us to an ugly confrontation in Greenwich Village in Manhattan. They say dogs are just a small part of our lives but to them we're their whole lives. Tia and I have been together for 47(dog) years when we run into serious trouble and even a death threat from the French restaurant next door. Part II of a three part series on Tia. The Compulsive S...

This week we're re-playing a much loved episode from Season 1. In this story, Gregg takes us to the shipyard and inside a nuclear submarine where he gets a job as a trash-man assisting an old former welder named Mario who fills their time on the navy sub with a series of enlightening adventures and reveals some truths about the defense industry.  The Compulsive Storyteller Podcast is a series of s...

This week we are on spring break and re-airing an episode from last year. Twice Blessed is two stories about awe in nature. First up, a risky hike to see a big bull California sea lion up close results in the discovery of hidden sea cave and an afternoon of peace. Next Gregg tells the experience of being part of a giant school of silver fish while snorkeling in the Carribean. The Compulsive Storyt...

This week's episode, entitled "Stray Pup" takes us to NYC where in a chance encounter in Union Square leaves me with a young stray dog. She's a real beauty, but also suffers from a host of problems, including PTSD.  Will this turn into a match made in heaven or life with a hellhound, the kind of monster that steals ice cream from a baby? Part one of a three part series about Tia. The Compulsive St...

This weeks episode, brings you 3 short little stories from the streets of New York. First up, I unwittingly give a family from Kansas a hair raising New York experience they won't soon forget. Next is a short and sweet tale of a bad parking job by a BMW owner and its inevitable result. Finally, a sad tale of tragedy and its midnight memorialization on the sidewalks near Washington Square. The Comp...

This week's episode, entitled "Bigmouth" takes us to Cape Cod where in my 17th summer, my parents leave me their beach house and their convertible. Life is great, then I met a "surfer girl" named Barbara Ann and things get even better. I've found Paradise on earth, every 17 year old's dream come true. Then things go South. The Compulsive Storyteller Podcast is a series of short personal stories in...

This week's episode, entitled "Chuck E and the Princess" takes us to the end of the road, deep in the jungles of Costa Rica, where a chance meeting with an old flame leads to an invitation to her tea plantation where my involvement in a love triangle almost costs me my head. The Compulsive Storyteller Podcast is a series of short personal stories in 20 minutes or less written and narrated by me, G...

This week's episode, entitled "The Man of the House", takes us back to my 12th year, when my best friend Larry Jennings and I decide to spend our summer building a tree fort. When the DIY construction gets deemed an eyesore by the neighboring adults, our summer fun ends in disaster and foreshadows much bigger disasters on the horizon. The Compulsive Storyteller Podcast is a series of short persona...