The Narrators

This story comes from one of our favorite storytellers, Joe Holland. Joe is a San Diego based writer who has a knack for capturing all of the pain and hilarity that is so often wrapped up in family life. This story was recorded live on 13 December 2016 at Tiger! Tiger! Tavern in San Diego. The theme of the evening was "Parents Just Don't Understand." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megapho...

In October of 2016, our friends at From the Hip Photo hosted a small event at Fort Greene, this cool, funky little place in Globeville, and invited The Narrators to share a few stories. The theme of the evening was "Punk's Not Dead?" The stage was just the corner of a little concrete-walled room with streamers on the walls. It was part dungeon, part homecoming dance. The audience was tiny compared...

This week's story comes to you from Jackie Jones. Jackie is a native San Diegan who has written book reviews for the San Diego Union Tribune and The San Francisco Chronicle as well as a humor column for Burbank's now defunct Verdugo Monthly. Jackie shared this story at Tiger! Tiger! Tavern in San Diego on 13 December 2016. The theme of the evening was "Parents Just Don't Understand." Learn more ab...

This story comes from one of our favorite storytellers, Janae Burris. Janae is a comedian, actor, and a member of the comedy group the Pussy Bros. This story was recorded live on 20 January, 2016 at Buntport Theater in Denver, Colorado. The theme of the evening was "Promise." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 109: Today’s story comes from Rachel Weeks. Rachel is a comedian, writer, actor, and member of the Denver comedy group the Pussy Bros. This story was originally recorded on 20 July 2016 at Buntport Theater in Denver, Colorado. The theme of the evening was “Pop!” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 108: We here at The Narrators talk a lot about the role of empathy in the show's success. The Narrators is, at its core, a community building enterprise, and one that is built on the premise of people wanting to connect to each other. The simple act of sharing stories allows that. It builds empathy and it erases the cultural practice of abstracting people. Make no mistake—we do live in a c...

Episode 107: Today's story comes from Malkah Duprix. Malkah is a singer and guitarist with the band Paper Perfect Girls. Her story was recorded live on 17 August 2016 at Buntport Theater in Denver Colorado; the theme of the evening was "Naked." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 106: Today's episode comes to you from Kirsten Imani Kasai, a novelist, poet, and essayist. She has mountains of work available through her website, and is also the fiction editor and publisher of Body Parts Magazine: The Journal of Horror & Erotica. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 105: When The Narrators first started in Denver over six and a half years ago, storytelling shows were few and far between. There were poets and memoirists sharing true stories at open mics, and the oral traditionalists have always been around, at historical gatherings or elementary school assemblies, but personal narrative just wasn't a common thing. Today, Denver—along with many other ci...

Episode 104: This week's story comes to you from Michael Wall, Curator of Entomology at the San Diego Natural History Museum. That means he's the guy that gets endless texts from his co-workers with blurry photos of insects seeking advice on whether to kill said insect or not. He shared a story on the theme of "Tongues," which was recorded live at Tiger! Tiger! Tavern on 10 May 2016. Enjoy! Learn...

Episode 103: All of the stories shared at The Narrators are true, or at least they're supposed to be true, so it's rare for one of our storytellers to reveal when they are lying. Today's story, however, is almost entirely about lying—in this case, to total strangers. Greg Salvesen is an astronomer, ultra-distance runner, and a long-time friend of the show. His story was recorded live on 20 July 20...

Episode 102: Today's story comes to you from Irene Bonner. Irene shared a story on the theme of "Ink" at Tiger! Tiger! Tavern in San Diego on June 14, 2016. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 100, Part 2: Well, we made it to 100 episodes of this lil' podcast! To celebrate, we've asked the hosts of our Denver and San Diego shows to share some of their favorite stories. This week we'll present the second part of our celebration, a couple of stories selected by Mary Robertson and Robert Rutherford, the co-hosts of The Narrators San Diego. Mary Robertson chose a story by Carmen Rad...

Well, we made it to 100 episodes of this lil' podcast! To celebrate, we've asked the hosts of our Denver and San Diego shows to share some of their favorite stories. This week we'll present a couple of stories selected by Ron Doyle and Erin Rollman, the co-hosts of The Narrators Denver. Ron Doyle chose a story by Emma Weisfeld that she shared at our "Siblings" show in December 2015, and Erin Rollm...

Episode 99: Today's story comes to you from Calandra Rothrock. Calandra has been telling stories her whole life; ranging from angsty pre-teen poetry, to angsty college folk music, to less-angsty Shakespeare in the Park. Most Sundays she can be found soothing the beast of her theatrical calling by feeding it a steady diet of the laughter of preschoolers as she appears as Ms. Frizzle at the San Dieg...

Episode 98: In honor of Mother's Day and "Tongues," our theme for May, today we're sharing a story that features fifth-grade frenching, sibling blackmail, and one super smart mom. This story was told by Steph Gustafson on 16 December 2015 at Buntport Theater in Denver Colorado; the theme of that evening was "Siblings." If you haven't already, please like our page on Facebook for the most up-to-dat...

Episode 97: This week's story comes to you from Blair Overstreet. Blair is a writer and educator, and produces shows for our friends at So Say We All, a juggernaut of the San Diego storytelling/literary community. Blair's story was recorded live on 8 March at Tiger! Tiger! Tavern in San Diego, California and the theme for the evening was "OUCH!" Blair's story may evince some wincing, as it was per...

Episode 96: This week's story comes from Rae Moore, who shares a lovely story of growing up as a home-schooled child with her three siblings. Rae's story was recorded live on February 17th at Buntport Theater in Denver, Colorado and the theme of the evening was "DIY or DIE." If you haven't already, please like our page on Facebook to stay up to date on all of these events and more. Learn more abou...

Episode 95: Today's story comes to you from San Diego writer Joe Holland, recorded live on 8 March 2016 at Tiger! Tiger! Tavern in San Diego, California; the theme of the evening was "Ouch." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 94: Today's story is by actor, director, and choreographer Diana Dresser. Head's up: This story is about a stalker, so it could be a trigger for folks who have experienced stalker-related trauma. Diana's story was recorded live on October 21, 2015 at Buntport Theater in Denver, Colorado; the theme of the evening was "Creeps." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 93: We always struggle choosing which stories to share on the podcast, since we cannot post them all. But we found these two stories to be so complimentary, that we decided to play them together. These stories, told on the theme "DIY or Die", reveal the inner lives of two unique women doing something they are afraid of. They embody the punk rock ethos of do it yourself, but with the unspok...

Episode 92: Today's story comes from Adam Cayton-Holland. Adam has been performing at The Narrators since the very beginning and we're always thrilled when he's able to share a story. He's one-third of the comedy group The Grawlix, the masterminds behind the new hit comedy series Those Who Can't on TruTV. This story was recorded live on 16 December 2015 at Buntport Theater in Denver, Colorado; the...

Episode 91: This week's story comes to you from our San Diego show, where storyteller Lola Cacho shared on the theme of "DIY or DIE." This story was recorded live on 9 February 2016 at Tiger! Tiger! Tavern. Check out our Facebook page to get the latest news on upcoming shows and the themes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 90: We have a very different kind of story this week, brought to us from our good friend, Michael King, Denver designer, musician and art director for Birdy magazine. A few years ago, Michael King bought an answering machine at a thrift store here in Denver. Inside that machine was a tape. What you're about to hear is part of that tape. The malfunctioning answering machine recorded more th...

Episode 89; This week's story comes to you from San Diego writer Suzanne Hoyem—amateur taxidermy collector, novice Tarot card reader, and practiced social critic. Having spent the past decade at the finest junior colleges in Southern California, she has decided to stretch her wings, talk dirty, and influence people. She shared a story at the San Diego show on 12 January 2016, when the storytellers...