The TMI Project Story Hour

This is Episode 2, Season 2 of The TMI Project Podcast: Black Stories Matter featuring TMI Project storyteller and Co-director of Black Stories Matter, Dara Lurie. This episode was produced by Hayley Downs and mixed by Marlan Barry. It was co-produced by Radio Kingston. Special thanks to Ida Hakkila, Nate Brogan, Kale Kaposhilin, Jimmy Buff, and North Guild Productions.  In addition to leading TMI...

This is Episode 1, Season 2 of The TMI Project Podcast: Black Stories Matter featuring Jessieca McNabb. In this premiere episode we take a deep dive into activist, stand-up comedian, and radio personality Jessieca McNabb’s life story. This episode was written, edited, and produced by Hayley Downs and mixed by Marlan Barry. It was co-produced by Radio Kingston. Special thanks to Ida Hakkila, Nate B...

The TMI Project Podcast is a free quarterly podcast featuring radically candid true stories from historically underrepresented populations often overlooked by mainstream media.  In alignment with the Black Lives Matter movement, Season two of The TMI Project Podcast: Black Stories Matter amplifies the voices of Black storytellers who got on stage and shared their stories of joy, pain and resilienc...

Reclaiming Our Time is a Bonus Episode of The TMI Project Podcast. It was released in honor of the first anniversary of Nikole Hannah-Jones' New York Times podcast: #1619Project, a reframing of the country’s history by placing the consequences of slavery and the contributions of Black Americans at the center of our national narrative. Hayley Downs produced this episode in partnership with Radio Ki...

True storytelling is a vehicle for human connection and can ignite hope during the darkest of times. Alone Together was launched by TMI Project in the spring of 2020 with the goal of creating a safe and welcoming space for people to connect around their shared experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic. TMI Project invited writers from across the country via an open call to submit a story of up to 1...

This is a Bonus Episode for Season One of The TMI Project Podcast, Tragedy + Time = Comedy. It was created to celebrate the May 1st, 2020 online release of Vicarious Resilience. This episode was produced by Hayley Downs in partnership with Radio Kingson. The docu-short Vicarious Resilience follows three Hudson Valley residents over the course of a 10-week TMI Project true storytelling workshop hel...

This is Episode 9, Season 1 of The TMI Project Podcast, Tragedy + Time = Comedy featuring Hayley Downs. It was produced in partnership with Radio Kingson with production assistance from Ida Hakkila, Nate Brogan, Marlan Barry and Manuel Blas. Hayley wrote and performed her story during TMI Project’s weekend writing intensive at Omega Institute in September 2016. We invited her to read it a few week...

This is Episode 8, Season 1 of The TMI Project Podcast, Tragedy + Time = Comedy featuring Markel Mosley. It was produced in partnership with Radio Kingson with production assistance from Ida Hakkila, Nate Brogan, Marlan Barry and Manuel Blas. Markel wrote and performed his story during a 10-week TMI Project workshop produced in partnership with the Mental Health Association in Ulster County in 201...

This is Episode 7, Season 1 of The TMI Project Podcast, Tragedy + Time = Comedy.  It was produced in partnership with Radio Kingson with production assistance from Ida Hakkila, Nate Brogan, Marlan Barry and Manuel Blas. Useful Links: Podcast Website : https://www.tmiproject.org/podcast/ Twitter : https://twitter.com/tmiproject Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/tmiproject Instagram: https://www.i...

This is Episode 6, Season 1 of The TMI Project Podcast, Tragedy + Time = Comedy.  It was produced in partnership with Radio Kingson with production assistance from Ida Hakkila, Nate Brogan, Marlan Barry and Manuel Blas. Useful Links: Podcast Website : https://www.tmiproject.org/podcast/ Twitter : https://twitter.com/tmiproject Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/tmiproject Instagram: https://www.i...

This is Episode 5, Season 1 of The TMI Project Podcast, Tragedy + Time = Comedy featuring the late storyteller Erica Chase Salerno. It was produced in partnership with Radio Kingson with production assistance from Ida Hakkila, Nate Brogan, Marlan Barry and Manuel Blas. Sari Botton, TMI Project’s previous editorial director and workshop leader, worked closely with Erica on this monologue which she...

This is Episode 4, Season 1 of The TMI Project Podcast, Tragedy + Time = Comedy featuring Erin Baretto.  It was produced in partnership with Radio Kingson with production assistance from Ida Hakkila, Nate Brogan, Marlan Barry and Manuel Blas. Useful Links: Podcast Website : https://www.tmiproject.org/podcast/ Twitter : https://twitter.com/tmiproject Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/tmiproject I...

This is Episode 3, Season 1 of The TMI Project Podcast, Tragedy + Time = Comedy.  It was produced in partnership with Radio Kingson with production assistance from Ida Hakkila, Nate Brogan, Marlan Barry and Manuel Blas. Useful Links: Podcast Website : https://www.tmiproject.org/podcast/ Twitter : https://twitter.com/tmiproject Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/tmiproject Instagram: https://www.i...

This is Episode 2, Season 1 of The TMI Project Podcast, Tragedy + Time = Comedy featuring storyteller Dusty Lynn Childers.  It was produced in partnership with Radio Kingson with production assistance from Ida Hakkila, Nate Brogan,  Marlan Barry and Manuel Blas. Useful Links: Podcast Website : https://www.tmiproject.org/podcast/ Twitter : https://twitter.com/tmiproject Facebook : https://www.faceb...

This is Episode 1, Season 1 of The TMI Project Podcast, Tragedy + Time = Comedy featuring Verna Gillis. It was produced in partnership with Radio Kingson with production assistance from Ida Hakkila, Nate Brogan, Marlan Barry and Manuel Blas. Dr. Verna Gillis has a storied career recording and producing multicultural albums with famous world musicians like Daneile Ponce. She founded Soundcape, a ja...

Today is March 14, 2020 and we’re scheduled to launch the TMI Project Podcast on April 1 – two weeks away. Just in time for the COVID 19 pandemic. The world has changed overnight.  Right now, at the moment I’m recording this, there are more than 150 thousand cases worldwide. But that number will be higher by the time you hear this. Markets are crashing. People are losing their jobs, kids can’t go...

Season 1 of The TMI Project Podcast , Tragedy + Time = Comedy , will be released on April 1, 2020 with eight episodes, including: An ethnomusicologist facing her grief through stand up comedy. A gas station clerk once consumed with rage finds her true voice. A fan-fiction writer who wakes up in Benedictine Hospital Psych Ward. Over ten years, TMI Project has collected nearly 2,000 stories. And now...