True Tales Live

David Phreaner hosts "The Backstory" interview segment and his guests this month are Amy Simoneau, Amy Antonucci and Kate Braun. These 15 minute "after the storytelling" part of the program are very popular. Listen to it and you will discover something about the art of storytelling!

Our September 24, 2024 show did not have a specific theme. Storytellers and their stories were: Chris Newcomb - If I Had My Way Nina Lesiga - Uncommon Rescue Vicki Juditz - Odd Jobs Our Host is Amy Antonucci, emcee is Pat Spalding. David Phreaner hosts the "Backstory Conversation" with storyteller Nina Lesiga. That "Conversation" is on a separate audio file on this Podcast. This audio file is the...

David Phreaner hosts "The Backstory" and his guest is Nina Lesiga. These 15 minute "after the storytelling" part of the program are very popular. Listen to it and you will discover something about the art of storytelling!

David Phreaner hosts "The Backstory" and his guest is Jo Radner. These 15 minute "after the storytelling" part of the program are very popular. Listen to it and you will discover something about the art of storytelling!

Our April 30, 2024 episode on the theme of Stories That Shape Us featured these storytellers and stories: Amy Antonucci: Voices in My Head Roopa Mohan: MY LOTUS GRANDMA Jo Radner: Closing a Yankee Door

David Phreaner hosts "The Backstory" and his guest is Bill Maddocks. These 15 minute "after the storytelling" part of the program are very popular. Listen to it and you will discover something about the art of storytelling!

Our March 26, 2024 episode on the theme of Finding Our Voices (Annual Activism show) features these storytellers and stories: Bill Maddocks: Peacekeeping in NH Amy Antonucci: Be The Change Vicki Juditz: The Adventures of the Green Housewife

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David Phreaner hosts "The Backstory" and his guest is Julia O'Connell. These 15 minute "after the storytelling" part of the program are very popular Listen to it and you will discover something about the art of storytelling! Please follow link and print out a copy or two and hang it in a public area near your home. It is a poster advertising an upcoming live event in Portsmouth on June 30th. Help...

Listen to our three storytellers from a live Zoom True Tales Live program recorded on May 30, 2023. Theme: "Like a Fish Out of the Water" Amy Antonucci (Announcer/Host) is also our first teller with "I Have A Cat." Julia O'Connell is up next with "A Good Sport." Our third teller is Steve Varnum with "Dad Voice." Three talented tellers with some good stories. Julia O'Connell is also the interviewee...

David Phreaner hosts storyteller Roopa Mohan on the part of the program we call "The Backstory Conversation"... sort of "the story behind the story and the storyteller." Always interesting, this informal and relaxed conversation is a popular part of our True Tales Live Zoom programs. It follows the storytelling part of the program (which is in a separate audio file on this podcast) A video of the...

Our 26th Episode on Zoom... "One Thing Leads to Another" is our April 25, 2023 theme. Storytellers include: Arnie Alpert, Nina Lesiga, and Roopa Mohan. Arnie's story: "Kangaroo Court." Nina's story: "Snow Potatoes" and Roopa Mohan's story: "Even a Donkey Can." Our announcer is Amy Antonucci. Our Emcee is Pat Spalding. David Phreaner hosts "Backstory Conversation" with storyteller Roopa Mohan. That...

David Phreaner hosts the portion of the program entitled "Backstory Conversation" when his guest, in this case Dave Kellam, is asked some questions in an effort to get the story behind the storyteller. Always an interesting part of the program... David Phreaner ends each session with asking the guest to give his/her advice to someone out there who is thinking of trying the "Art" of Storytelling. E...

Our March True Tales Live Zoom program features 3 storytellers: Jo Radner (Please, No Blender!) / Julia O'Connell (Saving The World Together) / Dave Kellam (No One Expects the Leftist Marching Band) ... all three stories were centered on this month's theme of "Social Change." Amy Antonucci was our Announcer and Emcee for this program. Thanks to Tina Charpentier for helping with production. John Lo...

This is the audio file of the conversation between host, David Phreaner and our featured storyteller for Feb 28, 2023, Pat Spalding. These short discussions are extremely interesting. Finding out how our storytellers prepare their stories, learn their craft, offer suggestions to people who might be interested in becoming storytellers... well, it is all valuable information and insight in what it t...

Pat Spalding, ordinarily our Emcee, played a different role in our "Featured Storyteller Night"... she was our "Featured Teller"... and she did an incredible job telling her personal stories related to "Downsizing" and and coming to the realization that Downsizing means learning to accept some loss. This is the audio track of the storytelling part of the program on Feb. 28, 2023. Our announcer is...

The "Backstory Conversation" with one of our storyteller guests follows the storytelling part of the program. This is the audio file of that "Conversation" between Host, David Phreaner and his guest, Storyteller, Rand O'Brien. David explores the "story behind the storyteller" and is always a highlight of the True Tales Live program. The storyteller audio file from this Jan. 31, 2023 program is on...

Our first TTL Zoom show of 2023. It is "Open Theme Night" and our three storytellers and the title of their stories are: Rand O'Brien (Rural Route 2, Davenport, Iowa) / Chris Newcomb (Standing on Tables) and Steve Varnum (This is Your Mother). Kemetia Foley is our announcer (substituting for Amy Antonucci). Pat Spalding is our Emcee. Production Assistant - Sarah Bedingfield. A/V Editor - John Love...

Always a popular part of the program is when David Phreaner converses with one of the storytellers. His goal is to seek out the "Story behind the storytellers"... hints, strategies, processes in storytelling reveal a lot of valuable information about the teller and how he/she goes about constructing and delivering their stories. This is a separate audio file from the Nov. 29, 2022 Zoom Edition liv...

This is the audio track of a live Zoom program from November 29, 2022. Our theme was "Silver Linings" and three storytellers shared their first-person "True Tales" based on that theme. Storytellers in order of appearance: Nina Lesiga ("Forgotten") Kemetia Foley ("Who Needs Alexa?) and John Lovering ("All Mom Wants For Christmas Is Some New False Teeth". Announcer is Amy Antonucci and Emcee is Pat...

The theme is "Oops!" Recorded with a Zoom audience on October 25, 2022... three storytellers shared their stories based on our theme. Amy Antonucci who is our announcer was also a storyteller on tonight's show and the title of her story was "What We Need." Tom Ostberg's story was "Oops Dear, Can You Find A Ride Home?" and Jo Radner's story was entitled "Eyebrows." Pat Spalding is the Emcee. John L...

At the conclusion of the storytelling, we feature a segment entitled "Backstory Conversation" when host, David Phreaner has the opportunity to speak with one of the evening's storytellers and find out "the story behind the storyteller"... This is the audio file of that conversation from Oct. 25, 2022. David's guest is Storyteller Jo Radner. There is another audio file on this podcast of the storyt...

David Phreaner hosts a section at the end our monthly storytelling part of our True Tales Live Zoom programs. We call this section "Backstory Conversation" where David carries on interesting conversations with one of the three storytellers. In this case it is Beverly Schwartz, the teacher who created the STEM program! David gets the "Story behind the story" ....

Our premiere show for our 7th Season on PPMTVNH.ORG. This is the audio from our Sept. 27, 2022 Zoom Show with an "Open Theme Night" event. Our Announcer is Amy Antonucci. Pat Spalding is our Emcee. David Phreaner is the host of the "Backstory Conversation" which is posted on this podcast as a separate file. Our three storytellers (see photo) in order of "telling" and the title of their story: Keme...

This audio file is "The Backstory Conversation" between host, David Phreaner and guest storyteller, Martha Reed Johnson. This part of our Zoom True Tales Live program takes place after the storytelling portion of the program. The storytelling portion of this same program is on a separate audio file on this podcast. The video file that will be posted at Portsmouth Public Media TV (PPMtv) YouTube ch...