True Tales Live

Our last show before our July-Aug hiatus is excellent. Storyteller Martha Reed Johnson is our "Featured Teller" and shares 4 stories on the theme of "Lessons Learned." Martha's stories in order of play: "Out! - The Misadventures of Dad's Polar Bear" "Don't Leave Family Behind" "Must Find Wilderness" and "Smiles in the Sky." Our Announcer is Amy Antonucci and our Emcee is Pat Spalding. Production A...

The last part of our True Tales Live Zoom show is always a very interesting "Backstory Conversation" hosted by David Phreaner with one of the storytellers as his guest. David and storyteller Kemetia Foley work on getting the "story" behind the "story" and it is always informative, interesting and fun. This was recorded on May 31, 2022 at the end of the storytelling based on the theme "One Thing Le...

May 31, 2022 - Our theme for this Zoom recorded audio for True Tales Live in cooperation with Portsmouth Public Media TV... "One Thing Leads to Another." Our storytellers with the titles of their stories are: Kate Braun: "You Can't Take It With You" Kemetia Foley: "You Can't Always Get What You Want." and Miyo Yamauchi: "Slow Speed Chase." Our announcer is Amy Antonucci. Our Emcee is Pat Spalding....

This is the "Backstory Conversation" hosted by David Phreaner with his storyteller guest, Vicki Juditz. Vicki is an excellent and very popular storyteller and David asks questions to get the "story behind the storyteller"... always interesting and a very special part of our True Tales Live program. Thanks to Vicki Juditz for being David's guest. The video version of this section of the show is par...

Three excellent storytellers came to our Zoom Edition of True Tales Live with three excellent stories centered around our theme of "Together and Apart" Pandemic Stories. In order of appearance: Tina Charpentier: "Move, Don't Move" Cathy Wolff: "Behind the Mask" and Vicki Juditz: "Creatures of the Night." Our announcer is Amy Antonucci and our Emcee is Pat Spalding. Each story runs about 10 minutes...

Each year True Tales Live has the on month set aside for the theme: Activism/Exercising Your Rights. It has been a consistently popular theme and this Zoom edition was no exception. Our three storytellers (in order of appearance) were Jezrie Marcano-Courtney ("The Blasphemer" ) Vicki Juditz ("Longing for Jail Time") and in a rerun recorded at PPMTV Studio on May 28, 2019, Arnie Alpert ("Bending To...

On this track you will find "The Backstory" conversation hosted by David Phreaner with his guest, storyteller, Tom Ostberg. This audio track is part of the Feb 22, 2022 True Tales Live Zoom Edition show with an audience. The storytelling part of the program where you can hear Tom's stories is located on this Podcast in the Spotlight Section. The video version of The Backstory and the Storytelling...

Our third "Featured Teller Night" with storyteller extraordinaire, Tom Ostberg. His theme is "Misadventures" and he tells 4 stories based on that theme. In order: "Sorry Mom" "Mist on the Trail" "Writing on the Wall" and "Ant Island". Our Announcer is Amy Antonucci and our Emcee is Pat Spalding. This track is the storytelling part of the program. David Phreaner conducts what we call a "Backstory"...

This is the audio only section of our January 25th program where host David Phreaner has a conversation with one of the evening's storytellers. Andy Davis is the guest as David Phreaner is the host of what we call "The Backstory." The storytelling portion of the evening is on a separate audio file in this podcast. There will be a video of the entire program together available on Portsmouth Public...

On a cold winter's night... 3 excellent storytellers were able to be warm and cozy at home and each of them shared their wonderful stories based on our "Open Theme" night. We had a live audience listening to the the following storytellers: Miyo Yamaucchi: "Love for Joes" Andy Davis: "Identical" Jackson Gillman: "Take the Plunge". Our announcer is Amy Antonucci and our Emcee is Pat Spalding Followi...

"The Backstory Conversation" is conducted by David Phreaner and in this program he talks with all three of our storytellers. Kemetia Foley, Amy Antonucci, and Nina Lesiga. The idea is to get "the story behind the stories!" Details on how the storytellers choose and construct their stories... hints they have for people who are thinking of telling their stories on a public storytelling format, etc....

This is a recording of a live Zoom broadcast with an audience in attendance on Dec. 28, 2021. This is a First-Person storytelling program that began in January of 2014 as a public radio show in Portsmouth NH. It is now heard and seen on Portsmouth Public Media TV in Portsmouth, NH Channel 98 and On Demand on their YouTube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLu8guPhQX33CUUQBX9rXdC2...

The "Backstory Conversation" is conducted by David Phreaner with one of our November 30th, 2021 Zoom storytellers, Erica Blumfield. This track is the audio file from that conversation. It runs about 15 minutes. The storytelling part of the Nov. 30, 2021 True Tales Live Zoom show is on the podcast as a separate track. The Backstory Conversation can be seen as part of the entire video broadcast here...

True Tales Live out of the Seacoast of NH continues on Zoom with our November 30th, 2021 First-Person Storytelling program. Our theme this month was "Transformations." Storytellers and the title of their stories in order of appearance: Erica Blumfield: "The Harbor" David Phreaner: " Wedding Lifer"and Miyo Yamaucchi: "Loss and Return". This track is audio only, there will be a video track available...

The is the "Backstory Conversation" portion of the October 26, 2021 True Tales Live Zoom Edition broadcast. The storytelling part of the program can be found on this podcast. After the storytelling, host David Phreaner has a conversation with one of the evening's storytellers. He calls it the "Backstory Conversation" an opportunity to get the "story behind the story.? His guest is storyteller Beve...

Track is a recording of a live Zoom broadcast on 10.26.21 with an audience of about 35 people. Three storytellers sharing first-person stories based on our theme: Harbingers. Tina Charpentier "The King Story." Beverly Schwartz "I Am Not Getting Off This Plane!" Nina Lesiga "Sexy Project". Amy Antonucci is our host/announcer, Pat Spalding is our Emcee. David Phreaner has a Backstory Conversation wi...

This is the 15 minute "Backstory Conversation" conducted by David Phreaner with storyteller Judith Heineman. The storytelling part of the Sept. 28, 2021 program is on this podcast as a separate audio file. The video version of the entire program will be available at https://www.youtube.com/user/ppmtvnh/playlists ... in the True Tales Live playlist. Links to the video will also be found on our webs...

Our first ZOOM show after our Summer Hiatus... Open Theme Night featuring three very talented storytellers. Announcer/Host: Amy Antonucci. Emcee: Pat Spalding Storytellers and their story titles in order of play: Judith Heineman "Drunk on Chocolate;" Chris Newcomb "Under the Table;" and Vicki Juditz "Breakout." This program was done before a live ZOOM audience. There is a second file available on...

After the storytelling portion of each program, David Phreaner conducts what we call "The Backstory Conversation" with one of our storytellers. Amy Antonucci, being the ONE storyteller on our Featured Teller show of June 29, 2021 is David's guest for this portion of the program. This is always an interesting part of the program as it gives listeners a chance to hear the "story behind the stories"...

We welcome our Co-founder, Announcer, and Host for True Tales Live Zoom Edition, Amy Antonucci as our Featured Teller for this final show before our July and August hiatus. The theme of Amy's stories is "Dad Stories" In order of presentation: "Superpowers;" "Birthday Bashes;" "Subtraction;" "Learning to Lie." This is an "audio-only" presentation. The video version will be available soon on Portsmo...

This is the audio file of the interview or "Backstory Conversation" that David Phreaner does with storyteller Jackson Gillman during the last 15 minutes of the May 25, 2021 True Tales Live Zoom program with the theme "Blunders." Always interesting, David seeks to find the "story behind the story and the storyteller." Thanks to Jackson Gillman for agreeing to be David's guest. The video version of...

Epi 8 of our True Tales Live Zoom Edition program welcomed three excellent storytellers telling their first person stories related to the theme "Blunders." Pat Spalding was our host and Emcee as Amy Antonucci was a bit under the weather. Cathy Wolff's story was entitled "Is it All Down Hill From Here?" Beth LaMontagne Hall's story was "Coolest Girls in the World" and Jackson Gillman told "Oop-a-di...

This is about a 15 minute long conversation between David Phreaner and storyteller, Steve Varnum. The "Backstory Conversation" is a segment recorded after the storytelling portion of the show. Here David and Steve discuss "the story behind the story" and David always asks his guests to choose one important thing they would tell someone who is considering telling a story... Steve has an excellent i...

True Tales Live presents its 7th Zoom episode... recorded live on Zoom on April 27, 2021. Our host, Amy Antonucci. Our Emcee, Pat Spalding and our three storytellers telling their first-person "True Tales" to a live Zoom of audience of about 40 people. The theme is "Lessons Learned." Storytellers and the titles of their stories in order of appearance: Nina Lesiga: "Impossible Dreams" Steve Varnum:...

David Phreaner hosts storyteller, Bill Thompson in a brief "Backstory Conversation" following the storytelling portion of our March 30, 2021 True Tales Live Zoom Edition with the theme: Activism. This is an interesting conversation between David and Bill discuss "the story behind the story"... Bill told a story entitled "Chained and Squirming." The storytelling part of the program is in a separate...