True Tales Live

This is the audio version of the post-storytelling conversation with storyteller Beth Tener. David and Beth discuss the origin and details behind her wonderful first-person story entitled "I See You"... how she prepared and the very personal and emotional strength it took to tell this heart-warming story of loss. The video of this interview can be found at the end of the show on YouTube On-Demand...

This is the audio track from our March 26, 2019 program at Portsmouth Public Media TV as 280 Marcy St. in Portsmouth, NH. Our theme was "Losses." Our storytellers in order of appearance and the title of their stories were: Emilie Spaulding (Lost and Found); Beth Tener (I See You); Tom Ostberg (Adirondack Dreamer); Kate Braun (Life, Loss, Love); and Andy Davis (Over the Fence). Subbing for Pat Spal...

Following our True Tales Live storyteller presentations on Feb 26, 2019, our Interviewer, David Phreaner, sat down with Martin Rumscheidt for a conversation about storytelling and mixing in a little religion as both of these gentlemen are retired clergy. Very interesting discussion. The storyteller portion of the program is located on another track on this podcast. Visit our website at www.truetal...

On Feb 26, 2019 - Six storytellers and a full house audience gathered at Portsmouth Public Media Television for the live taping of True Tales Live. Our Theme was "Birth and Beginnings". Here is a list of our six storytellers with the title of their stories in parentheses: In Order of Telling: Cathy Wolff (How to Punch); Chris Newcomb (Think You Might Be Wrong); Dane Peters (I Need the Relief...or...

This is the complete audio file of the storytelling portion of the Nov. 27, 2018 taping at Portsmouth Public Media Television 280 Marcy St. in Portsmouth, NH. Taped before a live audience to be broadcast at a later date. Theme: "Coming of Age: On Growing Up or Growing Old(er)". Storytellers and the titles of their stories in the order of appearance: Amy Antonucci (The Tremor) / Dane Peters (Growin...

This is the Interview portion of the True Tales Live program recorded for Portsmouth Public Media TV on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2018. The Interviewee is storyteller Austin Sorette and the Interviewer is David Phreaner who is also the Production Assistant on True Tales Live. The program is done before a live in-studio audience and later broadcast on PPMTV Channel 98 locally and also available on demand a...

This is an audio file of the approximately 14 minute post-storyteller interview of Tina Charpentier (The Long Trip Home) by our Assistant Producer, David Phreaner. The audio file of the storytelling portion of the Oct. 30, 2018 show is also on this podcast. Look in the playlists for PPMTV. Thanks for doing the interview, Tina! Visit our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/truetaleslive for video lin...

Here you will the audio file of the storytelling portion of our Oct. 30, 2018 True Tales Live program on Portsmouth Public Media TV. The theme was "It Could Have Been Worse". Our storytellers and the titles of their stories in the order of appearance were: Suzan Lang (Doctor Frankenstein I Presume); Sharon Rhodes (You Don't Win Christmas); Danielle Rocco (The Growth From The "Bad"); Andrew Ramaley...

This is the audio file of the Sept. 30, 2018 live on-stage performance of 6 True Tales Live storytellers as part of the Fall Festival at ACT ONE at the West End Studio Theatre at 959 Islington St. in Portsmouth, NH. www. Actonenh.org Storytellers and the titles of their stories in order of appearance are: Suzan Lang (The Whales Will Save Us) Kate Braun (A Good Catholic Girl) Andy Davis (Tale of Tw...

Here is the "Audio Only" file of the Interview of Storyteller Audrey Mason by David Phreaner from our Sept. 25th, 2018 show with the theme: Bridges: Crossings and Connections. Listen here or on Itunes. www.facebook.com/truetaleslive

Here is the audio of the "Storytelling" portion our first show of the 2018-19 Season on September 25, 2018 at the PPMTV studio on 280 Marcy St. in Portsmouth, NH. Our Announcer: Amy Antonucci. Our Emcee: Pat Spalding Assistant Producer: David Phraener Producer: John Lovering Storytellers and the title of their stories in order of appearance on the audio file: Nancy Lukens (Silences). Aron DiBacco...

This is the audio portion of the after show Interview of storyteller Mike Cohen by David Phreaner. Recorded before an in-studio audience at Portsmouth Public Media TV at 280 Marcy St. in Portsmouth, NH on June 26, 2018. The storytelling audio is separate and available on this site. True Tales Live will be on Summer Break until Sept. 25, 2018. Thanks for listening.

This is the audio track of the storytelling portion of True Tales Live recorded at Portsmouth Public Media TV on June 26, 2018. It was "Open Theme Night" and here are our storytellers and the titles of their stories in order of appearance: Tom Ostberg - There Was Mist on the Trail / Pat Spalding - What Comes in Threes / Cathy Wolff - Duck and Cover / Al Porsche - AKA "The Hitchhiker" / Mike Cohen...

Our May 29th, 2018 theme was "What Was I Thinking?' .... our storytellers in order of appearance on this AUDIO file and the titles of their stories: Matt Krug (The Two Minute Warning); Dane Peters (Me? Enjoy Vincent? No Way); Martha Reed Johnson (Skinny Dipping, Cops & Clergy); Tina Charpentier (Quite Possibly The Best Beer I Ever Had); Andy Davis (A Tale of Two Augusts). Announcer: Amy Antonucci,...

This is the interview of storyteller Dane Peters by our True Tales Live Emcee, Pat Spalding. It runs about 21 minutes and was recorded live at PPMTV studio at 280 Marcy St. in Portsmouth, NH on Tuesday, May 29, 2018 as part of our "What Was I Thinking?" True Tales Live theme night. After five storytellers appeared in front of our in-studio audience, the follow-up interview was done. Thanks to Dane...

This track is the audio file of only the Interview portion of our May 1, 2018 True Tales Live program when Pat Spalding interviews storytellers Tom Ostberg (I Promise to Bee Careful) and Jim Ryan (Grizzly Bears Can Run Really, Really Fast)

Our Theme: "Out On A Limb" - Five Storytellers at PPMTV - 280 Marcy St. in Portsmouth, NH. This audio file is only the storyteller portion of the program. The Interview portion in on a separate audio file on this podcast. Here our are storytellers and the titles of their stories...in the order of appearance on the audio file. Jim Ryan (Grizzly Bears Can Run Really, Really Fast); Erica Skoglund (Ju...

This is the audio only Interview of Henry Katzman by emcee David Phreaner after the storytelling portion of the program had concluded. The storytelling audio file is also on this site. This runs about 15 minutes and includes the closing of the show Thanks to Henry for participating in the Interview. This can be heard on Itunes ..just go to the Podcast section and search "True Tales Live". Our Face...

Here is the audio of the storytelling portion of the program from March 27, 2018 with the theme "Overcoming".... The Interview portion is in a separate file Storytellers in order: Sharon Rhodes "Beauty and the Beasts - Danielle Rocco "We Can GIve Up or Rise" - Henry Katzman - "Tales of Wilderness Therapy" - Christine Kelly - "A New Skin" - Tom Ostberg - "What You Can't See Can't Hurt You" Martha R...

From our True Tales Live, February 27th 2018 recording before an in-studio audience, we present six amazing storytellers sharing their stories based on our monthly theme, "Then Everything Changed." Storytellers heard in this audio file in order of appearance with the title of their stories in ( ): Laurie-Beth Robbins (A Spinner & Not A Spinstress); Deborah Charbonnier (Confusion Compounded); Susan...

February 27, 2018: True Tales Live was recorded in front of an in-studio audience at Portsmouth Public Media Television (PPMTV in Portsmouth, NH. The theme for the show was "Then Everything Changed." Six storytellers shared their stories. You can hear their stories in another posting on this podcast. This track is a 8 minute interview of one of our storytellers, Kate Braun, but our show Emcee, Dav...

Here is a 15 minute audio file interview of storyteller Joanne Piazzi conducted by True Tales Live Emcee, Pat Spalding. This is from our January 30, 2018 True Tales Live show at Portsmouth Public Media Television (PPMTV) Channel 98 in Portsmouth, NH. Also available on YouTube at www.youtube.com/ppmtv ... look for Playlist and select True Tales Live. This is Season 2 Episode 1. Visit us at www.face...

Open Theme Night, Jan 30, 2018 - We had a full house at PPMTV on Marcy St. in Portsmouth, NH. Our storytellers in order of appearance with their story titles were: Arnie Alpert (Photo)- "How New Hampshire Reversed the Nuclear Arms Race" Emilie Spauldiing - "Saturday Night in Griffin" - In Honor of Black History Month. Gail Licciardello - "The Best Address I Ever Had" - Joanne Piazzi - "The Way I'v...

At the end of each show emcee, Pat Spalding, takes a few minutes to interview one of the evening's storytellers. On Nov. 28, 2017 Pat's guest was Martha Reed Johnson who told the story "Finding Home". This is the audio recording of the interview session. If you want to hear Martha's story, please find the "Storytelling" audio file for November 28 on this site. Thank you for listening to our Soundc...

This is the audio file of our November 28th True Tales Live program broadcast on Portsmouth Public Media Television in Portsmouth, NH. (ppmtvnh.org) Our storytellers and the titles of their stories in order of appearance: Martha Reed Johnson: "Finding Home" / John Dover: "The Methodist Children's Home" / Ann Souto: "What is Home?" / Sharon Jones: "The Last Family Reunion" / Pat Spalding: "Camp". A...