True Tales Live

At the end of each of our monthly storytelling shows, one or two of our guest storytellers are interviewed. This is the interview of storyteller Suzan Lang by our emcee, David Phreaner. It is a most interesting interview including the backstory to being held hostage by a tribe of cannibals! The storytelling part of the Oct. 31, 2017 show with its theme of "Mishaps and Fiascos" can be found here on...

Recorded before a live in-studio audience at Portsmouth Public Media Television in Portsmouth, NH on October 31, 2017... this is True Tales Live... Our Theme was "Mishaps and Fiascos". Emcee was David Phreaner and our announcer was Amy Antonucci. In order of appearance and story title here are our storytellers: Emilie Spaulding - My Mishap; Dane Peters -From Takeoff to Landing; Amy Antonccui - Tha...

Our second live performance for 2017 at the West End Studio Theatre in Portsmouth, NH. October 1, 2017 - Performing before a Sold Out House... Six Storytellers share their true tales on the theme of "Not What I Expected!" In order of appearance and title of story: John Tilly (A Day on a Texas Farm); John Dover ('71 Pinto); Emilie Spaulding (Furniture on Trial); Cary Wendell (Dominica); Al Porsche...

A full house audience came out on Sunday, September 3, 2017 to an afternoon of live storytelling at the West End Studio Theatre in Portsmouth, NH. This show was part of the "End of Festival" ... a summer program produced by Executive Director, Stephanie Voss Nugent of the Artists' Collaborative Theatre of New England (ACT ONE). Our Announcer was Amy Antonucci, Emcee, Pat Spalding, Production Assis...

Following the storytelling portion of our June 27, 2017 True Tales Live broadcast, emcee, Pat Spalding had a conversation with a very interesting storyteller, Al Porsche. This is the audio recording of that 18 minute interview. The storytelling segment of the program is in a separate track on this site. Look under the Playlist for Storytelling Episodes - Tipping Point - June 27, 2017.

Recorded as part of a broadcast on cable Channel 98 in Portsmouth, NH on June 27, 2017... this is True Tales Live... A first person storytelling show that began in January of 2014. Our theme on this evening was "Tipping Points" Storytellers and their story titles in order of appearance are: (Photo)Bruce MacIntyre (From a Garland of Tipping Points); Dane Peters (Internet Abuse: Students in the Midd...

At the end of each of our monthly True Tales Live programs, our emcee, Pat Spalding interviews one or two of our guest storytellers. This excellent interview is with storyteller Kathy Boss who told a story entitled "A Family Affair" on the May 30th program. Thank you to Kathy for participating in our TTL Interview portion of the program.

True Tales Live is a first person storytelling program that began on local radio in 2014 and moved to local cable TV channel in November of 2016. This track is from our May 30, 2017 Show with the Theme of "Family Gatherings." Storytellers (and their stories) in order of appearance: Dane Peters (photo):"Setting a Family Environment in School" - Judith Rubenstein: "Good Fortune" - Michael Lang: "Say...

After our storytellers have completed their stories, Pat Spalding takes a few moments to interview two members of the evening's storyteller cast. On April 25, 2017 , Pat's guests were Erica Skoglund and Marianne Pernold. Thank you to Erica and Marianne for participating in this part of our program!

Broadcast at PPMtv 280 Marcy St. in Portsmouth, NH on April 25, 2017. Our theme was "Getting Stuck" and our True Tales Live Storytellers in order of appearance are: Erica Skoglund, Jennifer Kinsey, John Rocheleau, Marianne Pernold, and John Lovering.

Following each storytelling session, Pat Spalding interviews two of our storytellers who performed during the show. In this 15 min segment Pat Interviews John Tilly (Photo left) and Cary Wendell. You will also find the audio file of the actual storytelling by 5 guests on this Soundcloud page. Look for 3.28.17 - Best Laid Plans Storytelling

Here is the audio portion of our PPMTVNH.ORG broadcast on March 28, 2017. Our theme was "Best Laid Plans" Storytellers in order of appearance: John Tilly (Freshman Year); Emilie Spaulding (Furniture on Trial); Greg Brown (We're Good People Too); Cary Wendell (Snorkeling in Dominica); Amy Antonucci (What's Important) - Emcee: Pat Spalding; Announcer: Amy Antonucci; Stage Coach / Production Assistan...

Following our storytelling segment of True Tales Live on 2.28.17, Pat Spalding interviewed John Rocheleau and Michael Lang... two of our storytellers on the show with "Open Theme" ... storyteller's choice. Interview audio file runs about 20 mins

Our five storytellers in order of appearance include: John Rocheleau, John Dover, Pat Spalding, Ronnie Tomanio, and Michael Lang. Recorded at PPMtv studio on 280 Marcy St. in Portsmouth NH on Feb. 28, 2017 between 6:30-8 pm. Our announcer was Amy Antonucci, Emcee- Pat Spalding; Stage Coach - David Phreaner Producer: John Lovering Video of this program is located here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qC63...

Following our storytelling on Jan. 31st, 2017, Pat Spalding interviewed storytellers Andy Davis and Sharon Jones about the things in their lives that guided them to be storytellers and performers. Interesting exchange.

Here is our audio file from the Jan 31st 2017 Portsmouth Public Media Television broadcast of True Tales Live. Storytellers heard include: Andy Davis, Emilie Spaulding, Annette Slattery (Photo ), Pat Spalding, and Sharon Jones. The theme for the program was "Disagreements and Resolutions" An interview was conducted with storytellers Andy Davis and Sharon Jones which runs about 20 minutes and is al...

As part of the Seacoast NH Area Libraries January Storyteller Series... a troupe of 6 storytellers (Pat Spalding, David Phreaner, John Lovering, Carol Waleryszak, Seth Waleryszak,and Nancy Brown) presented an evening of "True Tales Live" at the Rye Public Library on January 19, 2017. This is a recording of the 6 stories shared to a full house audience. We thank the Rye Library for hosting such a f...

As we end our run at Portsmouth Community Radio, Jon Nash does his final interview for True Tales Radio (True Tales Live on PPMtv) ... Interestingly enough, David Phreaner joined our True Tales Live team as one of the interviewers (along with Pat Spalding) that will continue the segment on Portsmouth Public Media Television. Sharon Rhodes was our very first guest on True Tales Radio back in Januar...

A Pre-show interview by Jon Nash of storytellers Cathy Wolff and John Dover done on July 26, 2016. Always entertaining and informative... Jon's interviews were a great addition to our two-hour time block.

On June 28, 2016... Storytellers Jesse Duthrie and Angela Matthews are interviewed by Jon Nash in our Control Room while the audience and other storytellers prepare for the evening's storytelling live broadcast. We found these interviews to be so interesting and well done that it is something we continued until we left Portsmouth Community Radio... and will continue at Portsmouth Public Media TV w...

Jan Hansen has been an underwriter for True Tales Radio and Pat Spalding is of course our Emcee, a storyteller and also an underwriter for the show. Jon asks them why they support True Tales Radio... and their answers are very interesting.

Jon Nash is back with another one of his entertaining interviews of guest storytellers... on April 26, 2016 his guests were Tony Lee and Michael Lang. Listen in to what is a well-done and interesting interview of two very talented storytellers... get the story behind the storyteller!

This interview done prior to the show on March 29, 2016 features two of the evening's storytellers as the interviewees.... Sharon Jones and Al Porsche. Thanks to Jon Nash for such an entertaining and informative interview!

A member of our radio True Tales team was Jon Nash... beginning in February of 2016, Jon would take the first half hour of the 2 hour show and interview two of the evening's storytellers. Here is an interview he conducted on Feb. 23, 2016 ... his guests were Craig Werth and Nicholas Conley.

August 30, 2016... our last radio version of True Tales... Our final show on Portsmouth Community Radio was appropriately designated at an "Open Theme Night"... leaving the theme up to each individual storyteller. Our storytellers for this finale included: Cathy Wolff, Angela Matthews, Annette Slattery, Sylvia Olson, David Phreaner, and Sharon Rhodes. Sharon was our first guest on our first show i...