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The Narrators

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True stories told live at The Narrators, the award-winning storytelling show. Comedians, actors, musicians, writers, and other fascinating folks share first-person narratives from their lives, centered on a monthly theme.

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83: Jenny Minniti-Shippey, “Bicycles, Beer and the Body”

The Narrators ·

2015/12/01

We're back with a story from Jenny Minniti-Shippey. Jenny shares a glimpse into life as a young writer in Galway, a fitting tale for our San Diego Beer Week-themed show "Bottled Up," recorded live at Tiger! Tiger! Tavern on 10 November 2015. Our theme music is by our friend Whalehawk (aka the Grammy-nominated musician Jake Sanders). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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82: Hannah Duggan, “What are these things?”

The Narrators ·

2015/11/21

Today’s story comes from Hannah Duggan. Hannah is a founding member of Buntport Theater Company, which owns the amazing home of our Denver show. Every time I see her, I regret that we didn't know each other sooner. Hannah's story was recorded live on 21 October 2015 at Buntport Theater in Denver, Colorado. The theme of the evening was "Creeps. Our theme music is by our friend Whalehawk (aka the Grammy-nominated musician Jake Sanders). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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81: Kendall Burdett, “Pretend Lawyer”

The Narrators ·

2015/11/14

Robert steps up on his soap box with a mini rant about what makes a good story and presents this week's tale, which comes to you from Kendall Burdett, a writer, comedian, and native San Diegan who wears a suit well enough to convince officers of the law that he is an attorney. This story was recorded live on 10 November 2015 at Tiger!Tiger! Tavern in San Diego, California. The theme of the evening was "Bottled Up." Our theme music is by our friend Whalehawk (aka the Grammy-nominated musician Jake

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80: Carolyn Matthews, “False Positive”

The Narrators ·

2015/11/07

Today's story comes from first-time storyteller Carolyn Matthews. Carolyn hails from the great state of New Jersey, she works for the Boulder International Film Festival and she is captain of the Denver Molly Browns, arguably the best ultimate frisbee team in this city and indisputably the best-named team in this town. This story was recorded live on September 16, 2015 at Buntport Theater in Denver, Colorado. The theme of the evening was "Firsts." As always, please check our Facebook page for the

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79: Kimberly Dark, “Why I’m Not Sorry…”

The Narrators ·

2015/10/30

Today's story is from Kimberly Dark, a storyteller, writer, and professor of Sociology. Kimberly's story was recorded live on 13 October 2015 at Tiger!Tiger! Tavern in San Diego, California. The theme of the evening was "Creeps." If you want to read more of Kimberly's work, check out this fantastic essay just published on Narratively—it's a great story about planning a vacation with her lesbian partner, her nine-year-old son, and his father. Our theme music is by our friend Whalehawk (aka the

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78: David Latham, “Use Once and Destroy”

The Narrators ·

2015/10/16

Today's story comes to you from David Latham, who is the host of a storytelling show in San Diego called Long Story Short, an open mic where storytellers have 5 minutes to tell a story without notes based on a monthly theme. Long Story Short is one offering from a stellar literary organization in San Diego called So Say We All, which offers San Diegans a wide breadth of writing workshops, performances, and publishing outlets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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77: Rachel Pater, “You Can Call Me Tom”

The Narrators ·

2015/10/10

Today’s story comes from Rachel Pater. Rachel teaches writing to young adults at Futures Academy and the Community College of Aurora. She also insists that she’s a huge hit with moms.This story was recorded live on 15 July 2015 at Buntport Theater in Denver, Colorado. The theme of the evening was "Take a Hike." Our theme music is by our friend Whalehawk (aka the Grammy-nominated musician Jake Sanders). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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76: “Crushed”

The Narrators ·

2015/10/02

Today's podcast is dedicated to all of you out there in podcast land who have never attended a live show before. Our August event was so fantastic that we're playing it here for you in its entirety, raw and mostly uncut—this is as close to the real thing as you can get. You're going to hear stories from Erin Rollman, Dan St. Germain, Christie Buchele, Bob Meddles, Haley Driscoll, Timmi Lasley, Sam Tallent, Janae Burris, Kristin Rand, and Josh Blue. These stories were recorded live on August 19 2015

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75: Wendy Smith, “My First Sex Dream”

The Narrators ·

2015/09/25

Today's featured storyteller, Wendy Smith, a.k.a. Wendyceratops, is a Professor of English at Mesa Community College in San Diego. See her students' ratemyprofessors.com reviews to get a sense of just how amazing she is: "Never boring." "Fair. For the most part." "Really chill." "Always has snacks." "A believer." "Passionate." "Open to different interpretations." And: "A must" Buuuut: She is “provincial” And: "She does have her favorites and I was not one of them but that should not

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74: Robert Rutherford, “The Time Traveler”

The Narrators ·

2015/09/11

Today's story comes from Robert Rutherford. When Robert's not co-hosting The Narrators San Diego, he works as a museum educator and the digital content developer at the San Diego Natural History Museum. Robert's story was recorded live on 8 September 2015 at Tiger!Tiger! Tavern in San Diego, California. The theme of the evening was "Firsts." Our theme music is by our friend Whalehawk (aka the Grammy-nominated musician Jake Sanders). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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73: Erin Rollman, “Casa Bonita: Chicken or Beef?”

The Narrators ·

2015/09/04

This week's story comes from Erin Rollman. She is the co-host of The Narrators Denver, a founding member and co-owner of Buntport Theater, a long-time favorite storyteller, and an award-winning actor and playwright. Erin and her colleagues at Buntport graciously opened their doors to The Narrators in 2014 and she joined us as a co-host in 2015. Working with Erin feels like scoring a free dessert at your favorite restaurant, on your birthday, in the company of close friends—without having to endure

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72: Anthony Crawford, “Tell Your Kids to F*ck in High...

The Narrators ·

2015/08/29

Today's story comes from Anthony Crawford. He's co-host of Amuse Booze, a local cocktail and comedy showcase, and he’s the host of Talkin' Shop, which is like Denver comedy's answer to Inside the Actor's Studio. Anthony interviews some of the cities brightest comedic minds, asking questions about how the funny sausage gets made. Anthony's story was recorded live on 20 May 2015 at Buntport Theater in Denver, Colorado. The theme of the evening was "Nature vs. Nurture." Our theme music is by our friend

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71: Christie Buchele, “Salmonella Falls”

The Narrators ·

2015/08/14

Today’s story comes from Christie Buchele. She is the co-host of Empty Girlfriend podcast, which you should all be listening too, and she’s one of our all-time favorite storytellers in Denver. She’s that friend who always stood up for you on the playground, even when the bully was way bigger than both of you. Christie’s story was recorded live on June 17, 2015 at Buntport Theater in Denver, Colorado. The theme of the evening was "WTF." Our theme music is by our friend Whalehawk (aka the

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70: Aaron Urist, “This Yarmulke Feels Like Ted Nugent”

The Narrators ·

2015/08/08

This week's story comes from Aaron Urist. Aaron is a standup comedian from Denver Colorado, the co-host of Crush City, a monthly comedy showcase at The Savoy, and frequent performer on High Plains Comedy Festival. Being in his presence is like finding a $20 bill in your jacket on the first cold of autumn—again, and again, and again. Aaron's story was recorded live on May 20, 2015 at Buntport Theater in Denver, Colorado. The theme of the evening was "Nature vs. Nurture." Special thanks to Erin

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69: Emma Weisfeld, “Almond-Butter Sticky Fingers”

The Narrators ·

2015/08/01

Today’s story comes from Emma Weisfeld and was recorded live at Buntport Theater on 20 May 2015. The theme of the evening was “Nature vs. Nurture.” Special thanks to Erin Rollman for engineering help on this episode. Our theme music is by our friend Whalehawk (aka the Grammy-nominated musician Jake Sanders). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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68: Ellen K. Graham, “Pilgrims of the Interstate”

The Narrators ·

2015/07/25

Back in April of 2015, The Narrators collaborated with Musica Sacra, a 35-piece chamber orchestra here in Denver. They gave us three pieces of music and asked our storytellers to write something inspired by the music. In exchange, we gave them three stories and they chose three pieces of music to accompany them. We wrote and edited and memorized and rehearsed and revised and then rehearsed some more…paragraphs were shifted out of their natural order to work with the music, and the orchestral

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67: Haley Driscoll, “Two Face”

The Narrators ·

2015/07/17

Today's story comes from Haley Driscoll. This story was originally recorded on 21 November 2013 at the Deer Pile in Denver, Colorado. The theme of the evening was "The Fall." Our theme music is by our friend Whalehawk (aka the Grammy-nominated musician Jake Sanders). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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66: Greg Salvesen, “One Mile to Go”

The Narrators ·

2015/07/10

The theme of our live show in June 2013 was "Insults & Grievances." Folks packed into the Deer Pile—that tiny, gorgeous, sweltering box—listened to their peers tell tales of live beating them down. The story I remember the most vividly from that night came from Greg Salvesen, an economist who loves to run long distances. Back then, Greg recounted his greatest loss, and the damage that it did to him. I'm sharing that story with you today because it's a good prequel to Greg's next story, which he told

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65: Mathiba Kgopa, “Terrorist Visa”

The Narrators ·

2015/06/26

For the regular monthly shows, we almost never edit our storytellers. If someone asks for help, we give them feedback, but we try hard to avoid meddling too much. Too much editing and everyone starts to sound the same. Too much coaching can twist a story into something that's too slick—the structure is perfect and audience is impressed but the story feels disconnected from the storyteller. We want folks share their truths in their own voice. But that means every month we take a giant leap of

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64: Jared Maher, “What the Flood Washed Away”

The Narrators ·

2015/06/19

Back in April 2013, The Narrators asked Denver Diatribe to take over for one night. The theme of the evening was "Colfax Avenue," a tribute to Denver's most infamous street. This week's story comes from Jared Maher, one of Denver Diatribe's co-hosts. Jared is a former investigative journalist and staff writer for Westword. In the past decade he has worked for a variety of media outlets, including Face the State and Free Speech TV. These days, he's a producer and director at Craftsy.com. This story

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