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The parable of Serpentor and more interfaith merriment!  It’s the second episode of holiday storytelling with Herschel Bleefeld, Greta Schwartz and Renee Gindi. MP3 Show Notes: Form: The 3fer: Three people, three stories, one theme. Theme: Holiday Stories! Music: Our opening and closing music is a selection from “Unlocked Door” used by permission of Alex Cook. Thank you Alex! If you want to hear the complete songs, check out Alex Cook’s bandcamp page and his website Stonebalancer The following songs from The Free Music Archive also appeared in this episode under a Creative Commons License: “Russian Dance” by Yair Yona  “O Christmas Tree” by Amil Byleckie Storytellers: Greta Schwartz, Renee Gindi & Herschel Bleefeld Part One: “I need to call my rabbi” by Greta Schwartz Part Two:  “The Tree” by Renee Gindi Part Three:  “The Parable of Serpentor” by Herschel Bleefeld Behind the story: We did it again! Two down, two to go!  Sorry it’s so Skype-y. We are an imperfect species.  

The perils of Christmas trippin’, interfaith holiday decoration and radiator safety. It’s the first episode of holiday storytelling with Igor Torgeson, Colleen Basis and Matt “Christmas” Flanagan. MP3 Show Notes: Form: The 3fer: Three people, three stories, one theme. Theme: Christmas Stories Music: Our opening music is a selection from “Unlocked Door” used by permission of Alex Cook. Thank you Alex! If you want to hear the complete songs, check out Alex Cook’s bandcamp page and his website Stonebalancer The following songs from The Free Music Archive also appeared in this episode under a Creative Commons License: “Happy Christmas, You Guys!” by Simon Panrucker – Check out his personal site too! “My Itty Bitty Christmas Ditty” by Kathleen Martin –  She has some lovely music on Soundcloud too! “Deck the Halls” by Rue Royal  – You can learn more about the group here And finally, the extraordinary music of legendary folk group The Weavers “We Wish You A Merry Christmas” from their reunion album “Together

Matt and Jennie briefly lift their head off the table to give thanks to all of their patrons, in the form of a song! MP3 Show Notes: Form: The .5 (Aka Thanksgiving Leftovers) Theme: Storytellers: Matt Flanagan & Jennie Josephson Behind the story:  We were both a little tired. Patrons: Thanks to our patrons for their support! Thanks to the Storybackers and special thanks to the Starting Story Lineup: Mike Huller, Kevin Bellanca, April, Sarah Stein Greenberg, Brian Foulds, James Kregar, Preston Monroe, Linda Thompson, Patrick Kohn, Nick Batos, Eshaan Mathur, Andy Baumel, Kody Georgeson, Benjamin White, Trystan Lambkin, Mike McLaughlin, Christopher Wright, Tony Nolen,Tom Gehrke, Shane English, SargD, Tim Magnuson, Dawn Banks, Philip D, Deborah Abel, Josh Harrow, Trevor Griswold, Richard Gunther, Melanie Knopf, Jason Beck, Rory Simpson, Elizabeth Murray, Teresa Ozoa, Cory, Louise, Anders Lund, Mike Escutia, Terry Cook, John H Maloney, Patrick Wolfe, Chimaera, Jeffrey Zylks, & Sunny G. (Sunbun) And supe

Daring hair and the perils of long distance communications. Molly Wood and Brian Ibbott share stories about questionable decision, and Jennie learns a valuable lesson on this very special episode of Tell It Anywa. MP3 Show Notes: And super special thanks to our Story MVP Ellie Goldman! Form: The 3fer: Three people, three stories, one theme and let’s see if they connect. Theme: Questionable Decisions The music: Our opening and closing music is a selection from “Unlocked Door” used by permission of Alex Cook. Thank you Alex! If you want to hear the complete songs, check out Alex Cook’s bandcamp page and his website Stonebalancer Also in the episode: “Morning Flowers” by Brock Tyler “The Hair Salon” by Monk Turner Storytellers: Jennie Josephson, Brian Ibbott, & Molly Wood Part One: Jennie Josephson, “Farewell to Ferngully” Part Two:  Molly Wood, “The Rehvahler Salon” Part Three: Brian Ibbott “The Tub Ladies” Behind the story:  Sometimes you plan a fun episode with a great guest who is an amazingly talen

Sensitive poets, wild encounters in the Meatpacking District, and the Corruption of Young Matthew. Sarah Kleinman, Nick Holly & Matt Flanagan tell all (and I mean ALL) on this week’s episode of Tell It Anyway. MP3 Show Notes:  Cover art credit: Alan Zibel Would you like to become a patron? You can!  Form: The 3fer: Three people, three stories, one theme and let’s see if they connect. Theme: Bad Dates The music: Our opening and closing music is a selection from “Unlocked Door” used by permission of Alex Cook. Thank you Alex! If you want to hear the complete songs, check out Alex Cook’s bandcamp page and his website Stonebalancer Other songs featured in this episode: The Pink Tiles “Time for Love”  Jim Keller “Crush On You” – UM HELLO. Jim Teller was the co-author of  867-5309/Jenny by Tommy Tu-Tone and his music is available for use on podcasts like this. Amazing. YGDTopDogg’s “Dance Like A Stripper” – I used the only ten seconds I could, people. Storytellers: Sarah Kleinman, Nick Holly & Matt Fla

Dan Rather and the Dalai Lama meet in a palace. Jennie is there, then she gets sick. KARMA.  Tom Parks and Ben Burdick tell us about their encounters with  doctors in Missouri and Idaho. MP3   Show Notes: Form: The 3fer: Three people, three stories, one theme and let’s see if they connect. Theme: The Doctor Is In The music: Our opening and closing music is a selection from “Unlocked Door” used by permission of Alex Cook. Thank you Alex! If you want to hear the complete songs, check out Alex Cook’s bandcamp page and his website Stonebalancer Other music featured in the show: Field recordings from India featured on the Free Music Archive Stefano Vita’s “Coming Home”  Free Tim’s version of John Phillips Sousa’s “Thunderer’s March”  “The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson” Theme was used briefly at the end of a segment where a comedian discussed the impact of being on The Tonight Show and hearing that music. And just the brief amount we used gave me chills and nostalgia. Storytellers:  Tom Parks, Ben Burdick &

Matt got a job! We’re going bi-weekly! Christmas is coming! MP3 Thanks to all our patrons!

Jennie and Matt meet a legend, legendary podcast Scott Johnson meets the man in the mirror, and Greta has another hilarious story from her youth. MP3 Show Notes: Form: The 3fer: Three people, three stories, one theme and let’s see if they connect. Theme: Is This Real Life? The music: Our opening and closing music is a selection from “Unlocked Door” used by permission of Alex Cook. Thank you Alex! If you want to hear the complete songs, check out Alex Cook’s bandcamp page and his website Stonebalancer Other music featured in the episode: Jason Karaban’s “The Devil That I Know”  “Saying Goodbye in the Rain” –  by Jelsonic Storytellers: Jennie Josephson, Scott Johnson & Greta Schwartz Part One: Jennie Josephson “You Never Know…” Part Two: Scott Johnson “That Kid in the Bathroom” Part Three: Greta Schwartz “The Worst Parade” Behind the story:  This episode just great. Except I wish the sound quality was better. I need a better method for recording Skype, and a better internet connection and on and on and

Jennie meets the Mexican Navy, which came in handy when she was involved in later naval warfare.  Herschel had a lot of summer jobs, and never get involved in a water war in Hollywood. MP3 Show Notes: The music: Our opening and closing music is a selection from “Unlocked Door” used by permission of Alex Cook. Thank you Alex! If you want to hear the complete songs, check out Alex Cook’s bandcamp page and his website Stonebalancer Other music featured in the episode includes: “Mississippi Sawyer” by Howie and Ann Mitchell “Poor Mississippi” by Mr. & Mrs. Smith “Summer Bummer” by Sam Gas Can “Summer” by Butano Bazaar   Form: The 3fer: Three people, three stories, one theme and let’s see if they connect. Theme: The Dog Days of Summer Storytellers: Jennie Josephson, Herschel Bleefeld, Matt Flanagan Part One: Jennie “Drunk Chicken” Part Two:  Herschel “Summer Jobs” Part Three:  Matt “The Water War of Attrition” Behind the story:  More to come! Thanks to our brand new patrons for their support! Special than

Long-time Boston Red Sox play by play man Don Orsillo lost his job last week and it struck a chord. Is it possible any more to find a forever home in the workplace? Jennie has some thoughts. MP3 Show Notes: Form: Just Jennie: Jennie has a thought about a thing and it won’t get out of her head. Show Notes: Here’s the petition if you’d like to sign. Two corrections! Don has been the announcer for 15 years. And Larry Lucchino was the CEO & President of the Boston Red Sox before his retirement. Audio clips from The New England Sports Network and Major League Baseball. But SUCH a small amount of them. Less than 10 seconds. I swear. Thanks to our brand new patrons for their support! Thanks to the Storybackers and special thanks to the Starting Story Lineup!

Jennie knocked out a quick ep while teaching young minds how to podcast. MP3 Show Notes: Form: A .5 That’s really a .8 Thanks to our brand new patrons for their support! Thanks to the Storybackers and special thanks to the Starting Story Lineup!  Full episode coming later this week.

Igor Torgeson and his pal Marjorie have two tiny tales for you. MP3 Show Notes: Form: Two Tiny Tales: The Amuse Bouche of Tell It Anyway Thanks to our brand new patrons for their support! Thanks to the Storybackers and special thanks to the Starting Story Lineup!  Full episode coming later this week.

Welcome to Garbagetown. Nobody is fine. Jackie Vleck & Sarah Jean Kruchowski talk each other through the creative despair and minor victories of the “working stiff” version of Hollywood. Take a listen to the pilot episode. MP3 Notes from Producer Jennie: So, as you may have guessed, this is NOT a Tell It Anyway. It’s a brand-new podcast called “Hooray for Garbagetown”, and it sprung to life in the (sometimes sweltering) creative heat generated in the little office above the butcher shop where your favorite storytelling podcast is produced. You may remember Jackie Vleck from TIA Ep. 9 “What Might Have Been”. If you don’t, go check out that episode, b/c it is terrific. Matt and I have known Jackie since she was part of the epic “Bad Teacher” experience, but we were floored with how great she was telling stories on our show. So we got to talking about a particular phrase that Jackie loves to use: “garbage.” As in, “I’m a garbage.” Or, “this town makes you feel like garbage.”  And we thought, well, if that

It’s a Lazy Sunday update! Jennie has some fun stuff to say about this week in Tell It Anyway-ville, plus one last story from Nerdtacular 2015. MP3 Form: The .5  – Some bits bobs updates and delicious Nerdtacular leftovers Storytellers: Jennie Josephson & Alex Hanna, host of the Diamond Dialogue podcast! Thanks to our patrons for their support! Thanks to the Storybackers and special thanks to the Starting Story Lineup!

A Nerdtacular episode of Tell It Anyway.  It’s all fun and games until you burn your eyebrows off. Or your friend drops a pair of garden shears on your skull. And let’s not even talk about that Dairy Queen… MP3 Show Notes: Form: It’s A Live One! Stories from our friends in the crowd. Theme:  It’s All Fun & Games Until… The music: Our opening and closing music is a selection from “Unlocked Door” used by permission of Alex Cook. Thank you Alex! If you want to hear the complete songs, check out Alex Cook’s bandcamp page and his website Stonebalancer So many more notes on music to come! Storytellers: Jennie Josephson, Matt Flanagan, Chris Peterson from The Weekly Bleep Podcast, Preston Monroe, Tom Gehrke, Patrick Kohn, Brad Procter from the Random Geeks Podcast, & Sebastian Gonzales. Behind the story:More than 600 nerds, geeks, cosplayers and storytellers travelled up into the Wasatch Mountain range above Salt Lake City to attend Nerdtacular 2015. And late Saturday evening, some of them snuck down into

After this episode, Matt and Jennie made a nice dinner, watched Empire, and had a lovely night. JJ MP3 Show Notes: Thanks to our brand new patrons for their support!  We’ll thank you all individually on the next full episode but thank you always to our Storybackers and special thanks to the Starting Story Lineup! Form: A .5 Theme: Tiny tales in honor of Ant-Man The music: Our opening and closing music is a selection from “Unlocked Door” used by permission of Alex Cook. Thank you Alex! If you want to hear the complete songs, check out Alex Cook’s bandcamp page and his website Stonebalancer Storytellers: Jennie Josephson & Matt Flanagan Behind the story:

A New York play where real blood was spilled, Jennie’s ill-fated romance abroad, and a not-so innocent misunderstanding about what really happened in the woods that day. This one’s not for the young ‘uns… MP3 Show Notes: Form: The 3fer: Three people, three stories, one theme and let’s see if they connect. Theme: A Total Disaster The music: Our opening and closing music is a selection from “Unlocked Door” used by permission of Alex Cook. Thank you Alex! If you want to hear the complete songs, check out Alex Cook’s bandcamp page and his website Stonebalancer This week, we also used music from The Free Music Archive including: “After Disaster” by Monk Turner and Fascinoma “Guilty” by Uke Stanza  We also featured a brief clip of the late great Elaine Stritch singing “Ladies Who Lunch”  Amazing. Storytellers: Billy Finnegan, Seth Cohen and Jennie Josephson Part One: Billy Finnegan “Esther Demsack” Part Two:  Seth Cohen “What Happened In The Woods” Part Three:  Jennie Josephson “Corazon Partido” Behind the stor

Jennie and Matt interview their new personal assistant, and folks, she’s trying really hard to do a good job. MP3 Show Notes: Form: A. 5 Theme: Fun with technology Thanks to our brand new patrons for their support!

Young love, why you should never be the DJ at your own wedding and that time Jennie almost got arrested. So many bad decisions! MP3 Show Notes: Form: The 3fer: Three people, three stories, one theme and let’s see if they connect. Theme: I really put my foot in it (also known as I really stepped in it, because I really put my foot in it is NOT SOMETHING PEOPLE SAY.) The music: More great music this week from The Free Music Archive including “Oops i did it again (Britney Spears cover)” by Bacalao “Policeman” by The Yummy Fur and a really lovely song called “Young Girls” by Novi Split.  (make sure to read here about how he got that name!) Our opening and closing music is a selection from “Unlocked Door” used by permission of Alex Cook. Thank you Alex! If you want to hear the complete songs, check out Alex Cook’s bandcamp page and his website Stonebalancer Storytellers: Jennie Josephson, Brian Coleman, & Elizabeth Hunt Part One: Jennie Josephson “Cuffed” Part Two:  Brian Coleman “The Hand Holder” Part Thr

It’s totes classy.  A little .5 behind the scenes with Jennie, Matt and Igor. MP3 Show Notes: Form: A .5: Just a little snack to keep you from getting too hungry. Theme: A look back Storytellers: Jennie, Matt and Igor The music: The music this week is The Anthem of the Opening Act Remixx by the The Impossebulls. I found it on the Free Music Archive Our opening and closing music is a selection from “Unlocked Door” used by permission of Alex Cook. Thank you, Alex! If you want to hear the complete songs, check out Alex Cook’s bandcamp page and his website Stonebalancer Thanks to our brand new patrons for their support! Thanks to the Storybackers and special thanks to the Starting Story Lineup: Patrick Kohn, John H. Maloney, Patrick Wolfe, Chimaera, Greg Skinner, and Jeffrey Zylks!