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    Inside Stories

    We explore Madison one story at a time. In each episode, Takeyla Benton and Jen Rubin feature a story told live in Madison, interview the storyteller to dig deeper into the story and how they crafted it.
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    Episodes (65)

    INSIDE STORIES: Wilson Seely

    INSIDE STORIES:  Wilson Seely

    (Consider contributing to Inside Stories to help us cover our production costs:  https://www.rubinjen.com/the-podcast.html)

    We listen to a story Wilson Seely told at the Madison Moth StorySlam at the High Noon Saloon in 2020, explore the themes in the story and discuss how he crafted the story.  We also did our first Madison little known history story.

    Email us at insidestoriespodcast@gmail.com and find us on twitter at @InsideStoryPod and Facebook at @insidestoriespodcast.

    INSIDE STORIES: Susana de Alvarez

    INSIDE STORIES:  Susana de Alvarez

    (Consider contributing to Inside Stories to help us cover our production costs:  https://www.rubinjen.com/the-podcast.html)

    We listen to a story Susana de Alverez told at the Madison Moth 2019 GrandSlam at the Barrymore Theater, explore the themes in the story and discuss how she crafted the story.  We also did our first activist origin story.

    Email us at insidestoriespodcast@gmail.com and find us on twitter at @InsideStoryPod and Facebook at @insidestoriespodcast.

    INSIDE STORIES: Ann Garvin

    INSIDE STORIES:  Ann Garvin

    (Consider contributing to Inside Stories to help us cover our production costs:  https://www.rubinjen.com/the-podcast.html)

    We listen to a story Ann Garvin told at Listen To Your Mother at the Barrymore Theater, explore the themes in the story and discuss how she crafted the story. 

    Learn more about Ann's book, I LIke You Just Fine When You're Not Around  at her website: http://anngarvin.net/.

    Email us at insidestoriespodcast@gmail.com and find us on twitter at @InsideStoryPod and Facebook at @insidestoriespodcast.

    INSIDE STORIES (rebroadcast) Jennifer Esperanza

    INSIDE STORIES (rebroadcast) Jennifer Esperanza

    (Consider contributing to Inside Stories to help us cover our production costs:  https://www.rubinjen.com/the-podcast.html)

     

    Jennifer Esperanza tells a story about growing up as the child of immigrant and what she was able to get away with as her parents didn't fully understand how everything worked in the US. This is tested one Christmas as she tries to convince her mom to put chocolate chip cookies out for Santa so she can get the Barbie Town House.

    INSIDE STORIES (rebroadcast) Lenora Rodin

    INSIDE STORIES (rebroadcast) Lenora Rodin

    (Consider contributing to Inside Stories to help us cover our production costs:  https://www.rubinjen.com/the-podcast.html)

    Lenora Rodin tells a story about her addiction and recovery. In our conversation she talks about the importance of telling the truth about herself. We talk about how a hard story and a funny story can be the same story. (This story was a crowd favorite the night she told it.)

    INSIDE STORIES rebroadcast: Raj Shukla

    INSIDE STORIES rebroadcast: Raj Shukla

    (Consider contributing to Inside Stories to help us cover our production costs:  https://www.rubinjen.com/the-podcast.html)

    Raj Shukla tells a story about his daughter, who has down syndrome, and how she taught him to be more open to the possibilities in life. President Obama makes a cameo appearance in the story. We talked about how Raj uses storytelling in his work with the River Alliance.   (Audio recording by Oddly Arranged Media.)

    INSIDE STORIES rebroadcast: Ann Imig

    INSIDE STORIES rebroadcast: Ann Imig

    (Consider contributing to Inside Stories to help us cover our production costs:  https://www.rubinjen.com/the-podcast.html)

    Ann Imig tells a witty story about being a full time stay at home mom with two young and energetic boys. We talked about her experience founding Listen To Your Mother (which originated in Madison and became a national storytelling event) and what it was like to pull together this annual show. We also discussed the problem of not being able to include everyone who auditioned to tell their story.

     

    We listen to a story Ann Imig told at Listen To Your Mother in 2012, explore the themes in the story and discuss how she crafted the story. (Audio recording by Listen To Your Mother.)

    Find us on twitter at @InsideStoryPod, Facebook or email us at insdiestoriespodcast@gmail.com

    INSIDE STORIES rebroadcast: Tandalaya Taylor

    INSIDE STORIES rebroadcast: Tandalaya Taylor

    (Consider contributing to Inside Stories to help us cover our production costs:  https://www.rubinjen.com/the-podcast.html)

    Tandalaya tells a story about her love of daydreaming, how her cancer diagnosis and health struggles took away her desire to daydream and how she survived and altered her dream. We talk about why she chose to frame her story around daydreams and why she brought a videographer to the recording studio.  She told this story at the Odyssey Writing Class in 2019.

    INSIDE STORIES: Takeyla Benton (with special guest)

    INSIDE STORIES: Takeyla Benton (with special guest)

    (Consider contributing to Inside Stories to help us cover our production costs:  https://www.rubinjen.com/the-podcast.html)

    In the last episode of Season 2 Kevin Willmott II joins Jen and Takeyla to interview Takeyla about a story she told at Listen To Your Mother, explore the themes in the story and discuss how she crafted the story. (Told at the Barrymore.  Audio recording by Listen To Your Mother).

     Email us at insidestoriespodcast@gmail.com and find us on twitter at @InsideStoryPod and Facebook at @insidestoriespodcast.

    INSIDE STORIES: Jen Rubin (with special guest)

    INSIDE STORIES: Jen Rubin (with special guest)

    (Consider contributing to Inside Stories to help us cover our production costs:  https://www.rubinjen.com/the-podcast.html)

    In the second to last episode of Season 2 Kevin Willmott II joins Jen and Takeyla to interview Jen about a story she told at the Madison Moth StorySlam, explore the themes in the story and discuss how she crafted the story. (Told at the Moth in Madison StorySlam in 2017. Theme: Neighborhoods. Audio recording by Mad Manor Multimedia).

    Learn more about Jen's book, We Are Staying: Eighty Years in the Life of a Family, a Store, and a Neighborhood at her website: https://www.rubinjen.com/.

    Email us at insidestoriespodcast@gmail.com and find us on twitter at @InsideStoryPod and Facebook at @insidestoriespodcast.

    INSIDE STORIES: Greg Renz

    INSIDE STORIES: Greg Renz

    (Consider contributing to Inside Stories to help us cover our production costs:  https://www.rubinjen.com/the-podcast.html)

    We listen to a story Greg Renz told at the Madison Moth StorySlam, explore the themes in the story and discuss how he crafted the story. (Told at the Moth in Madison StorySlam in 2017. Audio recording by Mad Manor Multimedia).

    Learn more about Greg's book, Beneath the Flames at his website: https://glrenz.com/. 

    Email us at insidestoriespodcast@gmail.com and find us on twitter at @InsideStoryPod and Facebook at @insidestoriespodcast.

     

    INSIDE STORIES: Alexandria Delcourt

    INSIDE STORIES:  Alexandria Delcourt

    (Consider contributing to Inside Stories to help us cover our production costs:  https://www.rubinjen.com/the-podcast.html)

    We listen to a story Alexandria Delcourt told at Mystery to Me bookstore as part of Madison Storytellers event, 'Books that Changed my Life'.

    Email us at insidestoriespodcast@gmail.com and find us on twitter at @InsideStoryPod and Facebook at @insidestoriespodcast

    INSIDE STORIES: Hedi Lamarr Rudd

    INSIDE STORIES: Hedi Lamarr Rudd

    (Consider contributing to Inside Stories to help us cover our production costs:  https://www.rubinjen.com/the-podcast.html)

     

    We listen to a story Hedi Lamarr Rudd told at UW Continuing Studies Writers' Institute, explore the themes in the story and discuss how she crafted the story.

    Richard Jones Jr joined us to talk about the origin story of his business, Oddly Arranged Media.

    Email us at insidestoriespodcast@gmail.com and find us on twitter at @InsideStoryPod and Facebook at @insidestoriespodcast.

    INSIDE STORIES: Megan Diaz-Ricks

    INSIDE STORIES:  Megan Diaz-Ricks

    (Consider contributing to Inside Stories to help us cover our production costs:  https://www.rubinjen.com/the-podcast.html)

     

    We listen to a story Megan Diaz-Ricks told at Listen To Your Mother, explore the themes in the story and discuss how she crafted the story. 

    Charlotte Colaluca joins us from Mystery To Me Bookstore to share book recommendations. You can learn more about this great neighborhood bookstore at https://www.mysterytomebooks.com/.

    Email us at insidestoriespodcast@gmail.com and find us on twitter at @InsideStoryPod and Facebook at @insidestoriespodcast.

     

    Inside Stories
    enNovember 13, 2019

    INSIDE STORIES: Debi Kennedy

    INSIDE STORIES: Debi Kennedy

    (Consider contributing to Inside Stories to help us cover our production costs:  https://www.rubinjen.com/the-podcast.html)

     

    We listen to a story Debi Kennedy told at the Madison Moth StorySlam, explore the themes in the story and discuss how she crafted the story.  (Told at the Moth in Madison StorySlam in 2017. Audio recording by Oddly Arranged Media).

    Email us at insidestoriespodcast@gmail.com and find us on twitter at @InsideStoryPod and Facebook at @insidestoriespodcast.

    Debi will be teaching workshops through MSCR called, "The Glappiness Hour" (glad + happiness, an Ellie created word) with different topics each month.  People can sign up by going through www.mscr.org

    Inside Stories
    enNovember 06, 2019
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