Spokespeople

Spokespeople promotes the art of storytelling by producing live community events across the San Francisco Bay Area. This is the podcast of stories told at those events.

088: When you want to be into BDSM but you're black and it's too soon... 04/05/2017

088: When you want to be into BDSM but you're black and it's too soon... The marvelous Luna Malbroux brings us a tale of sex, love and avoiding being haunted by Harriet Tubman's ghost! /episode/index/show/spokespeople/id/5240252

087: Stopped Short 12/05/2016

087: Stopped Short Lacking quarters and crucial bits of information about rural New Hampshire, a city girl ventures north via Amtrak in the era before cell phones. Today's storyteller regaled our live audience with this tale at the July 2015 show, "On the Road." About the Storyteller Tatiana Uschakow is from New York, walks everywhere, and is still much more equipped to deal with sewer alligators and subway rats than the beautiful California wildlife. /episode/index/show/spokespeople/id/4886300

086 - Depends What You're Wearing 08/31/2016

086 - Depends What You're Wearing A fortuitous concert and an inconvenient illness led a man and some diapers to live nappily ever after. This story was told live at our April 2015 show, "Smoke & Mirrors." About the Storyteller Lance Eason grew up in Redwood City, which is about 30 miles geographically and 100 light years philosophically from his current and true spiritual home of San Francisco. /episode/index/show/spokespeople/id/4633682

084 - It Takes a Thief to Catch a Fairy 01/06/2016

084 - It Takes a Thief to Catch a Fairy Santa Claus brings presents. The Easter Bunny hides eggs. The Tooth Fairy steals big wheels, right? Danny Nolan recounted the Tooth Fairy’s dark side in this story told live at our April 2015 show, "Smoke and Mirrors." /episode/index/show/spokespeople/id/4103119

083 - Pooped Out 12/01/2015

083 - Pooped Out Eliza Scheffler loves to travel abroad, but her digestive system would prefer to stay closer to home. Eliza told this story of how to handle tummy troubles with grace at our March 2015 show, "There's No Place Like Home." /episode/index/show/spokespeople/id/4103111

082 - Konnichiwa, Como Estas? 10/19/2015

082 - Konnichiwa, Como Estas? A trip to Buenos Aires becomes a crash course in speaking high-school Spanish with Japanese flair and fending off latin lovers. Regina Bediako told this tale live at our March 2015 show. /episode/index/show/spokespeople/id/4103108

081 - The Happy Camper 09/19/2015

081 - The Happy Camper Today’s storyteller loves summer camp, but not so much the other campers. Discover how this polar-bear-documentary-loving, magic-card-playing, California native learned to open up to others on the last day of summer camp. This story comes from our April 2015 show, Smoke & Mirrors. /episode/index/show/spokespeople/id/3805259

080 - The Towpath of Least Resistance 08/06/2015

080 - The Towpath of Least Resistance Today’s storyteller goes the extra mile. Actually he goes an extra 62 miles, guided by the legacy of former Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas and the hip-swiveling tunes of Miley Cyrus. This story was told live at our July 2014 show, "Slippery When Wet." /episode/index/show/spokespeople/id/3805258

079 - A Spokespeople Threesome 07/14/2015

079 - A Spokespeople Threesome Cupid’s arrow strikes again and again and again! Three Spokespeople stories in one podcast, you ask? Yes! This week, we bring you tales of dating a man with a Roger Rabbit room, a movie date gone awry, and one love-inspiring poster. /episode/index/show/spokespeople/id/3805255

078 - For The Love Of A Good Grandma 06/18/2015

078 - For The Love Of A Good Grandma What do grandmothers, porn, and New York State have in common? This moving coming-of-age story told live at our June 2014 show, "Internet Explorer: Stories From Cyberspace." /episode/index/show/spokespeople/id/3671223

077 - When Nature Calls 05/28/2015

077 - When Nature Calls Ah, wilderness! Our intrepid storyteller heeds the call of the wild in Denali National Park only to find comfort in a climate-controlled school bus. This riveting tale was told live at our December 2014 show, "Frozen." /episode/index/show/spokespeople/id/3671222

076 - Tinkle, Tinkle Little Star 04/21/2015

076 - Tinkle, Tinkle Little Star Sleepovers are for fighting and laughing and carefully managing intake of fluids. This story of one moist night in Massachusetts was told live at our December 2014 show, "Frozen." /episode/index/show/spokespeople/id/3671221

075 - A Christmas Stalking 04/02/2015

075 - A Christmas Stalking It was the best of parking spaces, it was the worst of parking spaces. To obtain quick BART access, this storyteller got both a citation from the City of Oakland and an address for her holiday card list. Wisdom or foolishness? /episode/index/show/spokespeople/id/3671220

074 - The Farting Poopinator 03/17/2015

074 - The Farting Poopinator Kid logic meets the mother of necessity. One budding inventor builds a machine to channel his own hot air, while he sleeps, into a means to blow away his elementary school enemies. /episode/index/show/spokespeople/id/3671211

073 - Cupid, Refresh Your Browser 02/11/2015

073 - Cupid, Refresh Your Browser Having instant access to the full biography of every prospective object of your affection: blessing or curse? Today's storyteller remembers her days wielding the double-edged sword of the internet search engine through the battlefield of love in this story. /episode/index/show/spokespeople/id/3671208

072 - Stars In Her Eyes 01/21/2015

072 - Stars In Her Eyes An evening watching the L Word turns into a night of celebrity courtship in the former hottest corner of Manhattan. This story was told live at our March 2014 show, "Starstruck." /episode/index/show/spokespeople/id/3671204

071 - A Little Ribbing Never Hurt Anyone 01/08/2015

071 - A Little Ribbing Never Hurt Anyone One man's pain is another man's delicious, cheap lunch. Today's storyteller reflects on his glory days on Montréal's competitive eating circuit in this story told live at our April 2014 show, "Eat Me." /episode/index/show/spokespeople/id/3671201

070 - Herring today, Gone Tomorrow 12/24/2014

070 - Herring today, Gone Tomorrow A hearty breakfast or broken by the fast? Today's storyteller appreciates the elements of a good meal after his day of atonement in the land of culinary underachievement. This story comes from our April 2014 show, "Eat Me." /episode/index/show/spokespeople/id/3671198

069 - Under The Stars 12/03/2014

069 - Under The Stars One starry night in the french countryside, one world traveler finds love where she most wanted it, but least expected it. Enjoy this story of her ethereal love affair that was told live at our March 2014 show, Starstruck. /episode/index/show/spokespeople/id/3671196

068 - Scandalous Sex Ed 10/29/2014

068 - Scandalous Sex Ed One girl's brush with stardom is another's volunteer sex ed class. This storyteller reflects on her 5th-grade role model, who discussed tampons and the menstrual cycle without making her students "scandalized." /episode/index/show/spokespeople/id/3671195

067 - Take The Fright Elevator 10/14/2014

067 - Take The Fright Elevator You scream, I scream, this storyteller screams for some help! She was just floored to discover part of a Halloween haunted house that left her and her band of third graders in the in-between of an elevator shaft. /episode/index/show/spokespeople/id/3671193

066 - On The Edge 09/30/2014

066 - On The Edge A brash young climber meets his match up Shakespeare Glacier. Today's story revisits a key moment of reflection - and its consequences - in this tale from our January 2014 show, "Scars." /episode/index/show/spokespeople/id/3671189

065 - Three Lesbians And A U-Haul 09/09/2014

065 - Three Lesbians And A U-Haul Moving to Brooklyn is harder than it seems. In Yonkers, three lesbians trek from U-Haul to U-Haul in search of a truck and a joke. /episode/index/show/spokespeople/id/3671187

064 - Ax And Ye Shall Receive 07/08/2014

064 - Ax And Ye Shall Receive Pantsless, in a Ninja Turtles t-shirt, our storyteller frolicked freely in the verdant hills of suburban Maryland until an ill-timed encounter with an ax. /episode/index/show/spokespeople/id/3671184

063 - Going With The Flow 06/17/2014

063 - Going With The Flow Warning: this story contains explicit content. A couple of divas bond over an evening of unexpected events. The story of this intimate night on the town was told live at our February 2014 show, “Exes and Ohhhhs.” /episode/index/show/spokespeople/id/3671181

062 - A Bird In The Hand Is Worth Two In Jail 06/04/2014

062 - A Bird In The Hand Is Worth Two In Jail A boat trip up the Connecticut River leaves today's storyteller in violation of an international treaty. Find out how in this eggcellent story from our December 2013 show, "What Could Go Wrong?" /episode/index/show/spokespeople/id/3671180

061 - Nature's Child 05/20/2014

061 - Nature's Child Some people are born to hike in in the great wilderness of New Hampshire. Others are born to drink magic juice next to the campfire. Our storyteller figures out what kind of hiker she is in this story from our January 2014 show, "Scars." /episode/index/show/spokespeople/id/3671177

060 - Don't Judge A Gift By Its Wrapping 04/22/2014

060 - Don't Judge A Gift By Its Wrapping Middle school love. Need we say more? Our story’s hero plans a romantic beachside brunch to avoid conversation only to find his lips otherwise sealed. This story of a kiss inspired by the funny pages comes from our February 2014 show, "Exes and Ohhhhs." /episode/index/show/spokespeople/id/3671169

059 - A Fine Bromance 04/14/2014

059 - A Fine Bromance Flirting via text with objects of his affection, dancing the nights away in a pink shirt, writing gendered critiques of the welfare state, this storyteller made the most of his year abroad in England ... or did he? /episode/index/show/spokespeople/id/3671167

058 - Cherry Garcia vs Wavy Gravy 04/01/2014

058 - Cherry Garcia vs Wavy Gravy A Berkeley girl goes to Camp Winnarainbow to develop her appreciation for sleepovers and circus arts only to find herself at odds with her gloomy camp counselor. Even an appreciation for Cherry Garcia ice cream gets her nowhere. /episode/index/show/spokespeople/id/3671164

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