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Stuff: Issue 7 – Mar 27, 2015
Highlights: A dictionary for the feels! How memorizing a TED talk does to your brain! What we can learn from looking at the first and final frames of movies! Plus: Ann Patchett roars away in a getaway car! Leslie Jameson looks at the new trend toward restraint (what?!) in memoir. And more… Go to the online…
Stuff: Issue 6 – Mar 14, 2015
Highlights: Lori Baird won’t be seeing you in Hell! Get 15 tools for writers! And a practical guide to the Hero’s Journey! Plus: Lives are saved! Disasters are averted! Money is held onto! Life is good! Go to the online edition
Mix Episode 2: Lori Baird
Modern Stories Mix returns with Moth GrandSlam winner and host of Talk Therapy Stories, Lori Baird, with her rapturous story of a summer spent in Hell, “Front Yard Jesus”.
Stuff: Issue 5 – Mar 6, 2015
Highlights: Two great classes! Why Harold Ramis was a fearless genius! How StoryCorps founder David Isay learned to listen! Michelle Walson tries to keep her chin up! DEVO’s Mark Mothersbaugh on learning to see! And more! Go to the online edition
Disaster Areas
Here’s some combination standup and storytelling I did at a show recently. It stars the IRS, a parrot and Hurricane Sandy. Recorded live on February 12, 2015 at Talk Therapy Stories at Q.E.D. in Astoria, Queens, hosted by Lori Baird. There’s some bonus material at the end, in which Lori…
Stuff: Issue 4 – Feb 28, 2015
Highlights: Graphic novelist Dean Trippe copes with trauma with some help from Batman; Ruth Carmel on the perils of writing about those you love; What Joseph Conrad can teach us about the power of omission in storytelling; Kevin Allison goes TOTALLY NO FILTER (for once!) with Marc Maron. Go to the online…