Tell Me More... Live Storytelling returns to the stage totally revived! Part 3: Jessa Gaul is back!

Tell Me More... Live Storytelling returns to the stage totally revived! Part 2: A very personal story about coming back to yourself.

Tell Me More... Live Storytelling returns to the stage totally revived! Part 1: Brendan Kennedy and Ed Phillips.

When thinking about "greed" Taylor Kinter's mind drifted "control" and how we want so much of it.

Ryan McIntyre tells us about his favorite author, his mom, hospitals, trauma, & endurance. 

Jessa Elizabeth, right, has a message.

Harvest Bellante shares her years as a camp counselor and glutton for punishment.

Justin Kosch got to 346 and decided to do something about it. It's not that easy

Being a comedian was harder than he thought, but Kevin Berard, left, still had the bar/arcade.

Jack Saladino entered a hot dog eating contest while drinking. He got in!

Body shame, religion, and cosmic practical jokes.

Simon will tell ya: One bad go, and it may be a while before you try again.

Jessa shares three lessons she’s learned about lust.

Rick Krupnick remembers being a 19 year old applying for a job in Paris.

Sheila Arnold went somewhere she had always wanted to go.

Ray Smith shares his experience with the death of a strong-willed patient.

Madelaine Shouse tells us about her American Idol, which took about 13 hours.

Travis Carl took the theme, Sloth, and … watched a movie.

Carey Malec shares a story of his brother and tells us about SLOTH.

Selene Garza shares some insight from her father.

Grandma deserved more than an impersonal makeup job from a stranger.

Katie Ruckel didn't hear any clip-clops in the future for her, so...

Ana Maria Velazquez-Figueroa shares her story based on the theme Lust

Vanessa Fleming makes it around the world to learn this one thing (or two). 

What's in a name? Taylor wanted something better.

Mind you, she was eight years old.

Ray Smith’s patient picked him for a reason. 

Katie Ruckel's sister didn't seem to know her as well as she maybe should have. 

For an alcoholic's family, offering kindness be met with unfortunate evil.

Koggie Bilisoly's parents took her entire American family to the South of France.

Sheila Gray shared how her whole focus shifted at the laundromat.

Anthony Burcher knows if his wife says they need trellises, they need trellises.

Life is a gift. But it isn't always wrapped in a pretty red bow.

Pam Francis kind of got raked over the coals.

Rakim Harris wanted him to be his father

Some teaching jobs take more than a good lesson plan.

Our show host had a real crush on this girl, whom we'll only call "Potatoes O'Branagan."

On a trip through Thailand, Jessa Gaul decided to get a deep massage.

And Caswell Richardson became kind of weird like him too. Hopefully, not as much.

Lucy Willams Hall shares a story about a teacher with good ice cream and advice.

Teachers would call him smart, but he has no common sense.

Woodstock '94 included a lot of failures. She had her share too.

Your choices set more than just your future path.

He watched the Indiana Jones movies and read the comic books. 

Jordan Sutherland McGhee

Robin Lang was about to be the seventh woman to swim the Kalohi Channel.

Some people will do anything for a slice.

Sometimes patience runs out of you.

She met a guy. He seemed sort of ok, at first. 

Ed Phillips tells us about his Dad, who is really a dad's dad.

They were just some college kids desperate for beer. They found it and a lot more. 

Meghan's mom wanted to know what boot camp was like. She found it hard to explain.

Matt Holman tells a story from his Dungeons & Dragons days. DnD is a role-playing game of alternative personas, battles and death. 

"Do you hear that? That's our girl."

He had a "Swingers" moment and headed to Vegas, where this kind of thing isn't unheard of but is still kind of as sad - in a good way.

Andy Livengood came all the way for Charleston, SC, to share a story of "sexting" and love.

Sandy Carden shares a moment with a really cute baseball player.

Elis Pretlow shares why one person didn't join her sorority.

Benjamin McCormick's sense of smell just isn't.

An old van makes Jordan Burton realize he and his mom aren't that different.

I’m very much a case by case basis evaluator with babies and pets and all of the above.

A bike, WD-40 and Simon Heseltine's spend-thrifty stubborn determination.

This isn’t Cheryl White's sad story of young love lost. It’s the story of love in a moment.

Brendan Kennedy may have better instincts than intuition.

Patrick C. Taylor’s problems are a molehill

Molly Graham tells a story about a date that happened during the "golden years" of her life.

Jeffrey Sargent’s meditation on his life here in Norfolk, helping the homeless and self-judgement.

Harvest Bellante went Greyhound and on an adventure

James Roach and his love of Star Wars, despite The Phantom Menace.

Sheila Arnold joined us on Father's Day last year with a fitting story.

Rakim Harris on growing past expectations to find yourself.

My mom called me with that tone of voice you never want to hear

Randy Rose shares his really rare vasectomy experience.

Rick Krupnick returns to share a story about Morocco, speaking French and surrender.

Caswell Richardson returns to share a story of love lost.

Dick Satori shares his story of addiction and recovery.

Carrie Phibbs Crisman shares why she hates that smell.

Lisa Suhay shares a revealing story.

Mindy Ess shares how she just wanted a sign, like a wink from God.

He skipped lunch and ate licorice all day. It wasn't the best idea he ever had.

We didn’t need anything but time with each other.

Her healing began and so did her mother's

Pam Good learned how to move into a better space

Rick Krupnick asks... "When did you give up on your dreams?"

Hateful as it was, Melissa Baumann wasn't a favorite. She grew into her own anyway.

She took care of a man who probably didn't deserve her help. But she came through the darkness to something special.

A small act of forgiveness can have unexpected consequences.

Kelly Kennedy moved back from DC, adopted a puppy and learned something about her Roomba's spot-cleaning function.

Brendan Kennedy takes on his friend's bachelor party in New Orleans.

Deb Markham remembers being two years older than her friend who came up with all the good ideas.

Rick Krupnick found friendship and love in France. One followed the other. Both were the same beautiful French girl.

Angel Sanchez doesn't have a car. He works late nights as a cook.

Horseback rides are usually a relaxing experience.

Rafael Henriquez shares his story of serving in Iraq.

She wasn't planning on it, but it happened.

From the outside, Scot Rose had a good year.

Ryan Quinn McIntire sheds light on Superman's lack of fear.

Harvest Bellante talks about how she did it and what happened.

A day in the life of a man serving the holistic and health-conscious with a smile in the organic aisle.

He had a lot to learn when he was going through his divorce, and a guy stepped out of a Porta-Potty to teach him.

He was a little reluctant to join a group of people he didn't know.

Scatological stories could make some blush. Not this guy.

Spy-worthy moves or not, she had to delete that misdirected text.

Having her named called a certain way takes Sheila Arnold Jones back to Africa, where she received a great gift.

Crashing a bike could ruin a trip, but Renee encountered some unexpected kindness

After losing her wallet Lauren Hurston, luckily, received some obligatory kindness in Austrailia.

Kate Baldwin receives a gift (or message?) from a stranger.

Anthony Nobles started making money out of kindness, but the experiment had a narcissistic twist.

Patrick C. Taylor took a school trip to Paris. It didn't turn out as he hoped.

Melissa Baumann told her husband she didn't love him. She didn't mean it.

Harvest Bellante gave psychic a chance and what happened next no one predicted.

An uphill drive in Ireland on his honeymoon filled our host Brendan Kennedy with a little dread.

Tommy Neeson lost his daughter. He knew you were sorry. He had something better to say.

Kira Young told a story in the form of a letter to her mother.

Valeria Palmertree lost her mother and shortly thereafter her father. Her loss led her to tell this story.

Three years out of the five James Kihn was in prison. That is how long it took him to change.

Sarah Hill shares how a candle became a running joke between her and her best friend.

During the nine months of her first pregnancy, Hannah Slusher found a love stronger than her selfishness.

Travis Carl did not arrive. That's ok. We still let him tell his story.

Tyler Jones took a road trip, and he ended up in Mapleton, a place he does not suggest you go.

After trying so hard to accept their differences, he got ghosted and by a satanist. That's not cool when you are inclusive and tolerant, now, is it?

Susan Sussman left for Israel in 1974 with just a suitcase and book bag. She didn't return until 1979 with four suitcases, a crate and a kid.

Liz Barlow shares how she realized over dinner that her flirting and dating habits may not be on the up and up.

Scot Rose returns to tell a story about being cheated and how his passive-aggressive traits may have held him back and got him through.

Infidelity isn't a word that comes into a teenager's mind often. Vanessa Gibson shares a story about being "cheated" by a cheating parent.

At 16, Renee went to her first concert, but the challenge of getting in included facing the cops and her brother.

Ernie Smith shared a story about father and son expectations and how those exceptions cheated him of time with his dad.

Harvest Bellante freed herself from bad dates and debt with a cross-country trip.

Usually, people struggle to be free, some of us fall into freedom. Amber Nettles did. She and Brendan Kennedy are featured in Tell Me More... Live Storytelling's 100th episode.

Sheila Janes shares what she learned while preparing to knock an item off her bucket list, a long Appalachian Trail hike.

Jake Hull started out a latin major. Luck turned him to music. A big hit made his classical debut as a classical guitarist even more interesting.

JT Williams doesn't exactly have the vegan-thing down perfectly. He still tries for reasons close to his heart.

A rock star may appear in some girls' dreams. Nikki Starr got to indulge in that dream.

Bartenders deserve more respect. Brendan Kennedy learns this on his first night as one.

Andy Livengood helped a drunk girl and realized a dream.

Kris Roley grew up a little the day he came face to face with a rat with wings.

A form of perinatal panic disorder led her to a very difficult decision.

A job interview and wine don't pair very well - especially when the interviewer isn't impressed by your knowledge or palette.

Tina Finnerty has four rules for dating that she has passed down to her kids and now to the rest of us.

Erin Lindstrom tells us what it's like to find someone worth marrying and also worth leaving.

Jessa shares a story that includes a surprise "package" that she will never forget.

Angel Sanchez is no dummy despite failing the eighth grade. It's possible that if you had the year he did, you wouldn't have fared better.

Scot Rose experiences a temporary lack of spatial and self-awareness.

Brendan Kennedy shares an experience that led him to the doctor's office.

Ryan McIntire shares how he has survived a multitude of mishaps.

Alina Sahakian believes she is a bigger klutz than you, and she tells her story to prove it.

After several bad breaks, Patrick C. Taylor is convinced he should never play sports.

April Shannon Threet had quite a Thanksgiving. One she's not likely to ever forget.

Bryan Lewis faced mortality while delivering pizza as a side job. He still made out better than the other guy.

She didn't mean to be, but Harvest Bellante ended up being cold-hearted about love.

Once upon a time, Amanda Page Stevens's father bought her a coat, and it lived with her through the punk scene of the '90s.

Jen Singer shares how persistence and bloody Pumas can win you a hotel room.

Audrey Henson finds a way to send an annoying roommate to a place far, far away.

The show's first ever open mic featured Deb Markham, Brian Garraty and David Mu as storytellers.

Daniel Neale shares his journey from performing on a cruise ship to busking on the streets.

Anna Sosa shares how she got back behind the wheel.

JT Williams shares how his hate for tomatoes grew to an abhorrence.

When her mother was diagnosis, Kimberly Munn came to an understanding of herself and mother.

Lauren Hurston shares a story of self harm and discovery. *Trigger warning*

Kerry Kruk shares a story about the things you learn about family through the years.

Rashod Ollison, The Virginian-Pilot's music critic and "Soul Serenade" author, joined us to share his story about "hope."

Comedian CB Wilkins hosted the show in October. This is the strange little story he told while opening the show.

Dustin Noack and his alter ego go id to ego over a girlfriend, not girlfriend.

John Sharp wanted to dress up as the most evil thing he could think of, but he didn't get the reaction he thought he would.

Shawn Drew took on a role during the 48 Hour Film Festival that didn't feel that comfortable, but she made the best of it and learned something.

Chris Pickett shares his why he rode in the very back of his friend's car.

This episode was recorded over the summer at the Warped Tour, where Evan Hartley found plenty of people with favorite tattoos.

JT Williams joined us in September to tells a story of bricks, bats and brotherly love.

Chris Fellini shares a story about the people he me, the things he did and the way he made it across the country on the road.

Chris Chandler shares a story about the man who connected him to the Eastern Shore blues scene.

Meredith Keating was the only one who knew her sister's passwords. It gave her a chance to leave her sister a serious note.

Despite her best tries, Nicki Fox Toy has one true friend, who, over the years, has become family.

Sure, it sounds insensitive, but it's the moments leading up to her nervous laugher that proves otherwise.

Our intern hits the street to collect short stories from strangers for Long Story Short.

Brendan compares what it's like to schedule "Netflix and chill" time with his wife now to what it was like when they were dating.

Melissa Baumann's uber thrifty mom had a special way of getting her hands on snack cakes.

Jason Kypros shares a minor gross miracle that occurred during one of his first jobs.

Kevin Smith shares a story about how he switched careers - from comedian to sailor.

Evan Grummell shares a story about the struggles an benefits of advocating for children.

Skye Zentz shares about her childhood and the quiet anticipation of her parent's divorce.

Our intern hits the street to collect short stories from strangers for Long Story Short.

Jeff Sargent shares how he found personal freedom from his addiction.

Thomas Wilkinson dark path to freedom.

Nancy Dickerson told us a story. You won't hear it here, and we'll tell you why.

Melissa Kennedy shares, basically, ten ways not to bury your cat.

Kyle Reed realizes you need to leave it all behind in order appreciate all you have.

Shannon Bowman shares how sleepwalking has affected her life.

Sometimes Brendan likes to tell a story of his own at the beginning of the show.

Alicia Luma explains how she's not as extroverted as some may think.

Matt Moreau shares how being a good guy can be a bit tricky.

Bryan Lewis shares how a scene written by Kevin Smith, director of "Clerks" and "Mallrats," led him to love and loss.

Paul Costen tells how he discovered the heart doesn't need any evidence.

April Shannon Threet tells a story of surviving the lows and finding her happier place.

Caswell Richardson on being a troublemaker who grew into a defender of troublemakers.

Cheryl White, director of the Glass Wheel Studio in Norfolk, shares a story about Venice, art and finding her way.

Robert Morast shares his thoughts on being the "baddest" "Star Wars" nerd at Star Wars Celebration.

A chaplain told Rob Williams to seek that which brings him hope. Then, he found The Push.

Timmy Siverd's job evaluation included anonymous reviews from his college students employees.

Kyle Reed tells us how a common crafting material helped him see the light to a new life.

Brad McMurran wanted to get drunk and, maybe, screw. What he got was just what he needed.