Real people telling their sometimes funny, sometimes sad, but always real stories from the Push Comedy Theater stage.
Revived – Part 3 – If Kenny is Doing It
Tell Me More... Live Storytelling returns to the stage totally revived! Part 3: Jessa Gaul is back!
10/15/2021 • 0
Revived – Part 2 – I Was a Butterfly
Tell Me More... Live Storytelling returns to the stage totally revived! Part 2: A very personal story about coming back to yourself.
10/13/2021 • 16 minutes, 1 second
Revived – Part 1 – I’m a Comedian
Tell Me More... Live Storytelling returns to the stage totally revived! Part 1: Brendan Kennedy and Ed Phillips.
10/11/2021 • 18 minutes, 19 seconds
Greedy for a Little Control
When thinking about "greed" Taylor Kinter's mind drifted "control" and how we want so much of it.
9/21/2020 • 9 minutes, 22 seconds
Star rating on the idea of endurance
Ryan McIntyre tells us about his favorite author, his mom, hospitals, trauma, & endurance.
5/8/2020 • 20 minutes, 16 seconds
A friend in the passenger’s seat is too drunk to drive
Jessa Elizabeth, right, has a message.
12/4/2019 • 22 minutes, 10 seconds
To be a camp counselor
Harvest Bellante shares her years as a camp counselor and glutton for punishment.
11/29/2019 • 18 minutes, 50 seconds
I was always the fat kid
Justin Kosch got to 346 and decided to do something about it. It's not that easy
11/27/2019 • 13 minutes, 28 seconds
See that high score up there?
Being a comedian was harder than he thought, but Kevin Berard, left, still had the bar/arcade.
11/20/2019 • 11 minutes, 47 seconds
Just be the dog; see the dog
Jack Saladino entered a hot dog eating contest while drinking. He got in!
11/15/2019 • 15 minutes, 46 seconds
That’s how I met Jesus
Body shame, religion, and cosmic practical jokes.
11/13/2019 • 13 minutes, 28 seconds
Pub closed. Time to go home.
Simon will tell ya: One bad go, and it may be a while before you try again.
11/9/2019 • 17 minutes, 12 seconds
Lust isn’t that great of a sin
Jessa shares three lessons she’s learned about lust.
11/6/2019 • 18 minutes, 28 seconds
Figuring out what to do with you
Rick Krupnick remembers being a 19 year old applying for a job in Paris.
10/31/2019 • 23 minutes, 23 seconds
And the bubbles…
Sheila Arnold went somewhere she had always wanted to go.
10/23/2019 • 15 minutes, 28 seconds
Can you tell me when my mother died?
Ray Smith shares his experience with the death of a strong-willed patient.
10/16/2019 • 11 minutes, 26 seconds
An American Idol audition with my crush
Madelaine Shouse tells us about her American Idol, which took about 13 hours.
9/25/2019 • 17 minutes, 6 seconds
The end of Jason Takes Manhattan explained
Travis Carl took the theme, Sloth, and … watched a movie.
9/23/2019 • 16 minutes, 33 seconds
I’m tired. I love you brother.
Carey Malec shares a story of his brother and tells us about SLOTH.
9/19/2019 • 12 minutes, 28 seconds
I’m not a Mexican’t. I’m a Mexican.
Selene Garza shares some insight from her father.
6/13/2019 • 12 minutes, 51 seconds
And that’ll be $350 for hair and makeup
Grandma deserved more than an impersonal makeup job from a stranger.
6/3/2019 • 12 minutes, 7 seconds
I got him a different way
Katie Ruckel didn't hear any clip-clops in the future for her, so...
5/30/2019 • 15 minutes, 38 seconds
I just loved everything about him
Ana Maria Velazquez-Figueroa shares her story based on the theme Lust
5/28/2019 • 9 minutes, 43 seconds
Welcome back to America!
Vanessa Fleming makes it around the world to learn this one thing (or two).
5/9/2019 • 15 minutes, 8 seconds
Hello, my name is…
What's in a name? Taylor wanted something better.
5/6/2019 • 16 minutes, 8 seconds
You don’t have it as a child
Mind you, she was eight years old.
4/25/2019 • 7 minutes, 36 seconds
I’m having trouble with my eyesight
Ray Smith’s patient picked him for a reason.
4/22/2019 • 15 minutes, 17 seconds
What was your sister thinking?
Katie Ruckel's sister didn't seem to know her as well as she maybe should have.
4/18/2019 • 12 minutes, 24 seconds
The alcoholic did what alcoholics do
For an alcoholic's family, offering kindness be met with unfortunate evil.
4/15/2019 • 9 minutes, 1 second
Oh, thank God! An American.
Koggie Bilisoly's parents took her entire American family to the South of France.
4/8/2019 • 8 minutes, 6 seconds
She knew she was her dad’s favorite
Sheila Gray shared how her whole focus shifted at the laundromat.
4/4/2019 • 8 minutes, 14 seconds
One day my wife says: we need trellises
Anthony Burcher knows if his wife says they need trellises, they need trellises.
4/1/2019 • 11 minutes, 9 seconds
Red bows and sandpaper
Life is a gift. But it isn't always wrapped in a pretty red bow.
3/28/2019 • 15 minutes, 56 seconds
That’s when I heard this voice
Pam Francis kind of got raked over the coals.
3/25/2019 • 20 minutes, 50 seconds
He wanted to be my dad
Rakim Harris wanted him to be his father
3/21/2019 • 12 minutes, 40 seconds
You’re going to walk the kids to the bathroom
Some teaching jobs take more than a good lesson plan.
3/18/2019 • 18 minutes
Potatoes O’Brannigan
Our show host had a real crush on this girl, whom we'll only call "Potatoes O'Branagan."
3/14/2019 • 5 minutes, 55 seconds
Bitch, I paid you $7
On a trip through Thailand, Jessa Gaul decided to get a deep massage.
3/11/2019 • 17 minutes, 11 seconds
Kind of like that Cats and the Cradle song
And Caswell Richardson became kind of weird like him too. Hopefully, not as much.
3/7/2019 • 16 minutes, 30 seconds
Being open to a non-linear path
Lucy Willams Hall shares a story about a teacher with good ice cream and advice.
3/4/2019 • 10 minutes, 14 seconds
My intuition: I totally, completely didn’t pay attention
Teachers would call him smart, but he has no common sense.
2/28/2019 • 13 minutes, 30 seconds
Alas, my seduction plan failed miserably
Woodstock '94 included a lot of failures. She had her share too.
2/25/2019 • 19 minutes, 36 seconds
Two escapes, one destiny
Your choices set more than just your future path.
2/21/2019 • 20 minutes, 27 seconds
The guy I wanted to be was Indiana Jones
He watched the Indiana Jones movies and read the comic books.
2/18/2019 • 16 minutes, 2 seconds
It’s a golden girl rule
Jordan Sutherland McGhee
2/14/2019 • 9 minutes, 21 seconds
Rainbow Runner
Robin Lang was about to be the seventh woman to swim the Kalohi Channel.
2/11/2019 • 15 minutes, 28 seconds
Please, please, don’t eat the pie
Some people will do anything for a slice.
2/7/2019 • 11 minutes, 26 seconds
I don’t need any help! He needs the help!
Sometimes patience runs out of you.
2/4/2019 • 14 minutes
Now I pay more attention to when my bills come in
She met a guy. He seemed sort of ok, at first.
1/31/2019 • 14 minutes, 31 seconds
This lady has no idea how hard she’s about to laugh
Ed Phillips tells us about his Dad, who is really a dad's dad.
1/28/2019 • 15 minutes, 20 seconds
And that’s how I got mugged for pizza
They were just some college kids desperate for beer. They found it and a lot more.
1/24/2019 • 19 minutes, 3 seconds
The 1st moment in my life I was speechless
Meghan's mom wanted to know what boot camp was like. She found it hard to explain.
1/21/2019 • 0
I just killed a 50-foot spider
Matt Holman tells a story from his Dungeons & Dragons days. DnD is a role-playing game of alternative personas, battles and death.
1/17/2019 • 14 minutes, 2 seconds
My wife just had our first baby… yeah!
"Do you hear that? That's our girl."
1/14/2019 • 15 minutes, 21 seconds
You should get a call 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.
1/10/2019 • 14 minutes, 48 seconds
The first artesian d- pic
Andy Livengood came all the way for Charleston, SC, to share a story of "sexting" and love.
1/7/2019 • 9 minutes, 40 seconds
My skirt is tucked… where?
Sandy Carden shares a moment with a really cute baseball player.
1/3/2019 • 10 minutes, 13 seconds
Holy Crap! You’re the gnat!
Elis Pretlow shares why one person didn't join her sorority.
8/14/2018 • 12 minutes, 33 seconds
I was born without the sense of smell
Benjamin McCormick's sense of smell just isn't.
7/14/2018 • 15 minutes, 25 seconds
This gold van now belongs to me
An old van makes Jordan Burton realize he and his mom aren't that different.
7/6/2018 • 14 minutes, 3 seconds
There’s something about this dog I like
I’m very much a case by case basis evaluator with babies and pets and all of the above.
7/4/2018 • 19 minutes, 34 seconds
We’re all stubborn buggers
A bike, WD-40 and Simon Heseltine's spend-thrifty stubborn determination.
6/29/2018 • 12 minutes, 56 seconds
A hurricane of romance in a moment
This isn’t Cheryl White's sad story of young love lost. It’s the story of love in a moment.
6/27/2018 • 12 minutes, 27 seconds
Intuition is a thing I don’t always get
Brendan Kennedy may have better instincts than intuition.
6/22/2018 • 11 minutes, 4 seconds
Arguments are, apparently, a sport
Patrick C. Taylor’s problems are a molehill
6/20/2018 • 14 minutes, 49 seconds
Oh… This is a date that I am now present for
Molly Graham tells a story about a date that happened during the "golden years" of her life.
6/15/2018 • 11 minutes, 56 seconds
About 30 minutes in I get this vision
Jeffrey Sargent’s meditation on his life here in Norfolk, helping the homeless and self-judgement.
6/13/2018 • 0
Afraid of flying? Go Greyhound for 2,700 miles
Harvest Bellante went Greyhound and on an adventure
6/8/2018 • 18 minutes, 54 seconds
Lies you tell yourself about The Phantom Menace
James Roach and his love of Star Wars, despite The Phantom Menace.
6/5/2018 • 15 minutes
A daddy’s girl – no ifs, ands, or buts
Sheila Arnold joined us on Father's Day last year with a fitting story.
6/1/2018 • 0
Competing with expectations
Rakim Harris on growing past expectations to find yourself.
5/29/2018 • 13 minutes, 39 seconds
I’m worried I’ll never watch The Lion King again
My mom called me with that tone of voice you never want to hear
5/25/2018 • 8 minutes, 30 seconds
It felt like I got hit in the balls with a sledgehammer
Randy Rose shares his really rare vasectomy experience.
5/22/2018 • 0
I came back and I would dream in French
Rick Krupnick returns to share a story about Morocco, speaking French and surrender.
5/9/2018 • 0
Maybe I do wanna be with her forever
Caswell Richardson returns to share a story of love lost.
5/4/2018 • 0
No way to go through that hell again
Dick Satori shares his story of addiction and recovery.
5/2/2018 • 0
Ah! The smell of burning plastic
Carrie Phibbs Crisman shares why she hates that smell.
4/13/2018 • 16 minutes, 42 seconds
My hijab: a cloak of invisibility
Lisa Suhay shares a revealing story.
4/12/2018 • 12 minutes, 46 seconds
Eye just need a sign
Mindy Ess shares how she just wanted a sign, like a wink from God.
3/17/2018 • 0
Is it ironic King Tut was buried in licorice?
He skipped lunch and ate licorice all day. It wasn't the best idea he ever had.
3/7/2018 • 0
He was happy tucking the kids in at night
We didn’t need anything but time with each other.
2/21/2018 • 0
Being a replacement child
Her healing began and so did her mother's
2/15/2018 • 0
PTSD: It’s the body that holds the memories
Pam Good learned how to move into a better space
2/12/2018 • 0
This isn’t a story about how my dad ruined my dreams
Rick Krupnick asks... "When did you give up on your dreams?"
2/7/2018 • 0
Spectacularly hateful
Hateful as it was, Melissa Baumann wasn't a favorite. She grew into her own anyway.
1/26/2018 • 13 minutes, 29 seconds
Darkness can hold a blessing
She took care of a man who probably didn't deserve her help. But she came through the darkness to something special.
1/22/2018 • 26 minutes, 54 seconds
Unexpected forgiveness
A small act of forgiveness can have unexpected consequences.
12/23/2017 • 19 minutes, 55 seconds
Dad, the Roomba and puppy poop
Kelly Kennedy moved back from DC, adopted a puppy and learned something about her Roomba's spot-cleaning function.
12/19/2017 • 0
A bachelor party weekend in New Orleans
Brendan Kennedy takes on his friend's bachelor party in New Orleans.
12/15/2017 • 5 minutes, 22 seconds
A little to the left…
Deb Markham remembers being two years older than her friend who came up with all the good ideas.
12/13/2017 • 0
Luck, love and a French girl
Rick Krupnick found friendship and love in France. One followed the other. Both were the same beautiful French girl.
12/8/2017 • 0
A suspicious cop and a large black man
Angel Sanchez doesn't have a car. He works late nights as a cook.
12/4/2017 • 0
Horseback rides, coyotes and gunshots
Horseback rides are usually a relaxing experience.
11/29/2017 • 0
The high cost of luck
Rafael Henriquez shares his story of serving in Iraq.
9/5/2017 • 27 minutes, 21 seconds
How a kid ruins the freaking party
She wasn't planning on it, but it happened.
7/19/2017 • 20 minutes, 21 seconds
A good year with some really bad sh*t
From the outside, Scot Rose had a good year.
7/12/2017 • 20 minutes, 54 seconds
Superman is overrated
Ryan Quinn McIntire sheds light on Superman's lack of fear.
6/21/2017 • 18 minutes, 16 seconds
Get thin and win… or not
Harvest Bellante talks about how she did it and what happened.
6/18/2017 • 0
Working the organic aisles during the holidays
A day in the life of a man serving the holistic and health-conscious with a smile in the organic aisle.
5/24/2017 • 5 minutes, 52 seconds
‘Winning’ at divorce
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.
5/17/2017 • 17 minutes, 20 seconds
No! Not band camp!
He was a little reluctant to join a group of people he didn't know.
5/10/2017 • 12 minutes, 3 seconds
Tragedy in his pants (Explicit)
Scatological stories could make some blush. Not this guy.
5/3/2017 • 13 minutes, 22 seconds
The spy who texted her
Spy-worthy moves or not, she had to delete that misdirected text.
4/27/2017 • 13 minutes, 59 seconds
The gift of name-calling
Having her named called a certain way takes Sheila Arnold Jones back to Africa, where she received a great gift.
3/29/2017 • 14 minutes, 35 seconds
Crashing unexpectedly
Crashing a bike could ruin a trip, but Renee encountered some unexpected kindness
3/22/2017 • 11 minutes, 20 seconds
The currency of reluctant kindness
After losing her wallet Lauren Hurston, luckily, received some obligatory kindness in Austrailia.
3/15/2017 • 15 minutes, 18 seconds
Gift of music from a stranger
Kate Baldwin receives a gift (or message?) from a stranger.
3/8/2017 • 17 minutes, 11 seconds
Fake money, counterfeit kindness
Anthony Nobles started making money out of kindness, but the experiment had a narcissistic twist.
3/1/2017 • 12 minutes, 35 seconds
Ditched at the Eiffel Tower
Patrick C. Taylor took a school trip to Paris. It didn't turn out as he hoped.
2/22/2017 • 14 minutes, 38 seconds
He came home the only way he could
Melissa Baumann told her husband she didn't love him. She didn't mean it.
2/15/2017 • 17 minutes, 21 seconds
A psychic and my money
Harvest Bellante gave psychic a chance and what happened next no one predicted.
2/8/2017 • 17 minutes, 22 seconds
White-knuckling a winding road
An uphill drive in Ireland on his honeymoon filled our host Brendan Kennedy with a little dread.
2/1/2017 • 7 minutes, 43 seconds
Let me tell you about my daughter
Tommy Neeson lost his daughter. He knew you were sorry. He had something better to say.
1/18/2017 • 9 minutes, 30 seconds
A letter for my mother
Kira Young told a story in the form of a letter to her mother.
1/14/2017 • 3 minutes, 28 seconds
Through sadness, we sang; we sang a lot
Valeria Palmertree lost her mother and shortly thereafter her father. Her loss led her to tell this story.
1/4/2017 • 4 minutes, 54 seconds
Three years to change
Three years out of the five James Kihn was in prison. That is how long it took him to change.
12/8/2016 • 5 minutes, 17 seconds
“Candle” was our shared language
Sarah Hill shares how a candle became a running joke between her and her best friend.
12/6/2016 • 7 minutes, 31 seconds
I had to sacrifice to love him
During the nine months of her first pregnancy, Hannah Slusher found a love stronger than her selfishness.
11/30/2016 • 6 minutes, 27 seconds
The times I did not arrive
Travis Carl did not arrive. That's ok. We still let him tell his story.
11/1/2016 • 13 minutes, 55 seconds
May you never end up in Mapleton
Tyler Jones took a road trip, and he ended up in Mapleton, a place he does not suggest you go.
10/25/2016 • 13 minutes, 28 seconds
How he arrived at the point of being ghosted by a satanist
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?
10/18/2016 • 17 minutes, 16 seconds
How she arrived with four suitcases, a crate and a kid
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.
10/11/2016 • 14 minutes, 47 seconds
How to explain you’re not a cheater
Liz Barlow shares how she realized over dinner that her flirting and dating habits may not be on the up and up.
10/4/2016 • 7 minutes, 11 seconds
Revenge only you know, a play from the book of ‘Melrose Place’
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.
9/27/2016 • 26 minutes, 13 seconds
How to deal with parental infidelity and insanity
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.
9/21/2016 • 13 minutes, 41 seconds
16 and facing the cops and getting into that first concert
At 16, Renee went to her first concert, but the challenge of getting in included facing the cops and her brother.
9/15/2016 • 10 minutes, 45 seconds
If your dad can’t drink, just have a soda with the old man
Ernie Smith shared a story about father and son expectations and how those exceptions cheated him of time with his dad.
9/7/2016 • 16 minutes, 11 seconds
When life is sh*t, maybe, drive away
Harvest Bellante freed herself from bad dates and debt with a cross-country trip.
8/24/2016 • 18 minutes, 20 seconds
Fall into freedom
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.
8/18/2016 • 20 minutes, 30 seconds
Three life lessons from the Appalachian Trail
Sheila Janes shares what she learned while preparing to knock an item off her bucket list, a long Appalachian Trail hike.
8/2/2016 • 9 minutes, 14 seconds
Classical debut on a high note
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.
6/28/2016 • 19 minutes, 10 seconds
Worst vegan ever
JT Williams doesn't exactly have the vegan-thing down perfectly. He still tries for reasons close to his heart.
6/22/2016 • 11 minutes, 11 seconds
Indulgence in a rock star affair
A rock star may appear in some girls' dreams. Nikki Starr got to indulge in that dream.
6/21/2016 • 12 minutes, 54 seconds
Bartenders suck until you are one
Bartenders deserve more respect. Brendan Kennedy learns this on his first night as one.
6/15/2016 • 7 minutes, 56 seconds
How a man becomes Batman
Andy Livengood helped a drunk girl and realized a dream.
6/14/2016 • 14 minutes, 33 seconds
A life lesson from a rat with wings
Kris Roley grew up a little the day he came face to face with a rat with wings.
5/11/2016 • 11 minutes, 47 seconds
Perinatal panic
A form of perinatal panic disorder led her to a very difficult decision.
5/2/2016 • 13 minutes, 24 seconds
How wine can bomb a job interview
A job interview and wine don't pair very well - especially when the interviewer isn't impressed by your knowledge or palette.
4/13/2016 • 9 minutes, 49 seconds
Tina Finnerty’s four rules of dating
Tina Finnerty has four rules for dating that she has passed down to her kids and now to the rest of us.
4/12/2016 • 19 minutes, 21 seconds
Erin Lindstrom’s love story about divorce
Erin Lindstrom tells us what it's like to find someone worth marrying and also worth leaving.
4/6/2016 • 13 minutes, 8 seconds
Jessa Gaul’s awkward ‘sausage’ surprise
Jessa shares a story that includes a surprise "package" that she will never forget.
4/5/2016 • 14 minutes, 38 seconds
Angel Sanchez, an 8th-grade ‘failure’
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.
3/30/2016 • 14 minutes, 7 seconds
Scot Rose walks into a bar, twice
Scot Rose experiences a temporary lack of spatial and self-awareness.
3/29/2016 • 18 minutes, 35 seconds
Brendan Kennedy gets probed
Brendan Kennedy shares an experience that led him to the doctor's office.
3/16/2016 • 5 minutes, 53 seconds
Ryan McIntire: The times that I’ve died
Ryan McIntire shares how he has survived a multitude of mishaps.
3/15/2016 • 16 minutes, 29 seconds
Alina Sahakian: Klutz life
Alina Sahakian believes she is a bigger klutz than you, and she tells her story to prove it.
3/9/2016 • 0
Patrick C. Taylor’s fractured sports fling
After several bad breaks, Patrick C. Taylor is convinced he should never play sports.
3/8/2016 • 14 minutes, 39 seconds
April Shannon Threet’s Thanksgiving hit
April Shannon Threet had quite a Thanksgiving. One she's not likely to ever forget.
3/2/2016 • 0
Bryan Lewis takes a shot in the dark
Bryan Lewis faced mortality while delivering pizza as a side job. He still made out better than the other guy.
3/1/2016 • 0
Harvest Bellante: Accidentally cold-hearted
She didn't mean to be, but Harvest Bellante ended up being cold-hearted about love.
2/24/2016 • 20 minutes, 15 seconds
Amanda Page Stevens: Punk in a big coat
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.
2/23/2016 • 10 minutes, 21 seconds
Jen Singer: No vacancy on hotel row
Jen Singer shares how persistence and bloody Pumas can win you a hotel room.
2/17/2016 • 16 minutes, 26 seconds
Audrey Henson: Roommate removal
Audrey Henson finds a way to send an annoying roommate to a place far, far away.
2/16/2016 • 0
Open Mic: Mona Lisa, confusion and booby
The show's first ever open mic featured Deb Markham, Brian Garraty and David Mu as storytellers.
2/10/2016 • 0
Daniel Neale: Cruise ship to street music
Daniel Neale shares his journey from performing on a cruise ship to busking on the streets.
2/9/2016 • 0
Anna Sosa: Guilt driven
Anna Sosa shares how she got back behind the wheel.
2/3/2016 • 0
JT Williams: Tomato violence
JT Williams shares how his hate for tomatoes grew to an abhorrence.
2/2/2016 • 0
With mom’s diagnosis came understanding and growth
When her mother was diagnosis, Kimberly Munn came to an understanding of herself and mother.
1/27/2016 • 0
Lauren Hurston: Self harm
Lauren Hurston shares a story of self harm and discovery. *Trigger warning*
1/26/2016 • 17 minutes, 10 seconds
Kerry Kruk on cleaning family secrets
Kerry Kruk shares a story about the things you learn about family through the years.
1/5/2016 • 0
Rashod Ollison’s “Soul Serenade”
Rashod Ollison, The Virginian-Pilot's music critic and "Soul Serenade" author, joined us to share his story about "hope."
12/23/2015 • 14 minutes, 15 seconds
CB Wilkins has a supernatural sighting
Comedian CB Wilkins hosted the show in October. This is the strange little story he told while opening the show.
12/17/2015 • 5 minutes, 37 seconds
Dustin Noack and his jerkface alter ego
Dustin Noack and his alter ego go id to ego over a girlfriend, not girlfriend.
12/15/2015 • 9 minutes, 8 seconds
A costume a little less evil than Hitler
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.
12/14/2015 • 11 minutes, 9 seconds
Shawn Drew kisses a girl and thinks about it
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.
11/10/2015 • 16 minutes, 57 seconds
Chris Pickett claims his seat in a car’s trunk
Chris Pickett shares his why he rode in the very back of his friend's car.
11/4/2015 • 10 minutes, 37 seconds
Long Story Short, Ep. 3: Favorite Tattoos on You
This episode was recorded over the summer at the Warped Tour, where Evan Hartley found plenty of people with favorite tattoos.
10/28/2015 • 5 minutes, 18 seconds
JT Williams gets hit with a brick
JT Williams joined us in September to tells a story of bricks, bats and brotherly love.
10/21/2015 • 9 minutes, 18 seconds
Chris Fellini finally hops a train
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.
10/20/2015 • 11 minutes, 6 seconds
Chris Chandler and the Eastern Shore blues
Chris Chandler shares a story about the man who connected him to the Eastern Shore blues scene.
10/8/2015 • 20 minutes, 50 seconds
Meredith Keating leaves her sister a note
Meredith Keating was the only one who knew her sister's passwords. It gave her a chance to leave her sister a serious note.
10/7/2015 • 14 minutes, 46 seconds
Nicki Fox Toy on being a jerk friend
Despite her best tries, Nicki Fox Toy has one true friend, who, over the years, has become family.
9/30/2015 • 14 minutes, 4 seconds
Evan Hartley laughs at a funeral
Sure, it sounds insensitive, but it's the moments leading up to her nervous laugher that proves otherwise.
9/29/2015 • 15 minutes, 11 seconds
Evan Hartley’s Long Story Short, Episode 2
Our intern hits the street to collect short stories from strangers for Long Story Short.
9/16/2015 • 4 minutes, 53 seconds
Brendan Kennedy on ‘Netflix and chill’
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.
9/15/2015 • 8 minutes, 4 seconds
Melissa Baumann’s real treat
Melissa Baumann's uber thrifty mom had a special way of getting her hands on snack cakes.
9/2/2015 • 13 minutes, 58 seconds
Jason Kypros’ toilet angel
Jason Kypros shares a minor gross miracle that occurred during one of his first jobs.
9/1/2015 • 13 minutes, 22 seconds
Kevin Smith in the Navy
Kevin Smith shares a story about how he switched careers - from comedian to sailor.
8/26/2015 • 14 minutes, 42 seconds
Evan Grummell in the CASA
Evan Grummell shares a story about the struggles an benefits of advocating for children.
8/25/2015 • 16 minutes, 18 seconds
Skye Zentz on growing & splitting
Skye Zentz shares about her childhood and the quiet anticipation of her parent's divorce.
8/18/2015 • 18 minutes, 22 seconds
Evan Hartley’s Long Story Short
Our intern hits the street to collect short stories from strangers for Long Story Short.
8/12/2015 • 5 minutes, 17 seconds
Jeff Sargent’s secret addiction
Jeff Sargent shares how he found personal freedom from his addiction.
8/11/2015 • 21 minutes, 54 seconds
Thomas Wilkinson’s dark freedom
Thomas Wilkinson dark path to freedom.
8/5/2015 • 12 minutes, 17 seconds
The journey you won’t hear here
Nancy Dickerson told us a story. You won't hear it here, and we'll tell you why.
8/5/2015 • 1 minute, 14 seconds
Melissa Kennedy’s dead cat dilemma
Melissa Kennedy shares, basically, ten ways not to bury your cat.
8/4/2015 • 13 minutes, 15 seconds
Kyle Reed comes home
Kyle Reed realizes you need to leave it all behind in order appreciate all you have.
7/29/2015 • 15 minutes, 17 seconds
Shannon Bowman’s sleepwalking drama
Shannon Bowman shares how sleepwalking has affected her life.
7/28/2015 • 8 minutes, 1 second
Brendan Kennedy dips and squeezes
Sometimes Brendan likes to tell a story of his own at the beginning of the show.
7/15/2015 • 3 minutes, 55 seconds
Alicia Luma’s introversions
Alicia Luma explains how she's not as extroverted as some may think.
7/14/2015 • 16 minutes, 46 seconds
An Ocean View encounter
Matt Moreau shares how being a good guy can be a bit tricky.
7/8/2015 • 7 minutes, 29 seconds
Bryan Lewis shares a “Clerks” connection
Bryan Lewis shares how a scene written by Kevin Smith, director of "Clerks" and "Mallrats," led him to love and loss.
7/1/2015 • 12 minutes, 44 seconds
The girlfriend who wouldn’t go away
Paul Costen tells how he discovered the heart doesn't need any evidence.
6/30/2015 • 15 minutes, 6 seconds
Depression and the state of being mostly happy
April Shannon Threet tells a story of surviving the lows and finding her happier place.
6/17/2015 • 16 minutes, 22 seconds
Caswell Richardson’s molodoy life
Caswell Richardson on being a troublemaker who grew into a defender of troublemakers.
6/16/2015 • 16 minutes, 33 seconds
Cheryl White’s baggage
Cheryl White, director of the Glass Wheel Studio in Norfolk, shares a story about Venice, art and finding her way.
6/10/2015 • 23 minutes, 36 seconds
Robert Morast’s nerd revelation
Robert Morast shares his thoughts on being the "baddest" "Star Wars" nerd at Star Wars Celebration.
6/9/2015 • 14 minutes, 26 seconds
Rob Williams on hope and improv
A chaplain told Rob Williams to seek that which brings him hope. Then, he found The Push.
5/20/2015 • 0
Resident advisors tell director exactly what they think
Timmy Siverd's job evaluation included anonymous reviews from his college students employees.
5/19/2015 • 0
Kyle Reed sees the tiny light
Kyle Reed tells us how a common crafting material helped him see the light to a new life.
5/18/2015 • 0
Brad McMurran’s dark night
Brad McMurran wanted to get drunk and, maybe, screw. What he got was just what he needed.