True Story London Podcast True Story London

Happy New Year! To mark the end of a year of firsts and experiments for True Story London, we're sharing something special with you. In 2023 we debuted some unique live shows in which songwriters wrote and performed original songs inspired by another person's true story. We'd like you to have a taste of these magical shows as we close out the year - this is True Story Soundtrack.
Stories:
Bonnie's full story: https://www.truestory.london/10-make-me-one-with-everything-wbonnie-oddie/
Lili's full story: https://www.truestory.london/04-my-refugee-story-wlili-sulejmanovic/
Songwriters:
Tihane - Instagram: @tihane___
Hari - Instagram: @harimusiq
John Chisholm - Sea Noise (Instagram): @sea_noise, Lost Moons (Bandcamp): lostmoons.bandcamp.com
Amarra - Instagram: @iamamarra
Ellis Ballard - Instagram: @ellis.ballard, Bandcamp: ellisballard.bandcamp.com
Lauren Lucille - Instagram: @iamlaurenlucille
Wandering Lex - Instagram: @wandering_lex
Segnon - Instagram: @segnontv
Find out about our live shows, workshops and past podcast episodes on our website: truestorylondon.com
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CREDITS:
Hosted by Michelle Toth
Produced by Ellis Ballard
Theme Music by Sea Noise
Sound effects recordings by 'magedu' via Freesound: https://freesound.org/people/magedu/sounds/273437

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Today's storyteller is Donna Freed, telling us the wild and fascinating story of finding out she was adopted - and the shocking revelation of just who her birth parents were. Donna has written an entire excellent memoir on this topic, so we have plenty to talk about in our discussion after the story.
Donna's memoir 'Duplicity: My Mother's Secrets' is available now, published by Muswell Press: https://muswell-press.co.uk/product/duplicity-9781739638290-paperback
Donna can be found on Instagram at @donnafreed
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Today's storyteller is Maria Shehata, talking about the time she fell in love with someone across the Atlantic, then quickly fell out of love when they met in person. Maria is a brilliantly funny stand-up comedian and her story follows suit. Though, in our talk afterward, you'll also hear about how this story has more serious meaning in her life, and how both Maria's approach to her craft and understanding of herself are evolving.
Maria can be found online at mariashehata.com
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Today's storyteller is Jess Carrivick, sharing her story of being diagnosed with the chronic pain disorder vulvodynia. Jess delights in shocking the audience into laughter while talking candidly about this rarely-discussed and really important health issue. After her story, we discuss the use of humor to broach serious topics, the nature of chronic illness, and how people with vaginas could be better served by the medical world.
Jess can be found online at jesscarrivick.com
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Today's storyteller is Michael Noel, sharing his story of how an optimistic road trip turned very dark. Since Michael is based in California, this is our first interview conducted entirely online - but we just had to give him a call to hear his developing insights into how he makes sense of this dramatic and transformative episode in his life.
Follow Michael on Instagram here: @itsreallymichaelnoel
Michael's sidecar tours of San Francisco can be found at ridesbyme.com
This episode contains references to suicide.
For suicide prevention support in the UK, Samaritans can be reached on 116-123 or by email at jo@samaritans.org. For help elsewhere, befrienders.org lists local services.

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Today's storyteller is Dee Gibson, sharing how she realised her charmed life wasn't actually going in the direction she wanted - and what she did about it. Despite the difficult and unique circumstances, Dee manages to make this story highly relatable with insights into breaking with tradition, listening to intuition, and pursuing an unexpected path. Stick around after the story to hear Dee go into more depth about all of these topics and more.
More information about Dee's hotel in Sri Lanka, Kalukanda House, can be found here.
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