No, YOU Tell It!

No, YOU Tell It!
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No, YOU Tell It!

No, YOU Tell It! is a nonfiction reading series dedicated to performing true-life tales with a twist: Each participant develops their own story on the page and then flips scripts with a partner to present each other’s story on stage. Podcast episodes feature one pair of swapped stories from our live shows in NYC.

  1. 16H AGO

    “My Place” Part 1: Mary Lannon and Wichuda “Tang” McConnell (Episode 81)

    For this show, produced in collaboration with Queens Memory and the Greater Astoria Historical Society, our “My Place” storytellers came together for a community writing workshop centered on the Queens Name Explorer. We all generated poems and personal stories on the page inspired by the historical significance behind the people’s names that grace Queens streets, […]

    37 min

  2. MAY 2

    “Before & After” Part 2: Carl M. Banks and Nicole Greevy (Episode 80)

    Give a listen to the second half of our first-ever student matinee, performed at the beautiful Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre at Symphony Space on March 13, 2025. Listen to Part 1 here. The fantastic Najah Imani Muhammad hosted the show for a theater full of high school juniors from Global Learning Collaborative and Talent Unlimited High […]

    36 min

  3. APR 18

    “Before & After” Part 1: Calvin S. Cato and Michele Carlo (Episode 79)

    Our spring “Before & After” show was our second time performing at the beautiful  Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre at Symphony Space on March 13, 2025, but it was our very first student matinee!  Our storytellers and our special guest host, Najah Imani Muhammad, who are all No, YOU Tell It! alums, illustrated the power of […]

    35 min

  4. 12/05/2024

    “Left My Heart” Part 2: Zach Rothman-Hicks and Carl M. Banks (Episode 78)

    It is fitting that this heartfelt story swap, inspired by the life and music of Astoria legend Tony Bennett, includes our first live musical performance. Give a listen as story coach Tim Lindner gets to know a little bit more about our two storytellers before they step into each other true tales in the second […]

    35 min

  5. 11/21/2024

    “Left My Heart” Part 1: January Yoon Cho and Catherine Kapphahn (Episode 77)

    For the first time, our four storytellers participated in a Queens community “Art Heart” event about a month before the show, where all the participants generated and shared personal stories inspired by the life and music of Astoria legend Tony Bennett from the Greater Astoria Historical Society archives. What started that day grew into this heartfelt […]

    41 min

  6. 10/22/2024

    “Hell Gate” Part 2: Alicia Lieu and A. King McCarty (Episode 76)

    After the main arch was completed, a writer for the New York Tribune said: Perhaps never in human history has a mechanical triumph of such magnitude been launched with so little fanfare. In the second half of our Hell Gate show, founding member and story director Erika Iverson interviews the authors before their story partners […]

    37 min

  7. 10/14/2024

    “Hell Gate” Part 1: Jackie Sherbow and Mia Arias Tsang (Episode 75)

    “With a regular coat of paint that bridge can last as long as the pyramids.” – Bob Singleton, Executive Director, Greater Astoria Historical Society from Hell Gate Bridge, an Astoria icon, turns 100 years old in AMNY, March 27, 2017 Our September Hell Gate show at Grove 34 in Astoria was a Queens-based Bookend Event for […]

    27 min

  8. 04/08/2024

    “Fly By” Part 2: Ben Katzner and Briana McDonald (Episode 74)

    Kicking off part 2 of our “Fly By” show, host Ellie Dvorkin Dunn shares some fun facts about teenage pilot Elinor Smith before we hear the second set of true tales inspired by the story of “The Flying Flapper” from the archives of the Greater Astoria Historical Society. No, YOU Tell It! “Fly By” was […]

    26 min
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No, YOU Tell It! is a nonfiction reading series dedicated to performing true-life tales with a twist: Each participant develops their own story on the page and then flips scripts with a partner to present each other’s story on stage. Podcast episodes feature one pair of swapped stories from our live shows in NYC.

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  • Creator
    No, YOU Tell It!
  • Years Active
    2015 - 2025
  • Episodes
    50
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Show Website
    No, YOU Tell It!

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