16 episodes
True Story London Podcast True Story London
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4.9 • 9 Ratings
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Join host Michelle Toth and our guests as we listen to a true, personal story told live at one of our storytelling shows in London, followed by a conversation with the storyteller about their background, process, story themes, and more.
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14 - Not Just a Walking Head w/Dee Gibson
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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Find out about our live shows, workshops and past podcast episodes on our website: truestorylondon.com
Follow us on Instagram at @truestoryldn
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13 - A Perilous Proposal w/Joe Milik
Today’s storyteller is Joe Milik, sharing his adventures in helping his friend and doppelganger to stage a proposal in the Welsh countryside. It’s a funny, risky, highly entertaining story and afterward I’ll talk with Joe about how he came to storytelling, what drives us to take risks, and look closer at story structure and craft.
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Find out about our live shows, workshops and past podcast episodes on our website: truestorylondon.com
Follow us on Instagram at @truestoryldn
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12 - A Complicated Honour w/Ayanda Tambo
Today's storyteller is Ayanda Tambo, sharing her surreal experience of receiving a prestigious award from a prominent yet divisive public figure. Ayanda has such a measured and wise outlook on the events of the story, the wider societal context, and her own future as she steps into the working world. Stick around after the story when we dive deeper into all of these topics and more.
Ayanda (and the things she bakes) can be found on her Instagram here.
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Find out about our live shows, workshops and past podcast episodes on our website: truestorylondon.com
Follow us on Instagram at @truestoryldn
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11 - The Knowing w/Clair Whitefield
Today's storyteller is Clair Whitefield, sharing her story of uncovering the cause of her sudden onset and life-altering IBS. Clair is a talented poet and performer with a knack for making this taboo topic funny and accessible, without shying away from the harsh realities. In our conversation afterward, we discuss the experience of revisiting dark periods in your life, the power of performance, listening to our bodies, navigating the tube and more.
Clair can be found online at clairwhitefield.com
The nutritional therapist Clair mentions is Eve Kalinik: evekalinik.com
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Find out about our live shows, workshops and past podcast episodes on our website: truestorylondon.com
Follow us on Instagram at @truestoryldn
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Season 2 - Coming 6th November
Season 2 of the True Story London Podcast is coming on 6th November! Make sure you’re subscribed to be notified as soon as they go live. And if you haven’t already, check out our past episodes from Season 1 featuring 10 brilliant stories and some fascinating conversations with the storytellers.
Oh, and remember to #BeNumber9 and give us a rating on your podcast app if you enjoy the show - it really helps us to reach more listeners and share these fantastic stories further. See you soon for Season 2!
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10 - Make Me One with Everything w/Bonnie Oddie
Content warning: this episode contains the discussion and description of assisted suicide.
Today's storyteller for our season finale is Bonnie Oddie, sharing the story of her mother - newly diagnosed with dementia - asking for Bonnie's help going to Dignitas for assisted suicide. It's a profound story which Bonnie somehow manages to make as funny as it is serious. In our conversation afterwards, Bonnie shares the insight and wisdom she got from her experience.
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Find out about our live shows, workshops and past podcast episodes on our website: https://www.truestorylondon.com
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Customer Reviews
Great True Storytelling with Interviews!
These are terrific true stories - professionally vetted, edited and rehearsed. THEN the host, Michelle, interviews the person who lived (and wrote and read) the story. Many times, the interview is more interesting and revealing than the story itself! I loved hearing more in-depth about each story, storyteller and process of editing the ideas into an entertaining performance. Michelle is a thoughtful, curious and charming interviewer. She is obviously a talented storyteller (and book author) herself, who knows how to tease out details of the writers’ lives. This is NOT a hobby podcast of someone chatting inanely with friends. If you like This American Life or The Moth Radio Hour, you will definitely like this too: great true stories in a unique format. I LOVED every episode. I hope Season Two drops soon!
What amazing stories!
If the saying, “the truth will set you free”, then this is a great example of free people. I recommend this to everyone I know who loves true stories!!
Captivating!
Not only are these stories well written, rich, and enthralling but the format of an interview afterwards allows for that much more depth into the story and storyteller. Michelle asks questions you have probably thought of when hearing the story, giving even more dimension to the person and their experience. If you love the Moth and stories of other lives in general, you will love this.