Hello, our lovely story friends!
This is our first episode of the Nutshell True Story Hour!
It’s kind of like our previous podcast Prompt, but better, more refined (read: sound engineer, ooh-la-la), and destined to be your favorite podcast of all time.
Every episode, we share with you one of our favorite stories told live at our show, In a Nutshell Storytelling, followed by a conversation with the storyteller about how that story came to be.
For our first episode, we bring you Bay Area storytelling celebrity Corey Rosen, who, for our theme “Bullies,” shared a funny, insightful story about losing his cool one day while driving his kids to school. Anyone who has had to drop their kids off knows the situation is already rife with potential miscommunication, frazzled nerves, and entitled, impatient parents ready to point fingers at anyone except themselves. Throw in a guy just trying to get 14 meaningful minutes with his kids (and yeah, maybe Corey has a touch of the instigator in him), and, well, yep. Someone’s gonna get punched in the face.
Like most well-told stories, Corey’s doesn’t give us an obvious good guy or bad guy. Instead, he presents us with imperfect people reacting in their own imperfect ways. And when Corey sat down with us later, he gained a fresh perspective on a story he’s told many times before.
Corey Rosen is the host of The Moth Storyslam in Berkeley, CA, as well as Simply Said in Larkspur. He is also the author of Your Story, Well Told & A Story for Everything.
The Nutshell Story Hour is presented by In a Nutshell Storytelling
The Nutshell Three:
Amy Bee
Keith Lowell Jensen
Aaron Carnes
Sound Engineer: Chris Reeves
Thank you to:
DJ Yuma Tripp for allowing us to use his song “Lazy Skank” for our episodes and our live show.
Hyperpixel for audio and video services.
Sofia Theatre for a beautiful stage to gather around.
Babalou for watching over our event table and engaging with people in the best way possible.
If you’re enjoying The Nutshell True Story Hour, one of the best ways to support it is by becoming a paid subscriber.
Your support helps us pay storytellers, pay our sound engineer (ooh-la-la indeed), keep live shows going, and continue sharing these stories freely with the world.
We believe true stories should be accessible and paid subscribers make that possible. Thank you for being here.
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