TrueTalesLive - September-30-2025 - Backstory Interview - Emily Hespeler

TrueTalesLive - September-30-2025 - Backstory Interview - Emily Hespeler

Author: True Tales Live NH Non-Profit Corporation October 14, 2025 Duration: 15:31
David Phreaner hosts "The Backstory" interview segment and his guest this time is Emily Hespeler. These 15 minute "after the storytelling" part of the program are very popular. Listen to it and you will discover something about the art of storytelling! More about us at www.truetaleslivenh.org and on our Facebook page @truetaleslive.

There’s a particular magic in hearing someone tell a real story from their own life, without notes or scripts, just the raw, unfiltered human voice. That’s the heart of True Tales Live. For nearly a decade, this unique program has been capturing these moments, first on radio, then local cable, and now as a podcast you can take with you anywhere. Each episode gathers three to six people who step up to the mic to share a personal story, all loosely connected by a changing monthly theme-think of topics like "Lost and Found" or "Unexpected Turns." For years, the recordings happened before a live audience in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on the last Tuesday of the month. These days, the community often gathers virtually on Zoom, preserving that intimate, immediate feeling. The resulting conversations are authentic, sometimes funny, often moving, and always deeply human. Tuning into this podcast is like pulling up a chair in a cozy room where strangers become familiar through the universal act of sharing a part of themselves. It’s a direct line to the kind of stories that usually stay around kitchen tables, now broadcast for everyone. The True Tales Live NH Non-Profit Corporation produces it, and you can also catch the show on local cable, but as a podcast, it offers a portable, personal way to connect with the simple, powerful art of storytelling.
Author: Language: English Episodes: 100

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TrueTalesLive-Mar-25-2025-BackstoryInterview [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 17:42
David Phreaner hosts "The Backstory" interview segment. In March 2025 he spoke with Andy Davis and Pat Spalding. These 15 minute "after the storytelling" part of the program are very popular. Listen to it and you will di…
TrueTalesLive-Epi38-03-25-2025-BlastFromThePast [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 56:53
Our March 25, 2025 show on Zoom had the theme of "Blast From The Past" and featured these storytellers and stories: Andy Davis: Return to the Promised Land David Phraener: The Poem Pat Spalding: Four Days After Our Host…
TrueTalesLive - Epi37 - 01-28-2025 - OpenTheme [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 55:57
Our January 28, 2025 show did not have a specific theme. Storytellers and their stories were: Cathy Wolff: Don't Bluff in Love Jackson Gillman: A Fob Story Monica Peterson: I Can't Help Falling in Love with You Our Host…
TrueTalesLive-epi37-1-28-2025-Backstory-MonicaPeterson [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 16:22
David Phreaner hosts "The Backstory" interview segment and his guest is Monica Peterson. These 15 minute "after the storytelling" part of the program are very popular. Listen to it and you will discover something about t…
True Tales Live - Epi28 - 9-26-2023 - Open Theme [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 58:04
Our September 26, 2023 True Tales Live show on Zoom has an Open Theme and features these storytellers and stories: Amy Antonucci: The Car Beverly Schwartz: A Mind of Their Own Vicki Juditz: What Remains
TrueTalesLive - Epi30 - 01-30-2024 - OpenTheme [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:12:52
True Tales Live NH 2024 Storytelling- Open Theme with Storytellers: Miyo Yamauchi: "Fraud" Julia O’Connell:"Julia Goes First Class" Steve Varnum: "Good Boy"
TrueTalesLive - Epi35 - 10-29-2024- Uh-Oh [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 58:39
Our October 29, 2024 show on Zoom had the theme of "Uh-Oh" and featured these storytellers and stories: Adair Heitmann: This Little Light of Mine Miyo Yamauchi: Intruder Andy Davis: Rocinante on the Blueberry Barrens Our…