TTL Zoom - Epi 16 - Activism - Exercising Rights - 03_29_22

TTL Zoom - Epi 16 - Activism - Exercising Rights - 03_29_22

Author: True Tales Live NH Non-Profit Corporation March 30, 2022 Duration: 1:14:25
Each year True Tales Live has the on month set aside for the theme: Activism/Exercising Your Rights. It has been a consistently popular theme and this Zoom edition was no exception. Our three storytellers (in order of appearance) were Jezrie Marcano-Courtney ("The Blasphemer" ) Vicki Juditz ("Longing for Jail Time") and in a rerun recorded at PPMTV Studio on May 28, 2019, Arnie Alpert ("Bending Toward Justice"). After the storytelling there is a brief Q+A session from the Chat List on Zoom and then our announcer, Amy Antonucci, hosts a discussion with Arnie Alpert and Cathy Wolff...all three of these folks have been very involved in "Activism" and they talk a bit about that, but also pay tribute to a NH Legislature Renny Cushing, who had just passed away about 2 weeks before this show. Renny was an activist for many things, but was connected with our program by being one of several people who helped rid New Hampshire of the Death Penalty on May 30, 2019... two days after Arnie Alpert presented his story "Bending Toward Justice". This discussion between Amy, Cathy, and Arnie also included a few words from Storyteller, Activist, Andy Davis who happened to be in the viewing audience. For "Backstory" fans ... we did not do that portion of the program for this show.

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.
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