Episode 23: Policy of Truth (or, How to Tell a Good Story)

Michael Sargent — Mon, 06 Aug 2018 05:00:00 -0400

ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Peter Aguero is a Moth storyteller and host, as well as creator and performer of the one-man show Daddy Issues. Tara Clancy is also a Moth storyteller and host, as well as author of the memoir The Clancys of Queens, and a panelist on the quiz show Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! on NPR. Both Aguero and Clancy are Moth GrandSLAM champions. In this conversation, they're joined by social psychologist and communications researcher Melanie Green, who studies stories. As a former producer of a live storytelling program, and one who always tried to be helpful, host Michael Sargent wants to help novice storytellers hone their craft, and as a selfish, judgmental ass who wants to have an enjoyable experience in the audience, Sargent also wants to help novices hone their craft so that he'll enjoy listening to their stories. Accordingly, he talked with Aguero, Clancy, and Green about how to tell a good story. There's some useful advice in here.

LINKS
Peter Aguero's "Main Event," as told at The Corner
Tara Clancy's "Hail Mary Softball," as published in The New York Times
Melanie Green's profile at the University at Buffalo
Peter Aguero's Daddy Issues show
Peter Aguero's "Me, Her, & It," as told at The Moth
Tara Clancy's "Boom-Boom Waits for Nobody," as told at The Moth
Tara's memoir, The Clancys of Queens
"Why 'getting lost in a book' is so good for you, according to science" (includes quotes by Melanie Green)
Cody LaMontagne's "Havana," as told at The Corner
Michael Sargent's "School Days," as told at The Corner
Shannon Cason's Homemade Stories podcast

Cover art credit: Ben Grey, Speak Your Mind (Wikimedia Commons)

Special Guests: Melanie Green, Peter Aguero, and Tara Clancy.

Episode 15: Where True Stories Lie

Michael Sargent — Mon, 18 Jun 2018 10:30:00 -0400

This is a conversation with four people who all know stories well, and who were willing to think with me about how stories can work for and against those fighting injustice. Jonathan Adler is a psychologist at the Olin College of Engineering, who has studied the stories people tell while addressing mental or physical health challenges. Skylar Bayer is a marine biologist who is currently working on marine policy in DC as a Dean John A. Knauss Fellow in the U.S. Senate, and is also a storyteller. Tara Clancy is a storyteller and host with The Moth, and has appeared on The Moth Radio Hour, Snap Judgment, and Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!, and she's also the author of a recent memoir (The Clancys of Queens). Adriana Salerno is a mathematician at Bates College, a storyteller, and a blogger.

LINKS
Health Story Collaborative
Skylar's 15 Minutes of Fame (on The Colbert Report)
The first story I ever heard Skylar tell
"Hail Mary Softball," a story by Tara (in the New York Times)
"Extra Mile" a story told live by Tara, at a Moth event
inclusion/exclusion (a blog on diversity and inclusion in math, and beyond, of which Adriana is editor-in-chief)
The first story Adriana ever told at The Corner
The Corner, which is where you can hear great stories told live in Maine, September through May

Special Guests: Adriana Salerno, Jonathan Adler (psychologist), Skylar Bayer, and Tara Clancy.

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Episode 23: Policy of Truth (or, How to Tell a Good Story)

Episode 15: Where True Stories Lie