Ann Garvin has teenagers who don't listen to her and a mother who no longer knows her name. In this story, she ponders why we remember the hard memories so much more readily than the good moments. We talk about writing versus oral storytelling and the value in telling a story you are excited to tell.
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Susana de Alvarez and her family fled Venezuela after her uncle was murdered. Living in Wisconsin with her children and elderly father, she had to find a way to provide the 9 different medicines her father required. We talk the political context of her family's decision to flee. |
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Wilson Seely shares a story about being adopted and his process of deepening his understanding of what it means to be a family. We talk with Wilson about how being a middle school teacher has made him a better storyteller. |
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We asked our previously featured storytellers to record and send us their stories related to this time of social distancing. Brendon Panke, Linda Hedenblad, and Marisol Gonzalez all submitted a story for this first Covid-19 episode. Angela Trudell Vasquez (Madison's poet laureate) shared a poem.
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We asked some of our favorite storytellers to record and send us their stories related to Covid-19. Ann Garvin shares her family's story of four generations of nurses and the advice she gives to her daughter, a brand new ICU nurse. Darian Wilson takes advantage of this unexpected time at home to share his love of music with his young son.
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We asked listeners to record and send us their stories related to Covid-19. Jasmine Banks shares her story about how through her daily walks during Covid-19 she is rediscovering Madison. Kerry Schumann shares her GOTV story when Wisconsin held its election during a Pandemic. Timothy Yu reads a poem he wrote about this election. Vivek Balasubramaniam shares a story about his experience as a resident physician
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James Edward Mills tell a story about how he inadvertently spent his 44th birthday in a brothel in Ethiopia and how he got himself out of a tricky situation. |
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Never wanting to have kids, Linda Hedenblad was happy to make it to menopause childless. She shares the story of how she and her husband became the guardians for their nephew and she learned how to be a parent.
Victor shares his story of when he crossed the border from Mexico to the United States when he was 16. We get into the specific details of his story and also the common threads with anyone's story that had to leave one country and take a risk in coming to another country. Something as common as hair can connect us and separate us in unexpected ways. From his corn rows to a shaved heat to a large afro, people in Madison had things to say about Kevin Willmott II's hair. We listen to Kevin's story, his experience with racism in Madison, and his perspective on people's fascination with his hair.
"When your love looks different it needs extra - it needs truth and safety." This is a lesson Danika Laine learned from a relationship she was in with a woman who was not out to her family. Their love was not enough for the relationship to endure
Nestor Gomez tells a story about his food cravings and his ex-wife's food cravings during her first pregnancy. Since his ex-wife took superstitions seriously, it became Nestor's job to make sure her cravings were met. We also talk about the Immigration Stories series he produces. |
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Mel Hammond shares a story about driving to Indiana to visit her sister in prison, hoping she followed the strict dress code rules correctly and would be allowed to see her sister. Takeyla Benton and Jen Rubin talk with Mel about the value of using humor in telling a hard story.
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Every day after school Ali Muldrow's parents asked her two very different questions: "What did you learn today" and "What did they lie to you about today." We listen to a story Ali told that shows how these two questions shaped her approach to teaching. We also talk about how useful storytelling is in fundraising and activism and her new role on the Madison school board.
Debi Kennedy shares a story about finding her bearings during the year after her daughter died of a brain tumor. We talk about the importance of a supportive community and how she uses storytelling to keep her daughter's memory alive. |
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Megan Diaz-Ricks shares a story about the strong Latina women in her family. Her mom was a migrant farm worker as a child, went to college and opened a successful small business which had a ripple effect for the generations to follow.
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Hedi Lamarr Rudd shares a story about her father LaVelle, the enormous impact he had on her life and the lasting impression he made on everyone who knew him. We talk about how to tell the stories of complicated people we love and learn why LaVelle's family called him the black Moses of Madison. |
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Alexandria Delcourt shares a story about visiting her extended family in the Philippines for the first time and the similarities she finds between her family and the family in One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Lorca. |
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In this episode Greg Renz, a retired firefighter, shares a story of rescuing two little boys from their burning basement bedroom. We talk about the impact this rescue had on his life and learn the story behind the rescue. Greg tells us about the moment he understood the power in storytelling to move people.
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Jen Rubin tells a story about the Upper West Side neighborhood she lived and her first job when she was a young woman living in NYC. Working alone in a small office in a rundown building, she relied on the grandmothers in the neighborhood for companionship and safety.
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Takeyla Benton shares a story about when she realized that while a she teaches her children to express their emotions, she hides her own from them, |
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In this episode we listen to a story Esteban Touma told about the road trip he and his girlfriend took to Las Vegas and their reluctant decision to get married. |
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In this episode Brendon Panke tells a story about the impact his father's death had on him as a teenager and what he hoped to teach his young son about death. |
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Marisol Gonzalez tells the story of when she and her family moved into an all white neighborhood and were not fully welcomed. She was determined to win over her neighbors and threw a party. |
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Raj Shukla tells a story about his daughter and how she taught him to be more open to the possibilities in life. |
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Lenora Rodin tells a story about her addiction and recovery. In our conversation she talks about the importance of telling the truth about herself.
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Tandalaya Taylor tells a story about her love of daydreaming, how her cancer diagnosis and health struggles took away her desire to daydream and how she survived and altered her dream.
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Ann Imig tells a witty story about being a full time stay at home mom with two young and energetic boys. |
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Jennifer Esperanza tells a story about growing up as the child of immigrant and what she was able to get away with as her parents didn't fully understand how everything worked in the US. This is tested one Christmas as she tries to convince her mom to put chocolate chip cookies out for Santa so she can get the Barbie Town House.
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Bill Stork tells a story about Sally, a dog he treated in his veterinary practice, and the impact Sally had on her family. |
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Charles Payne tells a story about taking his class of middle school students to see the movie 'Wonder' starring Julia Roberts, the conversation he had with his students after the movie about what type of mothering they found believable, and he shared his own experiences with his mother.
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Erica Solis tells a story about living on a livestock farm and killing animals for food. She describes the moment right before she pulls the trigger as the hardest moment - the moment you can't take back.
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Albert Watson tells a story from his work at the Dane County Juvenile Detention Center. The story centers around the cooking club he leads and the day he saved the life of teenager in the detention center. |
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Esty Dinur tells a story from decades ago, when she and her ex-husband lived in Israel and rescued caged birds. The story has a surprise twist that you probably won’t see coming. |
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Jen Rubin describes how she turned a favorite anecdote about her grandmother into a story. Jen also talks about the book she published last year, 'We Are Staying: Eighty Years in the Life of a Family, a Store, and a Neighborhood' and how she used storytelling techniques to write this book. |
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Takeyla Benton describes a mother's fear for her son's future as a Black Man in America, her struggle to protect him from imprisonment or death, and her fervent wish for others to see her son as she does--as they see their own children. |
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