Micaela Blei, PHD has been teaching, studying and performing true, personal storytelling worldwide since 2012. She is a two-time Moth GrandSLAM winner and former founding Director of Education at The Moth. Her storytelling (watch a story here) has been called “heartbreaking and hilarious” and her memoir, “You Will Not Recognize Your Life,” will be released in late 2024 as an Audible Original. Micaela is a senior story editor and writer for the podcast network Wondery. And, currently she’s the visiting professor of Storytelling at the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies in Portland, Maine.

In this conversation, Micaela shares how she accidentally found herself on stage at The Moth and how that chance happening redirected her life. She talks about mining our own lives for stories, why we don't need to make our personal experiences universal and how the small moments in life lead to the deepest connections. She also reflects on writing a podcast episode about her grandmother for Family Ghosts. 

Micaela in The Along The Seam Newsletter

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