Tell Me What Happened

By Jay Rehak

This podcast features FORMATIVE childhood stories of people from all walks of life, and how those experiences have impacted the adult perspective of the storyteller. Write us at

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August 13, 2020 Roy Huff, Science Fiction author and educator, tells the story of learning his father was gay and HIV positive.
Roy Huff, acclaimed author "Seven Rules of Time Travel" and the "Everville" science fiction series, discusses his impoverished childhood that included a father who was HIV positive. Roy concludes by telling the audience that despite everything, he remains an optimist.
Tell Me What Happened features the music of Susan Salidor.
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August 09, 2020 Scott Suma, author, minister and retired teacher, speaks of the profound influence his barber, a World War II veteran, had on him.
Scott Suma, the author of "Don't Act Like the President," reflects on his mentor, John Basel. Mr. Basel was a World War II veteran who spent his life as a barber. Scott tells us that John taught him important lessons about life that he carries with him to this day. That is, personal humility and a compassion for everyone. At the end of the episode, John Basel sings and leaves us with his own message of inspiration.
Tell Me What Happened features the music of Susan Salidor.
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August 07, 2020 Mollie Glazer, professional cellist & music teacher, recalls her early training and how those experiences have impacted the instruction she provides to her students.
Mollie Glazer, a professional musician for over forty years, recalls the best and worst teachers she had and what she learned from them.
Tell Me What Happened features the music of Susan Salidor.
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16min
August 04, 2020 Stuart Blatt, TV and Movie Production Designer, on the "Hippie Aunt" who taught him to value painting your own refrigerator and creating "outside the box."
Stuart Blatt, a Production Designer for TV & Movies, tells the story of his "Hippie Aunt Rose" who has remained a creative guide to him, despite her untimely death at a young age.
Tell Me What Happened features the music of Susan Salidor.
Get Susan Salidor’s One Little Act of Kindness Children’s Book
Get Susan Salidor’s I’ve Got Peace in My Fingers Children’s Book
More Information about other quality publications from our sponsor can be found on Sidelineinkpublishing.com
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28min
August 01, 2020 Eileen O'Farrell Smith, Lifelong social justice advocate, remembers vomiting her First Communion host.
Lifelong social justice advocate Eileen O'Farrell Smith tells the story of her shame and humiliation at vomiting up the "Body of Christ" at her First Holy Communion. Eileen goes on to tell the audience the impact that "shameful" moment had on her throughout adult professional life.
Tell Me What Happened features the music of Susan Salidor.
Get Susan Salidor’s One Little Act of Kindness Children’s Book
Get Susan Salidor’s I’ve Got Peace in My Fingers Children’s Book
More Information about other quality publications from our sponsor can be found on Sidelineinkpublishing.com
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16min
January 14, 2020 Orlando Piedra recalls the difficulties of emigrating to the United States from Cuba as an eleven year old.
Orlando Piedra recalls emigrating to the United States from Cuba as an eleven year old boy, following the takeover of the island by Fidel Castro. Mr. Piedra vividly recounts the struggles of moving to a new country shortly after his father is threatened with arrest in his homeland.
Tell Me What Happened features the music of Susan Salidor.
Get Susan Salidor’s One Little Act of Kindness Children’s Book
Get Susan Salidor’s I’ve Got Peace in My Fingers Children’s Book
More Information about other quality publications from our sponsor can be found on Sidelineinkpublishing.com
Those interested in recording and saving your laughter for free and forever go to Laughsaver.com
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15min
October 26, 2019 Jay Rehak, teacher, author, activist, host of "Tell Me What Happened," explains how surviving a fall from a cliff when he was 7 years old has given him a sense of invulnerability, purpose, and surreality.
Jay Rehak explains how surviving from a fall from a cliff when he was 7 years old has impacted him in three ways: a sense of invulnerability, purpose, and surreality.
Tell Me What Happened features the music of Susan Salidor.
Get Susan Salidor’s One Little Act of Kindness Children’s Book
Get Susan Salidor’s I’ve Got Peace in My Fingers Children’s Book
More Information about other quality publications from our sponsor can be found on Sidelineinkpublishing.com
Those interested in recording and saving your laughter for free and forever go to Laughsaver.com
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12min
October 19, 2019 Hamlet, an award winning musician, tells the story of growing up without people to call "mom" and "dad" and how other adults in his life helped him emotionally survive.
Hamlet, award winning children's musician, tells the painful story of growing up without a mother and father, and how the rest of the adults in his life helped him to emotionally survive. The storyteller explains the pain of his parent's divorce, which occurred right after he was born, and of later on living on the streets as a teenager. Hamlet's memories of his uncle and other kind adults at family gatherings sustained him in his darkest childhood moments. He tells us that his work as an adult is, in part, a result of the pain of his childhood but, more importantly, an attempt to acknowledge all of his students and be a posItive adult role model for them.
Tell Me What Happened features the music of Susan Salidor.
Get Susan Salidor’s One Little Act of Kindness Children’s Book
Get Susan Salidor’s I’ve Got Peace in My Fingers Children’s Book
More Information about other quality publications from our sponsor can be found on Sidelineinkpublishing.com
Those interested in recording and saving your laughter for free and forever go to Laughsaver.com
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17min
October 08, 2019 Alina Celeste, award winning children's singer and YouTube personality, discovering at the age of 15, that her mother was a real person, and not the saint she believed her to be.
Alina Celeste, an award winning children's singer and YouTube personality, recalls being 15 and learning, for the first time in her life, that her mother is more of a real person than the saint she believed her to be. Alina's story is rich in detail of a deeply personal family story.
Tell Me What Happened features the music of Susan Salidor.
Get Susan Salidor’s One Little Act of Kindness Children’s Book
Get Susan Salidor’s I’ve Got Peace in My Fingers Children’s Book
More Information about other quality publications from our sponsor can be found on Sidelineinkpublishing.com
Those interested in recording and saving your laughter for free and forever go to Laughsaver.com
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19min
September 06, 2019 Julie Biehl, Clinical Professor of Law, Director of the Children and Family Justice Center &Interim Associate Dean for Clinical Education of the Bluhm Legal Clinic, recalls being raped at her first dance.
Julie Biehl, Clinical Professor of Law, Director of the Children and Family Justice Center & Interim Associate Dean for Clinical Education of the Bluhm Legal Clinic, recalls the horrific experience of being raped at her first high school dance.
Tell Me What Happened features the music of Susan Salidor.
Get Susan Salidor’s One Little Act of Kindness Children’s Book
Get Susan Salidor’s I’ve Got Peace in My Fingers Children’s Book
More Information about other quality publications from our sponsor can be found on Sidelineinkpublishing.com
Those interested in recording and saving your laughter for free and forever go to Laughsaver.com
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18min

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