Tell Me What Happened

Tell Me What Happened

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  • Jeff Holden, host of the "In Your Words" podcast, recalls being bullied about his weight when he was in grade school.

    Jeff Holden, CEO of Multipoint Content Strategies, lifelong cycling enthusiast and host of the "In Your Words" podcast, reflects on being bullied about his weight in grade school. Jeff discusses his attempts at placating the victimizer, while recognizing the lifelong implications the bully's words have had on his professional and personal life.

    Tell Me What Happened features the music of Susan Salidor.

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    18 min
  • 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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    21 min
  • 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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    14 min
  • 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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    16 min
  • 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.

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    28 min
  • 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.

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    16 min
  • 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.

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    15 min
  • 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

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    More Information about other quality publications from our sponsor can be found on Sidelineinkpublishing.com

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    12 min
  • 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

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    17 min
  • 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

    19 min

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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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