Tell Us Something

By Tell Us Something

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What's Tell Us Something about?

Tell Us Something awakens imagination, empowers storytellers and connects the community through the transformative power of personal storytelling. It is a celebration of each other, our stories and how we move through the world together. All of the stories at Tell Us Something are true. Stories last for 10 minutes and are told from memory.

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It’s the Little Things – Pa...

01.17.2023

Four storytellers share their true personal story on the theme “It’s the Little Things”. Their stories were recorded live in-person in front of a sold-out crowd on December 15, 2022 at The Wilma in Missoula, MT.

Tell Us Something episodes:

01.17.2023 It’s the Little Things – Part 2 Four storytellers share their true personal story on the theme “It’s the Little Things”. Their stories were recorded live in-person in front of a sold-out crowd on December 15, 2022 at The Wilma in Missoula, MT.
01.13.2023 It’s the Little Things – Part 1 Four storytellers share their true personal story on the theme “It’s the Little Things”. Their stories were recorded live in-person in front of a sold-out crowd on December 15, 2022 at The Wilma in Missoula, MT.
12.08.2022 Eat Our Words – John Engen This episode of the podcast was recorded in front of a live audience on July 8, 2010 at The PEAS Farm in Missoula, MT at an event that predates Tell Us Something. Missoula residents Jeremy N. Smith and Josh Slotnick ...
11.01.2022 Waking Dreams – live from Burning Man This episode of the podcast was recorded in front of a live audience on August 31, 2022 in Black Rock City at Center Camp at the Burning Man event. 5 storytellers shared their true personal story on the theme “Waking ...
10.26.2022 Letting Go Part 2 Four storytellers share their stories on the theme "Letting Go". We hear stories about the love of timber framing, about working third shift at a copy shop, about mistaken identities and letting loose at a Russian ballet in NYC.
10.23.2022 Letting Go Part 1 Four storytellers share their true personal story on the theme “Letting Go”. Their stories were recorded live in-person in front of over 900 listeners on September 27, 2022 at The Dennison in Missoula, MT.
09.19.2022 Meet Board Chair Joseph Grady Joseph Grady talks about Native spaces, acting, art and storytelling.
09.12.2022 Meet the Board – Rachel Bemis Rachel Bemis shares her impactful experience of finally deciding to become a teacher after a fulfilling career in other sectors.
09.05.2022 Meet the Board – Sarah FitzGerald Tell Us Something Board Secretary Sarah FitzGerald reflects on the impactful experience of volunteering for a Jesuit organization in St. Louis, Missouri.
08.29.2022 Meet the Board – Jason Sloat Tell Us Something Board member Jason Sloat recalls his impactful experience of visiting Missoula with a buddy and calling an old professor from a payphone - a phone call that changed his life trajectory.
08.22.2022 Meet the Tell Us Something Board – Jason Forges Jason Forges, Tell Us Something storyteller alumni and Board member sits down with Sierra Tai-Brownlee to talk about his impactful experiences for her podcast "Impactful Experiences with Sierra Tai-Brownlee."
07.21.2022 Didn’t See That Coming Part 2 Some bad decisions on a New Years Even lead to a wrongful conviction, a young woman joins a cabaret show in Hamburg, Germany, and must escape once she learns that she may be working for Nazis and a 3rd grader ...
07.11.2022 Didn’t See That Coming – Part 1 A young human takes us on a hike up Waterworks Hill in Missoula, MT, where they finally find the mother they’ve always wanted, a middle-aged woman is loaded into a cargo plane for a life flight to Seattle, to get ...
05.11.2022 Special Edition – Missoula Gives 2022 Sharing stories goes beyond entertainment. It goes beyond a night out. The stories we share at Tell Us Something are the stories of our lives and of our community. And without you sharing your stories, there would be no Tell ...
05.01.2022 Interview With Melody Rice and Her Story “Butte Barber” This week on the podcast, I sit down with Melody Rice to talk about the story she shared live on stage at The Covellite Theater in Butte, America in 2018. The theme that night was “Work”. We also talk about ...
04.25.2022 Interview with Neil McMahon and His Story “Deus ex Buick” Neil McMahon shared his story in front of a live audience at The Wilma Missoula, MT in September of 2016. Neil is working as a carpenter on a construction site in a remote part of Montana when the call comes ...
04.19.2022 “Stone Soup” Part 2 Four storytellers share their true personal stories live without notes on the theme "Stone Soup". A young woman visits New York City with her Papa, a Polish track athlete reflects on defecting from Poland in the 1980s, A woman runs ...
04.12.2022 “Stone Soup” Part 1 Four storytellers share their true personal stories live without notes on the theme "Stone Soup". A dramatic river rescue, bullets confiscated at TSA, a middle-aged woman cookin up an incredible stew and a man, a porcupine, a jar of pickles, ...
03.15.2022 “My First Pregnancy” and Interview with Laura King This week on the podcast, I sit down with Laura King to talk about her story “My First Pregnancy”, which she told live onstage at Free Ceramics in Helena, MT in April of 2017. The theme that night was “The ...
03.08.2022 “Parting Ways With Henry Miller in Egypt” story and Interview with Brian Upton In this episode of the podcast, Brian Upton sits down with Tell Us Something Executive Director Marc Moss to talk about his story “Parting Ways with Henry Miller in Egypt”, which he told live onstage at The Top Hat Lounge ...
02.28.2022 “Mission From God” – Jim Beyer Story and Interview This week on the podcast, Jim Beyer and Tell Us Something Executive Director Marc Moss chat about his story “Mission from God”, which he told live onstage at The Top Hat Lounge in Missoula, MT in March 2012. The theme ...
02.15.2022 Interview with Stephanie Hohn Free from jail at 16, Stephanie faces a corrupt system and overcomes an inept foster parent. Stephanie calls her story “The Smartest Girl in the Jail”. We also talk about her band, her podcasts, and about how things in the ...
02.09.2022 Interview with Jeremy N. Smith Jeremy N. Smith and I chat about his story “Always, Only, At Least", which he told live onstage at The Top Hat Lounge in Missoula, MT back in October 2014. The theme that night was “The Things We Carry”. We ...
01.20.2022 Forward to Better Part 2 Our podcast today was recorded in front of a live audience on August 24, 2021, at Bonner Park Bandshell in Missoula, MT. 7 storytellers shared their true personal story on the theme “Forward to Better”. Today we hear from 2 ...
01.04.2022 Forward to Better – Part 1 Stories of the difficulty of being gluten intolerant while traveling in China, being reminded of the magic in life, the complex feelings of a new mother, learning to ride the bus in a new country, and the journey to fix ...
08.25.2021 Interview With Bonnie Bishop Bonnie Bishop talks about what it was like to be the first person in Tell Us Something history to share her story in a live-streamed setting. We talk about the pandemic, about collective grief and about what it means to ...
07.30.2021 Tell Us Something Podcast Trade with A Rhythm Runs Through It Tell Us Something participates in a podcast trade with A Rhythm Runs Through It featuring an interview with Maria Zepeda, Executive Director of Montana Area Music Association.
05.07.2021 Missoula Gives 2021 Tell Us Something believes that everyone has a story. We believe that all stories matter. We believe that storytelling brings us together as a community. We believe that stories connect us as community members, open our hearts, change our minds, ...
05.01.2021 Interview with Anna Haslund This week on the podcast, we check in with Anna Haslund, the first Deaf storyteller to have shared a story on the Tell Us Something stage. We talk about her story and what it was like to share a story ...
04.10.2021 Come As You Are This week on the podcast 5 storytellers share their true personal stories on the theme “Come as You Are”. These stories were live-streamed into the living rooms of 390 people on September 16, 2020.
03.03.2021 Interview with Nerma Dobričanin Join English teacher Nerma Dobričanin and Tell Us Something host Marc Moss as they chat about life during the pandemic in Rožaje, Montenegro, a difficult pregnancy and her experience visiting the United States.
02.10.2021 Live Storytelling with Corporate Workshop Participants MEDA This week on the podcast we hear from storytellers of a corporate Tell Us Something storytelling workshop that I hosted for MEDA - Montana Economic Developers Association. Join these four storytellers for stories of work, and the importance of taking ...
02.03.2021 Interview with Tabitha Martinez This week on the podcast, join me as we go behind the scenes with local artist Tabitha Martinez, sometimes known as BMartinez. Tabatha designed the poster for the September 2017 event. The theme that night was “Up the Blackfoot”.
01.27.2021 Interview with Courtney Blazon Because storytelling is an art, I’ve always hired local artists to design a poster for each event. The posters of Tell Us Something are amazing in their own right, and I thought that it would be fun to sit down ...
01.06.2021 2020 Tell Us Something Year in Review In today’s show, Tell Us Something Director marc Moss explores the challenges, successes, and opportunities Tell Us Something faced in 2020. We’ll look at some of the things we tried that failed, things that worked, things we learned and opportunities ...
12.22.2020 Interview with Melissa Kaplan of Gecko Designs I worked with the team at Gecko Designs to rethink the Tell Us Something website back in 2017 and they have been providing hosting and routine maintenance for the website ever since. Join head honcha Melissa Kaplan and me for ...
12.17.2020 Interview with Ana Soulia – Founder and Owner of Inertia Physiotherapy For years, Ana Soulia won best physical therapist in the local paper’s Best of Missoula voting. She eventually split away from the office where she worked to form her own practice - Inertia Physiotherapy.
12.08.2020 Interview with CEO of GatherBoard Molly Bradford When Molly decided to share her story at Tell Us Something, she also extended an offer of in-kind sponsorship to Tell Us Something. Molly is the CEO of Gatherboard. The Gatherboard.com site tells us that Molly Bradford has been involved ...
11.24.2020 Interview with Dagny Deutchman and ‘Gettin’ in the Groove’ Story This week on the podcast, Dagny Deutchman and I revisit the story that she shared about guiding a river trip on the Salmon River. In the story, she shared how she dealt with a client who inappropriately expressed his displeasure ...
11.17.2020 Interview with Jennie Pak and her story ‘Drink This, it’s Good For You’ Visiting her brother-in-law in Hong Kong, Jennie had an adverse reaction to all of the walking she’s enduring. In an effort to help her heal, she undergoes a regimen of acupuncture, smudging and drinking a mysterious concoction whipped up by ...
11.10.2020 Interview with Molly Bradford This week on the podcast, Molly Bradford and I revisit her story of harvesting a doe. I figured that, it being hunting season and all, now is a good time to share our conversation.Join us as we talk about hunting, ...
10.28.2020 Interview with Mike Calucchia This week on the podcast, Mike Calucchia talks about the dogs that he had in his truck for his story. We also learn about his aspirations to be a painter and hear about how he learned to cook from his ...
10.20.2020 Jill Alban Interview Jill Alban talks about radical truth-telling. She shares some insights about the story she shared at Tell Us Something, too. After our conversation, you can hear the story as she shared it on the Tell Us Something stage.
10.13.2020 Interview with Joseph Grady (part 2) Joseph Grady talks about his artistic endeavors, his story, and about his experience sharing it on the Tell Us Something stage. After our conversation, you’ll be able to listen to the story as he shared it on stage.
09.23.2020 Interview with Joseph Grady (part 1) Joseph Grady sits down with Tell Us Something Director Marc Moss for a discussion about healthy communities, getting involved, and being part of something. Photo Credit - SydneyMacdonald
08.18.2020 Interview with Karla Theilen and story “Guardian Angel Obstacle Course” I spoke with Karla Theilen in late June from her temporary home in Tuba City, AZ on her day off from taking care of COVID patients in the Navajo Nation. After our interview, stick around to hear her story “Guardian ...
08.04.2020 Interview with Arthur Weatherwax and story “Life or Death We All Have Choices” In this episode of the podcast, I chatted by phone with Arthur Weatherwax, a Native of the Blackfeet tribe, about his story, and the experience that he had telling it. Arthur has a traumatic brain injury, and listening to a ...
07.28.2020 Interview and Jenny’s Story ‘Getting TIPSEE’ We chatted about life during a pandemic, about storytelling and about how the meaning of a story can change over time, revealing itself with a new perspective. And we talked a lot about white privilege, and how we often don’t ...
07.21.2020 Meet the Storytellers – Ibrahin Mena I sat down with Ibrahin and we talked about life in Venezuela, his experience with racism there, and in Europe, when he was traveling. We compared that to his experience with racism here in the United States, talked about his ...
07.16.2020 Tell Us Something – Meet the Storytellers – Preview I’m excited to bring you stories from the archives and a behind the scenes look at Tell Us Something. In this new series I’ll sit down with a storyteller every week, and we’ll talk about what they’ve been up to, ...

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