The TMI Project Story Hour

The second episode of Season 5 of The TMI Project Podcast: Black Trans Stories Matter features Eddie Maisonet. Eddie is a storyteller, teaching artist, and performer based in NYC, born and raised in Boston, MA. He is a queer, trans, disabled, black boricua: identities that create rich material from which to craft stories based on experience. Eddie is also a dog enthusiast, enjoying everything from looking at canines to one day training them professionally. You can find him on Instagram @EddieMStoryteller or EddieMaisonet.net.

This episode was mixed/mastered by Stevie Manns (they/them) and produced in partnership with Radio Kingston. TMI Project’s Black Trans Stories Matter program was created by Cece Suazo (she/her).

Our next live performance of Black Trans Stories Matter will be in June, 2023. Sign up for our newsletter to be the first to find out about the details and reserve your seat!

If you believe Storytelling is Social Justice and want to support TMI Project’s creation and amplification of true stories you can make a contribution HERE.

EPISODE CONTRIBUTORS:
Kiebpoli Calnek (they/them), Host, Writer, Editor
Erik Harris (he/him), Host, Writer, Editor
Eddie Maisonet (he/him), Storyteller

WRITING PROMPTS
- When have you taken your healing into your own hands?

TMI PROJECT STAFF:
Eva Tenuto (she/her), Executive and Artistic Director / Co-founder
Blake Pfeil (he/him), Operations and Programs Manager
Laura Marie Ruocco (she/her), Marketing and Digital Coordinator

The first episode of Season 5 of The TMI Project Podcast: Black Trans Stories Matter features K.C. Nyabinyere Jallah. K.C. is originally from the Twin Cities area in Minnesota and currently resides in Los Angeles, California. They serve as a Resource Specialist Teacher and vehemently advocates for the total liberation and sovereignty of disenfranchised people at all intersections. You can find out more about K.C. at @callmekayseee.

This episode was mixed/mastered by Stevie Manns (they/them) and produced in partnership with Radio Kingston. TMI Project’s Black Trans Stories Matter program was created by Cece Suazo (she/her).

Our next live performance of Black Trans Stories Matter will be in June, 2023. Sign up for our newsletter to be the first to find out about the details and reserve your seat!

If you believe Storytelling is Social Justice and want to support TMI Project’s creation and amplification of true stories you can make a contribution HERE.

EPISODE CONTRIBUTORS:
Kiebpoli Calnek (they/them), Host, Writer, Editor
Erik Harris (he/him), Host, Writer, Editor
K.C. Nyabinyere Jallah (they/them), Storyteller

WRITING PROMPT:
Write a true story about... someone who has seen and supported the “real you” before you even did?

LINKS/RESOURCES:
Black Trans Feminism, by Marquis Bey
Radio Kingston

TMI PROJECT STAFF:
Eva Tenuto (she/her), Executive and Artistic Director / Co-founder
Blake Pfeil (he/him), Operations and Programs Manager
Laura Marie Ruocco (she/her), Marketing and Digital Coordinator

Meet your hosts, Kiebpoli Calnek (they/them) and Erik Harris (he/him), along with the 10 storytellers who were chosen in a national call to perform in TMI Project’s first-ever Black Trans Stories Matter program, spearheaded by ballroom icon, actress, and activist Ms. Cece Suazo (she/her) whose own story is featured in the season finale.  

In 2021, in the thick of the pandemic, TMI Project conducted a national call for our first-ever Black Trans Stories Matter program. The trailer for Season 5 of The TMI Project Podcast: Black Trans Stories Matter introduces you to the 10 storytellers who were chosen, all of whom performed their true stories on Zoom for audiences around the world, and the creator, Ms. Ceece Suazo. The performance was a culmination of a true storytelling workshop led by Kiebpoli Calnek and Erik Harris. This season features the recording of those inaugural stories, along with interviews with each storyteller, and is accompanied by a listening and discussion guide to inspire deep introspection, a willingness to transform oneself, and take bold action to end systemic racism and transphobia. We hope these stories inspire you to take action to create a world where we can all live our truth with safety and freedom.

A note from Season 5 hosts, Kiebpoli and Erik, for our Black trans and gender-expansive listeners, “We welcome you. This community is for you. It doesn’t matter where you come from, your size, religion, sexual orientation, or what you got in your pocket. You are welcome here, and we love you.”

TMI Project Staff

• Eva Tenuto (she/her), Executive and Artistic Director / Co-founder
• Blake Pfeil (he/him), Operations and Programs Manager
• Laura Marie Ruocco (she/her), Marketing and Digital Coordinator

This episode was mixed/mastered by Stevie Manns (they/them) and produced in partnership with Radio Kingston. TMI Project’s Black Trans Stories Matter program was created by Cece Suazo (she/her).

We encourage you to listen in community and utilize this helpful resource: Black Trans Stories Matter: A Listening and Discussion Guide

Our next live performance of Black Trans Stories Matter will be in June 2023. Sign up for our newsletter to be the first to find out about the details and reserve your seat!

If you believe Storytelling is Social Justice and want to support TMI Project’s creation and amplification of true stories you can make a contribution HERE.

Links

• https://www.tmiproject.org
• https://www.instagram.com/tmiproject
• https://www.facebook.com/tmiproject
• https://www.tiktok.com/@tmiproject
• Radiokingston.org

This is the prologue to Season 5 of The TMI Project Podcast: Black Trans Stories Matter. 

Each episode in this 11-part season will feature a personal narrative from a TMI Project storyteller focused on the “too much information” parts of their story that are usually left out due to shame, embarrassment, fear, or cultural expectation.

Storytellers featured include:

Cece Suazo, Theodora Green, Julian Harris, Sanaia Hood, K.C. Nyabinyere Jallah, KT Kennedy, Eddie Maisonet, Aren Somers, Jahir Thomas, Syd Williams, Mario (Mars) Wolfe

This episode was mixed/mastered by Stevie Manns and produced in partnership with Radio Kingston.

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https://www.tiktok.com/@tmiproject

This is Episode 9, Season 4 of The TMI Project Podcast: Pride Stories featuring Kiebpoli Calnek and Erik Harris. 

Kiebpoli has always identified with male and female energies, but it isn’t until they meet a trans man at a queer sex party that they begin to have the language to claim their trans identity.

Erik has never been comfortable with his Triple D chest. Finally, a gender-affirming surgery allows him to shine like the sun.

Kiebpoli Calnek (they/them), a non-binary queer Black creative born and raised in Lenapehoking/New York City, has generated nuanced performances and artistic direction seeped in poetic elements for over two decades.

​​Erik Harris (he/him) is living his best life as a Black, queer, trans man in Richmond, VA. As an aspiring chef, he spends most of his time cooking, both at work and at home. When he isn't in the kitchen, he is lounging at the James River or playing bass guitar for his cat, Tux.

This episode was written collaboratively by Eva Tenuto, Blake Pfeil, and Julie Novak, produced and edited by Eva Tenuto, and mixed and mastered by Stevie Manns. It was co-produced by Radio Kingston and sponsored in part by MrJulieTees.com.

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JulieNovak.com
BlakePfeil.com

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This is Episode 8, Season 4 of The TMI Project Podcast: Pride Stories featuring Windy Sharpe.

Windy Sharpe (they/them) is a poet and author who has been writing since age six. Windy moved to New Jersey to be closer to friends (one of whom is TMI alum and workshop leader Raine Grayson) and is nearly done with the first draft of their novel.

This episode was written collaboratively by Eva Tenuto, Blake Pfeil, and Julie Novak, produced and edited by Eva Tenuto, and mixed and mastered by Stevie Manns. It was co-produced by Radio Kingston and sponsored in part by MrJulieTees.com.

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JulieNovak.com
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This is Episode 7, Season 4 of The TMI Project Podcast: Pride Stories featuring Ralph Goneau and Pat Meeker.

Ralph Goneau (1931-2021) lived in Woodstock, NY. He married his partner of 41 years as soon as same-sex marriage became law in NY. 

Pat Meeker participated in TMI Project’s 2019 true storytelling performance at the Mental Health Association in Ulster (Kingston, NY).

This episode was written collaboratively by Eva Tenuto, Blake Pfeil, and Julie Novak, produced and edited by Eva Tenuto, and mixed and mastered by Stevie Manns. It was co-produced by Radio Kingston and sponsored in part by MrJulieTees.com.

Radiokingston.org
MrJulieTees.com
JulieNovak.com
BlakePfeil.com
tmiproject.org
instagram.com/tmiproject/
facebook.com/tmiproject
twitter.com/tmiproject

This is Episode 6, Season 4 of The TMI Project Podcast: Pride Stories featuring Bailey Buckles. These days Bailey (she/her) is focusing on endurance running through the mountains and creating adventure with her amazing wife and pack of puppies. 

This episode was written collaboratively by Eva Tenuto, Blake Pfeil, and Julie Novak, produced and edited by Eva Tenuto, and mixed and mastered by Stevie Manns. It was co-produced by Radio Kingston and sponsored in part by MrJulieTees.com.

Radiokingston.org
JulieNovak.com
BlakePfeil.com

tmiproject.org
instagram.com/tmiproject/
facebook.com/tmiproject
twitter.com/tmiproject

This is Episode 5, Season 4 of The TMI Project Podcast: Pride Stories featuring Liam Juanis. Liam (he/him) recently graduated from Full Sail University with a BA in Digital cinematography.

This episode was written collaboratively by Eva Tenuto, Blake Pfeil, and Julie Novak, produced and edited by Eva Tenuto, and mixed and mastered by Stevie Manns. It was co-produced by Radio Kingston and sponsored in part by MrJulieTees.com.

Radiokingston.org
MrJulieTees.com
JulieNovak.com
BlakePfeil.com

tmiproject.org
instagram.com/tmiproject/
facebook.com/tmiproject
twitter.com/tmiproject

This is Episode 4, Season 4 of The TMI Project Podcast: Pride Stories featuring Zelda, aka Judith Z. Miller. 

Zelda (she/they) is a multifaceted artist: performer, producer, visual artist, workshop leader, and healer who lives in an erotic, musical, spiritual universe. As a feminist Jew who studies shamanism, she is inspired by the beauty of nature and the guiding force of her intuition as she explores the themes of connection to the Earth, spirituality, sexuality, and gender via a variety of art forms. 

This episode was written collaboratively by Eva Tenuto, Blake Pfeil, and Julie Novak, produced and edited by Eva Tenuto, and mixed and mastered by Stevie Manns. It was co-produced by Radio Kingston and sponsored in part by MrJulieTees.com.

Radiokingston.org
MrJulieTees.com
JulieNovak.com
BlakePfeil.com

tmiproject.org
instagram.com/tmiproject
facebook.com/tmiproject
twitter.com/tmiproject