The VAMP Storytelling Podcast

Despite the passing heat wave, you can begin to smell the faintest hint of fall in the air, and that has us all so percolating with anticipation we wanted our next two episodes to reflect our excitement. So we’re going with “That’s My Jam,” a great show all about songs, hobbies, and obsessions that set the stage for big life moments.

Featuring: Nas Helewa, Jennifer D. Corley, Leon Decklebaum, and Eber Lambert.

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Welcome back to The VAMP Storytelling Showcase on this late summer afternoon from everyone here at So Say We All in San Diego, California. We’re doing part two of “Neighborhood Watch,” today, with three storytellers hoping to wow you.

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Living in the manicured suburbs of Del Cerro–the Hillcrest of tomorrow I like to think of it as–has really done a number on me. I woke up here one day and realized I had become the guy who yells at cars that drive too fast, and sets out trail cameras to discover which local critter has been getting into the cat food.

But the seedy underbelly truly reared its ugly head when I was introduced to the social media website, “Next Door,” which is an online community for absolutely terrified white people to alert their neighborhood to “suspicious persons,” or say horrible things about the little old lady whose terrier made the unforgivable choice to relieve itself on someone’s water-guzzling lawn. It’s a magical way to draft everyone on the block into a militia, and make them targets of suspicion at the same time. It’s a pretty amazing business strategy.

So this episode and next we’ll be trying to introduce the antidote to that festering pit of pettiness and paranoia with wholesome, revelatory true stories from our August 2014 Showcase, “Neighborhood Watch.”

Featuring:

• Suzanne Hoyem
• Benjamin Hardie
• Julia Mixer

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It's part two of Woah, Mama! Featuring the alternately gut-punching and tickling narrative touchies of Jordan Coburn, Madison Ford, Dallas McLaughlin, and J Carroll; recorded at The Whistle Stop in San Diego. Be sure to swing by So Say We All's Youtube page if you want the full audio / visual experience, and don't forget to leave us a rating and review so the algorithm deems us worthy!

To learn more about The VAMP Storytelling Showcase and So Say We All, the literary arts nonprofit responsible for it, visit www.sosayweallonline.com.

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Support So Say We All during our annual summer fund drive: www.sosayweallonline.com/support

Summer is officially upon us. Here in San Diego, we still haven’t the kind of flattening heat waves or exploding forest fires that wipe whole towns off the map like we have in previous summers. Considering all the other things going on in the country, it’s almost like California understands we’re working with a full plate at the moment and doesn’t want to add to it. Not yet at least.

We’ve got a hell of a show that will hopefully take your mind off of all that for the next hour, on the theme of, “Woah, Mama,” a live show debuting just a minute ago in May of 2022–Mother’s Day might have had something to do with our going with it. We’ll hear from Part One’s storytellers today, featuring Laura Preble, Debra Bass, TJ Tallie, and Milo Schapiro.

The VAMP Storytelling Podcast is produced by Justin Hudnall.

Leslie Furguson was our volunteer producer for the live show.

Joe Hudak is our Production manager.

Jennifer Corley is our Program Director.

And Brent Hannify is our Social Media Manager who gets the word out.

All the original music you hear was provided by the inspired Kurt Kohnen of AMFM Music with the exception of our end credits theme, "Blue Little" generously provided by 10:32.

Support is made possible by The California Arts Council, The San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture, The Conrad Prebys Foundation, and the supporting members of So Say We All. We’d love to have you as one of those members, just go to www.sosayweallonline.com/support or our Patreon, www.patreon.com/sosayweallonline. We would deeply appreciate the love.

Welcome back to all our beloved friends out there, but an especially heartfelt greeting to the strangers joining us today for the first time; we hope you don’t stay strangers for long once you hear today’s episode on the theme of “Red Flags,” part two.

Featuring:

Ed Farragut, Anastasia Zadiek, and Jake Arky.

Produced by Justin Hudnall.

Intro and interstitial music by Kurt Kohnen of AMFM Music, outro music courtesy of 10:32.

Learn more at www.sosayweallonline.com, and if you like what we do and want to support us by becoming a supporting member, we’d love to have you, just pop over to https://sosayweall.wildapricot.org/.

On this first episode of The VAMP Storytelling Podcast featuring stories from our community, we wanted to lead with our best foot forward. After a thorough review of our copious story archive, we have resolved to bring you a show on the theme of “Red Flags,” interpreted by five brilliant voices over the course of two episodes.

Featuring:

Jenn Stiff and Jean Guerrero.

Produced by Justin Hudnall.

Intro and interstitial music by Kurt Kohnen of AMFM Music, outro music courtesy of 10:32.

Learn more at www.sosayweallonline.com, and if you like what we do and want to support us by becoming a supporting member, we’d love to have you, just pop over to https://sosayweall.wildapricot.org/

This is not a normal episode, this is more of a little fireside chat where we tell you all about who we are, where we came from, and what we're going to be doing here at The VAMP Storytelling Podcast. You'll be able to expect amazing, raw, true stories from our live shows on a variety of changing themes, so we felt it was only appropriate if we lead with our own.

If you want to learn more about So Say We All, the San Diego-based literary and performing arts nonprofit that makes this and other shows possible, visit out our website at www.sosayweallonline.com. And please do check out our other podcasts, Incoming, and Listen With The Lights Off.

The VAMP Storytelling Podcast is produced by Justin Hudnall.

Intro music by Kurt Kohnen of AMFM Music, outro music courtesy of 10:32.