David Phreaner hosts storyteller, Bill Thompson in a brief "Backstory Conversation" following the storytelling portion of our March 30, 2021 True Tales Live Zoom Edition with the theme: Activism. This is an interesting conversation between David and Bill discuss "the story behind the story"... Bill told a story entitled "Chained and Squirming."

The storytelling part of the program is in a separate file on this podcast. The Backstory sessions have their own playlist, separate from that of the Zoom storyteller playlist. A video of this conversation will be available on the PPMTV YouTube channel. Link will be available at our website at www.truetaleslivenh.org

Our 6th Zoom program had 60 viewers and 3 excellent storytellers who shared their "True Tales" based on the theme of "Activism" Storytellers in order of appearance with the title of their story were: Amy Antonucci (A Tree in the Forest); Bill Thompson (Chained and Squirming); and Arnie Alpert (Pledge of Resistance?). The end of the program gave our audience a chance to ask questions and comment via the Chat Room. Following the program David Phreaner has a "Backstory Conversation" with storyteller, Bill Thompson. That part of the program is on a separate file . This file is just the storytelling part of the program. There will be a video of the program posted on Portsmouth Public Media TV and this link: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLu8guPhQX33CUUQBX9rXdC26fgpdMm-bh will take you to the playlist of all our programs on the PPMTV YouTube Channel.

This is the audio version of what we entitle "The Backstory" conducted by David Phreaner with storyteller TIna Charpentier. It runs 15 minutes and was part of the Feb 23, 2021 True Tales Live Zoom Epi 5 This is part of the video version on PPMTVNH.org YouTube channel as this link https://youtu.be/Rx93BXWEeV0 This track will be stored in "The Backstory" Playlist on the podcast.

As an Air Force Sgt. stationed in Saudi Arabia during the Persian Gulf War in 1992, Tina Charpentier is our True Tales Live Featured Storyteller. She will share 4 first-person (True Tales) stories centered around the theme of "Desert Tales of Stress and Boredom" The stories in order: "The Stress Button;" "Hiding in Plain Sight;" "Better Than Doing Nothin' " and "The Egg". Our announcer is Amy Antonucci and our Emcee is Pat Spalding. Video/Audio Editor is John Lovering. This is an AUDIO ONLY portion of the storytelling part of the program. An interview of Tina, called "The Backstory" is conducted by David Phreaner, but that portion of the program is on this podcast in a separate file. Visit us at www.truetaleslivenh.org or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/truetaleslive/ The video version of this originally live broadcast on Zoom can be found at the ppmtvnh.org YouTube Channel at this link: https://youtu.be/Rx93BXWEeV0 - This track will be found in our Zoom Edition Playlist

Host, David Phreaner (photo left) has a conversation with storyteller Saul Fussiner. Following the January 26, 2021 True Tales Live (TTL) Zoom Edition, we have now added our interview or conversation segment that we call "The Backstory" where one of our three storytellers engages in a discussion with David about their storytelling techniques, history, tips, and life experiences. This runs about 14 min. The full program minus "The Backstory" is on this podcast in the playlist "The Backstory"

Three storytellers on a live Zoom Show recorded in cooperation with Portsmouth Public Media TV in Portsmouth, NH on Jan. 26th, 2021.

Storytellers were Saul Fussiner, Kate Braun, and Karen Fitzgerald. Our announcer is Amy Antonucci. Our Emcee is Pat Spalding. David Phreaner was host of a new section entitled "The Backstory" and interviewed Saul Fussiner. That interview is on a SEPARATE file in this podcast under Zoom Interviews. A video version of this program can be seen https://youtu.be/ij6uZgperNc at PPMTV YouTube Channel

Our theme is "Being Seen and Heard: Our Storytellers and their story titles were: Amy Antonucci (Taking Sides); Chris Newcomb (Hi, Chris!); Nina Lesiga (Lift and Separate). Amy Antonucci is our Announcer and Zoom Host, Pat Spalding is our Emcee, David Phreaner is our Interviewer. Audio/Video Editor was John Lovering. Storyteller Wrangler was Kemetia Foley! Thank you to our storytellers and our online audience. We very much appreciate you tuning in. There will be a video version of the show at PPMTVNH.ORG on YouTube under the Playlist "True Tales Live" Our next free Zoom Workshop in December 1st and our next Zoom Program is January 26 with the January workshop on January 5th. January 26th is an "Open Theme" night... your choice. Visit our website at www.truetaleslivenh.org

Part of our "Shelter In Place" series, we welcome 3 storytellers to our Zoom screen with about 30 audience members. Storytellers include Kemetia Foley (Lucky 311); Dane Peters (Speaking My Mind - Long Ago and Now); Jack Herney (The Battle of the Uninvited Guests). Our Announcer is Amy Antonucci. Pat Spalding is our Emcee. Interviewer - David Phraener. Storyteller Coordinator - Kemetia Foley Audio / Video Editor - John Lovering Visit us at www.truetaleslivenh.org and on Facebook at truetaleslive. Our next show is Nov 24th. Want to be a storyteller? Email: [email protected] There is a video edition of this here: https://youtu.be/QN56jQVyrG4

COVID-19 Took us off Portsmouth Public Media TV in March of 2020. We were unable to have a studio audience. After long consideration and some practice, the crew of True Tales Live decided to go with a Zoom broadcast. Our first show was Sept. 29, 2020. Amy Antonucci was the Zoom Host and Announcer, Pat Spalding was our Emcee, David Phreaner our Interviewer with additional help from Kemetia Foley, Sam Adams, and Sarah Bedingfield. John Lovering recorded and edited the broadcast. On this track is the audio from the show. Three storytellers told their first person stories on the theme "In It Together" The were Kemetia Foley (A Delayed Calling); Gail Licciardello (Some One Watching Over Me); and Tina Charpentier (Risky Business). At the end of the storytelling about 10 min was set aside for viewers to ask questions via "Chat" feature. We had about 49 viewers. The video of this program is available on PPMTVNH.ORG YouTube at this address: https://youtu.be/_Zw721pIR5Q More Info on True Tales Live and how you can become a storyteller, is available www.truetaleslivenh.org.

Recorded live at the PPMTV studio on 280 Marcy St. in Portsmouth, NH on February 25, 2020. This is the audio of the storytelling portion of the program. The Interview portion with Terry Farish is on a separate file on this podcast. Here are the storytellers in order of appearance and with the titles of their stories: Cyndi Pray - "How I Became The FIrst Female Firefighter in NH" / Cathy Wolf - "Good Old Boys Club" / Bill Maddocks - "The Draw Hole" / Barbara Rimkunas - "Listen To Your House When It Tells You About Whale Oil" / Terry Farish - "Thuy's Letter." Amy Antonucci is the Announcer and Pat Spalding is the Emcee. More Storytelling episodes can be found in the "Storytelling" playlist on this podcast. Thank you for listening. Visit our website at www.truetaleslivenh.org We are also on Facebook: www.facebook.com/truetaleslive