The Narrators
True stories told live at The Narrators, the award-winning storytelling show. Comedians, actors, musicians, writers, and other fascinating folks share first-person narratives from their lives, centered on a monthly theme.
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189: Brian Kramer, “Taking My Health Into My Ow...
A true story from "Nailing It" on 17 April 2019
13 min
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188: Lisa Jerez Artus, “Pura Vida”
A true story from "Alter Egos" on 15 May 2019
12 min
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187: Sammy Anzer, “Wallet Condom”
A true story from "Fight or Flight" on 21 November 2018
14 min
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186: Allison Rose, “She Would Never Be So New”
A true story from "Guts" on 17 October 2018
9 min
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185: Bess Scully & Hannah Duggan, “Baby Drop Ak...
A true story from "Arms" on 20 February 2019
12 min
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184: Angela Daniels, “My Favorite Word”
A true story from "Growing" on 20 March 2019
12 min
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183: Chris Charpentier, “Weird Caribbean Weed”
A true story from "Fake" on 16 May 2013
12 min
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182: David Blatt, “There Is No Sleep”
A true story from "Ghosts" on 19 December 2018
10 min
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181: Colleen Leggett, “Simon Says”
A true story from "Habit" on 16 January 2019
17 min
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180: Regan Linton, “Amazing Arms”
A true story from "Arms" on 20 February 2019
12 min
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179: Nathan Hall, “The Best Kind of Therapy”
A true story from "Rejected" at the Denver Zine Fest on 24 June 2018
9 min
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178: Vanessa Gonzalez, “Def Comedy Jam: Special...
A true story from "Bit" at High Plains Comedy Festival on 25 August 2018
12 min
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177: Mitch Slevc, “How I Won the 1988 National ...
A true story from "Cheating" on 15 August 2018
11 min
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176: Mary Shirley, “Tea at the Summit of Mt. Fuji”
A true story from "The Perfect Plan" on 18 July 2018
19 min
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175: Troy Walker, “Procrastination”
Episode 175: Today's story comes from comedian and actor Troy Walker. Troy originally told this story on 16 January 2019 at Buntport Theater in Denver, Colorado. The theme of the evening was "Habit." Troy is a Denver native currently based in Los Ange...
15 min
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174: Erin Rollman, “Let’s Faint for Each Other”
A true story from "Guts" on 17 October 2018
14 min
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173: Chris Walker, “Trapped on Ushba”
A true story from "Promise" on 20 January 2016
17 min
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172: Rachel Weeks, “What It Means to be a Lady”
A true story from "Periods" on 20 June 2018
16 min
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171: Jesse Caverly, “Rat Park Beer Run”
Jesse Caverly is a first-time storyteller. He told this story about a beer run gone bad on Tuesday, 10 July 2018 at Tiger!Tiger! Tavern in San Diego.
13 min
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170: Dave Ross, “What Did The Fart Say to The P...
Today's episode comes from one of our favorite storytellers, Dave Ross. Dave is a touring standup comedian and actor from Los Angeles who you may know from television shows such as "Corporate" or "Drunk History" on Comedy Central.
19 min
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169: Tiffany Fox, “Gland Puppet”
Tiffany Fox is a San Diego-based writing instructor at UCSD Extension. She told this story on 12 June at Tiger!Tiger! in San Diego about what happens when you lose a part of yourself that you thought defined you. The theme of the evening was "Periods."
8 min
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168: Lonnie MF Allen, “Calling Out”
Our story today comes from Denver comic artist, Lonnie MF Allen. He told this story about teenage angst in rural New Mexico—and remembering to always call out bullshit—in front of a live audience on 16 May 2018 at Buntport Theater in Denver, Colorado.
11 min
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167: Michael Madden, “In the War”
Our story today comes from Michael Madden, an actor, director, producer and writer in San Diego's local theater scene. He told this story about his father live at Tiger! Tiger! Tavern. The theme of the evening was "Rocking the Boat."
12 min
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166: Amanda Hergott, “My Brothers’ Sister”
Today's story comes from Amanda Hergott. She told this story about her past as a fraternity member colliding with her present as a trans woman on 18 April 2018 at Buntport Theater in Denver, Colorado—the theme of the evening was "Clubs." -
11 min
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165: Jordan Grasso, “I am Steve Erwin”
Jordan Grasso is an adjunct professor of sociology at Palomar College in North County San Diego but she’s on her way to Florida to pursue a Phd! We wish her luck and thank her for telling this story about her many encounters with alligators,
16 min