Pass the Mic with Leo Fernekes

We interrupt summer break with a new Pass the Mic! Leo Fernekes is here telling stories about Burning Man - He's there on the playa this week working on an art project.You can see his work with electronics, mechanical design, coding, and general science in the name of art on his youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/@leosbagoftricks3732 or see his portfolio of projects on his website http://www.fernekes.com/

The Compulsive Storyteller is on summer break right now but to hold you over to until the next season we are re-posting some favorite episodes. Listen to this Pass the Mic with Kevin Allison from RISK! an amazing storyteller and podcaster.

When Gregg bought an abandoned building in Harlem he didn't know what he was getting into. Listen to "Harlem Sojourn" the story of Gregg's time renovating an apartment building in NYC. The Compulsive Storyteller Podcast is a series of short personal true stories in 20 minutes or less written and narrated by, Gregg LeFevre. © Gregg LeFevre 2025

This week's episode is a shortie! Shotgun is a story about walking into the wrong bar in New York City.The Compulsive Storyteller Podcast is a series of short personal true stories in 20 minutes or less written and narrated by, Gregg LeFevre. © Gregg LeFevre 2025

We welcome Tricia Rose Burt to the show to tell her story! After spending nearly 15 years with some of America’s top business institutions, Tricia Rose Burt made a dramatic shift and enrolled in the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. This bold move led to a decade as a visual artist until the 2008 market crash forced another pivot. She created an award-winning one-woman show — How to Draw a Nekkid Man — about her transformation from executive to artist and her storytelling career took off after performing with The Moth, where she is also part of their corporate storytelling arm, MothWorks. These days, Tricia combines her corporate background and artistic experience, teaching storytelling to executives to help them more clearly share their ideas and initiatives. She also hosts and produces the award-winning podcast "No Time to be Timid," the centerpiece of the No Time to be Timid movement.The Compulsive Storyteller Podcast is a series of short personal true stories in 20 minutes or less written and narrated by, Gregg LeFevre.

For Gregg summertime means fishing with Dad. Listen to this weeks episode "Summertime"The Compulsive Storyteller Podcast is a series of short personal true stories in 20 minutes or less written and narrated by, Gregg LeFevre. © Gregg LeFevre 2025

For Mother's Day revisit Gregg's inspiring story of his mother, an army WASP pilot, and the many hardships she faced in her life. Despite it all she helped cultivate Gregg's artistic aspirations, and his flights with her inspired his earliest artworks!

This episode we have Rory O'Connor on to tell his story.Rory is an award-winning author,journalist and filmmaker. He has played a keyrole as a director, writer, producer, andexecutive producer in the creation of more thanthirty documentaries, and his programming hasaired on leading networks in more than onehundred countries – from ABC, NBC, CBS, PBS andFOX in the U.S. to the BBC, RAI, NHK, NationalGeographic and many others internationally.The Compulsive Storyteller Podcast is a series of short personal true stories in 20 minutes or less written and narrated by, Gregg LeFevre.

Gregg muses on the state of aviation and his own close calls. We can't even believe there have been even more disasters since the episode was recorded. The Compulsive Storyteller Podcast is a series of short personal true stories in 20 minutes or less written and narrated by, Gregg LeFevre. © Gregg LeFevre 2025

This week's episode is a shortie! Russian Assassin is about Gregg's first try at acting.The Compulsive Storyteller Podcast is a series of short personal true stories in 20 minutes or less written and narrated by, Gregg LeFevre. © Gregg LeFevre 2025