BACKFENCE Unhinged Ep 44: Brian S. Ellis #2

Episode 52: Adam Peterson  Adam Peterson kills two birds with one stone, writing his 50 page critical analysis drunk, on a plane to Lebanon, while also binge watching the Christopher Nolan Batman trilogy. Flash forward to his PhD review and what should be a formality is anything but.  Adam is a fiction writer and sometimes filmmaker originally from Nebraska and now living in Los Angeles. His short story collection Any Time But This Time won the 2025 Grace Paley Prize and is coming out on November 13th. His Eagle Scout project was a sidewalk. BACKFENCE Unhinged is a 29-minute podcast hosted by Andrew Dickson and Frayn Masters, two people you'd actually enjoy being stuck in an elevator with. The elevator stops on a different floor every week and a guest steps on with a delightfully unhinged story.  Executive Producer: Frayn Masters  Co-hosts and co-creators: Frayn Masters & Andrew Dickson  Editor and Producer: Julia Oppenheimer Theme Music: Matt Sheehy from Lost Lander  Logo Design: Tim May Sponsors: Powell’s Books and Kiln co-working space Recorded at: XRAY.fm, listen: online or 91.1 or 107.1 in PDX  Audio Podcast: Wherever you find your podcasts  Learn more: backfencestorytelling.com  IG: @backfencestorytelling  

EPISODE 21: Nicole Hardy ENCORE!!  One of our most listened to episodes! If you happen to be in Portland today, NOV 5, Nicole will join us for our first live podcast taping!  Lean back, kick your legs up and laugh at actor and writer Nicole Hardy’s bad choices that lead to very unintended hilarity wherein she narrowly escapes deadly consequences. That’s right, she discloses a triptych of true stories from the diary of a self-inflicted poisoner. Nicole is a Seattle-based writer and teaching artist who’s working on a memoir about the year she spent sailing the world. She’s the author of the memoir Confessions of a Latter-day Virgin, and is best known for her Modern Love essay “Single, Female, Mormon, Alone.”  BACKFENCE Unhinged is a unique and delightful twist on the storytelling podcast where hosts Andrew and Frayn invite a storyteller on to share an unhinged true story. Then comes the second unhinged part – they dig in and ask questions to get into the behind-the-scenes dirt —  finding intersections with some of their own personal anecdotes. This episode was edited and produced by Julia Oppenheimer. With music created by musician and frontman for Lost Lander, Matt Sheehy. Frayn Masters is executive producer. Frayn Masters & Andrew Dickson are co-hosts and co-creators. The show was recorded at XRAY.fm — find them online or 91.1 or 107.1. You can find more info about Andrew, Frayn and BACKFENCE Storytelling shows and workshops at backfencestorytelling.com on IG @backfencepdx Logo design by Tim May Please visit our sponsor Powell’s Books to find the books highlighted in ‘Bry’s Hot Minute’. And a big thank you to Powell’s and KILN. co-working space for making this episode and our live shows possible.   

EP 51 Lauren Weedman PART TWO Go back and check out PART ONE of Lauren's haunting story about her mom's ghost reality then come back and listen to the roller coaster ride of how her mom still haunts her life.  BACKFENCE Unhinged is a 29-minute podcast hosted by Andrew Dickson and Frayn Masters, two people you'd actually enjoy being stuck in an elevator with. The elevator stops on a different floor every week and a guest steps on with a delightfully unhinged story.  Executive Producer: Frayn Masters  Co-hosts and co-creators: Frayn Masters & Andrew Dickson  Editor and Producer: Julia Oppenheimer Theme Music: Matt Sheehy from Lost Lander  Logo Design: Tim May Sponsors: Powell’s Books and Kiln co-working space Recorded at: XRAY.fm, listen: online or 91.1 or 107.1 in PDX  Audio Podcast: Wherever you find your podcasts  Learn more: backfencestorytelling.com  IG: @backfencestorytelling  

Episode 50: Lauren Weedman PART ONE Lauren Weedman is back with us fresh off her Emmy nod for her work as Mayor Jo in Hacks. We love Lauren so much we asked her to take part in our first ever two part podcast!  Part one explores her tenuous relationship with her “mean mom” and her mom’s affection for ghosts above her children and animals! Frayn and Andrew share their own ghost stories and there is a lot chatter about Ouji Boards! It’s a really fun time.   Next we’ll air PART TWO and Lauren gave us the tag “She is dead to me…” for the next chapter!  Lauren Weedman is an actor in TV, Stage and film.  She likes to paint. She wrote a few books and recently was nominated for an Emmy for her role as Mayor Jo in Hacks  BACKFENCE Unhinged is a 29-minute podcast hosted by Andrew Dickson and Frayn Masters, two people you'd actually enjoy being stuck in an elevator with. The elevator stops on a different floor every week and a guest steps on with a delightfully unhinged story.  Executive Producer: Frayn Masters  Co-hosts and co-creators: Frayn Masters & Andrew Dickson  Editor and Producer: Julia Oppenheimer Theme Music: Matt Sheehy from Lost Lander  Logo Design: Tim May Sponsors: Powell’s Books and Kiln co-working space Recorded at: XRAY.fm, listen: online or 91.1 or 107.1 in PDX  Audio Podcast: Wherever you find your podcasts  Learn more: backfencestorytelling.com  IG: @backfencestorytelling  

Episode 49: FRAYN MASTERS  BACKFENCE Unhinged co-host Frayn Masters’ returns to tell us about her wish to be on LA's Magic Castle stage comes true. But what happens after the curtain is raised is anything but magical… or is it?  BACKFENCE Unhinged is a 29-minute podcast hosted by Andrew Dickson and Frayn Masters, two people you'd actually enjoy being stuck in an elevator with. The elevator stops on a different floor every week and a guest steps on with a delightfully unhinged story.  Executive Producer: Frayn Masters  Co-hosts and co-creators: Frayn Masters & Andrew Dickson  Editor and Producer: Julia Oppenheimer Theme Music: Matt Sheehy from Lost Lander  Logo Design: Tim May Sponsors: Powell’s Books and Kiln co-working space Recorded at: XRAY.fm, listen: online or 91.1 or 107.1 in PDX  Audio Podcast: Wherever you find your podcasts  Learn more: backfencestorytelling.com  IG: @backfencestorytelling

Season 2 Episode 48: KEVIN MALONEY Has a big crush ever led you astray? Kevin Maloney tells us about a snap decision that leads him to Montana and the Wild West twists and turns a big, heartache-y crush sends him on… Does he end up with the girl, or does he end up with something he never expected? Kevin is the author of Horse Girl Fever, The Red-Headed Pilgrim, and Cult of Loretta. He is the co-founder and fiction editor of Pool Party, which he runs with his wife, Ryan-Ashley Anderson. They live together in Portland, Oregon, with their one-eyed dog and three cats. BACKFENCE Unhinged is a 29-minute podcast hosted by Andrew Dickson and Frayn Masters, two people you'd actually enjoy being stuck in an elevator with. The elevator stops on a different floor every week and a guest steps on with a delightfully unhinged story.  Executive Producer: Frayn Masters  Co-hosts and co-creators: Frayn Masters & Andrew Dickson  Editor and Producer: Julia Oppenheimer Theme Music: Matt Sheehy from Lost Lander  Logo Design: Tim May Sponsors: Powell’s Books and Kiln co-working space Recorded at: XRAY.fm, listen: online or 91.1 or 107.1 in PDX  Audio Podcast: Wherever you find your podcasts  Learn more: backfencestorytelling.com  IG: @backfencestorytelling

Season 2 Episode 47: Hilary Whitmore Maybe the skies are friendly but TSA not so much, especially if you are a person who blurts things out randomly when in security. Hilary Whitmore takes on an airport adventure of getting stoned, booking too early of a flight Meow Wolf, and having all the cops and all the TSA members surround her.  Hilary is a Portland, OR native, performance artist, ritualist, and classically trained singer whose work explores connection, transformation, vulnerability, and the beautifully strange. BACKFENCE Unhinged is a 29-minute podcast hosted by Andrew Dickson and Frayn Masters, two people you'd actually enjoy being stuck in an elevator with. The elevator stops on a different floor every week and a guest steps on with a delightfully unhinged story.  Executive Producer: Frayn Masters  Co-hosts and co-creators: Frayn Masters & Andrew Dickson  Editor and Producer: Julia Oppenheimer Theme Music: Matt Sheehy from Lost Lander  Logo Design: Tim May Sponsors: Powell’s Books and Kiln co-working space Recorded at: XRAY.fm, listen: online or 91.1 or 107.1 in PDX  Audio Podcast: Wherever you find your podcasts  Learn more: backfencestorytelling.com  IG: @backfencestorytelling  

S2 Episode 46: Renee Jenkinson At 21 Renee moves to Montana and needs a job. She rips a number from a job board posting and ends up on a wild and at times soul-challenging adventure as a counselor at an outdoor camp for teenage girls. You will never guess the ending!  Renee  has spent nearly thirty years as a wilderness guide, teaching wilderness medicine and taking people to the edge of what they think they can handle. She's a firm believer that getting a little weird is a legitimate survival skill. BACKFENCE Unhinged is a 29-minute podcast hosted by Andrew Dickson and Frayn Masters, two people you'd actually enjoy being stuck in an elevator with. The elevator stops on a different floor every week and a guest steps on with a delightfully unhinged story.  Executive Producer: Frayn Masters  Co-hosts and co-creators: Frayn Masters & Andrew Dickson  Editor and Producer: Julia Oppenheimer Theme Music: Matt Sheehy from Lost Lander  Logo Design: Tim May Sponsors: Powell’s Books and Kiln co-working space Recorded at: XRAY.fm, listen: online or 91.1 or 107.1 in PDX  Audio Podcast: Wherever you find your podcasts  Learn more: backfencestorytelling.com  IG: @backfencestorytelling

SEASON 2 Episode 45: Lauren Goché If you’ve ever wondered how to drive your career from being a top celebrity assistant in Hollywood to the antics of fishing for tuna twelve hours a day on the high seas, do not sleep on listening to Lauren Goché’s adventure of hilarious family dynamics, Snickers candybars, and dealing with seals.  Lauren is a fabulous Portland realtor who doesn’t just sell dwellings, she deals with people’s lives and histories and stories and ancestry. She’s a sometimes chaos monster, dog mom, and community gatherer BACKFENCE Unhinged is a 29-minute podcast hosted by Andrew Dickson and Frayn Masters, two people you'd actually enjoy being stuck in an elevator with. The elevator stops on a different floor every week and a guest steps on with a delightfully unhinged story.  Executive Producer: Frayn Masters  Co-hosts and co-creators: Frayn Masters & Andrew Dickson  Editor and Producer: Julia Oppenheimer Theme Music: Matt Sheehy from Lost Lander  Logo Design: Tim May Sponsors: Powell’s Books and Kiln co-working space Recorded at: XRAY.fm, listen: online or 91.1 or 107.1 in PDX  Audio Podcast: Wherever you find your podcasts  Learn more: backfencestorytelling.com  IG: @backfencestorytelling

A brand new season is upon us!! SEASON TWO of BACKFENCE Unhinged has arrived!!! Thank you for following along!  EPISODE 44: Brian S. Ellis Sometimes a much older brother’s love and support takes you on the most unexpected of adventures as a twelve year old. Through his brother’s deep belief non-actor Brian S. Ellis gets his big shot at Hollywood fame playing against Val Kilmer with hilarious results. We go on a fun ride with the twists and turns with Brian not becoming the next Chris O’Donell. Brian is an author, storyteller and teacher. He offers classes through PCC, Backfence and Inner Doors. He is also the poetry editor for Pool Party Magazine. BACKFENCE Unhinged is a 29-minute podcast hosted by Andrew Dickson and Frayn Masters, two people you'd actually enjoy being stuck in an elevator with. The elevator stops on a different floor every week and a guest steps on with a delightfully unhinged story.  Executive Producer: Frayn Masters  Co-hosts and co-creators: Frayn Masters & Andrew Dickson  Editor and Producer: Julia Oppenheimer Theme Music: Matt Sheehy from Lost Lander  Logo Design: Tim May Sponsors: Powell’s Books and Kiln co-working space Recorded at: XRAY.fm, listen: online or 91.1 or 107.1 in PDX  Audio Podcast: Wherever you find your podcasts  Learn more: backfencestorytelling.com  IG: @backfencestorytelling