Pass the Mic with Ophira Eisenberg

It's Pass the Mic where we invite a talented guest with a great story to join us on the pod. Today we are excited to have Jay Acunzo. Jay Acunzo is an author, speaker, and podcaster. He's worked in marketing roles at Google, HubSpot, and ESPN, and he currently hosts the podcast How Stories Happen, where creators and communicators dissect their signature stories piece by piece.

Light one up for this week's episode of The Compulsive Storyteller "420 Drug Dealing Dad." Gregg's wild man Dad calls him early one morning with an exciting announcement, a giant bale of illicit substance has washed up on the beach. What should they do with it?? The Compulsive Storyteller Podcast is a series of short personal true stories in 20 minutes or less written and narrated by me, Gregg LeFevre. New episodes will be released every other Wednesday across all podcast platforms.

It's Pass the Mic where we invite a talented guest with a great story to join us on the pod. Today we are excited to have Ansa Edim. She's a storyteller, writer, and walking dating disaster in Washington, DC. For much of her adult life, she has been navigating single life with its complicated twists and turns and shares her stories on stage and in writing. Her stories have helped make her a 2022 MothSLAM Champion Storyteller and put her on stages like Washington, DC's John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts and the Lincoln Theatre. You can find her on TikTok @ansa_____ and check out some of her musings by subscribing to her newsletter Red Flags. For everything else, check out ansaedim.com/everything.

Easter is coming early this year so get in the mood with this story entitled, "Gregg's Eggs." Gregg is a child entrepreneur selling farm fresh eggs to the neighborhood. But a lot can go wrong when you're a kid with a fragile business. The Compulsive Storyteller Podcast is a series of short personal true stories in 20 minutes or less written and narrated by me, Gregg LeFevre. New episodes will be released every other Wednesday across all podcast platforms.

It's Pass the Mic where we invite a talented guest with a great story to join us on the pod. Today we have Blake Pfeil, the creator of the award-winning All-American Ruins, which was recently an Official Select at On Air Fest in LA. Blake hosts "The Pfeil File" on Radio Kingston/WKNY (107.9 FM/1490 AM in the Hudson Valley, NY) and serves as the Operations & Programs Manager at TMI Project, where he also produces The TMI Project Story Hour, which recently won the highest honor at the International Women’s Podcast Awards. Blake is also an associate producer for season 5 of History Colorado's Lost Highways, holds an MA in Arts Entrepreneurship from Purchase College, and is an alumni of the Audio Podcast Fellowship at Stony Brook University.

Getting romantic this week with a Valentine's Day special. This episode called, "Ménage à trois" is about Gregg's unconventional relationship with two women...at the same time! After the fire of first love fails will they be able to keep the relationship together? The Compulsive Storyteller Podcast is a series of short personal true stories in 20 minutes or less written and narrated by me, Gregg LeFevre. New episodes will be released every other Wednesday across all podcast platforms. Want to tell your own story? We’re launching a new segment of guest storytelling and we want to hear your stories! Email a voice recording to [email protected]. I'll play select stories on upcoming episodes. Try to be as clear as possible in your recordings, and we reserve the right to lightly edit them for length and clarity. Leave your name or contact info in your voicemail or email, and let us know if you would like the story to be anonymous. Follow on Instagram @TheCompulsiveStoryteller and visit our website ⁠thecompulsivestoryteller.com

It's Pass the Mic where we invite a talented guest with a great story to join us on the pod. Today we have Jonathan Menjivar, a Senior Producer at Audacy's Pineapple Street Studios and host of the critically acclaimed original podcast series "Classy with Jonathan Menjivar, selected as a "Best Podcast of 2023" by Time, The New Yorker, and The Atlantic.

In this week’s episode, entitled "Renaissance Man", Gregg tells a story of the ups and downs of creating a sculpture for the ceiling of a new Times Square Hotel. The Compulsive Storyteller Podcast is a series of short personal true stories in 20 minutes or less written and narrated by me, Gregg LeFevre. New episodes will be released every other Wednesday across all podcast platforms. Want to tell your own story? We’re launching a new segment of guest storytelling and we want to hear your stories! Email a voice recording to [email protected]. I'll play select stories on upcoming episodes. Try to be as clear as possible in your recordings, and we reserve the right to lightly edit them for length and clarity. Leave your name or contact info in your voicemail or email, and let us know if you would like the story to be anonymous. Follow on Instagram @TheCompulsiveStoryteller and visit our website ⁠thecompulsivestoryteller.com

It's Pass the Mic where we invite a talented guest with a great story to join us on the pod. Today we have Heide Hatry, artist, writer, environmental activist, and founder of "Icons in Ash" and "Polar Bear Fest" In this episode Heide shares shocking stories from her life as artist.

In this week’s episode, entitled "Funny Christmas Disaster", Gregg tells a story from a childhood holiday, where things go wrong, and wrong again. The Compulsive Storyteller Podcast is a series of short personal true stories in 20 minutes or less written and narrated by me, Gregg LeFevre. New episodes will be released every other Wednesday across all podcast platforms. Want to tell your own story? We’re launching a new segment of guest storytelling and we want to hear your stories! Email a voice recording to [email protected]. I'll play select stories on upcoming episodes. Try to be as clear as possible in your recordings, and we reserve the right to lightly edit them for length and clarity. Leave your name or contact info in your voicemail or email, and let us know if you would like the story to be anonymous. Follow on Instagram @TheCompulsiveStoryteller and visit our website ⁠thecompulsivestoryteller.com