Daring to Tell
54 episodes - English - Latest episode: 27 days ago - ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsIntimate conversations and true stories of personal daring with emerging and accomplished writers. Writers read their essay, memoir chapter or story, then talk about it with writer/host Michelle Redo.
An audio literary magazine, conceived, curated and hosted by Michelle Redo, an award winning 30-year public radio veteran, and new voice in podcasting.
Original submissions accepted twice yearly.
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Melanie Brooks A Hard Silence AUDIOBOOK- now available!
June 18, 2024 04:00 - 58 minutes - 53.2 MBDownload the audiobook of A Hard Silence, by Melanie Brooks before July 2nd to receive a special sale price at any audiobook retailer! A Hard Silence at Audible A Hard Silence at Libro.FM Check out AudioFile Magazine for more audiobook recommendations and reviews Sign up for Michelle Redo's newsletter at michelleredo.com where you can also hear a sample of A Hard Silence, and other Flying Pig Audiobook productions!
How To Be Old with Lyn Slater
June 04, 2024 04:00 - 1 hour - 96.6 MBYes, she's the creator of the Accidental Icon and in this conversation we talk about social justice and aging and burnout and the many layers and iterations of who she was before that "happy accident" that led her to the top of the fashion world, and who she is becoming next. Check out Lyn Slater's Substack to follow her post-Accidental Icon writing. Sign up for for Michelle Redo's newsletter, The Re-do at michelleredo.com
Maine, A Love Story with Blue Butterfield
May 07, 2024 04:00 - 1 hour - 62.8 MBMaine, A Love Story by Blue Butterfield See it. Read it. A finalist in the 2023 Memoir category from the Maine Writers and Publisher's Alliance. Sign up for the FREE Daring to Tell podcast newsletter, The Re-do, at michelleredo.com Listen to more of Phil Redo's music.
Abigail Thomas reads new work Deathbed Regrets
April 02, 2024 04:00 - 1 hour - 58.5 MBAbigail Thomas author of the memoirs Still Life at Eighty, A Three Dog Life, What Comes Next and How to Like it, and Safekeeping talks with Michelle Redo about writing and life, and reads from some new writing she's been doing, a piece called Deathbed Regrets. Sign up for Michelle Redo's newsletter, The Re-do at michelleredo.com Listen to The Band's Stagefright Link to Abigail Thomas' books from The Golden Notebook, Woodstock, NY.
Book Marketing Talk with Jenn Hanson-dePaula
March 05, 2024 04:00 - 1 hour - 70.5 MBEqually daring to writing your memoir is then, the work of marketing it. Jenn Hanson-dePaula shares valuable info and insight about marketing your book. And by the way... even if you're only working on your manuscript, it's not too early to start thinking about who you want to connect with about your story. Learn more about Jenn Hanson-dePaula, Book Marketing Simplified and Mixtus Media. Sign up for Michelle Redo's newsletter, The Re-do, at my website, michelleredo.com. Jenn also talks a...
And Always One More Time with Margaret Mandell
February 06, 2024 04:00 - 1 hour - 68.1 MBThanks for listening! Visit Margaret Mandell's website Pre-order And Always One More Time at Barnes & Noble or Amazon. Read Margaret's essays at Oldster and Brevity Blog. Sign up for Michelle Redo's newsletter, The Re-do at michelleredo.com Listen to more of Phil Redo's music at Bandcamp
Beginnings and Endings and Nothing
January 02, 2024 04:00 - 22 minutes - 20.6 MBMentioned in this episode... Heart of the Story Podcast with Nadine Kenney Johnstone A Hard Silence by Melanie Brooks Sushi Tuesdays Audiobook by Charlotte Maya Open Heart Project of Susan Piver Sign up for Michelle's newsletter The Re-do Listen to more of Phil Redo's music Add a Tip to help support this podcast
Awakenings with Diane Gottlieb and Nina Lichtenstein
December 05, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 62.9 MBMichelle Redo talks with Diane Gottlieb, Editor of the new essay anthology called Awakenings: Stories of Body & Consciousness. Diane also is the Prose/CNF editor of Emerge Literary Journal, and has a blog called WomenPause- conversations with women over 50 and the people who love them. Nina Lichtenstein is the founder of Maine Writers Studio, and the author of the forthcoming memoir, Body: My Life in Parts, due for publication in the spring of 2025 from Vine Leaves Press. (Quite coincidenta...
A Hard Silence with Melanie Brooks
November 07, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 96.1 MBAuthor Melanie Brooks is back with the release of her memoir A Hard Silence: One daughter remaps family, grief, and faith when HIV/AIDS changes it all. More about her first book, Writing Hard Stories: Celebrated Memoirists Who Shaped Art from Trauma. Sign up for Michelle's monthly newsletter The Re-do Listen to more of Phil Redo's music
I Believed You with Margaret Mandell
October 03, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 62.3 MBLearn more about Margaret Mandell at her website, MargaretSMandell.com Sign up for Michelle Redo's newsletter, newly re-dubbed The Redo at michelleredo.com Listen to more of Phil Redo's music
Exciting News-And So, She Left-BONUS
September 23, 2023 04:00 - 35 minutes - 32.7 MBI hope you'll check out this special And So, She Left podcast episode featuring guest, Michelle Redo--which is a finalist for a Signal Award! If you are inclined please click to vote for this podcast before October 6th. And So, She Left is hosted by Katherin Vasilopoulos, produced by Ethan Lee and put out by Cansulta. Thanks for daring to listen!
Making of Sushi Tuesdays AUDIOBOOK with Charlotte Maya
September 05, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 74.8 MBDebut memoirist Charlotte Maya now has a self-narrated audiobook of Sushi Tuesdays: A Memoir of Love, Loss and Family Resilience, produced by Michelle Redo. In this episode they talk about writing the book about the suicide death of Charlotte's husband, Sam Maya, as well as sharing what it was like to read and produce the audiobook. Listen to Michelle's first conversation with Charlotte Maya on Daring to Tell in April of 2023. Watch Karin Gutman- The Spirit of Story video interviews with C...
BONUS-Spoiler Conversation on The Butcher, The Embezzler and The Fall Guy
August 22, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 60.1 MBSpoiler Alert! In this bonus episode Michelle Redo talks with author Gretchen Cherington about all the revelations she discovered through writing The Butcher, The Embezzler and The Fall Guy: A Family Memoir of Scandal and Greed in the Meat Industry.
Jody J. Sperling with The 9 Lives of Marva DeLonghi
August 01, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 67.2 MBA discussion about fiction and nonfiction with Jody J. Sperling about his new Speculative Fiction Detective Novel- The 9 Lives of Marva DeLonghi. Listen to more of Phil Redo's music. Sign up for my newsletter at michelleredo.com
Brave No More: An Essay by Michelle Redo
July 04, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 72.4 MBMichelle Redo invites Katherin Vasilopoulos to guest host when Michelle reads her own essay--Brave No More. Check out Katherin's podcast And So, She Left. Curious about the Bugzooka? Pauline Oliveros died in 2016 but her Deep Listening Institute continues to resound. Listen to more of Phil Redo's music. Sign up for Michelle's monthly podcast newsletter Hit Pause, or send a note at michelleredo.com
Gretchen Cherington with The Butcher, The Embezzler, and The Fall Guy
June 06, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 76.2 MBCheck out Gretchen Cherington's NEW memoir, The Butcher, The Embezzler, and The Fall Guy: A Family Memoir of Scandal and Greed in the Meat Industry. Sign up for Michelle Redo's newsletter. Listen to more of Phil Redo's music.
Brad Listi with Be Brief and Tell Them Everything
May 02, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 88.9 MBIf you like this podcast, you might also like my monthly newsletter... Hit Pause. Sign up for it at my website michelleredo.com Get your copy of Be Brief And Tell Them Everything, and listen to Brad Listi's podcast Otherppl. Listen to Jody Sperling's podcast TRBM; check out his new book The 9 Lives of Marva DeLonghi Phil Redo has lots more music. Check it out!
Sushi Tuesdays with Charlotte Maya
April 04, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 71.7 MBWriter Charlotte Maya reads from her debut memoir Sushi Tuesdays: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Family Resilience. discussing the importance of talking clearly about depression and suicide. Follow her on Instagram @charlottemayawriter To sign up for Michelle Redo's monthly podcast newsletter called Hit Pause visit michelleredo.com
Neurosurgeon Dr. James Doty with Into the Magic Shop
March 07, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 58.2 MBThanks for listening! Sign up for Hit Pause, the newsletter of the Daring to Tell podcast at michelleredo.com Learn more about Dr. James Doty's Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education, and check out his award-winning New York Times Best Selling book Into the Magic Shop. And you can hear Caroline Fitzgerald and I discuss healing tears in episode 5, from January of 2022.
Come Home to Your Heart with Nadine Kenney Johnstone
February 14, 2023 04:00 - 54 minutes - 50.4 MBThe rest of the episode and conversation with Writer, Podcaster and Writing Teacher Nadine Kenney Johnstone. Listen to her podcast Heart of the Story (produced by your humble host, Michelle Redo) and be sure to pre-order her book and guided journal Come Home to Your Heart today! Sign up for the Daring to Tell newsletter, Hit Pause, at my website, michelleredo.com
Journaling with Nadine Kenney Johnstone
February 07, 2023 04:00 - 17 minutes - 16 MBPreliminary conversation with writing teacher, podcaster and retreat leader Nadine Kenney Johnstone, in advance of her new book announcement coming Sunday Feb 12 on Heart of the Story! Be sure to check it out. Then Nadine will read a chapter from her new book on Daring to Tell, later this month. Sign up for my monthly newsletter Hit Pause at my website.
The Colors I Saw with Eliza C Walton
January 03, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 64.1 MBWhere is truth fiction and fiction truth especially when one's reality becomes a diagnosis of rectal cancer? "At the very least, it’s a sign of life. The source of my embarrassment speaks of existence. I am alive." In her memoir Eliza Walton shares her actual experience and pushes us into those spaces where she gives life to a fictional edgy alter ego with a deft hand. Michelle Redo talks with Maine writer Eliza Walton about her book, The Colors I Saw: A Cancer Memoir, published in 2019....
Death Doulas, End of Life and other festive holiday topics
December 06, 2022 04:00 - 40 minutes - 36.7 MBVisit Rachel Lee's website at This-Is-Getting-Old.com. And don't forget to check out her cartoons. Some of the other website resources we discussed were The Conversation Project, Cake and Departing Dearly. Have thoughts or feeback about Daring to Tell? Share with me at my website, michelleredo.com or follow me on Twitter @michelleredo
My Monarch and Me
November 01, 2022 04:00 - 42 minutes - 39.3 MBMichelle Redo shares a story of witnessing transformation when it came to the corner of her doorway. If you are curious about some of the websites mentioned here are some links... Wisconsin Pollinators Journey North Listen to more of Phil Redo's music. Follow me on Twitter @michelleredo Sign up for my newsletter, Hit Pause, at my website.
The Buddhist Enneagram with Susan Piver
October 04, 2022 04:00 - 57 minutes - 53 MBHost Michelle Redo shares her Enneagram number with The Open Heart Project founder and best selling author Susan Piver (a #4), who reads from her new book The Buddhist Enneagram
Sailing at the Edge of Disaster with Elizabeth Garber
September 06, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 65.1 MBMaine writer Elizabeth Garber releases Sailing at the Edge of Disaster: The Memoir of a Young Woman's Daring Year later this month, September of 2022. Check out one of her many book launch events through September and October also at ElizabethGarber.com. Sign up for Michelle's newsletter, Hit Pause, at michelleredo.com. Make Me Brave is written by Phil Redo, hear more of his music on Spotify or Bandcamp.
To Do No Harm with Dr. Tonya Coats
August 02, 2022 04:00 - 41 minutes - 38.4 MBFor the August episode host Michelle Redo talks with doctor, mother and writer Tonya Coats, whose essay To Do No Harm deals with themes of parenting, discrimination, and acceptance. You can find more of Tonya's writing at River Teeth, on the Heart of the Story podcast with Nadine Kenney Johnstone, or on her own website Tonyacoatswrites.com The other Tanya (with an a) Tanya Whiton is the writing teacher I mentioned at the top of the show. I can highly recommend signing up for one of her cl...
Jody Sperling & personal connection on Twitter
July 19, 2022 04:00 - 47 minutes - 43.9 MBBONUS! Michelle Redo talks with Jody Sperling, another writer/podcaster about podcasting and marketing ourselves as writers. Find Jody on Twitter @jodyjsperling and listen to his newly rebranded podcast The Reluctant Book Marketer Follow Michelle on Twitter @michelleredo Sign up for the Daring to Tell Newsletter, Hit Pause, at michelleredo.com Curious about Jody Sperling's manuscript? THE NINE LIVES OF MARVA DELONGHI is a Speculative Noir. Marva hires Luke and Lyle, washed-up detective ...
The Wonder by Michelle Redo
July 05, 2022 04:00 - 57 minutes - 52.4 MBMy essay that won #19 in the 2021 Writers Digest Personal Essay Competition! Today's guest host is Melanie Brooks... author of Writing Hard Stories. This month's spotlight bookstore is Twice Told Tales on Maine St. in Brunswick. Quality used books run by the Friends of Curtis Memorial Library. If you're curious about the Bugzooka, heard about in today's episode, here's what it looks like. I receive no proceeds from any Bugzooka sales (But I probably should!) And check out the #Amwriting...
Laura Davis reads from The Burning Light of Two Stars
June 07, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 99.3 MBGo to Michelle Redo to sign up for the monthly Daring to Tell newsletter, Hit Pause. Or follow on Twitter @michelleredo Learn more about Laura Davis, her retreats and writing classes, and her The Burning Light of Two Stars at her website. Listen to #amwriting, another great podcast talking about all types of writing and the writing process. Be the first person to visit Royal River Books on Main Street in Yarmouth, Maine and say you heard about them on Daring to Tell, and get your special ...
Third Best-An Adoption Essay with Betsy Armstrong
May 03, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 60.8 MBTo read more of Betsy's work, including her award-winning essay The Alchemy of Apple Pie, check out her website, Betsyarmstrong.com I hope you will also sign-up for the Daring to Tell newsletter called Hit Pause, where I share some of my other thoughts and musings as I consider the conversations we have with writers here each month, sign up for that at my website, Michelleredo.com Looking for another podcast to check out? Listen to Heart of the Story with Nadine Kenney Johnstone for storie...
A Hard Silence — An AIDS Story with Melanie Brooks
April 05, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 77.1 MBMelanie Brooks, author of Writing Hard Stories, reads from her memoir manuscript, A Hard Silence, which shares her perspective on what it was like to grow up living with the deep secret that her father contracted AIDS in 1985 from a tainted blood transfusion. Order a copy of Melanie's book, Writing Hard Stories online at Bookshop.org OR... For listeners in the vicinity of midcoast Maine, Daring to Tell wants to encourage you to get out and experience the joy and serendipity of visiting a ...
A Preganacy Tell-All with Alena Dillon
March 01, 2022 04:00 - 54 minutes - 50.1 MBAn up-close and very personal look at what pregnancy was like, both physically and emotionally, for Alena Dillon author of the new memoir My Body is a Big Fat Temple - Real life is seldom for the squeamish... and her book is a very real look at what to expect if and when you are expecting. Follow me on Twitter @michelleredo Email at my website michelleredo.com If you want to check out another podcast for writers, try Heart of the Story with writer and writing coach Nadine Kenney Johnstone.
Phuc Tran and his memoir Sigh, Gone
February 01, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 72.1 MBA discussion of tattoos, the Western Canon, alienation and never staying in the same lane, plus Phuc Tran reads two extremely intense stories for completely different reasons. Follow Michelle on Twitter @michelleredo or connect through my website, michelleredo.com
Mothers and Daughters in Congratulations and Best Wishes with Caroline Fitzgerald
January 04, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 69.1 MBClinical Hypnotherapist Caroline Fitzgerald reads from her yet-to-be published memoir- I Think I Might Die Without You. Sign up for Hit Pause, the newsletter of the Daring to Tell podcast at michelleredo.com Follow me on Twitter @michelleredo
This Too Shall Pass— A deeply personal essay at a sensitive time of year
December 21, 2021 04:00 - 36 minutes - 33.4 MBHoliday time magnifies both joy and grief... Yet, the power of story helps Jeannine Burgdorf contemplate being motherless while coming to terms with infertility in this intensely vulnerable and deeply personal essay. To read more from Jeannine visit her Substack page or follower her on Twitter and Instagram @havingfunwrong. Follow me on Twitter @michelleredo Sign up for Hit Pause the newsletter of the Daring to Tell podcast. email: [email protected]
Zibby Owens on podcasting, writing and her new publishing venture Zibby Books
December 06, 2021 04:00 - 32 minutes - 30.2 MBThe creative and business mind behind the ever-growing Mom's Don't Have Time To empire- Zibby Owens talks with Michelle Redo for this special bonus episode conversation about podcasting, writing and her newest business-story venture- Zibby Books.
The Art of Reassembly after early mother loss with Peg Conway
November 02, 2021 04:00 - 1 hour - 62.6 MBPeg Conway shares two chapters from her new memoir called The Art of Reassembly: A Memoir of Early Mother Loss and Aftergrief Sign up for the Daring to Tell newsletter, Hit Pause, at Michelleredo.com Or email me [email protected]
Afghanistan Historical Context
October 05, 2021 04:00 - 1 hour - 74.8 MBIt's the season two debut! Author Chris Woolf reads from his newly released memoir, Bumbling Through the Hindu Kush: A Memoir of Fear and Kindness in Afghanistan. Life contains expletives, and so does this episode. Sign up for Hit Pause, the Daring to Tell Newsletter at michelleredo.com
Bumbling Through the Hindu Kush-BONUS PREVIEW
August 17, 2021 04:00 - 11 minutes - 10.1 MBA journey from Kabul, Afghanistan to the city of Taloqan in 1991 as told by Chris Woolf, former BBC journalist. This special bonus episode previews his conversation with Michelle Redo in advance of the release of his forthcoming memoir, Bumbling Through the Hindu Kush: A Memoir of Fear and Kindness in Afghanistan. Stay tuned for a section from his book for the season two launch of Daring to Tell coming in November. Follow more about Bumbling Through the Hindu Kush on Facebook, Twitter, or ...
Mothering Ourselves
April 08, 2021 04:00 - 44 minutes - 40.6 MBThree essays to get you thinking about ways to prepare for Mother's Day...especially if it's a difficult holiday for you, including a virtual workshop/event featuring these three writers. It's Mother (Yourself) Day. Whether or not you still have your mother, and whether or not you are a mother, mothering ourselves isn't necessarily obvious or intuitive or demonstrated... that's why we've put together a 90 minute virtual workshop event to remind you about the mothering skills and practice...
On Belonging (or not), Family and Maine
April 01, 2021 04:00 - 1 hour - 68.8 MBIn this season one finale, Nadine Kenney Johnstone steps in as guest host as Michelle reads her essay on moving to Maine, the discovery of an ancestral autobiography. Music credits for the series are the songs Make Me Brave and Nothing Like written, performed and produced by Phil Redo. Check out more of his music at Band Camp.
Music, writing, death, love, fear, success, failure, and happiness
March 25, 2021 04:00 - 1 hour - 76.5 MBFearless Writing author William Kenower talks about writing music as well as prose in this contemplation of some of the big topics and fears that face writers, creative types, and human beings. He's also host of the Author2Author podcast- great conversations with writers from all genres. His new book, Everyone Has What It Takes comes out in June of 2021. Questions or comments about Daring to Tell? Send them to [email protected]
Surviving and Thriving After Domestic Violence
March 18, 2021 04:00 - 45 minutes - 41.9 MBSarah Malone reads a chapter from her memoir depicting a single night from early on in a thirteen year abusive relationship. Sarah talks candidly about the tenacity to get through day to day, as well as the lifelines she received by the way of positive feedback, kind words and success in the workplace when away from her home. Sarah is on the Board of the YWCA Evanston-North Shore as well as a member with the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence in helping other women survive and thr...
Childhood mother loss and discovering joy in grieving
March 11, 2021 04:00 - 51 minutes - 47.4 MBPeg Conway's memoir The Art of Reassembly will come out later this year. And this is the link to her book group for adults bereaved in childhood. Would you want an ebook of the essays you've heard in Daring to Tell? Would you want to read other essays or stories inspired by the series? Email me, [email protected].
Coldness and kindness from an ER doctor
March 04, 2021 04:00 - 56 minutes - 51.6 MBWriter Frank Huyer is also an ER physician and reads a piece from his most recent book White Hot Light: Twenty Five Years in Emergency Medicine. It is a meditation on loneliness and a candid look both the coldness and kindness of humanity, not just in others but also within ourselves. This is an interview he did with Pen America where he discusses the role of censorship in medicine during the Covid-19 pandemic that he touches on at the end of our conversation.
A mother, her teen daughter, depression and suicide prevention
February 25, 2021 04:00 - 49 minutes - 45.7 MBA mother's story of her teenage daughter's struggle with depression and suicide attempts early in the Covid 19 pandemic. Writer Betsy Armstrong reads her essay about her daughter's suicide attempts, with her daughter's permission. In spite of having a background in crisis counseling a mom discusses the difficulties of treating depression when its in our own homes.
BONUS Suicide Prevention with David O'Leary and Betsy Armstrong
February 25, 2021 04:00 - 24 minutes - 22.5 MBBoston radio morning guy David O'Leary also is a passionate suicide prevention activist with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, and joins writer Betsy Armstrong and Michelle Redo for a follow-up discussion about her essay and suicide prevention.
A Physician Assistant speaks up about burnout on the job
February 18, 2021 04:00 - 40 minutes - 37.2 MBDermatology Physician's Assistant Hope Cook digs deep to beat back burnout on the job, every time it creeps back. Hope also shares all her optimism, and ideas to stay motivation and inspired at her website And talks with other women who are transforming their own lives on her podcast, Recharting Your Life with Hope
Why teaching kids about sex early is a good idea
February 11, 2021 04:00 - 40 minutes - 36.8 MBAn 11-year old sees an intimate text intended only for her grandmother! What happens next is the definition of bravery. Here are a couple links to learn more about Madeline Murphy Rabb. https://magazine.iit.edu/summer-2016/creating-lifes-work-african-american-art (https://magazine.iit.edu/summer-2016/creating-lifes-work-african-american-art) https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/madeline-murphy-rabb-39 (https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/madeline-murphy-rabb-39)