Confabulation
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68 episodes
#68 The Shortest Story XIII (part 2)
Stories: quick as we can tell them! More!Our annual Shortest Story extravaganza took place at the Centaur Theatre on January 13, 2023The storytellers in Part 2 are:Mike PellegrinMichele Luchs Jul...
#67 The Shortest Story XIII (part 1)
Stories: quick as we can tell them!Our annual Shortest Story extravaganza took place at the Centaur Theatre on January 13, 2023Follow along, guess the storyteller! Here's the show order for part 1: Matt Goldberg
#66 Good Date / Bad Date 2
This episode features a story by Lea Beddia from our Good Date/Bad Date show in March 2022 at the Centaur Theatre in Montreal. Stay tuned after the story for an interview with Lea about, among other things, the intersection of her writing life ...
#65 En-Fabulous
This episode features Juliana Léveillé-Trudel, host and producer of Enfabulation, a French-language storytelling show in Montreal. Juliana also produces the Enfabulation podcast. Her featured story was told live on the Mainline Theatre st...
#64 The Song that Saved my Life
This episode features a story by, and an interview with, Keith Serry. The story is from our Summer Love event — and Keith uses this theme to reflect not on romantic love, but that temporary, fleeting feeling of a youthful moment.Keith S...
# 63 Inheritance
This episode features a story by, and an interview with, Gracia Dyer Jalea about channelling the stories of our ancestors. Gracia is an award-winning change leader, founder, and mother of twins. Her work as an artist and researc...
#62 Perspectives
It's all in how you look at it, where you're standing, or just who you are. In this episode, we'll hear a story by Michele Luchs, and then talk to her about perspective and what it means to get at a truth -- not the whole truth, just one of so ...
#61 Déjà Vu
This episode, Déjà Vu, explores just how personal that feeling of familiarity really is through two stories from our live show.These two fantastic storytellers, Taylor Tower and Nathan Elliott, graced the Confabulation stage at...
#60 Good Date/Bad Date
Season 4, Episode 2 features Maryam Ganni telling a story at the Centaur Theatre in Montreal, in March 2022. It was our first live show in two years, and what a thrill it was to be back in front of a live audience. Maryam's story i...
#59 Signs and Symbols
Season 4 of the Confabulation podcast is back with a fresh batch of stories, interviews with storytellers, and just enough chatter to keep it all rolling.The first episode features two storytellers from our Signs and Symbols sh...
#58: Adapting
It's almost September, and la rentrée this year is a complicated one. We're all adapting, or trying to. In this episode, Elizabeth Varvaro shares a story about responding and adapting to a super complex situation. It's from our October 2018 sho...
#57: Reunited
Confabulation Montreal and Victoria are reunited (and it feels so good). This week's podcast is co-hosted by Matt and Cassandra Tognari, a producer and storyteller from Confabulation Victoria. This episode features Cassandra's story about t...
#56: Second Chance
This week Confabulation podcast producer and Technical Director Stephen Trepanier co-hosts the show with Deb, AND tells a story- from way back in January 2013, when he was still a kid, jumping out of runaway shopping carts!Stephen Trepa...
#55: In the Wake
In the wake of crisis, chaos and care, pandemic and protest: who are we ?This week's podcast features Sara Meleika telling a story about one of the turning points in her life.This story was recorded April 2019 at the Mainline The...
#54: Connection
This week's podcast features a story by Kadi Diop on making a connection by disconnecting. Her story was recorded February 2020 at the Phi Centre as part of Black History Month.Kadi Diop is the francophone education director ...
#53: Medicine
Brief language advisory -- this week's story contains a couple of words that may not be appropriate for all audience. They're well-earned words, but still present.This week's podcast features a story by Leigh Kinch-Pedrosa on the...
#52: Ritual
This week's podcast features a story by Smriti Bansal, recorded at our season opening show in September 2019 at the Centaur theatre. Bonus track: Matt checks in by phone with Smriti, who talks, among other things, about the silver lining of dat...
#51: Gain
This week's podcast features a beautiful story by Emira Tufo about loss, escape and rebirth. The story was told before a live audience at our Families show in December 2017. Plus a bonus track! We catch up with Emira at home (where else) and ta...
#50: Loss
This week we're doing something a little different with our podcast. We've paired a live event recording with a tale from our Stories in Isolation series.This episode on Loss features Mike Pellegrin x 2: an epic story recorded liv...
#49 : Bodies
We are very happy to launch another podcast! This week's episode features two very different kinds of stories about Bodies.Born and raised in Nairobi, Sehar Manji is a Montreal-based actor, writer, improvisor and instructor at ...
#48: Belonging
This week's story is about Belonging -- which is a feeling a few of us might need right about now.Featuring a story by Emma Lanza from our October 2017 live show.Emma Lanza is a born and bred Montrealer with a background...
#47: To Infinity and Beyond
This week's episode features two storytellers from our May 2018 collaboration with Broad Science: Maya Hey and Alex Allard.Broad Science is an initiative dedicated to making science inclusive, engaging, and interse...
#46: Shorts 2019 part 2
We are gearing up for our Shortest Story X on February 29th, so to get you in the mood, here are twelve 2-minute stories from the Shortest Story 9 -- recorded at Mainline Theatre in March 2019.Featuring stories from:Smriti Bansal