Daring to Tell
Intimate 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.
Tue, April 01, 2025
The Mother of All Decisions with Betsy Armstrong
Be sure to click follow on this podcast so you'll get the new episode that posts on the first Tuesday of each month. For April 2025 host Michelle Redo talks with Betsy Armstrong about her debut memoir, The Mother of All Decisions: A Memoir of Mother Loss, Legacy and Adopting Kids in Midlife. Daring to Tell is proud to be a sponsor at this year's Woodstock Bookfest, April 4-6. Hear Michelle talk with festival director Martha Frankel here and Sari Botton, moderator of the panel discussion called On Permission: Daring to Tell , here . Be sure to sign up for Michelle Redo's newsletter, The Re-do at michelleredo.com Hear more of Phil Redo's music on Bandcamp , Apple Music and Spotify.
Sat, March 08, 2025
Woodstock Bookfest 2025 with Martha Frankel
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Tue, March 04, 2025
Sari Botton Reads from And You May Find Yourself
Links from this episode: Woodstock Bookfest Sari Botton on Substack Sari Botton's Essay at 100 Days of Creative Resistance Michelle Redo's website Phil Redo's music Thanks for listening!
Tue, February 04, 2025
Ching Ching Tan reads from An Extra
Don't forget to follow this podcast! Emerging writer Ching Ching Tan reads from her as-of yet-unpublished memoir, An Extra. Learn more about her and read some of her other publications at chingchingtan.com Sign up for Michelle Redo's newsletter The Redo at michelleredo.com I can't vouch for what this website is selling, but this is a place where you can see the components Ching Ching describes in the traditional Chinese character for listening. Listen to more of Phil Redo's music on Apple Music or Spotify, as well as here .
Tue, January 07, 2025
Tony Perry reads from Meme's Famous Crepes
Thanks for listening to this lastest audiobook production from Flying Pig Audio! Meme's Famous Crepes: Les Crepes Celebres de Memere , is now available as both a paperback and an audiobook-read by its author Tony Perry in both English and French. Learn more about Tony Perry at his website, State of Maine State of Mind. Sign up for the Daring to Tell podcast newsletter The Re-do at michelleredo.com or subscribe to my free, occasional Substack newsletter called Ineffable: Big Thoughts from a Little Farmhouse in Maine.
Tue, December 03, 2024
Tova Mirvis reads from The Book of Separation
Thanks for listening to Daring to Tell with Michelle Redo--which just won a 2024 Silver for Best Indie Podcast from the Signal Awards! Learn more about Tova Mirvis and all her books at her website... TovaMirvis.com Sign up for Michelle Redo's newsletter The Redo at her website... MichelleRedo.com Listen to more of Phil Redo's music at his bandcamp page... philredo.bandcamp.com on Spotify or Apple Music.
Tue, November 05, 2024
Roadtrip through Iran and Afganistan with Robert Norris
Find out more about writer Robert Norris at robertwnorris.com where you can also order his book The Good Lord Willing and the Creek Don't Rise: Pentimento Memories of Mom and Me. Sign up for Michelle Redo's free newsletter, The Redo at michelleredo.com And if you enjoyed this episode you might also enjoy Daring to Tell's episode with Chris Woolf reading from his book Bumbling Through the Hindu Kush. Listen to more of Phil Redo's music at Bandcamp or on Spotify.
Tue, October 01, 2024
David Stuart MacLean with The Answer to the Riddle is Me: A Memoir of Amnesia
Check out David Stuart MacLean and his book, The Answer to the Riddle is Me: A Memoir of Amnesia Learn more about Michelle Redo and sign up for my newsletter, The Re-do at MichelleRedo.com Listen to more music from Phil Redo on Band Camp, or search for Phil Redo at Spotify or Apple Music. Thanks for listening!
Tue, September 03, 2024
Nina Lichtenstein reads Latchkey Kid and Eyes
Visit Maine Writer's Studio for more info about the Embodied Stories Writing Retreat with writer and teacher Nina Lichtenstein If you haven't listened to Nadine Kenney Johnstone's podcast Heart of the Story , I don't know what you're waiting for! Sign up for Michelle Redo's newsletter The Redo or get in touch with me through my website at MichelleRedo.com
Tue, August 06, 2024
A Vulnerability Talk with Nadine Kenney Johnstone
Links from the episode: Subscribe to Michelle Redo's free Substack-- Ineffable Listen to Nadine Kenney Johnstone's podcast Heart of the Story Listen to This Jungian Life podcast Sign up for my newsletter at my website michelleredo.com
Tue, July 02, 2024
The start of something NEW (again?)
Michelle's New Substack page Nancy Schnog's Writer's Digest article on what to do with your old journals Nadine Kenney Johnstone and Melanie Brooks' workshop Writing Hard Stories Listen to audiobook samples, sign up for Michelle's Daring to Tell newsletter, The Re-do, and listen to other Daring to Tell episodes at michelleredo.com
Tue, June 18, 2024
Melanie Brooks A Hard Silence AUDIOBOOK- now available!
Download 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!
Tue, June 04, 2024
How To Be Old with Lyn Slater
Yes, 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
Tue, May 07, 2024
Maine, A Love Story with Blue Butterfield
Maine, 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.
Tue, April 02, 2024
Abigail Thomas reads new work Deathbed Regrets
Abigail 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.
Tue, March 05, 2024
Book Marketing Talk with Jenn Hanson-dePaula
Equally 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 about the Rick Rubin book The Creative Act and author Sally Pla . Michelle also mentions her interview with Diane Gottlieb's blog WomanPause .
Tue, February 06, 2024
And Always One More Time with Margaret Mandell
Thanks 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
Tue, January 02, 2024
Beginnings and Endings and Nothing
Mentioned 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
Tue, December 05, 2023
Awakenings with Diane Gottlieb and Nina Lichtenstein
Michelle 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 coincidentally, the same publisher of Melanie Brooks's memoir featured just last month on Daring to Tell —A Hard Silence.) Sign up for Michelle's newsletter The Re-do at michelleredo.com. Listen to more of Phil Redo's music at Bandcamp or on Spotify.
Tue, November 07, 2023
A Hard Silence with Melanie Brooks
Author 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
Tue, October 03, 2023
I Believed You with Margaret Mandell
Learn 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
Sat, September 23, 2023
Exciting News-And So, She Left-BONUS
I 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!
Tue, September 05, 2023
Making of Sushi Tuesdays AUDIOBOOK with Charlotte Maya
Debut 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 Charlotte Maya among others. More music by Phil Redo Sign up for Michelle Redo's monthly Daring to Tell newsletter at michelleredo.com
Tue, August 22, 2023
BONUS-Spoiler Conversation on The Butcher, The Embezzler and The Fall Guy
Spoiler 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 .
Tue, August 01, 2023
Jody J. Sperling with The 9 Lives of Marva DeLonghi
A discussion about fiction and nonfiction with Jody J. Sperling about his new Speculative Fiction Detective Novel- T he 9 Lives of Marva DeLonghi . Listen to more of Phil Redo's music. Sign up for my newsletter at michelleredo.com
Tue, July 04, 2023
Brave No More: An Essay by Michelle Redo
Michelle 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
Tue, June 06, 2023
Gretchen Cherington with The Butcher, The Embezzler, and The Fall Guy
Check 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 .
Tue, May 02, 2023
Brad Listi with Be Brief and Tell Them Everything
If 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!
Tue, April 04, 2023
Sushi Tuesdays with Charlotte Maya
Writer 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
Tue, March 07, 2023
Neurosurgeon Dr. James Doty with Into the Magic Shop
Thanks 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.
Tue, February 14, 2023
Come Home to Your Heart with Nadine Kenney Johnstone
The 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
Tue, February 07, 2023
Journaling with Nadine Kenney Johnstone
Preliminary 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 .
Tue, January 03, 2023
The Colors I Saw with Eliza C Walton
Where 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. You can contact Eliza through her publisher Golden Alley Press . Follow me on Twitter @michelleredo Sign up to get my monthly musing of podcast episode in my newsletter called Hit Pause at my website . *** Here's a look at the opening of the December newsletter... if you want to receive the rest of the story just email me at michelle@michelleredo.com. A Turtle and a Piano The other day I walked into the big box pet store on the hunt for Rocky’s “slow eating chicken” as we call it. I breezed down the main aisle past the rodents and reptiles when something charming and green arrested me so I had to turn three paces back to bend down and look. It was a turtle. A testudo tortoise in fact, maybe about the size of my fully outstretched hand, and he had a good deal of height too. Maybe four inches or so? The brightest green of his head and legs leapt out at me with an undertone of darker grayish green. He was crawling just a little. His head stretched towards a bowl of greens, his front legs reaching forward. Basically, there was motion , which seems rare for a pet store reptile. He wasn’t static, not hiding. And I was immediately smitten. Could I bring home a turtle? What would Rocky think? What would Phil think? I didn’t know you could even get turtles anymore. I had one of those tiny ones as pets when I was little. The ones so small they may get stuck under the radiator… probably desperately seeking heat, only finding dust. While I don’t recall mine dying, I don’t recall having them for very long either. Maybe they escaped? Stayed under the radiator? Why do I love turtles so? I don’t know. I’d kind of forgotten that I find them so captivating. With their ability to just tuck in at any moment and hide from the world. That lovely thick shell, almost impermeable. A slow, steady creature without many natural predators, and that life span! This turtle, the label proclaimed, had an average lifespan of fifty years. What ? This little guy? Fifty years?
Tue, December 06, 2022
Death Doulas, End of Life and other festive holiday topics
Visit 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
Tue, November 01, 2022
My Monarch and Me
Michelle 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 .
Tue, October 04, 2022
The Buddhist Enneagram with Susan Piver
Host 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
Tue, September 06, 2022
Sailing at the Edge of Disaster with Elizabeth Garber
Maine 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 .
Tue, August 02, 2022
To Do No Harm with Dr. Tonya Coats
For 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 classes! You can follow me on Twitter @michelleredo or sign up for the Hit Pause Newsletter at MichelleRedo.com Thanks for listening!
Bonus · Tue, July 19, 2022
Jody Sperling & personal connection on Twitter
BONUS! 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 partners, to investigate death threats she's been receiving. Shortly after, she is murdered, and her death begins a cycle in which Luke and Lyle continue to die, returning to the moment they first met Marva in their office. Only saving her life can break the cycle.
S2 E12 · Tue, July 05, 2022
The Wonder by Michelle Redo
My essay that won #19 in the 2021 Writers Digest Personal Essay Competition ! Today's guest host is Melanie Brook s... 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 podcast's Blue Print for a Book Challenge happening this summer!
S2 E10 · Tue, June 07, 2022
Laura Davis reads from The Burning Light of Two Stars
Go 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 gift bag with all kinds of fun prizes! Thanks for Daring to LISTEN!
S2 E9 · Tue, May 03, 2022
Third Best-An Adoption Essay with Betsy Armstrong
To 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 stories of healing, hope and following her heart. And be sure to listen to the end to hear this month's special independent bookstore partner with Daring to Tell, where you can go to claim a special Daring to Tell Gift Package!
S2 E8 · Tue, April 05, 2022
A Hard Silence — An AIDS Story with Melanie Brooks
Melanie 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 bookstore! So we've partnered with The Corner Bookshop at 229 Water Street in Bath, Maine (right down the little alley off of Front Street). The first listener to visit in person and mention hearing this episode of Daring to Tell will win a special free Daring to Tell gift package! And anyone mentioning Daring to Tell can receive a one time 20% discount off your purchase, throughout the month of April 2022. Also mentioned in this episode revelations by Mary Gauthier which you can read about in her book Saved by a Song: The Art and Healing Power of Songwriting .
S2 E7 · Tue, March 01, 2022
A Preganacy Tell-All with Alena Dillon
An 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 .
S2 E6 · Tue, February 01, 2022
Phuc Tran and his memoir Sigh, Gone
A 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
S2 E5 · Tue, January 04, 2022
Mothers and Daughters in Congratulations and Best Wishes with Caroline Fitzgerald
Clinical 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
S2 E4 · Tue, December 21, 2021
This Too Shall Pass— A deeply personal essay at a sensitive time of year
Holiday 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: Michelle@michelleredo.com
Bonus · Mon, December 06, 2021
Zibby Owens on podcasting, writing and her new publishing venture Zibby Books
The 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 .
S2 E2 · Tue, November 02, 2021
The Art of Reassembly after early mother loss with Peg Conway
Peg 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 Michelle@MichelleRedo.com
S2 E1 · Tue, October 05, 2021
Afghanistan Historical Context
It'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
Bonus · Tue, August 17, 2021
Bumbling Through the Hindu Kush-BONUS PREVIEW
A 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 Instagram with #bumblingbook
Bonus · Thu, April 08, 2021
Mothering Ourselves
Three 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 practices we can all bring to our lives... in order be our best selves for everyone else. More on Peg Conway , Robyn Fisher , and Betsy Armstrong . Comments to share about Daring to Tell? Email Michelle@michelleredo.com
S1 E11 · Thu, April 01, 2021
On Belonging (or not), Family and Maine
In 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 .
S1 E10 · Thu, March 25, 2021
Music, writing, death, love, fear, success, failure, and happiness
Fearless 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 Michelle@MichelleRedo.com
S1 E9 · Thu, March 18, 2021
Surviving and Thriving After Domestic Violence
Sarah 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 thrive after domestic violence. She is also President and Principle Consultant at The Aldon Malone Group and can be contacted through Linked In .
S1 E8 · Thu, March 11, 2021
Childhood mother loss and discovering joy in grieving
Peg 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, Michelle@MichelleRedo.com.
S1 E7 · Thu, March 04, 2021
Coldness and kindness from an ER doctor
Writer 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.
Bonus · Thu, February 25, 2021
BONUS Suicide Prevention with David O'Leary and Betsy Armstrong
Boston 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.
S1 E6 · Thu, February 25, 2021
A mother, her teen daughter, depression and suicide prevention
A 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.
S1 E5 · Thu, February 18, 2021
A Physician Assistant speaks up about burnout on the job
Dermatology 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
S1 E4 · Thu, February 11, 2021
Why teaching kids about sex early is a good idea
An 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://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/madeline-murphy-rabb-39
S1 E3 · Thu, February 04, 2021
A wife cares for her husband in late stage Lewy Body Dementia
Caring for a spouse in the late stages of Lewy Body Dementia. Robyn Fisher's blog and podcast are at her website , as is a resource page for Lewy Body Dementia. She also has a YouTube channel that features Bill's music and the trio they had. A Long Walk is her podcast . The Forgetting is a podcast that features writer and journalist Greg O'Brien, in conversation with his friend and interviewer David Shenk. Greg has committed himself to documentthe mind of someone with Alzheimer's Disease as long as he is able. He also has written a book On Pluto . Shenk has also written a book called The Forgetting . Robyn also discusses her journey with Bill and LBD on the podcast Recharting Your Life with Hope .
S1 E2 · Thu, January 28, 2021
A father breaks the rules at his nursing home; his daughter irreverently manages it all
Ready for some irreverent elder care insights? Writer Rachel Lee lost five parental figures in 5 years (and that was just from 2011-2015). And her website This-is-getting-old.com is there to make you laugh instead of cry while sharing stories plus valuable resources in order to help YOU navigate the waters of end of life care for elders. Write your questions or comments about this or any episode to me at Michelle@michelleredo.com Daring to Tell is a production of Flying Pig Audio. Theme music from Flying Pig Music.
S1 E1 · Thu, January 21, 2021
Memoirs, Mothers, Authenticity and Unconditional Love
Memoirs, Mothers, Authenticity and Unconditional Love Check out Nadine Kenney Johnstone at her website. Or check out her memoir Of This Much I'm Sure . Also, here's a link to the source of the Elizabeth Gilbert quote that Nadine referenced, plus the excerpt that she mentioned... "The women whom I love and admire for their strength and grace did not get that way because shit worked out. They got that way because shit went wrong, and they handled it. They handled it in a thousand different ways on a thousand different days, but they handled it." Write your questions or comments about this or any episode to me at Michelle@michelleredo.com Daring to Tell is a production of Flying Pig Audio . Theme music from Flying Pig Music .
Trailer · Thu, January 07, 2021
Trailer
Introduction and snippets of some of the stories you'll hear throughout the season.
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