All of the audio from the February Story Shuffle are now live here. Listen to mine below or find it here. I’ll also strongly suggest you listen to my friend Patrick McNeil’s story, which has to be among my favorites. Number of Views:245

Story Shuffle 10 happened this month and the theme of Parents offered a handful of interesting stories. See them all here or listen to mine below. Listen here. Number of Views:687

How jealousy and other bad qualities can be shaped to help motivate you to reach your goals was the focus of the story I told at Story Shuffle 9, with a jealousy theme. Listen to my story below or find it here, along with the other stories. LISTEN HERE. Number of Views:432

Another Story Shuffle, this the 8th, the one year anniversary celebration and a theme of Anniversaries, was held in my Fishtown rowhome last week. I told the story of Voyager II, an un-manned spacecraft sent out 34 years earlier in order to go farther than we ever have before. Like other ships send to deep [...]

For Story Shuffle 7, held in a fine rowhome in the Newbold section of South Philadelphia inside a beautiful and eventually stormy night, I told the story of my first hitchhiking experience in South Dakota. My lesson: trusting in strangers is a great risk that often comes with great reward. Check out all the stories [...]

Story Shuffle 6, with a theme of  Rebirth, I remembered a lesson I learned from an old neighbor: If I don’t clean it up, someone might notice. Find all the stories here. Listen to mine here or below. Listen here. Number of Views:183

James Kennedy, Chris Wink and Shannon McDonald in the story blanket fort. Photo by Rachel Playe. All of the audio from Story Shuffle 5.0 is now up, featuring the theme of ‘I Love’ and hosted by Roxborough  farmer Rachel Playe. In her infinitely playful manner, Playe had us all tell our stories in a blanket [...]

Earlier this month, my friend Brian James Kirk hosted the fourth Story Shuffle, with a theme of SNOW. Now, the audio from all 11 stories are up. Listen to mine here or find the others here. My story was on attending a local high school basketball game where I grew up as an excited middle [...]

Earlier this month, my friend Alex Irwin hosted our third Story Shuffle, with a theme of TERROR, in honor of the October month. Listen to mine here or the others here. In addition to our RSS feed, you can follow Story Shuffle on Twitter and Facebook. Number of Views:190

In June, I introduced Story Shuffle, the themed, first-person storytelling event. Two months later, we hosted a second, as per our every other month schedule for the friendly story sharing night. We’re shooting to host the third in September. It’s ready to grow, so now is when we invite big shots like Eric Smith. The [...]