Today's storyteller is Heleana Blackwell sharing her story of growing up as a black nerd in a conservative, mostly-white small British town. Heleana is an stand-up comedian who also works as a strategist and this story shows us why she excells at both. After the story, we delve deeper into the challenges she faced, and the strategies she used to overcome them.

Find Heleana on Instagram here: @h_a_blackwell

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Content notice: this episode contains reference to rape.

Today's storyteller is Tihane, sharing her story of how a bizarre neurological experience unlocked unsettling, once-buried memories. As a musician and artist, Tihane's distinctive creative style really shines through in this intimate yet bold telling. Afterwards, I talk with Tihane more about the context of her story, the nature of unexplained and mystical phenomenons, and the experience of living beyond trauma.

Find more about Tihane, her online courses and creative coaching here: https://linktr.ee/tihane.

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Happy New Year! To mark the end of a year of firsts and experiments for True Story London, we're sharing something special with you. In 2023 we debuted some unique live shows in which songwriters wrote and performed original songs inspired by another person's true story. We'd like you to have a taste of these magical shows as we close out the year - this is True Story Soundtrack.

Stories:

Bonnie's full story: https://www.truestory.london/10-make-me-one-with-everything-wbonnie-oddie/

Lili's full story: https://www.truestory.london/04-my-refugee-story-wlili-sulejmanovic/

Songwriters:

Tihane - Instagram: @tihane___

Hari - Instagram: @harimusiq

John Chisholm - Sea Noise (Instagram): @sea_noise, Lost Moons (Bandcamp): lostmoons.bandcamp.com

Amarra - Instagram: @iamamarra

Ellis Ballard - Instagram: @ellis.ballard, Bandcamp: ellisballard.bandcamp.com

Lauren Lucille - Instagram: @iamlaurenlucille

Wandering Lex - Instagram: @wandering_lex

Segnon - Instagram: @segnontv

Find out about our live shows, workshops and past podcast episodes on our website: truestorylondon.com

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CREDITS:

Hosted by Michelle Toth

Produced by Ellis Ballard

Theme Music by Sea Noise

Sound effects recordings by 'magedu' via Freesound: https://freesound.org/people/magedu/sounds/273437

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