In this episode, we talk about storytelling from all perspectives -- how to find your story, how to shape the story, and what it takes to tell it on stage.

My guest this episode is Margot Leitman.

Margot Leitman is an award-winning storyteller, best-selling author, speaker and teacher originally from Matawan, New Jersey.

A leading expert in the growing field of storytelling, Leitman has written two books on the subject: the best-selling, Long Story Short- the Only Storytelling Guide You'll Ever Need and her latest What’s Your Story? A Workbook For the Storyteller in All of Us both from Sasquatch Books. Her comedic memoir, Gawky…Tales of an Extra Long Awkward Phase is available from Seal Press/ Perseus Books.

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She has written for NBC, DreamWorks TV, the Hallmark Channel and the PixL Network and a variety of print and online sources including Cosmo and Backstage Magazine. In 2016 she worked as the west coast story scout for This American Life.

Margot is a five-time winner of The Moth StorySLAM, and was the Moth GrandSLAM winner in New York City achieving the series' first ever score of a perfect 10. Her stories have been featured on NPR's “The Moth Podcast,” “Good Food," “Unfictional,” "Strangers," and is a frequent contributor to the popular podcast “RISK!"

Leitman is the founder of the storytelling program at the UCB Theatre, where she has performed in dozens of shows over the years and is a frequent monologist at their flagship show "Asssscat."

Margot travels all over the world as a public speaker, storyteller and teacher. Internationally she has performed and taught at the SPOKEN FEST in Mumbai, India as well as a six-week teaching residency at the Blue Room Theatre in Australia.

In her spare time Leitman is an amateur baker, avid yogi and a devoted bibliophile. A proud graduate of the Ithaca College Theatre Department, Leitman now resides in Los Angeles.

Links

https://www.margotleitman.com/

IG: https://www.instagram.com/margotleitman/

Books

Long Story Short https://amzn.to/3m8XmM9

What’s Your Story https://amzn.to/3SzgDCF

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In this episode, I speak with UK-based comedy director -- Chris Head about storytelling, humor, adding contrast to your speech, and how the Jungian archetypes applying to performers.

We also look behind the scenes of Caroline Goyder's hugely popular (like 9 million views popular) TEDx talk -- where Chris directed her -- to see how these ideas come to life on stage.

Chris Head is a comedy director, teacher and script-editor. He has taught stand-up, sketch and sitcom for twenty years and teaches on the BA Comedy Degree at Bath Spa University. Chris recently script-edited BBC Radio and Channel 4 sitcom scripts, a comedy short film that was a global hit, and a sell-out comedy play seen at Assembly in Edinburgh and Soho Theatre in London (that he also directed). His stand-up directing work has been seen at Soho and Bloomsbury Theatres, Pleasance, Assembly and Underbelly in Edinburgh, and internationally.

Links

www.chrishead.com

IG: https://www.instagram.com/xopherhead/

FB: https://www.facebook.com/chrisheadcomedytraining/

Books

Creating Comedy Narratives: https://amzn.to/3ILobii *affiliate link

A Director’s Guide to the Art of Stand Up: https://amzn.to/3SiAmX9 *affiliate link

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In this episode, Mike talks about the big list of "dos" and "donts" when it comes to writing your speaker or podcast introduction.

It's an excerpt from The Mike Drop Method's Magnetic Intro + Bio course -- which helps experts, entrepreneurs, and speakers craft engaging introductions for stages and podcasts as well as bios for show notes + event marketing.

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