The Odyssey Storytelling Podcast

Odyssey storytellers declared themselves independent from many different things at the July 2015 Independence show, but none larger than Catherine Rhianna Hess' twin oppressors. And if you didn't exp…

Boycott, break away, protest, resist or strike. Differ or disagree. Chart your own course, refuse to submit or to follow the rules. Object or oppose- be your own person, embrace individuality, enjoy …

Some might say this story should have been released in October, not June. But at Odyssey, we believe that there's never a bad time for a ghost story. And after all it was originally told in October 2…

Liane Hernandez has a strong relationship with food. It shaped her life and career, inspired her personal and professional missions, and helped her find an amazing community. In February 2017, she to…

Heroes & Villains have faced off since the beginning of recorded history. Moses and Pharaoh, Beowulf and Grendel, Batman and The Joker, SpongeBob and Plankton; we love’em, we hate’em. Sometimes a sin…

The April 2016 Contradictions show carried the overall theme of the contradictions of the human condition, and no story embodied that theme better than Jovahn Walid Thomas' extremely heartfelt tribut…

Some stories at Odyssey's January 2017 "Labor" show were about birth. Some were about unionizing. And some, like Jema Patterson's, were about specific labors unique to their lives alone. Like, for ex…

Gloria Elizalde's interpretation of "Strange" for Odyssey's March 2016 show is a broad one. For one thing, it can refer to Gloria's personal desire to be different from the people around her. For ano…

Odyssey proudly presents to you a night of extraordinary feats brought to you by storyteller extraordinaires. Extrahuman strengths over adversity, extroverted artistic endeavors, and botanical extrac…

We've had a lot of content from the February 2016 "Bridges" show on this podcast, and there's a reason: It's great. It's great in part, because of Kamaran Zangana, who spoke candidly of his life in t…

Nature illustrator Beth Surdut has as many stories in her head as she's had homes in her life, and with a life like hers, that's quite a lot! But of all her numerous experiences, perhaps none was as …

Nothing changes the course of your life like the discovery of a fundamental truth. In the case of David Dickerson, that truth was the fact that women -- well, most women, anyway -- actually enjoy hav…

A long strange trip, venturing out and coming back again, leaping into the void, vacations, adventures and just plain life. Thank you for your love and support for the last 15 years!

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Odyssey Storytelling closed out 2016 with the Fraught show, which included a very beautiful, very personal story from Cara Smith, who talked about her struggle with ADHD and the difference between se…

Back in July 2015, Odyssey Storytelling celebrated Independence Day with the Independence show, and that show certainly wouldn't have been complete without Shannon Snapp's tale of becoming an indepen…

The first half of 2017's Awkward show has sadly been lost to the gremlins of audio production, but two stories from the second half of the show have been featured on this podcast already, so it's tim…

The heat of passion. A red hot love affair. The tingle on your tongue left there by spicy food. Maybe even the thrill of potential danger on the flanks of a napping volcano. Sometimes a little heat c…

In August 2016, Kindall Gray taught the Odyssey audience a new word: limerence, the state of being romantically obsessed or infatuated with another person. She also shared her personal experience wit…

At long last, the Odyssey Storytelling Podcast is able to present tales from the June 2015 "Taboo" show, including this first one from longtime Odyssey stalwart Ethel Lee-Miller, in which she breaks …

At Odyssey's "Left" show in March 2017, Angela Orlando explained why left her husband (not exactly the reason you might expect) and what she ultimately learned from experience (not exactly the lesson…