Speak Up Storytelling Live from Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health (Part 2)
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Nov 5, 2019 Special guest Jeni Bonaldo and the host dive into analyzing stories shared at Kripalu Center, exploring unexpected invitations, bonds of compassion, surprise in storytelling, navigating absurdity with humor, and crafting meaningful moments. They reflect on storytelling preferences and collaborations, emphasizing the power of ordinary stories and emotional impacts, ending with a call for audience feedback.
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From Private Shame To Public Hit
- Matthew worried the story would ruin his reputation until his wife encouraged him to tell it at a Moth GrandSLAM.
- Audience laughter transformed his fear into relief and made the story a frequent request.
The Mechanics Of Embarrassment
- Matthew details the awkward, unsexy mechanics of stripping: shoes off, socks balled and tucked, shirt stuck because of buttoned cuffs.
- The comic specificity makes the scene distinctly humiliating and funny.
Chosen Last At The Bachelorette
- Pam coerced a 20-year-old Matthew into being the stripper; he later discovered many coworkers had been asked first.
- He kept the thong as a memento and repeated the stunt twice, which his wife later revealed.