20 - Growing up a Black Nerd w/Heleana Blackwell
07/23/24 • 29 min
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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CREDITS:
Hosted by Michelle Toth
Produced by Ellis Ballard
Theme Music by Sea Noise
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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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Follow us on Instagram at @truestoryldn
Find out more about True Story London on our website: truestorylondon.com
CREDITS:
Hosted by Michelle Toth
Produced by Ellis Ballard
Theme Music by Sea Noise
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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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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Follow us on Instagram at @truestoryldn
CREDITS:
Hosted by Michelle Toth
Produced by Ellis Ballard
Theme Music by Sea Noise
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Today's storyteller is Emma Morgan sharing her story of visiting her dying father in hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic. Emma is an executive producer for factual television shows, and in our chat afterwards we dicuss how bringing her own personal true story to the stage differs from the creative process of her day job. We also discuss the emotionally and politically-charged context of her story, the realities of grief and loss, and more.
Emma Morgan is a freelance creative consultant and executive producer working across popular factual formats and documentaries as well as scripted projects based on factual stories and IP. She is currently exec producing Chateau DIY for C4 - other credits include Stacey Dooley Sleeps Over and Emma Willis Delivering Babies both for UKTV, Mums Make Porn and The Fried Chicken Shop both for C4 and Style it Out for CBBC. You can contact her via LinkedIn.
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Follow us on Instagram at @truestoryldn
Find out more about True Story London on our website: truestorylondon.com
CREDITS:
Hosted by Michelle Toth
Produced by Ellis Ballard
Theme Music by Sea Noise
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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