After hearing Skye tell their story and hearing about all their experience on stage, we knew we had to pick their brain for storytelling tips. This is a special bonus episode where we deviate from our traditional format and nerd out about how to tell a story on stage. Skye is an an experienced actor, writer, and theater company director who shares the intricacies of overcoming stage fright and mastering the art of presence on stage. Skye shares personal experiences, including the transformative power of warmups, meditation, and the Meisner Technique. They explore the delicate balance of humor and vulnerability in storytelling and offer practical tips for new storytellers. Listeners will learn how to prepare stories, manage stage fright, and create a deep connection with the audience.

To hear Skye tell a story about feeding pot brownies to the nuns check out last episode (S2E09).

Skylar Lyralen Kaye, fae/they, is an award-winning writer, storyteller, actor and solo performer. They won the Moth Slam in 2017, the Boston Story Slam in 2018, the San Francisco Fringe Festival Best in Fringe and Techie Best in Fringe in 2018, the NE Film Star Award in 2021, the Meryl Streep Writer’s Lab in 2015 and their web series, Assigned Female at Birth, has won 13 Best New Media Awards internationally. They ran the theater company Another Country Productions from 2003-2018, teaching the Meisner acting technique as well as movement for theater. Their novella, Priest Kid and novel Leaving Winter for a Desert Sky are available through Amazon.com and multiple other platforms, and they hope to release the memoir Bachelorx in 2026. In their spare time they teach yoga, edit writing and work for social justice. They believe in giving to their community and paddle boarding until they drop.

Link to My Mother, the Nun and Me, Moth winner: themoth.org/storytellers/lyralen-kaye

Assigned Female at Birth, a web series: www.youtube.com/c/anothercountrytv

Skye's web site with acting and writing samples: www.lyralenkaye.com

You can find us on Instagram at @storytellinglisboa and @whatlingerspod

Hosts: Cristian Figueroa and Liz Melchor

Editor: Liz Melchor

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Skye shares a hilarious story of feeding pot brownies to unsuspecting nuns at their Catholic school in 1976. Our conversation explores the reasons for teenage rebellion and the unexpected consequences of transforming from “bad kid” to honor student. We talk about anger as life force, dealing with family dysfunction, claiming authentic identity as a non-binary person in an era without language for it, and how the people who see our potential can change everything. It is an episode about how the funniest stories often carry our deepest truths.

Skylar Lyralen Kaye, fae/they, is an award-winning writer, storyteller, actor and solo performer. They won the Moth Slam in 2017, the Boston Story Slam in 2018, the San Francisco Fringe Festival Best in Fringe and Techie Best in Fringe in 2018, the NE Film Star Award in 2021, the Meryl Streep Writer’s Lab in 2015 and their web series, Assigned Female at Birth, has won 13 Best New Media Awards internationally. They ran the theater company Another Country Productions from 2003-2018, teaching the Meisner acting technique as well as movement for theater. Their novella, Priest Kid and novel Leaving Winter for a Desert Sky are available through Amazon.com and multiple other platforms, and they hope to release the memoir Bachelorx in 2026. In their spare time they teach yoga, edit writing and work for social justice. They believe in giving to their community and paddle boarding until they drop.

Link to My Mother, the Nun and Me, Moth winner: themoth.org/storytellers/lyralen-kaye

Assigned Female at Birth, a web series: www.youtube.com/c/anothercountrytv

Skye's web site with acting and writing samples: www.lyralenkaye.com

You can find us on Instagram at @storytellinglisboa and @whatlingerspod

Hosts: Cristian Figueroa and Liz Melchor

Editor: Liz Melchor

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this engaging conversation, Miguel shares his unique experience of receiving emails meant for someone else due to his childhood nickname. During fifth grade, he jokingly created an email address for him using Riberalves, a Portuguese cod brand, in it because classmates had nicknamed him that. Years later, during COVID, Miguel began receiving emails from a woman named Liliana who worked at a cod factory, mistakenly thinking his email belonged to the company. Miguel recounts how this comedic situation took an unexpectedly emotional turn when Liliana shared some more personal details. We discuss Miguel's storytelling approach, his search for "pops" while on the stage, and his hesitation about sharing more vulnerable personal stories. The episode offers a reflection on the power of different storytelling approaches - from comedic to emotionally vulnerable - and how unexpected connections can lead to meaningful human experiences.

Miguel Ribeiro is from Lisbon where he lives and works running a tech startup.

Hosts: Cristian Figueroa and Liz Melchor.

Editor & Producer: Jonny Bunyan.

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