Wisps of Ash w/ Greg Ledger - Episode 20

Classic episode from Apr 7, 2014

This week Laura brings Greg Ledger, storyteller and fellow podcaster!
Greg's Podcast: A Dear School
0:01:30 Say hello to Greg!
0:02:20 Obamacare may be working for Bryn shortly
0:02:50 Nilsa already has Obamacare… because she's more organized than Bryn
0:06:00 Recorded some radio spots for Engine Lab of Tampa with Brian McKenna at BToven Studios
0:08:00 This Greg had an incredible guest on his podcast… our own Laura Scruggs. Drinking may have been involved.
0:10:30 Greg tells us how storytellers do it
0:12:25 Practicing storytelling in the shower
0:15:20 Greg took a 30 year moritorium on creativity
0:18:50 Early problems with drink and fleeing the country… to paint a guy's house
0:20:05 Calgary, The Stampede, and roving hoards of intellectuals
0:23:10 Deported by the RCMP and the road to sobriety
0:25:25 Moving to Chicago and the worst phone ever
0:29:00 Getting back into artistic stuff and getting nasty
0:29:55 Writing and breakdowns
0:33:30 Schwarzenegger
0:37:55 Masking your feelings with writing may be hazardous to your mental health
0:40:15 Bag A Bag A 'Begas- the latest snack food craze and other diversions
0:50:00 We love the origin story of our podcast, we're trying to figure out how to nurture it, too
0:53:55 According to Nilsa, Bryn loves reacting to things
0:58:40 What brought Greg to improv…
1:02:00 Favorite poems
1:10:00 A rejection of popular culture
1:13:00 Nilsa auditioned for the role of... Brynn (with two n's)
1:15:00 Bryn gets to shoot a movie with a previous podcast guest… who could it be?

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Intro Music: "Are You Famous, Yet?" - Laura Scruggs. Outro Music: "AYFY 1" - Christopher Kriz