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November 8, 2023 27 mins

About This Episode

This week we're talking to Mark Gifford and hearing his hilarious story, The Brink of Chaos.

About the Storyteller

Mark has been a full-time professor of composition and rhetoric at The University of Texas at San Antonio for 18 years and counting. He is also a producer for Testify, a monthly storytelling show in Austin, Texas. Mark is also the co-creator and co-producer for Like Minded Lunatics, where he helps create a weekly television show for Austin Music T.V., as well as short-form video content for the Like Minded Lunatics YouTube channel. When Mark finds himself with free time, he enjoys trying to remember his own name.


About the Cast

Storyteller: Mark Gifford

About the Crew

This version of Mark's story was recorded at the live storytelling show, Testify, in Austin, Texas


Featured Organization

Our featured organization this week, is one of our very favorite shows, TESTIFY - a live storytelling show in Austin, Texas.

 

The amazing crew at Testify love stories -- hearing them, crafting them, and sharing them. Each month, Testify offers a live show featuring true stories told by the people that lived them.

 

If you're in the Austin area and have a story to tell, they'd love to hear it.

You can submit your own story to one of their themed opportunities on their website, TestifyATX.com


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Stories Found was recorded at ELA Studios, deep in the heart of Austin, Texas.

 

Mark as Played

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