Tell Me What Happened
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S2 Ep 17Randy Richardson, President of the Chicago Writers Association, recalls making an odd choice after learning of his parents' impending divorce.
In an effort to soften the blow of divorce on her two young children, Randy's mother invites the duo to each to pick out a toy at.a local store. Randy's eight year old sister picks out a doll while Randy picks out a hockey helmet. Randy recalls wearing the helmet home, although he had never played hockey nor had an interest in the sport.An attorney and award-winning journalist, Randy Richardson is a founding member and first president of the nonprofit Chicago Writers Association. He is the first male recipient of the National Federation of Press Women’s Communicator of Achievement Award and was named to NewCity’s 2019 “Lit 50: Who Really Books in Chicago” list. His essays have been published in the anthologies Chicken Soup for the Father and Son Soul, Humor for a Boomer’s Heart, The Big Book of Christmas Joy, Storytellers’ True Stories About Love, and Cubbie Blues: 100 Years of Waiting Till Next Year, as well as in numerous print and online journals. He is the author of two novels, Cheeseland and Lost in the Ivy, and coauthor of Cubsessions: Famous Fans of Chicago’s North Side Baseball Team, all from Eckhartz Press. His website is randyrichardson.coTell Me What Happened features the music of Susan Salidor.Get Susan Salidor’s One Little Act of Kindness Children’s BookGet Susan Salidor’s I’ve Got Peace in My Fingers Children’s BookMore Information about other quality publications from our sponsor can be found on Sidelineinkpublishing.comThose interested in recording and saving your laughter for free and forever go to Laughsaver.com
S2 Ep 16Bill Ayers, educator & author, recalls being a 10 year old and having his idyllic suburban childhood profoundly shaken by the suicide of an 18 year old neighbor.
Bill Ayers, renowned peace activist and social justice advocate, grew up during the idyllic '50's America, immediately after the end of World War II. A lover of movies, Bill spent his childhood weekends at the local cinema, admiring the characters portrayed by John Wayne and other American war "heroes." One day, while playing "war" in the streets with his friends, the police and firefighters of his town arrive in front of his house. Initially intrigued and excited by the commotion, Bill is transformed when "Jimmy," his eighteen year old neighbor, is brought out into the street on a stretcher, dead of a self-inflicted gun shot wound. Subsequently, Bill learns that Jimmy's distress was in part the result of being called into military service to fight in the Korean conflict.From that moment on, Bill no longer looked at war as a game to be played, but rather, as a tragedy with profound consequences.Bill Ayers, Distinguished Professor of Education at the University of Illinois at Chicago (retired) has written extensively about social justice, democracy, and teaching as an essentially intellectual, ethical, and political enterprise. His books include About Becoming a Teacher; Teaching toward Freedom; and To Teach. He writes the podcast "Under the Tree: A Seminar on Freedom."Tell Me What Happened features the music of Susan Salidor.More information about Susan Salidor can be found at her website Get Susan Salidor’s One Little Act of Kindness Children’s BookGet Susan Salidor’s I’ve Got Peace in My Fingers Children’s BookMore Information about our sponsor's 10 x 10 Blackhole Chess game can be found at www.blackholechess.com
S2 Ep 15Kennedy Baldwin, Chicago writer, improviser and actor, recalls leaving a high school swimming class and being told by two of her friends she wasn't Black because she didn't struggle with her wet hair.
Kennedy Baldwin is a writer, improviser and actor based in Chicago Illinois.. In this episode of TMWH, Kennedy recalls being 14 years old and having two of her Black friends tell her she isn't Black. (She is - Her father is Black and her mother is Afro-Latina.) The experience has led Kennedy to a continuing quest of self-identity. (e.g., She's hellbent to learn Spanish.)Tell Me What Happened features the music of Susan Salidor.More information about Susan Salidor can be found at her website Get Susan Salidor’s One Little Act of Kindness Children’s BookGet Susan Salidor’s I’ve Got Peace in My Fingers Children’s BookMore Information about our sponsor's 10 x 10 Blackhole Chess game can be found at www.blackholechess.com
S2 Ep 14Anna Munson - Carpenter, an ICU nurse and former perfectionist, recalls freezing during a viola solo in high school.
Anna Munson - Carpenter's childhood included a great deal of hard earned success. Highly disciplined and well practiced, Anna grew up as an accomplished athlete, academic, public speaker and musician. A four year starter on her high school softball team, a top student with the ability to speak with ease in front of thousands of people, as well as a first chair violist as a freshman, Anna was confident in her ability to succeed in all that she attempted. In this podcast, Anna tells the story of the first time she experienced uncharacteristic uncertainty and hesitation. While at a music competition, in front of friends and family, Anna freezes, bursts into tears and is unable to play a single note. This momentary lapse leads Anna to the ultimate insight that has helped her as in ICU nurse: it's perfectly all right to share responsibilities with others who may have talents equal or greater to her own.Tell Me What Happened features the music of Susan Salidor.Get Susan Salidor’s One Little Act of Kindness Children’s BookGet Susan Salidor’s I’ve Got Peace in My Fingers Children’s BookMore Information about other quality publications from our sponsor can be found on Sidelineinkpublishing.comThose interested in recording and saving your laughter for free and forever go to Laughsaver.com
S2 Ep 13Bree Lind, actor & writer from Seguin, TX, recalls a blow to the head during her first ride on a horse.
Bree Lind is an actor and writer from Seguin, TX. She appears in Jordan Peele’s Candyman, Showtime’s Work In Progress, and on improvisational stages in Chicago. With her parents and older brother steeped in the joys of rodeo, Bree recalls her disastrous first ride on a horse as a five year old. As her father accompanies her on a Texas horse trail, Bree keeps asking him to make the horse go faster. The rest of the story is reason enough the saddle that her parents bought for her on eBay was only used once.Tell Me What Happened features the music of Susan Salidor.Get Susan Salidor’s One Little Act of Kindness Children’s BookGet Susan Salidor’s I’ve Got Peace in My Fingers Children’s BookMore Information about other quality publications from our sponsor can be found on Sidelineinkpublishing.comThose interested in recording and saving your laughter for free and forever go to Laughsaver.com
S2 Ep 12Ed Dziedzic, retired teacher, recalls how two harmonicas he inherited changed his life.
Ed Dziedzic taught history in the Chicago Public Schools and worked on the trading floor of the Chicago Board of Trade. He is a great believer in the power of music and serendipity to change lives. In this childhood memory, Ed recalls discovering the blues through old record albums and two blues harmonicas that his older brother left behind when he moved out of the family house. Ed takes us through his teenage days visiting Chicago's infamous Maxwell Street open street market. He explains how the music he heard at that outdoor trading post impacted his life in ways he could not have imagined. In the end, Ed's story is a personal love story told with one of Chicago's most famous historic neighborhoods as a backdrop.Tell Me What Happened features the music of Susan Salidor.Get Susan Salidor’s One Little Act of Kindness Children’s BookGet Susan Salidor’s I’ve Got Peace in My Fingers Children’s BookMore Information about other quality publications from our sponsor can be found on Sidelineinkpublishing.comThose interested in recording and saving your laughter for free and forever go to Laughsaver.com
S2 Ep 11Michelle Gunderson, Early Childhood Educator & Union Activist, discusses the importance of adults not having "Childhood Amnesia."
Michelle Gunderson, an early childhood educator and expert in the field, recalls having had a place to play when she was young and the importance of having such a place is for all children. Linking her own childhood to her teaching, Michelle reminds parents and educators not to suffer from "Childhood Amnesia." Ms. Gunderson notes that on her tombstone, she'd like it to read, "She Let Them Play."Tell Me What Happened features the music of Susan Salidor.Get Susan Salidor’s One Little Act of Kindness Children’s BookGet Susan Salidor’s I’ve Got Peace in My Fingers Children’s BookMore Information about other quality publications from our sponsor can be found on Sidelineinkpublishing.comThose interested in recording and saving your laughter for free and forever go to Laughsaver.com
S2 Ep 10Kathy Kelly, International Peace Activist, recalls her first childhood love and how that person has circled back into her life.
Kathy Kelly is a peace activist whose efforts at times led her into war zones and prisons. She now coordinates the "Ban Killer Drones Campaign." Hers is a love story, of first meeting Bobby Alberts when she was in first grade, only to reject his romantic advances in fourth grade. Fast forward fifty years of peace activism and Kathy finds herself looking out a prison window only to see Bobby Alberts has come to visit. The rest is herstory.Tell Me What Happened features the music of Susan Salidor.Get Susan Salidor’s One Little Act of Kindness Children’s BookGet Susan Salidor’s I’ve Got Peace in My Fingers Children’s BookMore Information about other quality publications from our sponsor can be found on Sidelineinkpublishing.comThose interested in recording and saving your laughter for free and forever go to Laughsaver.com
S2 Ep 9R DUB!, AKA "The Sultan of Slowjamastan" and the creator & host of Sunday Night Slow Jams, recalls breaking into radio at the age of 15, thanks in part to his supportive mother.
Encouraged by his mother, 15 year old Randy Williams (the future R DUB!) hesitantly and reluctantly applies for a local DJ job in Tucson, AZ. Feeling totally unqualified and fully convinced he has little chance of being hired, young R DUB! interviews for the job, earns it, and learns a lifelong lesson. Thirty years later, and the rest is history. By combining his love of talking and listening to music, R DUB! has lived a life he never could have imagined.R Dub! is the creator, producer and host of the internationally syndicated radio show, Sunday Night Slow Jams, currently heard on over 200 radio stations in 14 countries. He started the show when he was just 16 years old.His second passion is travel: he’s currently on a mission to see all 193 countries on the planet. At the time of this entry, R Dub! has been to 147 countries. He helps bring clean water to African villages that don’t have safe water sources.R Dub! lives and works in San Diego, California where he broadcasts Sunday Night Slow Jams from his home studio. During the day he manages two top-rated San Diego radio stations and hosts a live afternoon drive show.He is the self-appointed Grand Leader and Sultan of The People’s Republic of Slowjamastan – an 11-acre sovereign nation created for people who love Slow Jams.Tell Me What Happened features the music of Susan Salidor.More information about Susan Salidor can be found at her website Get Susan Salidor’s One Little Act of Kindness Children’s BookGet Susan Salidor’s I’ve Got Peace in My Fingers Children’s BookMore Information about our sponsor's 10 x 10 Blackhole Chess game can be found at www.blackholechess.com
S2 Ep 8Dr. Duane Davis, Educator & Executive Director of K12 Education Initiatives and My Very Own Library at the University of Chicago, recalls interviewing for a business internship though the Inroads Program.
As a fifteen year old, young Duane Davis interviews for a business internship though the Inroads Program. It is from that experience that he determines he will become an English major in college.Duane recalls wearing a clean shirt and pants and an earring to the first interview after filling out the Inroads application and including both "business" and "English" as he current fields of interest. At the conclusion of Duane's successful first interview the interviewers offer him three critiques: 1) wear a suit to the next interview, 2) remove "English" as one of his interests on his application, and only list "business." 3) lose the earring..In subsequent interviews, young Duane "loses" the earring, but can't get the suit and he won't let go of his interest in English.Ultimately, the process helps young Duane choose a life path that leads him to encouraging young people to be open to the wonder of possibilities and to be comfortable not necessarily knowing what they want to do with their lives.Tell Me What Happened features the music of Susan Salidor.Get Susan Salidor’s One Little Act of Kindness Children’s BookGet Susan Salidor’s I’ve Got Peace in My Fingers Children’s BookMore Information about other quality publications from our sponsor can be found on Sidelineinkpublishing.comThose interested in recording and saving your laughter for free and forever go to Laughsaver.com
S2 Ep 7Kenzo Shibata, Union Activist and Teacher, recalls resisting recruitment in a gang when he was in 4th grade.
Kenzo Shibata, currently studying to be a social worker, recalls repeated attempts to recruit him into the "pee wee" version of the Latin Kings when an older member asks him to steal a bike. Fearful, young Kenzo declines the invitation, unlike other classmates, one of whom is killed before graduating from high school. Kenzo reflects on his younger days, and has used his experiences to empathize with many of the young people he teaches today, some of whom are in gangs or members of crews.Tell Me What Happened features the music of Susan Salidor.Get Susan Salidor’s One Little Act of Kindness Children’s BookGet Susan Salidor’s I’ve Got Peace in My Fingers Children’s BookMore Information about other quality publications from our sponsor can be found on Sidelineinkpublishing.comThose interested in recording and saving your laughter for free and forever go to Laughsaver.com
S2 Ep 6Zaya Odish, Physical Therapist Aide, recalls immigrating to the Unites States when he was nine.
Zaya Odish tells the story of his first days in the United States at the age of nine after having been born in Iraq and having lived in a Syrian refugee camp. Zaya recalls his first days in Chicago and his first bus ride to school with his younger sister. Unable to speak English, Zaya is helped by his teacher and school mate and, over time, learns to become resilient to life's hardships.Tell Me What Happened features the music of Susan Salidor.Get Susan Salidor’s One Little Act of Kindness Children’s BookGet Susan Salidor’s I’ve Got Peace in My Fingers Children’s BookMore Information about other quality publications from our sponsor can be found on Sidelineinkpublishing.comThose interested in recording and saving your laughter for free and forever go to Laughsaver.com
S2 Ep 5Timothy Troy, filmmaker, (Crazy Little Monster Productions) recalls not making the baseball team as a player in high school and the valuable lessons he learned from the experience.
Timothy Troy, a filmmaker (Crazy Little Monsters Productions) who lives and works in Chicago (working on the crew side for an NCS TV show and directing his own short films) tells the story of trying out for his high school baseball team although he had never played organized baseball before. After training with the team for a season, he is cut during the tryouts but is brought back in by the coach as the manager for the team. Timothy discusses the valuable lessons he learned from the initial experience of "failing" to make the team.Tell Me What Happened features the music of Susan Salidor.More information about Susan Salidor can be found at her website Get Susan Salidor’s One Little Act of Kindness Children’s BookGet Susan Salidor’s I’ve Got Peace in My Fingers Children’s BookMore Information about our sponsor's 10 x 10 Blackhole Chess game can be found at www.blackholechess.com
S2 Ep 4Eli Boyer, family friend, recalls being physically removed from his home in the middle of the night on Father's Day during his difficult teen years.
EEli Boyer, a strong family man, discusses the night he was physically removed from his house by two "large men" and taken to a therapeutic wilderness camp in remote Minnesota. The young Eli initially has a great deal of anger about his family's drastic actions, but ultimately concludes that the courageous action taken by his parents has helped him in his adult life.Tell Me What Happened features the music of Susan Salidor.Get Susan Salidor’s One Little Act of Kindness Children’s BookGet Susan Salidor’s I’ve Got Peace in My Fingers Children’s BookMore Information about other quality publications from our sponsor can be found on Sidelineinkpublishing.comThose interested in recording and saving your laughter for free and forever go to Laughsaver.com
S2 Ep 3Nina Slesinger, co-host of the Podcast "Nina, Hannah & Emily in Paris," tells the story of creating a music blog as a teenager & the boldness of her "Almost Famous" experiences.
Nina Slesinger recalls her teen years "secretly" blogging about music. Unbeknownst to her parents and most of her friends, Nina develops an ever larger audience for her blog. Over the course of a year, record labels reach out to her and she successfully "crashes" a large music event held on the National Mall in Washington DC by boldly asserting non-existent media credentials. Nina relates her memory with a clear fondness for an earlier time when she felt emboldened to ask for what she wanted without fear of rejection.Here's a link for listeners who would like to listen to the podcast "Nina, Hannah & Emily in Paris"Tell Me What Happened features the music of Susan Salidor.Get Susan Salidor’s One Little Act of Kindness Children’s BookGet Susan Salidor’s I’ve Got Peace in My Fingers Children’s BookMore Information about other quality publications from our sponsor can be found on Sidelineinkpublishing.comThose interested in recording and saving your laughter for free and forever go to Laughsaver.com
S2 Ep 2Lawyer Darfour describes his journey from the South Side of Chicago to International Construction Management.
I reconnect with a former student of mine, Lawyer Darfour, whom I met 35 years ago as his sixth grade teacher at St. Thomas of Canterbury, in Uptown, Chicago. Lawyer details his journey from transferring from a South Side of Chicago school to one on the North Side. As he recalls, his experience in Uptown led him to a greater understanding of the ethnic and cultural diversity of the world. Lawyer takes us through his days in high school, college and beyond. His deep understanding of diversity has helped him along the way, up to and including his current employment with an international construction company that has sent him all over the world.Tell Me What Happened features the music of Susan Salidor.Get Susan Salidor’s One Little Act of Kindness Children’s BookGet Susan Salidor’s I’ve Got Peace in My Fingers Children’s BookMore Information about other quality publications from our sponsor can be found on Sidelineinkpublishing.comThose interested in recording and saving your laughter for free and forever go to Laughsaver.com
S2 Ep 1Dr. Efrain Martinez, Middle School Principal & host of the "Wisdom & Productivity" Podcast, describes discovering why his mother mistreated him throughout his childhood and his journey to forgiving her and himself.
EThe story Dr. Martinez tells is profoundly moving and, ultimately cathartic.Dr. Efrain Martinez describes a painful childhood in which he slowly realizes why his mother both physically and mentally abuses him. As a pre-teen, Efrain realizes that his mother's attitude towards him is the direct result of the fact that he and his sister are the children of a relationship his father had with a Venezuelan prostitute.One day, years after successfully completing college, building a successful professional career, marrying, and having children, Dr. Martinez has an epiphany while rescuing a man from a burning car fire.As a consequence of that seminal event, over time, Dr. Efrain learns to forgive his parents, as well as himself.The story Dr. Martinez tells is profoundly moving and, ultimately cathartic.You can listen to his "Wisdom & Productivity" Podcast here.Tell Me What Happened features the music of Susan Salidor.Get Susan Salidor’s One Little Act of Kindness Children’s BookGet Susan Salidor’s I’ve Got Peace in My Fingers Children’s BookMore Information about other quality publications from our sponsor can be found on Sidelineinkpublishing.comThose interested in recording and saving your laughter for free and forever go to Laughsaver.com
S1 Ep 20Kristel Bauer, Wellness Expert, recalls visiting Austria as a little girl, and learning how to communicate with relatives through play.
Kristel Bauer PA-C, Wellness Expert and host of the podcast "Live Greatly," recalls traveling to Austria as a little girl, not speaking the language, but being able to communicate with her cousins through the joy of play.Tell Me What Happened features the music of Susan Salidor.Get Susan Salidor’s One Little Act of Kindness Children’s BookGet Susan Salidor’s I’ve Got Peace in My Fingers Children’s BookMore Information about other quality publications from our sponsor can be found on Sidelineinkpublishing.comThose interested in recording and saving your laughter for free and forever go to Laughsaver.com
S1 Ep 19Kaelin A. Vu, Host of the Dear Lovely Universe Podcast, recalls being abandoned at the age of three by her mother.
EKaelin A. Vu is a self-love coach who specializes in helping young adults love themselves and step into their power to manifest success in every area of their lives. She has overcome addiction, sexual abuse, suicidal thoughts, and so more. In her words, she is grateful for every experience because they have shaped her into the best version of herself and gave her life purpose. She has picked herself up from the lowest points in her life and now uses her experiences to help people just like you become the best version of themselves as well and live purposeful lives! LinksDear Lovely Universe WebsiteDear Lovely Universe Youtube ChannelDear Lovely Universe InstagramDear Lovely Universe TwitterDear Lovely Universe PinterestDear Lovely Universe PandoraDear Lovely Universe SpotifyTell Me What Happened features the music of Susan Salidor.Get Susan Salidor’s One Little Act of Kindness Children’s BookGet Susan Salidor’s I’ve Got Peace in My Fingers Children’s BookMore Information about other quality publications from our sponsor can be found on Sidelineinkpublishing.comThose interested in recording and saving your laughter for free and forever go to Laughsaver.com
S1 Ep 18Eva Lopez, New York based Communication Strategist, recalls being eight years old and visiting a market in Mexico to buy a live chicken.
Eva Lopez, a former student of mine at Whitney M. Young High School, recalls going to a market in Mexico with her aunt to buy a chicken. At the time, Eva was eight and believed she was choosing a chicken that would live in the farmyard and produce eggs for the family. Little did she realize, she'd be eating chicken soup in the evening. Eva's experience has led her to a deeper appreciation of the animals that nourish us all and the men and women who do the work to make it happen.Tell Me What Happened features the music of Susan Salidor.Get Susan Salidor’s One Little Act of Kindness Children’s BookGet Susan Salidor’s I’ve Got Peace in My Fingers Children’s BookMore Information about other quality publications from our sponsor can be found on Sidelineinkpublishing.comThose interested in recording and saving your laughter for free and forever go to Laughsaver.com
S1 Ep 17Kelley Gessner, Product Manager for a web app, recalls her first "time out" in first grade; a "time out" she did not deserve.
This podcast is a reminder to all early childhood educators that children are often greatly impacted by their words, especially if those words are a remonstrance. Tell Me What Happened guest, Kelley Gessner, recalls being wrongfully accused as a first grader of "making a ruckus" during quiet reading time. The actual culprit, a fellow student in her reading pod, points at Kelley and the teacher believes her. Kelley is devastated at having to take a "time out" and further remembers meeting the teacher years later.Tell Me What Happened features the music of Susan Salidor.Get Susan Salidor’s One Little Act of Kindness Children’s BookGet Susan Salidor’s I’ve Got Peace in My Fingers Children’s BookMore Information about other quality publications from our sponsor can be found on Sidelineinkpublishing.comThose interested in recording and saving your laughter for free and forever go to Laughsaver.com
S1 Ep 16Doctor Joyce Kenner, Principal, Whitney M. Young Magnet High School in Chicago, recalls the values she learned working at her parents' record store as an 11 year-old in Dayton, Ohio.
Doctor Joyce Kenner, educational leader, innovator, and the Chicago Public Schools longest serving principal, discusses the values she learned as a young girl working in her parents' record stores in Dayton, Ohio. Kenner, a triplet, recalls working alongside her siblings, and learning how to listen and react to the needs of people from all walks of life.Tell Me What Happened features the music of Susan Salidor.Get Susan Salidor’s One Little Act of Kindness Children’s BookGet Susan Salidor’s I’ve Got Peace in My Fingers Children’s BookMore Information about other quality publications from our sponsor can be found on Sidelineinkpublishing.comThose interested in recording and saving your laughter for free and forever go to Laughsaver.com
S1 Ep 15Jay Rehak, author, activist, music producer, is arrested at 16 as an accomplice to a crime, but is given the "Benefit of the Doubt" as a consequence of white privilege.
Jay Rehak, author, educator, podcaster, recalls being surrounded by 8 suburban Illinois squad cars and having a gun pointed at his head as he is arrested for aiding a friend in the stealing of a car battery. Cuffed and driven to the police station, he is released to his parents without charges, in large part due to being given the benefit of the doubt that many people of color or means often do not receive.Follow me on Podchaser.Tell Me What Happened features the music of Susan Salidor.Get Susan Salidor’s One Little Act of Kindness Children’s BookGet Susan Salidor’s I’ve Got Peace in My Fingers Children’s BookMore Information about other quality publications from our sponsor can be found on Sidelineinkpublishing.comThose interested in recording and saving your laughter for free and forever go to Laughsaver.com
S1 Ep 14Doctor Wilma Turner, author of Every Day Racism in America & the Power of Forgiveness, recalls integrating her high school.
Dr. Wilma Jean Turner, author and educator, recalls her junior year in high school, when she and 13 other African-American students integrated the local all white high school.Every Day Racism & the Power of ForgivenessTell Me What Happened features the music of Susan Salidor.Get Susan Salidor’s One Little Act of Kindness Children’s BookGet Susan Salidor’s I’ve Got Peace in My Fingers Children’s BookMore Information about other quality publications from our sponsor can be found on Sidelineinkpublishing.comThose interested in recording and saving your laughter for free and forever go to Laughsaver.com
S1 Ep 13Jeff Holden, host of the "In Your Words" podcast, recalls being bullied about his weight when he was in grade school.
Jeff Holden, CEO of Multipoint Content Strategies, lifelong cycling enthusiast and host of the "In Your Words" podcast, reflects on being bullied about his weight in grade school. Jeff discusses his attempts at placating the victimizer, while recognizing the lifelong implications the bully's words have had on his professional and personal life.Tell Me What Happened features the music of Susan Salidor.Get Susan Salidor’s One Little Act of Kindness Children’s BookGet Susan Salidor’s I’ve Got Peace in My Fingers Children’s BookMore Information about other quality publications from our sponsor can be found on Sidelineinkpublishing.comThose interested in recording and saving your laughter for free and forever go to Laughsaver.com
S1 Ep 12Roy Huff, Science Fiction author and educator, tells the story of learning his father was gay and HIV positive.
Roy Huff, acclaimed author "Seven Rules of Time Travel" and the "Everville" science fiction series, discusses his impoverished childhood that included a father who was HIV positive. Roy concludes by telling the audience that despite everything, he remains an optimist.Tell Me What Happened features the music of Susan Salidor.Get Susan Salidor’s One Little Act of Kindness Children’s BookGet Susan Salidor’s I’ve Got Peace in My Fingers Children’s BookMore Information about other quality publications from our sponsor can be found on Sidelineinkpublishing.comThose interested in recording and saving your laughter for free and forever go to Laughsaver.com
S1 Ep 11Scott Suma, author, minister and retired teacher, speaks of the profound influence his barber, a World War II veteran, had on him.
Scott Suma, the author of "Don't Act Like the President," reflects on his mentor, John Basel. Mr. Basel was a World War II veteran who spent his life as a barber. Scott tells us that John taught him important lessons about life that he carries with him to this day. That is, personal humility and a compassion for everyone. At the end of the episode, John Basel sings and leaves us with his own message of inspiration.Tell Me What Happened features the music of Susan Salidor.Get Susan Salidor’s One Little Act of Kindness Children’s BookGet Susan Salidor’s I’ve Got Peace in My Fingers Children’s BookMore Information about other quality publications from our sponsor can be found on Sidelineinkpublishing.comThose interested in recording and saving your laughter for free and forever go to Laughsaver.com
S1 Ep 10Mollie Glazer, professional cellist & music teacher, recalls her early training and how those experiences have impacted the instruction she provides to her students.
Mollie Glazer, a professional musician for over forty years, recalls the best and worst teachers she had and what she learned from them.Tell Me What Happened features the music of Susan Salidor.Get Susan Salidor’s One Little Act of Kindness Children’s BookGet Susan Salidor’s I’ve Got Peace in My Fingers Children’s BookMore Information about other quality publications from our sponsor can be found on Sidelineinkpublishing.comThose interested in recording and saving your laughter for free and forever go to Laughsaver.com
S1 Ep 9 Stuart Blatt, TV and Movie Production Designer, on the "Hippie Aunt" who taught him to value painting your own refrigerator and creating "outside the box."
Stuart Blatt, a Production Designer for TV & Movies, tells the story of his "Hippie Aunt Rose" who has remained a creative guide to him, despite her untimely death at a young age.Tell Me What Happened features the music of Susan Salidor.Get Susan Salidor’s One Little Act of Kindness Children’s BookGet Susan Salidor’s I’ve Got Peace in My Fingers Children’s BookMore Information about other quality publications from our sponsor can be found on Sidelineinkpublishing.comThose interested in recording and saving your laughter for free and forever go to Laughsaver.com
S1 Ep 8Eileen O'Farrell Smith, Lifelong social justice advocate, remembers vomiting her First Communion host.
Lifelong social justice advocate Eileen O'Farrell Smith tells the story of her shame and humiliation at vomiting up the "Body of Christ" at her First Holy Communion. Eileen goes on to tell the audience the impact that "shameful" moment had on her throughout adult professional life.Tell Me What Happened features the music of Susan Salidor.Get Susan Salidor’s One Little Act of Kindness Children’s BookGet Susan Salidor’s I’ve Got Peace in My Fingers Children’s BookMore Information about other quality publications from our sponsor can be found on Sidelineinkpublishing.comThose interested in recording and saving your laughter for free and forever go to Laughsaver.com
S1 Ep 7Orlando Piedra recalls the difficulties of emigrating to the United States from Cuba as an eleven year old.
EOrlando Piedra recalls emigrating to the United States from Cuba as an eleven year old boy, following the takeover of the island by Fidel Castro. Mr. Piedra vividly recounts the struggles of moving to a new country shortly after his father is threatened with arrest in his homeland.Tell Me What Happened features the music of Susan Salidor.Get Susan Salidor’s One Little Act of Kindness Children’s BookGet Susan Salidor’s I’ve Got Peace in My Fingers Children’s BookMore Information about other quality publications from our sponsor can be found on Sidelineinkpublishing.comThose interested in recording and saving your laughter for free and forever go to Laughsaver.com
S1 Ep 6Jay Rehak, teacher, author, activist, host of "Tell Me What Happened," explains how surviving a fall from a cliff when he was 7 years old has given him a sense of invulnerability, purpose, and surreality.
Jay Rehak explains how surviving from a fall from a cliff when he was 7 years old has impacted him in three ways: a sense of invulnerability, purpose, and surreality.Tell Me What Happened features the music of Susan Salidor.Get Susan Salidor’s One Little Act of Kindness Children’s BookGet Susan Salidor’s I’ve Got Peace in My Fingers Children’s BookMore Information about other quality publications from our sponsor can be found on Sidelineinkpublishing.comThose interested in recording and saving your laughter for free and forever go to Laughsaver.com
S1 Ep 5Hamlet, an award winning musician, tells the story of growing up without people to call "mom" and "dad" and how other adults in his life helped him emotionally survive.
Hamlet, award winning children's musician, tells the painful story of growing up without a mother and father, and how the rest of the adults in his life helped him to emotionally survive. The storyteller explains the pain of his parent's divorce, which occurred right after he was born, and of later on living on the streets as a teenager. Hamlet's memories of his uncle and other kind adults at family gatherings sustained him in his darkest childhood moments. He tells us that his work as an adult is, in part, a result of the pain of his childhood but, more importantly, an attempt to acknowledge all of his students and be a posItive adult role model for them.Tell Me What Happened features the music of Susan Salidor.Get Susan Salidor’s One Little Act of Kindness Children’s BookGet Susan Salidor’s I’ve Got Peace in My Fingers Children’s BookMore Information about other quality publications from our sponsor can be found on Sidelineinkpublishing.comThose interested in recording and saving your laughter for free and forever go to Laughsaver.com
S1 Ep 4Alina Celeste, award winning children's singer and YouTube personality, discovering at the age of 15, that her mother was a real person, and not the saint she believed her to be.
Alina Celeste, an award winning children's singer and YouTube personality, recalls being 15 and learning, for the first time in her life, that her mother is more of a real person than the saint she believed her to be. Alina's story is rich in detail of a deeply personal family story.Tell Me What Happened features the music of Susan Salidor.Get Susan Salidor’s One Little Act of Kindness Children’s BookGet Susan Salidor’s I’ve Got Peace in My Fingers Children’s BookMore Information about other quality publications from our sponsor can be found on Sidelineinkpublishing.comThose interested in recording and saving your laughter for free and forever go to Laughsaver.com
S1 Ep 3Julie Biehl, Clinical Professor of Law, Director of the Children and Family Justice Center &Interim Associate Dean for Clinical Education of the Bluhm Legal Clinic, recalls being raped at her first dance.
EJulie Biehl, Clinical Professor of Law, Director of the Children and Family Justice Center & Interim Associate Dean for Clinical Education of the Bluhm Legal Clinic, recalls the horrific experience of being raped at her first high school dance.Tell Me What Happened features the music of Susan Salidor.Get Susan Salidor’s One Little Act of Kindness Children’s BookGet Susan Salidor’s I’ve Got Peace in My Fingers Children’s BookMore Information about other quality publications from our sponsor can be found on Sidelineinkpublishing.comThose interested in recording and saving your laughter for free and forever go to Laughsaver.com
S1 Ep 2Jay Rehak, teacher, author, activist, host of "Tell Me What Happened," remembers challenging his 4th grade teacher and the price he paid for it in a memory he calls,"All that for a bag of chips."
Jay Rehak relates his story of losing a verbal war with his 4th grade teacher. Jay learns that there's a price to pay for sticking up for what's right, even at a young age. He also learns what "belligerence" means.Tell Me What Happened features the music of Susan Salidor.More information about Susan Salidor can be found at her website Get Susan Salidor’s One Little Act of Kindness Children’s BookGet Susan Salidor’s I’ve Got Peace in My Fingers Children’s BookMore Information about our sponsor's 10 x 10 Blackhole Chess game can be found at www.blackholechess.com
S1 Ep 1Jay Rehak, teacher, author, activist, host of "Tell Me What Happened," details his first fight with "One Hand on the Mailbox."
Tell Me What Happened features painful childhood memories as told by the adults who lived them. People from all walks of life tell their stories and explain how their childhood experiences have impacted him/her/them in their adult lives. The podcast is hosted by Jay Rehak, an award winning author and educator, and features the song Boo Boo Blues, by singer and composer Susan Salidor. The podcast is meant to be informative and cathartic. It is meant to be a podcast for all ages.Follow Tell Me What Happened on Podchaser.Tell Me What Happened features the music of Susan Salidor.Get Susan Salidor’s One Little Act of Kindness Children’s BookGet Susan Salidor’s I’ve Got Peace in My Fingers Children’s BookMore Information about other quality publications from our sponsor can be found on Sidelineinkpublishing.comThose interested in recording and saving your laughter for free and forever go to Laughsaver.com