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Confabulation
by Confabulation
Confabulation is a celebration of true-life stories, shared by the people that lived them. Curated from our live shows across Canada, in Montreal and Victoria, the podcast brings some of our favourite stories to a wider audience — as well as a larger thematic exploration of the ideas these stories bring up. It’s hard to say exactly where any one episode will take us, but each will be crafted around the story, the storyteller, and the essence of why we tell tales in the first place. Confabulation. Stories, true as we can tell them.
Episodes
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#68 The Shortest Story XIII (part 2)
Stories: quick as we can tell them! More! Our annual Shortest Story extravaganza took place at the Centaur Theatre on January 13, 2023 The storytellers in Part 2 are: Mike Pellegrin Michele Luchs Julia Haney Ariel Shirker Yigal Judah Nisha Coleman Francesca Esguerra Myriam Ennajimi Sherwin Tija...
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#67 The Shortest Story XIII (part 1)
Stories: quick as we can tell them! Our annual Shortest Story extravaganza took place at the Centaur Theatre on January 13, 2023 Follow along, guess the storyteller! Here's the show order for part 1: Matt Goldberg Claire Sherwood Zahraa Chorghay Vadim Gran Erica Schmidt Deb VanSlet Alexia Cote…
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#66 Good Date / Bad Date 2
This episode features a story by Lea Beddia from our Good Date/Bad Date show in March 2022 at the Centaur Theatre in Montreal. Stay tuned after the story for an interview with Lea about, among other things, the intersection of her writing life and her storytelling life. Lea is a high school…
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#65 En-Fabulous
This episode features Juliana Léveillé-Trudel, host and producer of Enfabulation, a French-language storytelling show in Montreal. Juliana also produces the Enfabulation podcast. Her featured story was told live on the Mainline Theatre stage in 2017. From June 22, 2023 to February 16, 2024, six...
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#64 The Song that Saved my Life
This episode features a story by, and an interview with, Keith Serry. The story is from our Summer Love event — and Keith uses this theme to reflect not on romantic love, but that temporary, fleeting feeling of a youthful moment. Keith Serry is a father, husband, performer, teacher, producer…
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# 63 Inheritance
This episode features a story by, and an interview with, Gracia Dyer Jalea about channelling the stories of our ancestors. Gracia is an award-winning change leader, founder, and mother of twins. Her work as an artist and researcher focuses on transnational learning and storytelling as a means for...
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#62 Perspectives
It's all in how you look at it, where you're standing, or just who you are. In this episode, we'll hear a story by Michele Luchs, and then talk to her about perspective and what it means to get at a truth -- not the whole truth, just one of so many. Michele Luchs is a storyteller, media-literacy...
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#61 Déjà Vu
This episode, Déjà Vu, explores just how personal that feeling of familiarity really is through two stories from our live show. These two fantastic storytellers, Taylor Tower and Nathan Elliott, graced the Confabulation stage at the Mainline Theatre in April 2022. Taylor Tower is a storyteller…
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#60 Good Date/Bad Date
Season 4, Episode 2 features Maryam Ganni telling a story at the Centaur Theatre in Montreal, in March 2022. It was our first live show in two years, and what a thrill it was to be back in front of a live audience. Maryam's story is a study in courage, humility and humour. Stay tuned for the...
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#59 Signs and Symbols
Season 4 of the Confabulation podcast is back with a fresh batch of stories, interviews with storytellers, and just enough chatter to keep it all rolling. The first episode features two storytellers from our Signs and Symbols show at the Centaur Theatre, Montreal in May 2022. Julia Haney is an...
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#58: Adapting
It's almost September, and la rentrée this year is a complicated one. We're all adapting, or trying to. In this episode, Elizabeth Varvaro shares a story about responding and adapting to a super complex situation. It's from our October 2018 show recorded at the Phi Centre. Elizabeth Varvaro is a...
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#57: Reunited
Confabulation Montreal and Victoria are reunited (and it feels so good). This week's podcast is co-hosted by Matt and Cassandra Tognari, a producer and storyteller from Confabulation Victoria. This episode features Cassandra's story about the timeline of a friendship, and was told in February…
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#56: Second Chance
This week Confabulation podcast producer and Technical Director Stephen Trepanier co-hosts the show with Deb, AND tells a story- from way back in January 2013, when he was still a kid, jumping out of runaway shopping carts! Stephen Trepanier is an audio engineer, podcaster, comedian, visual…
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#55: In the Wake
In the wake of crisis, chaos and care, pandemic and protest: who are we ? This week's podcast features Sara Meleika telling a story about one of the turning points in her life. This story was recorded April 2019 at the Mainline Theatre in Montreal. *Note: Sara mentions a Charlene Nelson at McGill...
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#54: Connection
This week's podcast features a story by Kadi Diop on making a connection by disconnecting. Her story was recorded February 2020 at the Phi Centre as part of Black History Month. Kadi Diop is the francophone education director of Montreal Improv and an improviser, community organizer, storyteller,...
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#53: Medicine
Brief language advisory -- this week's story contains a couple of words that may not be appropriate for all audience. They're well-earned words, but still present. This week's podcast features a story by Leigh Kinch-Pedrosa on the complexity of making medical decisions. The story was recorded...
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#52: Ritual
This week's podcast features a story by Smriti Bansal, recorded at our season opening show in September 2019 at the Centaur theatre. Bonus track: Matt checks in by phone with Smriti, who talks, among other things, about the silver lining of dating in the time of Covid. Smriti Bansal is a full…
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#51: Gain
This week's podcast features a beautiful story by Emira Tufo about loss, escape and rebirth. The story was told before a live audience at our Families show in December 2017. Plus a bonus track! We catch up with Emira at home (where else) and talk about pandemical thinking and being--what to wear…
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#50: Loss
This week we're doing something a little different with our podcast. We've paired a live event recording with a tale from our Stories in Isolation series. This episode on Loss features Mike Pellegrin x 2: an epic story recorded live at the Phi Centre in December 2019, and another story, recorded…
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#49 : Bodies
We are very happy to launch another podcast! This week's episode features two very different kinds of stories about Bodies. Born and raised in Nairobi, Sehar Manji is a Montreal-based actor, writer, improvisor and instructor at Montreal Improv. Her hairy story is from our live show (remember…
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#48: Belonging
This week's story is about Belonging -- which is a feeling a few of us might need right about now. Featuring a story by Emma Lanza from our October 2017 live show. Emma Lanza is a born and bred Montrealer with a background in theatre performance and arts management. She has her Master’s degree in...
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#47: To Infinity and Beyond
This week's episode features two storytellers from our May 2018 collaboration with Broad Science: Maya Hey and Alex Allard. Broad Science is an initiative dedicated to making science inclusive, engaging, and intersectional, through podcasting — check out their work at www.broadscience.org. Maya…
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#46: Shorts 2019 part 2
We are gearing up for our Shortest Story X on February 29th, so to get you in the mood, here are twelve 2-minute stories from the Shortest Story 9 -- recorded at Mainline Theatre in March 2019. Featuring stories from: Smriti Bansal Josh Budman Zahraa Chorghay Nisha Coleman Audrey Charneaux…
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#45: Frantic
Confabulation co-producer Francesca Esguerra joins us for this episode, where we don't exactly explore the theme of Frantic.... we just are. Featuring stories by Francesca Esguerra and Paul Van Dyck. Paul Van Dyck is a graduate of Queen’s University’s Specialized Studies in Stage and Screen...
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#44: Trust
This week, Confabulation podcast explores the theme of Trust, featuring two stories from the archives, going way back to June 2017 and April 2018, with Jeff Gandell and Jane O'Faherty. Jane O'Faherty is an Irish-born, Montreal-based twentysomething writer. By day, she works as a communications...
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#43 - Shorts 2019
Happy New Year, everybody! This week on the show, we're presenting a selection of stories from Confabulation: The Shortest Story 9 -- recorded at Mainline Theatre in March 2019! Featuring stories from: Matt Goldberg Claire Sherwood Amy Blackmore Joyce Peralta Benny Augello Tessa Brown Devon...
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#42: Acquired Taste, part 2
This week, we're exploring two more stories from our April 2019 show Acquired Taste, plus we're talking about the flow of a show with Confabulation producer, Michele Luchs. Featuring stories from MP Breton and Nisha Coleman. Thanks to the Conseil des Arts de Montreal for their support of...
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#41 : Acquired Taste part 1
This week, we're exploring three stories from our April 2019 show Acquired Taste. We've got stories from Trevor Kjorlien, Carole Tenbrink and Nathan Elliot. Carole Tenbrink is a Spoken Word poet and storyteller. She has performed around Montreal, Quebec and eastern Ontario for 14 years. Carole...
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#40: Families
This week, we're exploring two stories on one of our favourite recurring themes: Family. We've got stories from Johanne Pelletier and Ellie Skye -- both from past December Confabulation events. This is Ellie's first and only story with Confabulation -- we wish her all the best! Johanne Pelletier...
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#39: Rules and Identity
Hey Confab fans! This week, we have stories from Confabulation regular Taylor Tower and first time storyteller, Christina Mignacca. Both stories explore the complex relationship between rules and identity. Taylor's story is from our April 2019 show, Encore; recorded at the Mainline theatre,...
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#38: Perspectives
Hey Confab fans! We're back -- with a new season of stories, true as we can tell them. This week, we have stories from our new co-hosts: Confabulation founder, Matt Goldberg and Montreal producer, Deb VanSlet! The stories explore the theme of Perspectives. Matt's story is from our October 2018...
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#37: Manoosh Valipour
Confabulation is back with a new slate of stories, true as we can tell them! In this mini-episode, we're teasing out our upcoming show in Montreal -- Confabulation: Hair. It's more than just fashion. Hair connects us to everything: cultural identity, generation, politics and so much more. We saw...
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#36 • Rita Chand
This week, we have a story from Rita Chand. She told this story in Victoria in February, 2017. Our theme that night was Good Date/Bad Date — stories of hooking up, making matches …and um failing to do so We also speak to New York-based journalist and author Emily Witt. She’s the author of Future...
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#35 • Telia Nevile
This week, we have a story from Telia Nevile, a writer, performer, photographer and poet. She told this story during our special event at the 2017 Montreal Fringe Festival. Our theme that night was On the Edge — stories of the outer limits, and beyond. You can follow Telia on twitter here for…
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#34 • Amy Preston-Samson (Season 2, Episode 3)
The Witches by Amy Preston-Samson This week, we have a story from Amy Preston-Samson, PhD candidate and first-time storyteller. She told this story for the 6th anniversary of Confabulation Montreal. Our theme that night was, Now we are six — stories of childhoods lost and found. Amy developed…
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#33 • Sage Tyrtle (Season 2, Episode 2)
This week, we hear a story from Sage Tyrtle – a Toronto-based storyteller, writer and performer. She’s the host and producer of High Stakes Storytelling — check out their podcast too. Sage originally told this story in Toronto, at our very first Confabulation. The theme was only fitting: Firsts....
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#32 • Sophie Post-Croteau (Season 2, Episode 1)
Welcome back to Confabulation the podcast – this is the first episode of our relaunch. Expect stories, interviews and more from all three cities. This week, we hear a story from Sophie Post-Croteau – a Montreal-based storyteller, writer and performer. She told this story in June 2017 – for...
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Season 2 is coming!
Hey all – Confabulation the podcast is BACK! Well, tomorrow. This is a brand new tradition – a monthly digest of our upcoming shows: Confabulation Montreal presents: DISCOVERY — Stories of creativity, innovation, and breakthroughs of all kinds September 30th, 2017 Phi Centre – 407, rue…
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#30 • Michele Luchs (Season 1)
For Confabulation’s 5th Anniversary on May 2nd, 2015, we had a night filled with Montreal Stories — stories that could only happen there, that remind us why we love that city, or that just feel like that place. An homage to the city where Confabulation dug it’s roots. This week we bring you a…
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#29 • Cassandra Togneri (Season 1)
For Confabulation’s 5th Anniversary on May 2nd, 2015, we had a night filled with Montreal Stories — stories that could only happen here, that remind us why we love this city, or that just feel like this place. An homage to the city where Confabulation dug it’s roots. This week on the show we…
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#28 • Raeven Geist-Deschamps (Season 1)
This week we bring you a story and interview from Confabulation co-producer Raeven Geist-Deschamps. This story is from August 2014’s Down to the Wire, where Raeven shares her experience with hunting, and possums. Also in this podcast, Raeven shares her experiences working on Confabulation, and…
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#27 • Lexi Moscovitch (Season 1)
This week on the podcast we bring you a story from Lexi Moscovitch, about her, and her mother’s bizarre experience with a silver snake ring, and the person who claimed it was her own. This week’s story is from April 2015’s April Fish – Stories of tricks, traps, and getting hooked.
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#26 • The Shortest Story 5, Part Two (Season 1)
For the fifth year in a row, we’re excited to bring you our night of all-true short stories, as Confabulation presents The Shortest Story, our annual Nuit Blanche event in Montreal. Last year we had thirty-two short stories, this year we bring you more than thirty-four short stories! This week on...
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#25 • The Shortest Story 5, Part One (Season 1)
For the fifth year in a row, we’re excited to bring you our night of all-true short stories, as Confabulation presents The Shortest Story, our annual Nuit Blanche event in Montreal. Last year we had thirty-two short stories, this year we bring you more than thirty-four short stories! This week on...
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#24 • Dmitri Vitaliev (Season 1)
This week we bring you a story from Dmitri Vitaliev, he is a journalist, and also the founder of Equalit, a company that develops open and reusable systems with a focus on privacy, online security, and information management. This story is from October 2011’s Scares and Scars Redux.
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#23 • Joe Conto (Season 1)
Improviser, teacher and storyteller Joe Conto shares this story of early love(s), and the allure of authority. From February 2014’s I Put a Spell on You.
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#22 • Sage Tyrtle (Season 1)
This week, Toronto-based storyteller, Sage Tyrtle, shares this story of facing the call of the wild, and learning what we’re really ready for. From November 2013’s Saving our Planet, Saving Ourselves.
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#21 • Stéphanie Morin-Robert (Season 1)
In this week’s podcast, Montreal based dancer, choreographer and podcaster Stéphanie Morin-Robert shares this story of learning to be a parent, and caregiver to a young boy. From April 2014’s Confabulation presents Lies My Parents Told Me. Be sure to see Stéphanie in For Body and Light presents...
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#20 • Andrew Zadel (Season 1)
In this week’s podcast, Andrew Zadel shares the story of his grandparents journey to a new home in Canada, and his own journey back to his roots. From 2011’s Confabulation presents: Tell the Family
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#19 • Raeven Geist-Deschamps
This week we hear from Confabulation co-producer, Raeven-Geist Deschamps. In this, her first Confabulation story, Raeven shares a transcendental familial experience – and the limits of that single moment. From April 2014’s Confabulation presents: Lies My Parents Told Me.
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Confabulation is a celebration of true-life stories, shared by the people that lived them. Curated from our live shows across Canada, in Montreal and Victoria, the podcast brings some of our favourite stories to a wider audience — as well as a larger thematic exploration of the ideas these stories bring up. It’s hard to say exactly where any one episode will take us, but each will be crafted around the story, the storyteller, and the essence of why we tell tales in the first place. Confabulation. Stories, true as we can tell them.
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