The Bear on KCRW Berlin (2019-2020)
“Your front-row seat to an evening of great storytelling.”
This was a collaboration with The Bear Storytelling, a non-profit storytelling event started by Dyane Neiman. Each month, I attended the live events, where storytellers get on stage to tell tales centered around a certain theme. And then each month, I would host and produce a 30-minute to hour-long program highlighting some of my favorite stories from the evening.
I’ve highlighted a few episodes below. You can also find the full archive wherever you get your podcasts.
Photo by Mollie Lemm.
Bad mistakes make good stories
This episode aired on KCRW Berlin on Sept. 26, 2020.
This special edition of the "The Bear on KCRW Berlin" was produced for the "Fehler" project in cooperation with the Goethe-Institut in Washington, D.C. These true, personal stories were recorded live at The Bear's "Eve of the Champs" event on June 19, 2020 at Pfefferberg Haus 13. The theme of the evening was: Bad mistakes make good stories.
Photo by Mollie Lemm.
Water: Stories of buoyancy
This episode aired on KCRW Berlin on Oct. 31, 2020.
These true, personal stories were recorded live at The Bear on September 18 at the Shakespeare Company’s open-air stage in Berlin. The theme of the evening was water: stories of buoyancy.
Photo by Mollie Lemm.
Saying goodbye with some all-time favorite stories
This episode aired on KCRW Berlin on Nov. 28, 2020.
This month’s episode was the last before KCRW Berlin went off air on Dec. 13, 2020. In celebration of more than a dozen episodes over the past year-and-a-half, I invited The Bear’s founder, Dyane Neiman, to talk about what inspired her to start this monthly storytelling event and how much it’s grown since its launch in 2015.