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Sunday, July 12, 2020 Tell The Damn Story #147: HOW TO TELL THE DAMN STORY SUMMER SERIES (Part 2) - Getting The Work Done

The Boys Are Back in Town! This week, Alex and Chris are back with Part 2 of their month-long workshop, the “HOW TO TELL THE DAMN STORY SUMMER SERIES....

Sunday, July 5, 2020 Tell The Damn Story #146: How To Tell The Damn Story Summer Writing Series - Part One

This week, Alex and Chris launch a month-long workshop, the “HOW TO TELL THE DAMN STORY SUMMER SERIES.” Each week in July, we will join with special ...

Sunday, June 28, 2020 Tell The Damn Story #145: TTDS PRESENTS "BLACKJACK: ONLY SECONDS LEFT TO LIVE" and More ...

This week, Alex and Chris present a Blackjack story created by Tim Fielder in the furious wake of Charlottesville, back in 2017. Fate worked against ...

Sunday, June 21, 2020 Tell The Damn Story #144: WHAT IFFING TWILIGHT ZONE SEASON TWO

And no, we're not PC cursing in the title. Alex and Chris enjoy a fun and intriguing episode of Tell The Damn Story with special guest pop culture a...

Sunday, June 14, 2020 Tell The Damn Story #143: HOW TO TAKE OLD WORLD THEMES & CREATE PRESENT DAY MOVIE and TV GOLD!

For filmmakers and novelist what's old is new again, and again, and again! It always has been! First, Alex and Chris remember DC author/editor legend...

Sunday, June 7, 2020 Tell The Damn Story #142: REFLECTING LIFE THROUGH ART, OR THE UNCOMFORTABLE ROAD TO PROGRESS CAN INSPIRE

Whatever genre we choose the stories we tell past, present or future, benefit from what we see, experience, and learn. For all artists time is the ca...

Sunday, May 31, 2020 Tell The Damn Story #141: HOW CREATIVES HAVE AN HONEST DISCUSSION OF RACISM IN AMERICA

This episode Alex and Chris "tell the story" of creatives dealing with racial conflict in America in their lives, past and present. What does that ha...

Sunday, May 24, 2020 Tell The Damn Story #140: Is All Art Political and All Artists Merely The Voice?

This week Alex and Chris explore a multitude of answers to the question, Is All Art Political? And, Are All Artist Obligated to Create Political Art?...

Sunday, May 17, 2020 Tell The Damn Story 139: Raiding Our Creative Energies, A Childhood Blessing

Today Alex and Chris celebrate Creativity long past and brand new! We discuss the documentary "Raiders" (NetFlix) which is all about a group of 11-ye...

Monday, May 11, 2020 Tell The Damn Story #138: TTDS, FAMILY REUNION

The Boys Are Back In Town! And it is a Family Reunion when Alex Simmons and Chris Ryan catch up with TTDS co-founder Tim Fielder. Alex, Chris and Tim...

Sunday, May 3, 2020 Tell The Damn Story 137: Pandemic, To Write or Not To Write? That Is The Question.

This week Alex and Chris go against the collective wisdom of writers and authors everywhere! Many creatives have suggested people not to write abou...

Wednesday, April 29, 2020 Tell The Damn Story #136: Kids Comic Con 2020, The Con That Never Ends

Chris and Alex tackle a different story this time -- a kids story. Chris interviews Alex about his efforts to keep COVID-19 from completely canceling...

Reviews

on 11/4/2019

This is a podcast that will inspire your creativity. Five stars all the way ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️!

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on 7/7/2019

Excellent conversation with Jerry Craft. Thank you!

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on 12/25/2018

I throughly enjoy the teasing yet respectable repartee between these two writers. They both “tell stories” to get their points across (of course) which made their discussions so engaging. I have lots ...

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on 7/2/2018

Awesome stuff and very informative!!! ??

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