Wisps of Ash w/ Greg Ledger - Episode 20

Are You Famous, Yet?

Classic episode from Apr 7, 2014

This week Laura brings Greg Ledger, storyteller and fellow podcaster! Greg's Podcast: A Dear School 0:01:30 Say hello to Greg! 0:02:20 Obamacare may be working for Bryn shortly 0:02:50 Nilsa already has Obamacare… because she's more organized than Bryn 0:06:00 Recorded some radio spots for Engine Lab of Tampa with Brian McKenna at BToven Studios 0:08:00 This Greg had an incredible guest on his podcast… our own Laura Scruggs. Drinking may have been involved. 0:10:30 Greg tells us how storytellers do it 0:12:25 Practicing storytelling in the shower 0:15:20 Greg took a 30 year moritorium on creativity 0:18:50 Early problems with drink and fleeing the country… to paint a guy's house 0:20:05 Calgary, The Stampede, and roving hoards of intellectuals 0:23:10 Deported by the RCMP and the road to sobriety 0:25:25 Moving to Chicago and the worst phone ever 0:29:00 Getting back into artistic stuff and getting nasty 0:29:55 Writing and breakdowns 0:33:30 Schwarzenegger 0:37:55 Masking your feelings with writing may be hazardous to your mental health 0:40:15 Bag A Bag A 'Begas- the latest snack food craze and other diversions 0:50:00 We love the origin story of our podcast, we're trying to figure out how to nurture it, too 0:53:55 According to Nilsa, Bryn loves reacting to things 0:58:40 What brought Greg to improv… 1:02:00 Favorite poems 1:10:00 A rejection of popular culture 1:13:00 Nilsa auditioned for the role of... Brynn (with two n's) 1:15:00 Bryn gets to shoot a movie with a previous podcast guest… who could it be?

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Intro Music: "Are You Famous, Yet?" - Laura Scruggs. Outro Music: "AYFY 1" - Christopher Kriz