Memoir and nonfiction writers read from their true stories of personal daring and talk with audiobook producer Michelle Redo about the slow courage they found to first live, then write their true story. Winner of the 2024 Silver Signal Award for Best Indie Podcast
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Unknown Host hosts Daring to Tell, a arts show with 80 episodes published.
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Memoir—The Making of a Mechanical Heart with award winning Maine photographer Felice Boucher
Aug 4, 20261h 38mEp. 67
Check out Felice Boucher's photography at FeliceBoucherphotography.com or click right to her book The Making of A Mechanical Heart . Details about the Free Audiobook Talk with Michelle Redo and Peggy Cook, Saturday Augus
This is Michelle's accountability call for listeners, what I've been doing, when not putting out my official July episode. Some of my other projects you can listen to include: The Colorado Dream--Happy Birthday from KUNC
Visit michelleredo.com to sign up for The Re-Do, Michelle Redo's free monthly newsletter. Get Peggy Cook's new audiobook of Released: Walking from Blame and Shame into Wholeness at Audible, Libro.FM or wherever you get y
Sign up for Michelle Redo's newsletter The Re-do at michelleredo.com where you can also preview the audiobooks she's put out from her indie audiobook production operation, Flying Pig Audio. Don't forget to click follow o
Jen Dupree with Slow Motion: A Memoir of Friendship, Disability & Advocacy
Apr 2, 20261h 20mEp. 630
Find out more about Jen Dupree her other books and her upcoming book events at her website, jenniferdupree.com You can order her book Slow Motion: A Memoir of Friendship, Disability & Advocacy from her publishers website
Keith Madison's book Coaching With Purpose is available through his website CoachKeithMadison.com Sign up for my talk with Nina Lichtenstein about audiobook production happening Sun March 22nd at 11a ET Sign up for Miche
In this very personal episode Peggy Cook reads from her memoir Released: Walking from Blame and Shame into Wholeness. See her art and author bio at her website. Want to learn more about what goes into the production of a
True stories from neurologist Carolyn Larkin Taylor
Jan 8, 20261h 24mEp. 600
Learn more about neurologist Dr. Carolyn Larkin Taylor and purchase her book, Whispers of the Mind A Neurologists Memoir at her website. Sign up for Michelle Redo's newsletter The Redo at michelleredo.com Listen to more
Michelle plays some of her favorite clips from the audiobooks she produced this year. Body My Life in Parts by Nina B. Lichtenstein The Mother of All Decisions by Besty Armstrong Meme's Famous Crepes by Theodore A. Perry
Cyra Sweet Dumitru reads from Words Make a Way through Fire
Nov 6, 20251h 47mEp. 580
Conversation with poet and writer Cyra Sweet Dumitru who reads from her new memoir Words Make a Way Through Fire: Healing After My Brother's Suicide. Sign up for Michelle Redo's free monthly newsletter The Re-do at miche
Learn more about Gail Straub at her website GailStraub.com. Order Home Inside the Globe Sign up for Michelle Redo's newsletter The Re-do at michelleredo.com Listen to more of Phil Redo's music at Apple Music, on Spotify
Nancy Collins reads from The Perfectly Imperfect Potter
Sep 4, 20251h 12mEp. 560
Order you copy of The Perfectly Imperfect Potter. Learn more about author Nancy Collins. Sign up for my free, monthly newsletter The Re-do at michelleredo.com Stuff for Mainers: Meet Nancy, check out her book and perhaps
For this episode Michelle presents the time she was the guest on a different podcast, And So, She Left. Plus, hear the "big announcement" for what's next with Daring to Tell. Sign up for The Re-do—newsletter of the Darin
Be sure to hit "follow" in your podcast app so new episodes will automatically download each month. Sign up for Michelle's newsletter at michelleredo.com Check out Michelle's first episode about the monarch caterpillar t
Get Elissa Altman's Permission (ha!) at her website, ElissaAltman.com where you can also subscribe to her Substack, Poor Man's Feast. Don't forget to hit Follow so Daring To Tell will automatically drop into your podcast
Nina Lichtenstein reads from Body: My Life in Parts
May 6, 20251h 29mEp. 520
Visit Nina Lichtenstein's website to pre-order her new memoir Body: My Life in Parts available May 27th! Visit Maine Writer's Studio for information about her October retreat "Embodied Stories", as well as upcoming works
Be sure to click follow on this podcast so you'll get the new episode that posts on the first Tuesday of each month. For April 2025 host Michelle Redo talks with Betsy Armstrong about her debut memoir, The Mother of All
Links from this episode: Woodstock Bookfest Sari Botton on Substack Sari Botton's Essay at 100 Days of Creative Resistance Michelle Redo's website Phil Redo's music Thanks for listening!
Don't forget to follow this podcast! Emerging writer Ching Ching Tan reads from her as-of yet-unpublished memoir, An Extra. Learn more about her and read some of her other publications at chingchingtan.com Sign up for Mi
To pitch Daring to Tell, visit https://michelleredo.com/podcast for contact information, then craft a tight one-paragraph hook that ties your expertise to a gap in their recent arts coverage.
Who is the host of Daring to Tell?
Daring to Tell is hosted by Unknown Host. The show is categorised under Arts (culture) and has published 80 episodes.
How many episodes does Daring to Tell have?
Daring to Tell has published 80 episodes.
What topics does Daring to Tell cover?
Daring to Tell regularly covers Arts, Books, Performing, Society, Culture. It sits in the Arts category, with a culture focus.
Is it hard to get booked on Daring to Tell?
Daring to Tell is accessible for guests with genuine arts expertise. A personalised, episode-aware pitch will still outperform a generic one every time.
Is Daring to Tell currently accepting guest pitches?
Daring to Tell hasn't explicitly signalled guest openness in recent episodes. That doesn't rule out pitching. your hook just needs to be especially compelling and relevant to their recent content.
How long are Daring to Tell episodes?
Episodes of Daring to Tell average 76 minutes, giving guests a long-form format with plenty of time to expand on their expertise.
What guest credentials does Daring to Tell typically look for?
Our data rates Daring to Tell's guest bar at 80/100 (Premium tier). Established thought leaders with verified media credentials. Sign in to PitchCentric to see how your own Pod Score compares against this show.
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