Tell Me What Happened

This podcast features FORMATIVE childhood stories of people from all walks of life, and how those experiences have impacted the adult perspective of the storyteller. Write us at jaycrehak@gmail.com if you'd like to be on the show. We'd love to hear your story. Sponsored by Sideline Ink Publishing & blackholechess.com,

Tell Me What Happened is a arts podcast hosted by Jay Rehak, with 91 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Jay Rehak hosts Tell Me What Happened, a arts show with 91 episodes published.

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  Episode #11

  Karen Eifler, Teacher/Podcaster, recalls the profound impact her first grade teacher, Sister Mary Reynette, had on her life.

  Sep 1, 202615 minS5

  Karen Eifler earned most of her white hair teaching middle school math in schools up and down the California coast and concluded her mostly joy-filled career forming new teachers at the University of Portland in Oregon. In retirement, she directs Collegium, a national colloquy on faith and intellectual life for some 60 Catholic colleges and universities in North America. Karen has published two collections of essays drawn from lessons she learned via the students in her classrooms, A Month of Mondays and Near Occasions of Hope. These days she hosts a series called Voices of Holy Cross: Stories of Hope , available wherever you get your podcasts, in which she catches stories of ordinary people working extraordinary miracles of goodness and muscular hope in this bruised, blessed world. She also enjoys finding theology hidden in unexpected places like Schitt’s Creek and Ted Lasso and writes about that for National Catholic Reporter occasionally. Husband Mark and son Conor bring daily light and buoyancy to her life. Tell Me What Happened features the music of Susan Salidor. More information about Susan Salidor can be found at her website Get Susan Salidor’s One Little Act of Kindness Children’s Book Get Susan Salidor’s I’ve Got Peace in My Fingers Children’s Book. More Information about our sponsor's 10 x 10 Blackhole Chess game can be found at www.blackholechess.com

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  Episode #10

  Sophia Vourdoukis, Cofounder of the women-owned Argonaut film and theatre collective, recalls listening to her grandmother's fanciful bedtime stories, and realizing they were often connected to a darker reality.

  Jul 14, 202611 minS5

  Sophia Vourdoukis is a photographer, director, and editor with over 20 years of experience leading creative production and post-production for global brands including Warby Parker, Chobani, and Pantene. Throughout her career, Sophia has built and led creative studios, assembled multidisciplinary teams, and guided complex, multi-platform productions from concept through final delivery, always balancing creative vision with thoughtful execution. Today, her work is centered on visual storytelling. As co-founder of the women-owned film and theatre collective Argonaut, she continues to expand her long-standing passion for directing and photography, exploring stories that examine identity, connection, and the spaces between cultures. Inspired by her Greek immigrant upbringing, She's drawn to the quiet tensions and beauty that exist where tradition meets contemporary life. Through an attentive use of light, composition, space, and sound, she seeks to create intimate, emotionally resonant work that invites audiences to look a little closer. More about Sophia's work can be found at: sophiavourdoukis.com Tell Me What Happened features the music of Susan Salidor. More information about Susan Salidor can be found at her website Get Susan Salidor’s One Little Act of Kindness Children’s Book Get Susan Salidor’s I’ve Got Peace in My Fingers Children’s Book More Information about our sponsor's 10 x 10 Blackhole Chess game can be found at www.blackholechess.com

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  Episode #9

  Dave Temkin, a Social Worker for the past 33 years, recalls the early trauma of losing his 12 year old sister to brain cancer, and his mother to suicide.

  Jun 30, 202627 minS5

  Dave Temkin notes, "My work is rooted in the fact that each of us already holds the capacity for healing, growth, and meaningful change. Sometimes, life experiences—stress, trauma, loss, or transitions—can make that harder to access. My role is to help you reconnect with those inner strengths. Your True Self can be uncovered using therapy combined with ancient healing wisdom. Oftentimes, clients talk to a therapist for years. When they enter my office, I always ask what tools they have learned. Sadly, few have them. I listen, but I also teach skills that you can use every day to achieve and maintain balance. Believe me, I have been in your shoes.. Tell Me What Happened features the music of Susan Salidor. More information about Susan Salidor can be found at her website Get Susan Salidor’s One Little Act of Kindness Children’s Book Get Susan Salidor’s I’ve Got Peace in My Fingers Children’s Book More Information about our sponsor's 10 x 10 Blackhole Chess game can be found at www.blackholechess.com

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  Episode #8

  Kim "Kid" Curry, radio personality and program director, details the beginning of his career and his later battle with Multiple Sclerosis

  Jun 2, 202625 minS5

  <p>Kim Curry was a radio broadcaster for 33 years in some of America’s finest cities: Pueblo,</p><p>Knoxville, San Antonio, Washington, D.C., Baltimore, and Miami. Curry was a DJ in different</p><p>time slots and obtained the position of Program Director at two of America’s legendary stations:</p><p>KTSA-AM San Antonio and Power 96, Miami.</p><p>The diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis forced Curry to retire from broadcasting in 2005 resulting in</p><p>relocation, the search for doctors, therapists, and emotional family strain.. Eight years of rapid</p><p>physical decline was halted by the magi...

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  Episode #7

  Jennifer Griffith, Host of the "About your Mother" Podcast and Author of Both Sides of Then: Finding Love After Abandonment, recalls learning at the age of 13 that her mother had an 18 year old son she had given up for adoption.

  May 12, 202617 minS5

  <p>Jennifer Griffith is an author, speaker, and host of the About Your Mother podcast, where she explores the relationships and defining moments that shape our lives. Her debut memoir, Both Sides of Then: Finding Love After Abandonment, is a candid reflection on motherhood, resilience, and the complexity of family. Through her work, she invites others to embrace both the beauty and the mess of their stories and find connection in shared human experience.</p><p></p><p>Tell Me What Happened features the music of Susan Salidor.</p><p> More information about Susan Salidor can be found at her...

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