It was part birthday party, part storytelling spectacle, and 100% Audacious!
We threw a live Show & Tell at Dead Language Beer Project in Hartford, and invited public radio fans to bring an object they love, and the story that makes it matter.
From a PEZ dispenser with family ties, to a holy (literally) beer mug, to walnut shell art that has mesmerized a family for generations, the night was full of big laughs, tiny treasures, and extraordinary moments.
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GUESTS:
- Chion Wolf: host of Audacious with Chion Wolf, who brought a Gracie Award
- Emily Tracy: Manchester resident, who brought one of many PEZ dispensers collected by her mother, Caryn
- Dr. David Shapiro: West Hartford resident, who brought a copy of a Hasbro comic book with a depiction of himself, in recognition of his work with Stop The Bleed
- Meg Fitzgerald: Senior Manager of Projects and Radio Programming at Connecticut Public, who brought a walnut that folds open and holds tiny art inside
- Larry Klein: Meriden resident, who brought a puzzle mug made by a potter named Guy Wolff
- Pamela Morrison-Wolf: Farmington resident (and Chion's mother!), who brought a framed greeting card from her late husband, Guy Wolf
- Christy Kovel: Middletown resident and Director of Public Policy for the Alzheimer’s Association's Connecticut Chapter, who brought her cell phone containing two memorable images from the previous day
- Dave Mourad: Windsor resident, who brought a metal newspaper stand
- Robyn Doyon-Aitken: Deputy Director of Audio Storytelling and Talk Shows at Connecticut Public, who brought the cast her late mother had on her wrist
- Ashley Cook: Hartford resident, who brought a shadowbox of her hand x-ray and pins that the surgeons removed
- Michelle Horsley: Hartford resident, who brought her conductor's baton
Jessica Severin de Martinez, Meg Fitzgerald, and Robyn Doyon-Aitken contributed to this show.
Thank you for the generous financial support from Freed Marcroft Family Law and Suzanne Hopgood in memory of Frank Lord.
We are grateful to Chris and Kyle DeGasero of Dead Language Beer Project in Hartford who were so generous with their space, and Traci Halky at Nothing Bundt Cakes in West Hartford.
Thanks to our staff at Connecticut Public for putting this show on: Lucy Nalpathanchil, Jessica Gonella, Lauren Komrosky, Susan Bell, Sabrina Herrera, Maegn Boone, Bradley O'Connor, Bill Sencio, Sophia MacGillis, Holly Winters, Jane Moreno, and Brendan Foley, Janae Spinato, Ayannah Brown, Mark Mirko, Alexandra Tio, Francesca Fontanez, Ryan Caron King, Tyler Russell, Vanessa de la Torre, and Mark Contreras.
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