Des Moines Storytellers

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An evening of live storytelling, the Des Moines Storytellers Project features community members coached by Des Moines Register journalists taking the mic to tell true, first-person stories.

We believe everyone HAS a story and everyone CAN tell that story.

Learn more at DesMoinesRegister.com/Storytellers.

Recent Episodes
  • Phillip Sitter: I found peace in wartime visiting dear friend in Ukraine
    Jul 2, 2024 – 12:23
  • Diane Kolmer: How a trip to Paris helped me heal from an eating disorder, find new purpose
    Jul 2, 2024 – 13:51
  • Kory May: I forgot an essential item on vacation and learned an uncomfortable lesson
    Jul 2, 2024 – 09:06
  • John Sorrell: How I found myself in the middle of a Turkish coup
    Jul 2, 2024 – 08:35
  • Nicole Schrader: How this Iowan learned to make friends with her fear on vacation and in life
    Jul 2, 2024 – 11:58
  • Deborah Svec-Carstens: How I built community through tragedy
    Mar 20, 2024 – 15:21
  • Kenny Gaskin : How I help students find their voice as a Black teacher in Iowa
    Mar 13, 2024 – 09:30
  • Jordan Brooks: How I use art to inspire and build a community
    Mar 13, 2024 – 10:56
  • Erlin Kakkanad: My son's curiosity about skin color helped me embrace myself
    Mar 13, 2024 – 15:49
  • Jim Sayers: How volunteering at an Iowa prison helped me build a community
    Mar 11, 2024 – 16:46
  • Louise O'Donnell: As the oldest of 13 siblings, I know a lot about family
    Nov 8, 2023 – 17:32
  • Ehsan Shaban: How an Afghan refugee found solace from a family in Iowa
    Nov 8, 2023 – 11:25
  • Luisita McBurney: How I built my family in Des Moines after moving from the Philippines
    Nov 8, 2023 – 14:58
  • Sonya Jackson: How my trailblazing grandma and great aunt shaped my life
    Nov 8, 2023 – 11:46
  • Sam Blum: How I found family in crowds at metal concerts
    Nov 8, 2023 – 15:46
  • Monica Leo: What a trip behind the Iron Curtain taught me about our similarities and differences
    Sep 12, 2023 – 13:22
  • Keith Knapp: How I left Argentina just minutes before COVID-19 shuts country's borders
    Sep 12, 2023 – 11:43
  • Olesya Holker: A life of travel led this Russian migrant to her husband in Las Vegas and later, Iowa
    Sep 12, 2023 – 10:24
  • Shir Agha Safi: A child of war, I fled Afghanistan to Iowa for a better life.
    Sep 12, 2023 – 14:54
  • Susan Sims: How I traveled through communist China with $200, a jar of peanut butter and 2 rolls of film
    Sep 12, 2023 – 14:52
  • Sarah Trone Garriott: My first wedding was for a pair of satanists. What it taught me about love
    Mar 3, 2023 – 14:17
  • Sam Freese: How I learned to love myself when faced with my husband's criminal charges
    Mar 3, 2023 – 12:55
  • Anissa Deay: As a marriage becomes complicated, I lean on 'no man left behind'
    Mar 3, 2023 – 10:59
  • Patrick J. Kearney: Small acts of love defined my relationship with my mother and her MS
    Mar 3, 2023 – 09:52
  • Dan Douglas: How I found love nearly 9,000 away in Botswana
    Feb 23, 2023 – 10:09
  • Guillermo Romano Ibarra: A debilitating bike crash emphasized the importance of a lasting friendship
    Dec 20, 2022 – 16:53
  • Yenny Soley: Seeking political asylum, I had nothing in Iowa. Until I met two 'American moms'
    Dec 20, 2022 – 15:56
  • Rusty Johnson: As a lifelong foster child, I leaned on the kindness of others to make it through
    Dec 20, 2022 – 19:28
  • Stevie Lang: The kindness of a friend led me to therapy, and a life forever changed
    Dec 20, 2022 – 13:03
  • Patsy Shors: A car ride from a stranger leads to a lifelong lesson in generosity
    Dec 20, 2022 – 11:55
  • Billy Weathers: I have an obsession — Becoming the best artist and person I can be.
    Nov 16, 2022 – 13:30
  • Cody Goodwin: How an Iowa journalist fell back in love with wrestling
    Nov 16, 2022 – 16:40
  • Tim Johnson: A near-death experience led me to an obsession with feeding the world
    Nov 16, 2022 – 13:14
  • Julie Burtnette: How I used imagination during tough times in life
    Nov 16, 2022 – 16:10
  • Randy Brown: How a coach found new purpose after federal prison
    Sep 26, 2022 – 22:11
  • Rick Kievits: I took advice that was too good to be true — and was deported.
    Sep 26, 2022 – 13:03
  • Julie Gammack: Why I left my longtime job and the lessons I learned along the way
    Sep 26, 2022 – 17:51
  • Kiranmai Yarlagadda: How I overcame shyness and insecurity to fight for my daughter — and myself
    Sep 26, 2022 – 16:48
  • Galit Freylack: How a parental kidnapping led to decades of listening to my own bad advice
    Sep 26, 2022 – 14:33
  • Brenda McGuire: Love unexpected
    Sep 22, 2022 – 12:51
  • Akwi Nji: Coming home
    Sep 22, 2022 – 12:58
  • Erik Domingue: Finding a new connection
    Sep 22, 2022 – 14:44
  • Coral Thede: The Master Manifestor:
    Sep 22, 2022 – 14:48
  • Robert Warren: From a crowded car to a rundown fishing lodge
    Sep 22, 2022 – 16:32
  • Tony Dahlman: A birthday call from Saddam
    May 8, 2022 – 11:29
  • Aymi Paradise-Flores: Paving the way
    May 7, 2022 – 16:43
  • Jim Ramm: Embracing forgiveness as a Japanese American
    May 7, 2022 – 15:18
  • Jeff Clothier: Learning from heartbreak
    May 6, 2022 – 11:26
  • Blake Carlson: How Grandma’s eccentricities taught this Iowan to embrace his disability
    May 6, 2022 – 08:54
  • Chad Elliott: From heartache to inspiration
    Feb 23, 2022 – 12:43
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