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		<title>Jeanne&#8217;s Podcast Pick of the Week</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jeanne’s Podcast Pick is a weekly First Person Arts blog post that lets Jeanne, the Marketing Intern, share with you a recent story that has sparked her interest from the World Wide Interwebs. Please feel free to comment if you are moved to do so!

Like music, storytelling has the ability to influence mood and bring to surface feelings from the audience that may otherwise be stifled. When listening to a story we willing subject ourselves to the possibility of swelling up with tears, of going flush with sentimentality, of getting ...]]></description>
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		<title>Jeanne&#8217;s Podcast Pick of the Week</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jeanne’s Podcast Pick is a weekly First Person Arts blog post that lets Jeanne, the Marketing Intern, share with you a recent story that has sparked her interest from the World Wide Interwebs. Please feel free to comment if you are moved to do so!

The stand up comic Mitch Hedberg had an amazing ability to take the average and the typical and make it funny. He simply looked at the world through an unfiltered lens and captivated audiences with his presentation of seemingly obvious observations.

It is all too easy to ...]]></description>
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		<title>Lightning Strikes and Trees Explodein Last Night&#8217;s Winning Story</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We all have them &#8211; Tales from times when things didn’t look likely; when chances seemed slim at best and all hope was hanging by a thread. At last night’s StorySlam we heard from ten storytellers who carried that thread and shared personal stories in response to the theme “Against the Odds.” 

Death defying Donald told about how he miraculously brought a zombie dog back from the other side. Erin refused to give up her hopes of recovering her long lost hat &#8211; even if getting it back meant she’d ...]]></description>
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		<title>Jeanne&#8217;s Podcast Pick of the Week</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jeanne’s Podcast Pick is a weekly First Person Arts blog post that lets Jeanne, the Marketing Intern, share with you a recent story that has sparked her interest from the World Wide Interwebs. Please feel free to comment if you are moved to do so!
My last week of college I barely slept a wink in order to complete a thesis paper for my capstone course: History of Anthropological Theory. I finish on the due date lying in my bed with my Hewlett-Packard laptop. Elated, I make a frantic dash to ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.firstpersonarts.org/blog/jeannes-podcast-pick-of-the-week-2/</link>
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		<title>Storytellers Work it at the &#8220;Daily Grind&#8221; StorySlam</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When your boyfriend&#8217;s life becomes a reality TV show, and women from all around the world are applying for a chance to snatch him off your arm, a girl can sense she&#8217;s up against some serious competition. Unfortunately, that was the reality of last night&#8217;s winning storyteller, Diana. Discover the key to lasting romance with Diana in the video of her winning performance below.

Congratulations Diana! And congratulations to Audience Favorite, Martha! Journey with Martha as she navigates her early career path playing the &#8220;expert.&#8221; Whatever you do, don&#8217;t disappoint Oprah.

Thanks ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.firstpersonarts.org/blog/storytellers-work-it-at-the-daily-grind-storyslam/</link>
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		<title>Jeanne&#8217;s Podcast Pick of the Week</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jeanne’s Podcast Pick is a weekly First Person Arts blog post that lets Jeanne, the Marketing Intern, share with you a recent story that has sparked her interest from the World Wide Interwebs. Please feel free to comment if you are moved to do so!
I began watching the animated television version of the X-Men when I was kid to try to bond with my big brother and his cool friends. I was the little sister who wanted to play basketball as hard as the boys, to be entertained for hours ...]]></description>
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		<title>Top 5 Most Viewed Stories of 2011</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Happy New Year! Before we post 2012&#8217;s stories, let&#8217;s take a look back at some of 2011&#8217;s most watched videos from the First Person Arts YouTube channel.

#5 Janet, &#8220;Family Ties&#8221; 
Buckle up and hit the road for a family trip with “Family Ties” Winner and Audience Favorite, Janet in our #5 most viewed story. After checking out her tale, you’ll be keeping on the sunny side with Janet all the way from St. Louis to Florida.


#4 Bernardo Strange Encounters
Tune into our #4 pick by Bernardo and follow the signs to ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.firstpersonarts.org/blog/top-5-most-viewed-stories-of-2011/</link>
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		<title>Great Gifts for Memoir Fans!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8216;Tis the season to please the memoir fanatic in your life with a special gift. If you’re trying satisfy a storyteller or a story appreciator check out these holiday First Person Arts shopping picks! 
Pick #1 First Person Arts StorySlam Six-Pack
Treat the StorySlam fan in your life to six Slam admissions at World Cafe Live and L’Etage for just $50! This pack can be used for multiple Slams over the 2011-2012 season or to bring a big group to one slam. Buy a Six Pack here.

Pick #2 An Evening with ...]]></description>
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		<title>Naughty or Nice</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last night we kicked off the 2011-2012 Slam season with ten audience storytellers who got into the spirit of the holidays with real life stories all inspired by the theme “Naughty or Nice.” Our winning story came from Marjorie, a first time StorySlammer whose story begins and ends with an image of hope: a naked man feeding her pie.

(It was cherry pie. Yeah…we asked.)

Marjorie’s story reminds us that when you’ve just witnessed your husband being taken away in handcuffs that jingle jangle jingle and you’re too sad to sing the ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.firstpersonarts.org/blog/naughty-or-nice/</link>
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		<title>Stripped Stories Sage Wisdom</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A couple weeks ago, we asked you to share your sex questions and quandaries with the Stripped Stories gals in advance of their appearance at the First Person Festival this weekend. One lucky respondent asked a serious question and in addition to receiving some wisdom from Giulia and Margot, she also won free tickets to their show!

How can I convince a guy to let me use a strap-on on him?

We think honesty is the best policy, talk to him, share your feelings and desires and hear his feelings and desires. ...]]></description>
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