After 7 years curating stories on stages around LA and NYC,
we realized a story for the stage wasn’t quite quenching our taboo thirst. We wanted more. And… the truth is… Corey’s mom wanted to hear Taboo Tales and she lives in Florida. So, we began bringing storytellers into the studio where we could bombard them with questions. Stage stories are limited to ten minutes, and of course ten minutes leaves you with questions like: What did you do after you collected your dog’s pee for the drug test? How did it feel to see your mom for the first time after she designated you a suppressed person in Scientology? What did you say after you burst out crying in the sex club?
With FERAL AUDIO producing our podcast now, we’ve got THREE episodes a month and fresh guests galore. Please contribute to our community episodes HERE. And send us feedback and ideas HERE. We want this to be a thing we all do together.
Taboo Tales Talks: Race with Misty & Tina
Corey and Laurenne talk to Tina Huang and Misty Monroe about their experiences with race (ie: just living in the world as people of color). We are VERY lucky that we found such honest people to give us a hard dose of the truth for our first of many episodes that involve personal stories through interviews instead of stories that have been in our Taboo Tales stage show. After 7 years of asking people to talk about race in Taboo Tales and not finding many willing participants, WE HAVE A TON OF QUESTIONS. Race is one of our country’s biggest taboos, which means it must be discussed. Here’s what Misty and Tina have to say about race in general and in Hollywood.
Answer this month’s TABOO Q: Where’s the craziest or most public place you’ve had sex.
JOEY TERRILL & THE NAKED HIPPIE
Spawn Ranch, San Francisco in the 70’s, New York City in the 80’s, activism and community organizing in the 90’s, and art shows and storytelling in the present make Joey a busy boy! Joey Terrill refers to himself as the “Chicano Forrest Gump” (with a higher IQ) because he’s truly experienced it all.
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Answer this month’s TABOO Q: Where’s the craziest or most public place you’ve had sex.
MISTY & THE SURPRISE NEW LIFE
Surprise! Misty McAfee’s life looked like the photo that comes with the frame. But suddenly her husband was missing. Although she found him using the Find my iPhone App, he was still lost.
ILANA & THE TORN SHIRTS
Has a parent ever ghosted you? Like, multiple times ghosted you? In this episode, the open-hearted Ilana Cohn Sullivan shares about ending family cycles, the challenges of interfaith marriage, and being boy crazy in 1990s New Jersey.
JESSICA & THE 19 WEEKS
When we think of the first few moments after having a baby, we usually imagine the happy tears of a new family. Even when Jessica planned the whole thing down to the minute, something unplanned happened in the hospital– a sick baby that would change her entire life forever.
PEGGY & the fiery flambe
Peggy Mannix Slattery was a free-spirited newlywed enjoying a fun summer at the beach until her life went up in flames. Literally. In this episode, she answers everything you’ve ever wanted to know about the burn unit and sex in the seventies.
You can watch Peggy tell this story right here.
Liz Brown and the secondhand ptsd
The wonderful Liz Brown is back! This time she shares about how being the daughter of a veteran has more effects than one would think – some difficult, and some hilarious. MAKE STORIES NOT WAR!
Simone and the wine
Our favorite co-producer and sweetest human, Simone, is back with her tale of addiction, relationships, and addiction in relationships. Funny, brave and oh so relatable.
Michael Feldman and the collections
It’s the return of our very own Taboo Tales prom king, Mr. Michael Feldman (pictured here with his handsome husband and fellow Taboo Tales alumni, Michael Rachlis)! Michael and his never ending supply of taboos has #blessed us for yet another session of over-sharing. You will laugh, you might cry, and you will definitely never think of Fraggle Rock the same way again!
New episodes twice a month on iTunes.
Wyatt Gray and the Good Vibrations
The wonderful Wyatt Gray, wise beyond his years and deeply thoughtful, tells Taboo Tales how overcoming a childhood language issue made him the man he is today. We love Wyatt and so will you!
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