Episodes

Happy New Year! To mark the end of a year of firsts and experiments for True Story London, we're sharing something special with you. In 2023 we debuted some unique live shows in which songwriters wrote and performed original ...

Today's storyteller is Donna Freed , telling us the wild and fascinating story of finding out she was adopted - and the shocking revelation of just who her birth parents were. Donna has written an entire excellent memoir on t...

Today's storyteller is Maria Shehata , talking about the time she fell in love with someone across the Atlantic, then quickly fell out of love when they met in person. Maria is a brilliantly funny stand-up comedian and her st...

Today's storyteller is Jess Carrivick, sharing her story of being diagnosed with the chronic pain disorder vulvodynia. Jess delights in shocking the audience into laughter while talking candidly about this rarely-discussed an...

Today's storyteller is Michael Noel , sharing his story of how an optimistic road trip turned very dark. Since Michael is based in California, this is our first interview conducted entirely online - but we just had to give hi...

Today's storyteller is Dee Gibson, sharing how she realised her charmed life wasn't actually going in the direction she wanted - and what she did about it. Despite the difficult and unique circumstances, Dee manages to make t...

Today’s storyteller is Joe Milik, sharing his adventures in helping his friend and doppelganger to stage a proposal in the Welsh countryside. It’s a funny, risky, highly entertaining story and afterward I’ll talk with Joe abo...

Today's storyteller is Ayanda Tambo, sharing her surreal experience of receiving a prestigious award from a prominent yet divisive public figure. Ayanda has such a measured and wise outlook on the events of the story, the wid...

Today's storyteller is Clair Whitefield, sharing her story of uncovering the cause of her sudden onset and life-altering IBS. Clair is a talented poet and performer with a knack for making this taboo topic funny and accessibl...

Season 2 of the True Story London Podcast is coming on 6th November! Make sure you’re subscribed on your favourite podcast app to be notified as soon as they go live. And if you haven’t already, check out our past …

Content warning: this episode contains the discussion and description of assisted suicide. Today's storyteller for our season finale is Bonnie Oddie, sharing the story of her mother - newly diagnosed with dementia - asking fo...

Today's storyteller is Petra Gatek, sharing a story about how her cancer diagnosis precipitated a major shift in pursuing her true passion. Then we have a conversation about growing up under communism in Czechoslovakia, and b...

Todays storyteller is Osman S, telling a story about power, control and redemption in the London comedy scene. Stick around aterwards for a conversation about being a young person in comedy - and what age 'old' really is. Fol...

Today's storyteller is Kitty Dry, telling the story of entirely losing her hair, learning she has the autoimmune condition alopecia, and navigating her twenties as a bald woman. In our conversation we talk about being stared ...

Today's storyteller is Sophia Blackwell, telling us how she went from 'good girl' to 'not so much' when she accidentally got her parents high. Sophia is a performance poet who has a wonderful way with words - so stick around …

Today's storyteller is Jimmy Jameson, telling us about having his absolute worst childhood fear come true. We then talk about the frustration of bystanders, humour as a defense mechanism, the risks of negative manifestation a...

Today's storyteller is Ellis Ballard and if you've ever wondered what it's like to live with life-threatening food allergies, this is a must-listen story. Ellis is a brilliant storyteller so it's highly entertaining - but sti...

Today's storyteller is Lili Sulejmanović. Lili is telling us about being a teenager in Bosnia when the Yugoslavian war breaks out, meaning she and her family are forced to flee to the UK. It's a remarkable story and stick aro...

Content Warning : This episode contains references to and a discussion of physical abuse. Today's storyteller is Pran Darshan, telling us the story of his first kiss. On the surface it's fun and light, if a little frightening...

Today's storyteller is Dalia Cohen. When Dalia first told this story at the very first True Story London show, everyone was blown away. It's moving, funny and important. We can't wait to share it with you - and stick around …

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