TEDx Berkshires: Homework for Life
Watch my most recent TEDx Talk, "Homework for Life," below. In this talk, I discuss a simple strategy - stumbled upon accidentally - that you can use to slow down time, find…
The Moth: The Great Stargazing Betrayal
On December 29, 2014, I took the stage at The Moth StorySLAM at The Bitter End in Manhattan to tell a story. The theme of the night was Rewards. I…
A theory on the funniness of people who routinely interrupt others
Here's what I know:Humor requires patience. The punch line is almost always the last thing to be said, and yet so many people want to say it first. They can't…
My “Diet Coke and aggressive attitude” didn’t exactly match the yoga aesthetic, but I somehow managed to fit in anyway.
Last weekend, I performed 90 minutes of storytelling to a capacity crowd at Kripalu, a yoga and fitness center in the Berkshires. I spent the weekend at Kripalu, teaching a…
A lesson on the importance of stakes in storytelling – Plus the story of the day I posed as a charity worker for nefarious reasons
In my most recent appearance on Slate's The Gist, I discuss the importance of stakes in storytelling and some of the tricks that I use to build and maintain them…
The Moth: Sex and Frozen Corn
The first gift that my daughter ever received was a stuffed ear of corn from our friend, Justine. It's been sitting on the corner of her bookshelf for the last…
Resolution update: March 2015
Each month I post the progress of my New Year’s resolutions here as a means of holding myself accountable. The following are the results through the month of February. PERSONAL…
My daughter wished me luck before my most recent Moth GrandSLAM performance then promptly retracted it.
I received this incredibly sweet but slightly parroted message from my kids just before I took the stage in Brooklyn to compete in my tenth Moth GrandSLAM last week. When…
Sleeping with goats on The Gist
I had the pleasure of appearing on The Gist this week. Host Mike Pesca interrogated me about my life story, and we talked about how you can take a life…
Speak Up is two years old! It began with a snow day and a simple question to my wife.
Speak Up, the storytelling organization that my wife and I founded in 2013, is approaching it's two year anniversary. It was born on a snow day much like the one…
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