The Compulsive Storyteller with Gregg LeFevre
A podcast of short personal stories by visual artist and lifelong storyteller Gregg LeFevre. Gregg's life has always been about telling stories including his public art works all over America that tell the forgotten stories of small towns and big cities. The stories he tells on the podcast are more personal. In each episode he brings you an offbeat story or two from his life, in under 20 minutes. Season two features stories about him starting a landslide in Big Sur, finding himself on the receiving end of police brutality, and his experiences with the lighter side of Buddhist meditation.
Episodes
It's Pass the Mic where we invite a talented guest with a great story to join us on the pod. Today we are excited to have Danielle Dardashti.
Danielle Dardashti is the creator of the hit podcast The Nightingale of Iran with her sister, as well an Emmy award-winning documentary writer/producer, a former on-air TV news reporter, and a storySLAM champion who has been featured on NPR’s Moth Radio Hour. She is the co-autho...
This week's episode of The Compulsive Storyteller is a mother's day special. In "Mom Con" Gregg tells a story about his mother and her desire to win contests at any cost.
The Compulsive Storyteller Podcast is a series of short personal true stories in 20 minutes or less written and narrated by me, Gregg LeFevre. New episodes will be released every other Wednesday across all podcast platforms.
It's Pass the Mic where we invite a talented guest with a great story to join us on the pod. Today we are excited to have Jay Acunzo.
Jay Acunzo is an author, speaker, and podcaster. He's worked in marketing roles at Google, HubSpot, and ESPN, and he currently hosts the podcast How Stories Happen, where creators and communicators dissect their signature stories piece by piece.
Light one up for this week's episode of The Compulsive Storyteller "420 Drug Dealing Dad." Gregg's wild man Dad calls him early one morning with an exciting announcement, a giant bale of illicit substance has washed up on the beach. What should they do with it??
The Compulsive Storyteller Podcast is a series of short personal true stories in 20 minutes or less written and narrated by me, Gregg LeFevre. New ep...
It's Pass the Mic where we invite a talented guest with a great story to join us on the pod. Today we are excited to have Ansa Edim.
She's a storyteller, writer, and walking dating disaster in Washington, DC. For much of her adult life, she has been navigating single life with its complicated twists and turns and shares her stories on stage and in writing. Her stories have helped make her a 2022 MothSLAM Champion Storyte...
Easter is coming early this year so get in the mood with this story entitled, "Gregg's Eggs." Gregg is a child entrepreneur selling farm fresh eggs to the neighborhood. But a lot can go wrong when you're a kid with a fragile business.
The Compulsive Storyteller Podcast is a series of short personal true stories in 20 minutes or less written and narrated by me, Gregg LeFevre. New episodes will be released every oth...
It's Pass the Mic where we invite a talented guest with a great story to join us on the pod. Today we have Blake Pfeil, the creator of the award-winning All-American Ruins, which was recently an Official Select at On Air Fest in LA. Blake hosts "The Pfeil File" on Radio Kingston/WKNY (107.9 FM/1490 AM in the Hudson Valley, NY) and serves as the Operations & Programs Manager at TMI Project, where he also produces T...
Getting romantic this week with a Valentine's Day special. This episode called, "Ménage à trois" is about Gregg's unconventional relationship with two women...at the same time! After the fire of first love fails will they be able to keep the relationship together?
The Compulsive Storyteller Podcast is a series of short personal true stories in 20 minutes or less written and narrated by me, Gregg LeFevre. New ...
It's Pass the Mic where we invite a talented guest with a great story to join us on the pod. Today we have Jonathan Menjivar, a Senior Producer at Audacy's Pineapple Street Studios and host of the critically acclaimed original podcast series "Classy with Jonathan Menjivar, selected as a "Best Podcast of 2023" by Time, The New Yorker, and The Atlantic.
In this week’s episode, entitled "Renaissance Man", Gregg tells a story of the ups and downs of creating a sculpture for the ceiling of a new Times Square Hotel.
The Compulsive Storyteller Podcast is a series of short personal true stories in 20 minutes or less written and narrated by me, Gregg LeFevre. New episodes will be released every other Wednesday across all podcast platforms.
Want to tell your own story?
We’re la...
It's Pass the Mic where we invite a talented guest with a great story to join us on the pod. Today we have Heide Hatry, artist, writer, environmental activist, and founder of "Icons in Ash" and "Polar Bear Fest"
In this episode Heide shares shocking stories from her life as artist.
In this week’s episode, entitled "Funny Christmas Disaster", Gregg tells a story from a childhood holiday, where things go wrong, and wrong again.
The Compulsive Storyteller Podcast is a series of short personal true stories in 20 minutes or less written and narrated by me, Gregg LeFevre. New episodes will be released every other Wednesday across all podcast platforms.
Want to tell your own story?
We’re launching a new s...
Welcome to another segment of Pass the Mic where we invite a talented guest with a great story to join us on the pod. Today we have Ophira Eisenberg, comedian, storyteller, and host of the podcast Parenting is a Joke
This episode Ophira shares the very funny story of her "first time" and Gregg follows up with his own tale!
In this week’s episode, entitled "Me and Kissinger", details Gregg’s experiences and run ins with the infamous statesmen Henry Kissinger.
The Compulsive Storyteller Podcast is a series of short personal true stories in 20 minutes or less written and narrated by me, Gregg LeFevre. New episodes will be released every other Wednesday across all podcast platforms.
Want to tell your own story?
We’re launching a...
Welcome to another segment of Pass the Mic where once or twice a month we invite a talented guest with a great story to join us on the pod to tell their story and to chat with me about the art of storytelling. Today we have Rob Collins, creator of the podcast "Square Peg" an account of how a mistyped email changed his life.
This episode we are going to talk together about compulsive storytelling, sharing with each ot...
In this week’s episode, entitled "Circle Jerks", Gregg learns the hard way what the New York gallery scene is like. After getting the run around he finally meets someone willing to offer the truth.
The Compulsive Storyteller Podcast is a series of short personal true stories in 20 minutes or less written and narrated by me, Gregg LeFevre. New episodes will be released every other Wednesday across all podcast platforms.
Wa...
Introducing a new segment on the show called Pass the Mic. Once or twice a month we will invite a talented guest with an interesting story to join us on the pod to tell their story and or to chat with me about the art of storytelling.
The first guest is Kevin Allison, creator and host of the RISK! podcast where, since 2009, people tell true stories they never thought they'd dare to share. Kevin is also a member of the legendar...
In this week’s episode, entitled "Tiananmen Tea Hustle", Gregg tells a story from a trip to China and the price of being a "stupid American tourist"
The Compulsive Storyteller Podcast is a series of short personal true stories in 20 minutes or less written and narrated by me, Gregg LeFevre. New episodes will be released every other Wednesday across all podcast platforms.
Want to tell your own story?
We’re l...
We're on vacation but that doesn't mean there's nothing to listen to. Check out this guest episode from "So - There I Was." A show about aviators (like my mom!) and the incredible things they get into. Join hosts, Fig and Repete, as they bring in some great aviation raconteurs to relate the glamorous, hilarious, poignant, tragic, and incredible tales of aviation.
This week we have another Summer Rewind where we dig up a favorite episode from past seasons. For our LAST installment we’re revisiting "Escondido",
It takes place in the 80's in Mexico. Puerto Escondido was just a sleepy little fishing village when my girlfriend and I headed there on vacation. We soon found out the laid back lifestyle hid some dangerous characters, and we quickly got ourselves in way too deep.
We w...
Popular Podcasts
Current and classic episodes, featuring compelling true-crime mysteries, powerful documentaries and in-depth investigations.
Every week comedian and infamous roaster Nikki Glaser provides a fun, fast-paced, and brutally honest look into current pop-culture and her own personal life.
If you've ever wanted to know about champagne, satanism, the Stonewall Uprising, chaos theory, LSD, El Nino, true crime and Rosa Parks, then look no further. Josh and Chuck have you covered.
If you can never get enough true crime... Congratulations, you’ve found your people.
A straightforward look at the day's top news in 20 minutes. Powered by ABC News. Hosted by Brad Mielke.