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So Sez Rick
Hosted by Rick Hall · EN
Rick’s stories take audiences on a journey, from his days as a boy growing up on the farm, to working as an improvisor at The Second City in Chicago, to being an actor in Los Angeles. But you can’t take the farm out of the boy. He still owns a farm back in central Illinois, so Rick's a storyteller who worries about the price of grain! All of his stories are true… well, mostly true. “Rick Hall’s storytelling is spellbinding” – The New York Times
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My Father Knows Best
Jan 8, 202200:19:57Tap to summarizeThis episode features a fine storyteller, Sean Ewert. When I heard him tell this story about his dad a couple of weeks ago, I knew I wanted him on the show. Sean is not only a top notch story teller but he teaches storytelling and co-stars in a cooking show on youtube. As a bonus on this episode, Laura and I will make an official announcement about an upcoming life changing event for us.
Transcribe →Christmas 1972
Dec 21, 202100:20:29Tap to summarizeChristmas day 1972 I got the best gift I've ever gotten, a lesson about life from my dad.
Transcribe →Aunt Maude
Dec 3, 202100:24:03Tap to summarizeMy buddy Ty Fance is the guest storyteller on this episode. I always enjoy the way he weaves his stories. His story is about when he was young and would steal tomatoes from the neighbor's garden. When you get caught, it can be a pain in the butt, literally.
Transcribe →The Letterman Jacket
Nov 19, 202100:17:38Tap to summarizeI thought getting a varsity letter on the official letterman jacket would magically make me one of the cool guys at my high school. It didn't quite work out that way.
Transcribe →First Kiss
Nov 5, 202100:16:15Tap to summarizeWhen I was fourteen, my Baptist church youth group went to an event in St. Louis and on the bus ride home I learned to French kiss. I saw glimpse of heaven. It was a profound religious experience.
Transcribe →The Theater Ghost
Oct 22, 202100:18:58Tap to summarizeI remember when I first heard the story about the ghost in the MacMurray College Theater. I thought, what a bunch of baloney. But coming face to face with the ghost late one night made a believer out of me. Then, for an extra treat, after my story we close out the episode with a song Laura wrote about an abandon carnival. Happy Halloween everybody.
Transcribe →Life Goes On
Oct 8, 202100:17:13Tap to summarizeWhen I went back to Chicago to do a play I thought it would be a walk down memory lane. It turns out the most memorable moment happened in the park on my walk to the theater one day.
Transcribe →Little Italy
Sep 24, 202100:18:27Tap to summarizeMoving from the farm to Chicago to become an actor was culture shock but living in Little Italy is where I found my people.
Transcribe →A Glimpse of Grace
Aug 27, 202100:13:49Tap to summarizeOur band opened for Ronny Cox once and after the show a stranger from the audience and Ronny had a conversation that turned out to be a very special moment in time, a glimpse of grace. Every now and then you get to be in the right place at the right time.
Transcribe →Laura's Big Project
Aug 27, 202100:15:37Tap to summarizeLaura is launching an online video class to teach musicians how to do what she does on Whose Line is it Anyway. We tell some stories about touring together with the Second City and then Laura will give us the scoop on her class, A Musician's Guide to Improv Comedy. There's nothing like this out there.
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