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Daring to Tell

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★★★★★
4.9
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14 reviews
This podcast has
83 episodes
Language
English
Publisher
Michelle Redo
Explicit
Yes
Date created
2021/01/07
Latest episode
2026/10/12
Average duration
83 min.
Release period
29 days

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Intimate conversations and true stories of personal daring with emerging and accomplished writers. Writers read their essay, memoir chapter or story, then talk about it with writer/host Michelle Redo. An audio literary magazine, conceived, curated and hosted by Michelle Redo, an award winning 30-year public radio veteran, and new voice in podcasting. Original submissions accepted twice yearly.

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NEW Audiobook with Cyra Sweet Dumitru AND What is a Medical Musician?
2026/10/12
Bonus Episode! As of October 12th the audiobook of Words Make a Way Through Fire is NOW AVAILABLE at Audible, Libro FM and most other audiobook listening apps. In this episode I'm combining additional content from my conversation with Medical Musician Andrew Schulman, along with a sneak preview of Cyra Sweet Dumitru's new audiobook of Words Make a Way Through Fire. A happy coincidence of my bumping into both a Certified Practitioner of Poetic Medicine and a Certified Medical Musician! And if you are near Brunswick, Maine, I hope you might come to the Audiobook Launch Event Cyra and I will be doing on Friday October 23rd 1-2:30pm in the Morrell Room at Curtis Memorial Library on Pleasant Street in Brunswick. We'd love to say hello! You can still vote for Daring to Tell which is a finalist for this year's Signal Awards, and the Listener's Choice Award.
Waking the Spirit with Andrew Schulman
2026/10/06
Vote for Daring to Tell! A finalist in this year's Signal Awards! Learn more about Andrew Schulman at his website, andrewschulmanmusic.com. Order his book or audiobook (or both!) Waking the Spirit: A Musician's Journey Healing Body, Mind, and Soul. A most remarkable story! What are five audiobooks that hooked me on loving author-narrated memoir? Check out my website, michelleredo.com Listen to more of Phil Redo's music at Apple Music, Spotify or Band Camp. Keep listening!
New Audiobook-Coaching with Purpose with Keith Madison
2026/09/09
Now available--the audiobook of Coaching with Purpose: The Game Plan that Helps Coaches Build Winners On and Off the Field by author and baseball lifer Coach Keith Madison. Check out all the audiobooks produced by Flying Pig Audio; and my list of Five Audiobooks that hooked me on author-narrated memoir, all at michelleredo.com More of Phil Redo's music.
Memoir—The Making of a Mechanical Heart with award winning Maine photographer Felice Boucher
2026/08/04
Check out Felice Boucher's photography at FeliceBoucherphotography.com or click right to her book The Making of A Mechanical Heart. Details about the Free Audiobook Talk with Michelle Redo and Peggy Cook, Saturday August 8th at 1pm at Curtis Memorial Library in Brunswick, Maine. While your there get my freebie--The Five Audiobooks that Hooked me on Author Narrated Memoir. Listen to Phil Redo's music
This is not an episode!
2026/07/17
This is Michelle's accountability call for listeners, what I've been doing, when not putting out my official July episode. Some of my other projects you can listen to include: The Colorado Dream--Happy Birthday from KUNC Radio An audiobook, coming soon, from author Keith Madison, Coaching with Purpose Another audiobook, coming soon from Cyra Sweet Dumitru of her memoir Words Make A Way Through Fire An audiobook NOW AVAILABLE— Released by Author Peggy Cook-- Come to hear Michelle Redo and Peggy Cook on Saturday August 8th at 1pm at Curtis Memorial Library in Brunswick Maine for a FREE Audiobook Talk about the Making of Released. More info at michelleredo.com where you can also sign up for Michelle's free newsletter The Redo and get "Five Titles that Hooked Me on Author Narrated Audiobooks" from producer and host Michelle Redo.
New Audiobook Released! with Peggy Cook
2026/06/04
Visit michelleredo.com to sign up for The Re-Do, Michelle Redo's free monthly newsletter. Get Peggy Cook's new audiobook of Released: Walking from Blame and Shame into Wholeness at Audible, Libro.FM or wherever you get your audiobooks. Learn more about Clubfoot Solutions. Listen to more of Phil Redo's music.
For the Love of Cadences
2026/05/05
Sign up for Michelle Redo's newsletter The Re-do at michelleredo.com where you can also preview the audiobooks she's put out from her indie audiobook production operation, Flying Pig Audio. Don't forget to click follow on Daring to Tell in your podcast app! Thanks for listening.
Jen Dupree with Slow Motion: A Memoir of Friendship, Disability & Advocacy
2026/04/02
Find out more about Jen Dupree her other books and her upcoming book events at her website, jenniferdupree.com You can order her book Slow Motion: A Memoir of Friendship, Disability & Advocacy from her publishers website, Islandport Press. Sign up for Michelle Redo's Newsletter The Re-do at michelleredo.com
Bigger than Baseball with coach Keith Madison
2026/03/05
Keith Madison's book Coaching With Purpose is available through his website CoachKeithMadison.com Sign up for my talk with Nina Lichtenstein about audiobook production happening Sun March 22nd at 11a ET Sign up for Michelle Redo's newsletter The Re-Do at MichelleRedo.com
Released with Peggy Cook
2026/02/05
In this very personal episode Peggy Cook reads from her memoir Released: Walking from Blame and Shame into Wholeness. See her art and author bio at her website. Want to learn more about what goes into the production of an audiobook? That's what Michelle Redo and Nina Lichtenstein will discuss in a free zoom conversation happening Sunday March 22nd at 11a ET. Sign up now! Listen to samples from all of the audiobooks put out by Flying Pig Audio, Michelle Redo's boutique audiobook business, and sign up for Michelle's free monthly newsletter, The Re-do at michelleredo.com Listen to more of Phil Redo's music at Bandcamp, on Spotify or Apple Music
True stories from neurologist Carolyn Larkin Taylor
2026/01/08
Learn more about neurologist Dr. Carolyn Larkin Taylor and purchase her book, Whispers of the Mind A Neurologists Memoir at her website. Sign up for Michelle Redo's newsletter The Redo at michelleredo.com Listen to more of Phil Redo's music at Bandcamp or find him on Spotify or Apple Music
Audiobooks from Flying Pig Audio 2025
2025/12/04
Michelle plays some of her favorite clips from the audiobooks she produced this year. Body My Life in Parts by Nina B. Lichtenstein The Mother of All Decisions by Besty Armstrong Meme's Famous Crepes by Theodore A. Perry State of Maine State of Mind by Theodore A. Perry Book title links go to Libro.FM akin to Bookshop.org for audiobooks. It supports independent bookstores and you can either purchase to listen or subscribe for a monthly credit. These audiobooks are also available through Audible.com and many other audiobook apps. Sign up for Michelle's newsletter, The Re-do and learn more about Flying Pig Audio at michelleredo.com Hall of the Mountain King by Kevin MacLeod  •  Edvard Grieg | http://incompetech.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Cyra Sweet Dumitru reads from Words Make a Way through Fire
2025/11/06
Conversation with poet and writer Cyra Sweet Dumitru who reads from her new memoir Words Make a Way Through Fire: Healing After My Brother's Suicide. Sign up for Michelle Redo's free monthly newsletter The Re-do at michelleredo.com Listen to more of Phil Redo's music at Band Camp, Apple Music and Spotify. Cyra Sweet Dumitru is a published poet, instructor of poetry, writing coach, former medical writer, and one of four certified practitioners of poetic medicine living in Texas. She served as faculty in the Department of English for 20 years at St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, and developed curriculum for the Institute of Poetic Medicine as faculty for the Practitioner of Poetic Medicine training program. Her poems have appeared on the walls of San Antonio’s City Hall, on city buses, been spoken on national public radio, appeared in city newspapers and national literary journals, and been read in dozens of bookstores and museums. Her four collections of poems include: What the Body Knows (Orchard Press), Listening to Light (River Lily Press), Remains (Pecan Grove Press) and Elder Moon (Finishing Line Press). Cyra offers therapeutic writing circles for adults learning to live creatively with trauma, bereavement, depression, and anxiety. She lives in San Antonio, Texas with her family.
Gail Straub reads from Home Inside the Globe
2025/10/02
Learn more about Gail Straub at her website GailStraub.com. Order Home Inside the Globe Sign up for Michelle Redo's newsletter The Re-do at michelleredo.com Listen to more of Phil Redo's music at Apple Music, on Spotify or at philredo.com
Nancy Collins reads from The Perfectly Imperfect Potter
2025/09/04
Order you copy of The Perfectly Imperfect Potter. Learn more about author Nancy Collins. Sign up for my free, monthly newsletter The Re-do at michelleredo.com Stuff for Mainers: Meet Nancy, check out her book and perhaps even some of her pottery at one of these October 2025 events: Sat Oct 4 at the Windham Fall Harvest Festival Sun Oct 19 at the Rockland Sunday Stroll Mon Oct 20 6p at Curtis Memorial Library in Brunswick Also, if you're in Maine and want to check out the often referred to "Maine Literary Salon" hosted by writer Nina Lichtenstein visit MaineWritersStudio.com or are interested in learning more about the Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance visit them at MaineWriters.org.

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4.9 out of 5
14 reviews
★★★★★
GretchCher 2024/09/06
Melanie Brooks
I love every episode of Daring to Tell but was delighted not only to hear Melanie read parts of her beautiful book but especially to hear about your c...
★★★★★
SaraLilac 2023/06/05
Helpful and entertaining
I love the learning that happens within each interview but I also am quite delighted when I get swept up into the readings and the stories and that ha...
★★★★★
80schick 2023/04/19
Real Connection with Writers
Daring to Tell is a real gift to anyone who is a writer, a reader, or just a curious human being. I find Michelle’s conversations with writers to be s...
★★★★★
LouiseSoCal 2023/03/28
Daring to interview
After listening to several of Michelle Redo’s interviews, I’m impressed by the way she gets her subjects to dig deep and go beyond the surface. But sh...
★★★★★
Jodwriter 2022/08/02
Exceptional Interviews
Michelle Redo a great gift for interviewing her guests and getting compelling stories every time.
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