Tenx9 is a storytelling night where 9 people have up to 10 minutes each to tell a real story from their lives. Each night has a theme. This podcast brings you a sample of 3 stories from each evening. Check out http://tenx9.com to find out the theme, date and venue of the next live event. Get in touch and tell your story.
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Tenx9 Nashville is a Belfast originated monthly storytelling event.
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280 - Happy Birthday, Black Box!
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A special podcast marking the 18th birthday of Belfast’s Black Box, tenx9’s home venue since 2011: Helen McClements conjures up a troll for her girls; Jim Livingstone is a liability wherever he goes; Paul Brady plays Vatican roulette with the Duchess. Paul is your host.Tenx9 tarafından oluşturuldu
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279 - Roe Valley Pioneers
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Three stories on the theme Coming Home from our evening in Limavady in April: Mike Carlisle gets anxious when his baby doesn’t poop; Alice Lewis remembers the hangover & her kindly Pioneer parents; Mark McGrath discovers powers within himself in a psychiatric unit. Paul is your host.Tenx9 tarafından oluşturuldu
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The theme for our April event at the Black Box was Pets: Ciaran McAlinden tells us about Patch & the soldiers; Sarah Torrens is forgotten by Gar the Goose; Paul Doran is still confused at Lucky’s fate. Paul is also your host.Tenx9 tarafından oluşturuldu
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Three stories told at three events in 2023: Bevin O’Donnell begins a lifelong journey; Norman Meharry literally falls for Capri; Gloria O’Connor pays tribute to her namesake. Paul is your host.Tenx9 tarafından oluşturuldu
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Tenx9 regular Paul Brady told this hilarious story at Belfast’s Black Box at our March event when the theme was, appropriately, March.Tenx9 tarafından oluşturuldu
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Three stories told at our March evening in Belfast’s Black Box when the theme was… March: Richard O’Leary enjoys his First Communion - again; Kerry Logan goes marching through the dating apps; Barney Gribbin loses his mum but makes the room laugh. Paul is your host.Tenx9 tarafından oluşturuldu
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Two powerful stories told by refugees from Ukraine who found a welcome in Belfast told in the Black Box in December 2023: Aleksander Szachorin makes a dramatic escape across the border; Viktoriia Shakhorina shows her gratitude on a bicycle.Tenx9 tarafından oluşturuldu
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Tenx9 visited Omagh for the first time for true stories of New Beginnings in partnership with the Integrated Education Fund: Charlotte Turnbull rediscovered her love of comedy; Patrick McGrath went from barman to Ironman & Mandy Chism introduced us to Ellie. Paul is your host.Tenx9 tarafından oluşturuldu
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Three amazing stories from our February evening as part of the NI Science Fest: Dave Thompson discovers pets can win prizes; Niamh Kelly discovers Silage Wars is a thing; Barry McDevitt discovers John McEnroe is someone to be reckoned with. Paul is your host.Tenx9 tarafından oluşturuldu
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Three wonderful true stories told at the Black Box: get a glimpse of a political life with Rachel Woods; get a listen to the playlist of music-lover Paul Bond; get an insight into loneliness through the eyes of a child with Josephine Hassan. Paul is your host.Tenx9 tarafından oluşturuldu
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Three women, three themes, three stories from the dark winter evenings: Sarah Mathison is embarrassed by her past; Naomi Green defends her children from abuse; Rachel Smith loves Elton who does’t like to spend money. Paul is your host.Tenx9 tarafından oluşturuldu
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271 - In the Beginning 2024
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Our first podcast of 2024 & it’s brill. Recorded on 17 January 2024 in the Black Box, Belfast when the theme was In the Beginning: Michael Topping taps to his own beat; Jim Livingstone falls for a gorgeous smile; Pat Scott finds an ending in the beginning. Paul is your host.Tenx9 tarafından oluşturuldu
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Here’s a little present for you - Heather Carey told her first tenx9 story at our amazing Christmas evening on 20 December 2023. It’s all about life on the farm… a turkey farm.Tenx9 tarafından oluşturuldu
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Three wonderful Christmas stories told in the Black Box on 21 December 2022: Caroline Orr & the Bond villain organising Xmas; Brendan Green escapes Clonard for Vietnam; Lorna Dunn finds love in the cowshed. Paul is your host.Tenx9 tarafından oluşturuldu
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Three stories including one from the Zoom vault: Olwen Minford is drawn to nursing by Uncle Aubrey; Shane Laverty faces an unappetising choice & Gyda Meeten remembers a very special meeting. Paul is your host.Tenx9 tarafından oluşturuldu
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The theme was Sick but the November Black Box event was hale & hearty: Paul Whittington was taken from behind by a Liverpool fan; Barney Gribbin honoured his parents’ undying love; Paul Brady donned several personalities for his mum’s dementia. Paul D is your host.Tenx9 tarafından oluşturuldu
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Three wonderful stories told at our Black Box event on 25 October 2023 when the theme was Scared to Death: George Sproule knows bravery when he sees it; Josephine Hassan knows a fire when she sees it; Richard O’Leary knows the fires of Purgatory await. Paul is your host.Tenx9 tarafından oluşturuldu
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Here’s a stand-alone story from tenx9 regular Malachí O’Doherty told in the Black Box on Weds 25 Oct when the theme was Scared to Death.Tenx9 tarafından oluşturuldu
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Three stories from recent tenx9 events: Kate Murphy takes us back to her first day at school; Naomi Hoffart rediscovers her love of music after a bereavement; Kerriann Speers is inspired by a physicist on a train. Paul is your host.Tenx9 tarafından oluşturuldu
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Three brilliant stories from our September event in Belfast’s Black Box: Mairead O’Hara recreates her first dance; Bronagh McAtasney is steeped in Madness; Dave Thompson is very Orange. Paul is your host.Tenx9 tarafından oluşturuldu
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264 - Together in Derry (with the IEF)
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We paired up with the Integrated Education Fund for the theme Together in Derry’s Nerve Centre on September 21: Paul Bonar introduces Scully, his housemate; Mary Johnson is muddled by Zoom; Mark McGrath finds his hero in a cardigan. Paul is your host.Tenx9 tarafından oluşturuldu
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Three stories told at three summer events in 2023: Paul Hutchinson finds a friend in a failed conversion; Gloria O’Connor finds a nightmare scene in her garage; Barney Gribbin finds his poetic voice on holiday in Ibiza. Paul is your host.Tenx9 tarafından oluşturuldu
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It was August 23 in Belfast’s Black Box & the theme was One Summer: Clare O’Connor took us to the shark-infested Foyle; Richard O’Leary took us to bed in France; Fiona Molloy took us to a sticky London & an encounter on the Tube. Paul is your host.Tenx9 tarafından oluşturuldu
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Pat Scott told this funny & chilling tale of hitching in France when the theme was One Summer. It was August 23 in the Black Box. There is mild sexual threat.Tenx9 tarafından oluşturuldu
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For the first time since 2019, tenx9 was back in Bangor for stories on the theme Proud: Helen Killick commits a small act of rebellion; Campbell Killick gets life lessons on the bins; Ann-Marie Foster discovers Charlie’s bits n pieces. Paul makes a Santa-related apology.tenx9 tarafından oluşturuldu
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It was a wet Wednesday in a soggy Belfast on 26 July with an inappropriate theme but wonderful stories: Judith Sialanskaia is rebuffed by Shusha the cat; Denise Magill struggles with a menagerie of pets; Darius Whelan decides to rescue the birds. Paul is your host.Tenx9 tarafından oluşturuldu
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Bonus Pod - Dolphin Watch
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The brilliant Paul Brady told this hilarious story of a Dolphin Safari in July 2023 when the theme was It Never Rains…Tenx9 tarafından oluşturuldu
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Three wonderful stories told at tenx9: Rhonda Glasgow encounters amazing principals; Paul Whittington tries his hand at erotica; Lorna Dunn breaks hearts with the loss of two parents in a short space of time. Paul is your host.Tenx9 tarafından oluşturuldu
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258 - Journey with Belfast Photo Festival 2023
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We partnered with the Belfast Photo Festival on the theme Journey - each story accompanied by a photo: Robert Wallace & the healing power of donkeys; Steffi Jones & the Titanic trip that changed her life; David McCann & the inspirational Granny Mary. Paul is your host.Tenx9 tarafından oluşturuldu
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Bonus Pod - Three's a Crowd
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Paul Brady told this hilarious story in the Black Box on April 27 when the theme was Bad. I mean, how bad can things get?Tenx9 tarafından oluşturuldu
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Three wonderful Awkward stories from our partnership with Ulster University’s LGBT & BAME networks on 14 June, 2023: Susan gets into a series of awkward encounters; Liz watches the awkwardness vanish as she gets an honour; Campbell finds his tribe. Paul is your host.Tenx9 tarafından oluşturuldu
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Tenx9 returned to Portstewart’s Flowerfield Arts Centre on May 19 for an evening of Family stories - here are two of them: Alice Lewis mourns in her late mother’s garden; Maura Doran reflects on the Japanese repairs on a vase. Paul is your host.Tenx9 tarafından oluşturuldu
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Terence Finnegan broke hearts in the Black Box with this wonderful story - his first at tenx9 - when the theme was Bad on April 26.Tenx9 tarafından oluşturuldu
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In Belfast’s Black Box on April 26, the theme was Bad but the stories were amazing: Cliodna McCrory explained the real meaning of stew; Carrie Wilson introduced her dad who meant the world to her; Paul Bond told everyone he was grand even when he wasn’t. Paul is your host.Tenx9 tarafından oluşturuldu
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To mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, we teamed up with Belfast’s Lyric theatre for stories of agreement: Malachí O’Doherty talks life on the dole; Jane Searle on life-changing injuries from the Troubles; Richard O’Leary on life with Mervyn on the Shankill. Paul is your host.Tenx9 tarafından oluşturuldu
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Three brilliant stories all with a strong medical theme told at different events: Jim McGrath is a lonely four-year-old in hospital; Mark McGrath’s mum is saved by a modest medic; Gloria O’Connor relives a wild day on the ward. Paul is your host.Tenx9 tarafından oluşturuldu
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Three first-timers, three wonderful stories told in the Black Box, Belfast on March 28 2023 when the theme was Good: Hazel Naughton makes life-changing decisions; Geraldine Healey makes life-long friends with Benji; Stephen Magee makes a good tipster & fleeces the bookies. Paul is your host.Tenx9 tarafından oluşturuldu
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Kathy Ayers was at the tenx9 mic in the black Box for the first time in February 2023 for this story of Discovery - it’s brilliant.Tenx9 tarafından oluşturuldu
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Here are two stories from summer 2022: Paul Whittington gets a painful life lesson on the farm; first-timer Lindsey Allen gets a painful life lesson in Yemen. Paul is your host.Tenx9 tarafından oluşturuldu
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On February 23, we returned to Roe Valley Arts Centre in Limavady for the Steinbeck Festival. The theme was Journey & here are three stories from that evening: McCall Gilfillan had a hellish road trip; Grace Hurrell had a journey to remember with her future husband; Roy Arbuckle met a tattooed lady on his way to Portland. Paul is your host.…
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Three amazing true stories from our annual collaboration with the NI Science Festival in Belfast’s Black Box: Barney Gribbin shares a holy secret: Darcey Youngman brings a new perspective on Pride & Prejudice; Paul Brady discovers a new use for a workman’s torchlight. Paul is your host.Tenx9 tarafından oluşturuldu
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First-timer Paul Lee came along to tenx9 to tell this wonderful story when the theme was Fresh Start in January 2023. Enjoy!Tenx9 tarafından oluşturuldu
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Three wonderful stories from three wonderful Black Box evenings: Brian Ammons reclaims holy ground; Emma Prunty is musically moved by Ukraine; Norman Meharry goes to sea to avoid university. Paul is your host.Tenx9 tarafından oluşturuldu
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Our first live event of 2023 was held on Weds 18 Jan in the Black Box when the theme was Fresh Start: Eamonn Drayne turned his back on a prestigious career; Julie-May Noteman worried about her father’s fresh start; Ben Ritchie retired & found an exciting new world. Paul is your host.Tenx9 tarafından oluşturuldu
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Our first podcast of 2023 with three wonderful stories from 2022: John Moriarty gave us our title with his Small World story; Willa Murphy joined us in Limavady with a disturbing tale of a disturbing priest; Jim Livingstone had a poignant reuniting with an old school friend. Paul is your host.Tenx9 tarafından oluşturuldu
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Bonus Pod - Winter's Tale
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Lorna Dunn had the Black Box audience enthralled on December 21 with this wonderfully romantic tale of love in a cold climate, on the farm. Paul has a short message.Tenx9 tarafından oluşturuldu
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Three seasonal stories from the past 12 months: Richard O’Leary is a ruthless director of the Nativity play; Maire McGrath gets a shock after a good deed; Paul Hutchinson’s family Christmas ends in a drunken bar fight. Paul is your host.Tenx9 tarafından oluşturuldu
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Bonus Pád - Pádraig's Reality
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To make the US launch of Pádraig’s Poetry Unbound: 50 Poems to Open Your World, here’s a story from the tenx9 co-founder from March 2022 when the theme was Reality. (Paul was down with Covid.)Tenx9 tarafından oluşturuldu
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244 - Lost in Translation
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Three stories to cheer a Winter’s day: Jim Livingstone reunites with a long-lost school mate; Michaela McDaid moves to Mars; Adam Milligan discovers the danger of false friends. Sacré bleu. Paul is your host.Tenx9 tarafından oluşturuldu
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Three stories on the theme Small World told in the Black Box: Brendan Green discovers the Irish know exactly how small the world is; Paul Hutchinson goes across the world to meet his new daughter; Lydia Searle finds a world of love with a dog called Murphy. Paul is your host.Tenx9 tarafından oluşturuldu
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