TJ Sopoci is a data scientist, comedian, podcaster, writer, photographer, musician and content creator. His is truly an inspirational tale of the Irrational Confidence of White Male Mediocrity If you look up the term Multi-Hyphenate, you’re likely to see a picture of TJ. Along with his co-host Gena Grish, TJ helms a top 100 podcast on the Apple Comedy Podcast charts called Menage-A-Pod. This comedy podcast about sex, dating and relationships was born in the aftermath of the two hosts having a chance encounter on a dating app, but has lead to the growth of TJ’s other creative endeavors. In 2020, in spite of the world going through a pandemic, TJ was able to get a successful photography and digital content creation business off the ground, as well as establishing himself as an up and coming talent in the Chicago stand up comedy scene.
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May 11 2021
Jay Rohr Features Monday’s Workshop Workshop
J. Rohr is a Chicago native with a taste for history and wandering the city at odd hours. An author of short fiction and poetry, his work has appeared in publications such as Broadswords and Blasters, Hoosier Noir, Dragon Bike: Fantastical Stories of Bicycle Feminism & Dragons, and Pulp Modern.
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Apr 19 2021
Amrita Joins us April 19th 6pm Workshop Workshop Style
Amrita Dhaliwal, she/her/hers, is a Jane of all trades and Queen of all of them because she can and she does. Amrita is currently the Managing Director and an instructor for the Idiot Workshop. Most recently Amrita co-authored and curated an essay series for HowlRound about clown and activism with Nathaniel Justiniano of Naked Empire Bouffon Company. She also won Best Comedy at the 2019 Melbourne Fringe Festival for The Living Room, which she had been touring the world with Gemma Soldati.
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Apr 12 2021
TJ Sopoci Feat Monday April 12th @ the Workshop Workshop
TJ Sopoci is a data scientist, comedian, podcaster, writer, photographer, musician and content creator. His is truly an inspirational tale of the Irrational Confidence of White Male Mediocrity If you look up the term Multi-Hyphenate, you’re likely to see a picture of TJ. Along with his co-host Gena Grish, TJ helms a top 100 podcast on the Apple Comedy Podcast charts called Menage-A-Pod.
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Mar 26 2021
Story Luck’s Workshop Workshop Featuring Shweta
Story Luck’s weekly dive into the Workshop Workshop format continues on Monday with special guest, Shweta. March 26th at 6pm central we will be having a lesson on storytelling and exploring two stories. The Story Luck Crew, along with a host of regulars in the Twitch chat will help us to actively listen. Thereby we …
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Mar 15 2021
Doug Lipman, Listening, and 5L1K
These posts are adapted from the 20 minute lessons on story telling presented by Dan at the beginning of our Workshop! Workshop! show. All links are affiliate links. Here at Story Luck we really liked Doug Lipman’s Book on Storytelling. It’s a huge influence on us. I want to relay an anecdote Doug recounts in …
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Mar 11 2021
Workshop Workshop Featuring – Vanessa Tardiff from I love Bad Star Trek
Join us Monday6pm CentralFreeTwitch.tv/storyluckFacebook Invite Vanessa Loves Bad Star Trek Vanessa Tardiff has been calling Chicago home for the last decade since leaving home in Washington, D.C. But we get the sense she’d be just as happy on the bridge of the Enterprise. As soon as she was capable of spelling she tells us, she …
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Mar 05 2021
Elaborative vs Repetitive Mothers
One group is the Elaborative Mother and the other is the Repetitive Mother. The Repetitive Mother tells you just the facts. She places importance on the order of events and she wants to know why you’re telling the story. She wants to help you get through it and so she’ll ask questions and create scaffolding to help you create your story to help you be succinct and direct.
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