FEAST holds regular Story Swaps as a platform for tellers to share stories on a variety of themes. The recordings you can watch on this page are of our free sessions, which are open to both members and non-members alike - FEAST is always happy to hear new voices sharing a story! We hope that the opportunity to tell here may encourage more tellers to join our FEAST family!
Usually we announce a Swap about 5 weeks in advance of the date and this notice includes an open call for tellers to offer to share a story on the Swap's theme. We review the story offers and select between 5 - 8 tellers (depending on the length of the stories). After browsing these recordings, if you have a suggestion for a theme for a future story swap, do let us know!
Back in 2022, we first articulated the idea of occasionally letting every teller tell at a swap, by dividing the meet into several breakout-rooms (according to the number of tellers) so that they tell to a portion of the online audience (total audience divided by number of rooms). This year it became a reality when we created JUST TELL and going forward it will become a regular part of our programming - not exactly monthly but pretty much so. However, as JUST TELL is a platform that also allows members to tell a story they are working on, the recordings will not be made publicly available.