Season 2

Happy New Year! To mark the end of a year of firsts and experiments for True Story London, we're sharing something special with you. In 2023 we debuted some unique live shows in which songwriters wrote and performed original ...

Today's storyteller is Donna Freed , telling us the wild and fascinating story of finding out she was adopted - and the shocking revelation of just who her birth parents were. Donna has written an entire excellent memoir on t...

Today's storyteller is Maria Shehata , talking about the time she fell in love with someone across the Atlantic, then quickly fell out of love when they met in person. Maria is a brilliantly funny stand-up comedian and her st...

Today's storyteller is Jess Carrivick, sharing her story of being diagnosed with the chronic pain disorder vulvodynia. Jess delights in shocking the audience into laughter while talking candidly about this rarely-discussed an...

Today's storyteller is Michael Noel , sharing his story of how an optimistic road trip turned very dark. Since Michael is based in California, this is our first interview conducted entirely online - but we just had to give hi...

Today's storyteller is Dee Gibson, sharing how she realised her charmed life wasn't actually going in the direction she wanted - and what she did about it. Despite the difficult and unique circumstances, Dee manages to make t...

Today’s storyteller is Joe Milik, sharing his adventures in helping his friend and doppelganger to stage a proposal in the Welsh countryside. It’s a funny, risky, highly entertaining story and afterward I’ll talk with Joe abo...

Today's storyteller is Ayanda Tambo, sharing her surreal experience of receiving a prestigious award from a prominent yet divisive public figure. Ayanda has such a measured and wise outlook on the events of the story, the wid...

Today's storyteller is Clair Whitefield, sharing her story of uncovering the cause of her sudden onset and life-altering IBS. Clair is a talented poet and performer with a knack for making this taboo topic funny and accessibl...

Season 2 of the True Story London Podcast is coming on 6th November! Make sure you’re subscribed on your favourite podcast app to be notified as soon as they go live. And if you haven’t already, check out our past …