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<rss xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:podcast="https://podcastindex.org/namespace/1.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Tasty Words Comedy Storytelling</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/show/tasty-words-with-wendy-hammers</link><description><![CDATA[Tasty Words is a highly acclaimed and long-running spoken word salon created, hosted, and curated by Wendy Hammers. Now in our second smash decade, and having presented over 100 original evenings of story and music, Tasty Words serves up hilarious and horrifying real life stories read and performed by the people who wrote them.]]></description><atom:link href="https://www.spreaker.com/show/1927235/episodes/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><language>en</language><category>Performing Arts</category><copyright>Copyright Wendy Hammers</copyright><image><url>https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/07aa1beb83131af67c9ea91e5ad98a34.jpg</url><title>Tasty Words Comedy Storytelling</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/show/tasty-words-with-wendy-hammers</link></image><lastBuildDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2024 11:03:24 +0000</lastBuildDate><itunes:author>Wendy Hammers</itunes:author><itunes:owner><itunes:name>Wendy Hammers</itunes:name><itunes:email>info@tastywords.com</itunes:email></itunes:owner><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/07aa1beb83131af67c9ea91e5ad98a34.jpg"/><itunes:subtitle>Tasty Words, a podcast inspired by the long running hit LA based salon. We feature hilarious and horrifying true life stories told by the folks who lived them.</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Tasty Words is a highly acclaimed and long-running spoken word salon created, hosted, and curated by Wendy Hammers. Now in our second smash decade, and having presented over 100 original evenings of story and music, Tasty Words serves up hilarious and horrifying real life stories read and performed by the people who wrote them.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:category text="Arts"><itunes:category text="Performing Arts"/></itunes:category><itunes:category text="Comedy"/><itunes:category text="Society &amp; Culture"><itunes:category text="Personal Journals"/></itunes:category><itunes:explicit>true</itunes:explicit><itunes:type>episodic</itunes:type><item><title>My Cat Is Smarter Than Yours Part 1</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/my-cat-is-smarter-than-yours-part-1--60266224</link><description><![CDATA[Question: What happens when you gather seasoned comedy writers, actors, and other entertainment veterans Wendy Hammers, Jeff Lesser, Rena Strober, Arlene Malinowski, Charles Freericks,<br />Linda Shaffer and Carlos Kotkin?  Answer: You can this episode of Tasty Words, MY CAT IS SMARTER THAN YOURS. Stories about beloved furry friends. Hosted by Wendy Hammers,  an evening of genuine cat-tales. You will be - pardon the terrible pun - whiskered away.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60266224</guid><pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2024 11:00:04 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/60266224/4_6_2024_tastywordspodcast_pt1.mp3" length="73736903" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Wendy Hammers</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Question: What happens when you gather seasoned comedy writers, actors, and other entertainment veterans Wendy Hammers, Jeff Lesser, Rena Strober, Arlene Malinowski, Charles Freericks,
Linda Shaffer and Carlos Kotkin?  Answer: You can this episode of...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Question: What happens when you gather seasoned comedy writers, actors, and other entertainment veterans Wendy Hammers, Jeff Lesser, Rena Strober, Arlene Malinowski, Charles Freericks,<br />Linda Shaffer and Carlos Kotkin?  Answer: You can this episode of Tasty Words, MY CAT IS SMARTER THAN YOURS. Stories about beloved furry friends. Hosted by Wendy Hammers,  an evening of genuine cat-tales. You will be - pardon the terrible pun - whiskered away.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>4609</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>animallovers,arlenemalinowski,carloskotkin,catlovers,cats,charlesfreericks,furryfriends,jefflesser,lindashaffer,renastrober,storytelling,tastywords,wendyhammers</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/07aa1beb83131af67c9ea91e5ad98a34.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The When Harry Met Sally Show</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-when-harry-met-sally-show--49508204</link><description><![CDATA[Tasty Words host Wendy Hammers presents  The When Harry Met Sally Show:  four real-life couples tell their love stories; how they got together and how they happily stay together. <br /><br />Tellers are Amy Friedman  and Dennis Danziger, Christopher and Jesse Brune Horan, Ann Hearn Tobolowsky and Stephen Tobolowsky, and Mattilyn Rochester Kravitz and Josh Kravitz.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/49508204</guid><pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2022 20:01:47 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/49508204/tastywords_2_12_2022_podcast.mp3" length="85881461" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Wendy Hammers</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Tasty Words host Wendy Hammers presents  The When Harry Met Sally Show:  four real-life couples tell their love stories; how they got together and how they happily stay together. &#13;
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Tellers are Amy Friedman  and Dennis Danziger, Christopher and Jesse...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Tasty Words host Wendy Hammers presents  The When Harry Met Sally Show:  four real-life couples tell their love stories; how they got together and how they happily stay together. <br /><br />Tellers are Amy Friedman  and Dennis Danziger, Christopher and Jesse Brune Horan, Ann Hearn Tobolowsky and Stephen Tobolowsky, and Mattilyn Rochester Kravitz and Josh Kravitz.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>5368</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>@5showsaday,@achatwithmatt,@ahtobolowsky,comedy,harry,harrymetsally,@jessebrune,@kellsmom,lastories,lathr,live,love,@mrchrishioran,sally,tastywords,@tobolowsky,@wendyhammers,when,words</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/07aa1beb83131af67c9ea91e5ad98a34.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Pretty, Witty, &amp; Gay Stories - Celebrating  Gay Pride</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/pretty-witty-gay-stories-celebrating-gay-pride--33422733</link><description><![CDATA[Two spectacular writer/performers, Christopher Brune - Horan and C. Brian Smith, <br />as they present their hilarious and horrifying coming to terms and coming out stories. <br /><br />Christopher tells his story “My Last Ditch Effort” and Brian shares  “I Think This Will Probably Work Better if You Eat Me Out First”]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/33422733</guid><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2020 02:50:39 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/33422733/for_upload_christopherh_tastywords_and_cbriansmith.mp3" length="51833928" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Wendy Hammers</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Two spectacular writer/performers, Christopher Brune - Horan and C. Brian Smith, &#13;
as they present their hilarious and horrifying coming to terms and coming out stories. &#13;
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Christopher tells his story “My Last Ditch Effort” and Brian shares  “I Think...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Two spectacular writer/performers, Christopher Brune - Horan and C. 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The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel's favorite Mother-In-Law, Actress/Writer Caroline Aaron, who plays Shirley Maisel, tells the tale of  "Mom being in Playboy Magazine"  as a primer for talking about sex with your son!]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/28478302</guid><pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2020 22:56:09 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/28478302/episode_6_mamas_got_more_stories_final.mp3" length="91221753" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Wendy Hammers</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>More celebrating Mothers with another series of stories including  SNL veteran and comedian Laraine Newman goes to Coachella with her daughter! The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel's favorite Mother-In-Law, Actress/Writer Caroline Aaron, who plays Shirley...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[More celebrating Mothers with another series of stories including  SNL veteran and comedian Laraine Newman goes to Coachella with her daughter! 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Alec Mapa stand-up comedian and actor in TV series  Ugly...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Wendy gathered together all the actors, comedians, and writers she knew who adopted or had been adopted to meet each other and share their stories with each other and a broader audience.<br /><br />Alec Mapa stand-up comedian and actor in TV series  Ugly Betty and on Broadway in M. Butterfly tells he journey of adopting a young boy from Compton]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>3346</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>adoption,alecmapa,amyanderson,bettygoldstein,cathyladman,fostering</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/07aa1beb83131af67c9ea91e5ad98a34.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Our Family Looks Like This - The Adoption Show Part One</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/our-family-looks-like-this-the-adoption-show-part-one--25916021</link><description><![CDATA[I became aware of several really great writers who had either adopted or been adopted. So she gathered them together get them to meet each other and share their stories with each other and then, with a broader audience.<br /><br />You will hear  Annie Korzen Moth storyteller and Seinfeld's Doris Klumpus tell her tale of being a reluctant grandmother . . . and not wanting to be in an interracial family. And then, life happens.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/25916021</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 19:12:08 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/25916021/tasty_words_episode_3_our_family_looks_like.mp3" length="69977607" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Wendy Hammers</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>I became aware of several really great writers who had either adopted or been adopted. So she gathered them together get them to meet each other and share their stories with each other and then, with a broader audience.&#13;
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You will hear  Annie Korzen...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[I became aware of several really great writers who had either adopted or been adopted. So she gathered them together get them to meet each other and share their stories with each other and then, with a broader audience.<br /><br />You will hear  Annie Korzen Moth storyteller and Seinfeld's Doris Klumpus tell her tale of being a reluctant grandmother . . . and not wanting to be in an interracial family. And then, life happens.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>2916</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>adoption,anniekorzen,bettygoldstein,christopherbrunehoran,families,family,ianwallach,jewsofcolor,joc,storytelling</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/07aa1beb83131af67c9ea91e5ad98a34.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>I'm Still Here Part Two</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/i-m-still-here-part-two--25508350</link><description><![CDATA[I’m Still Here is a collection of extremely moving, perspective-shifting, often funny, and truly inspired stories about survival. <br />We are all survivors. Suicide, Cancer, Divorce, Drug Addiction- <br />They survived it all and lived to tell the tale. Tune in for Claire Berger, <br />Anthony J.W. Benson, Vicki Juditz Jonna Tamases, and Wendy Hammers.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/25508350</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2020 03:11:04 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/25508350/04_14_2020_episode_2_tasty_words_i_m_still_here_tales_from_hell_and_back.mp3" length="88069766" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Wendy Hammers</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>I’m Still Here is a collection of extremely moving, perspective-shifting, often funny, and truly inspired stories about survival. &#13;
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We are all survivors. We are all...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[I’m Still Here is a collection of extremely moving, perspective-shifting, often funny, and truly inspired stories about survival. Starring Actors Tim Bagley and Stephen Tobolowsky with Author/Disrupter Kelly Carlin.<br /><br />We are all survivors. We are all still standing in the face of some challenges. These pieces will move you to laughter, tears, compassion, and consciousness. Believe it or not, despite the subjects tackled above, or perhaps because of it, the evening also contains a huge dose of humor. Truth is, without it, we wouldn’t still be here.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>5768</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>aids,bagley,believing,cancer,carlin,georgecarlin,hammers,kelly,pancreaticcancer,paraplegic,stephen,storytellers,storytelling,survival,tasty,tim,tobolowsky,tohellandback,wendy,words</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/07aa1beb83131af67c9ea91e5ad98a34.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item></channel></rss>
