Up Close and Personal: Live Storytelling at Bombyx [Season 3, Episode 60]

Bangkok's live performance scene is evolving in some
interesting ways, and nowhere is that more clear than at
Bombyx, the city's most popular live
storytelling event.


We chat with organizer John Englander about the history of
the event and what makes it special, including how speakers are
chosen (and rejected), and what ingredients it takes from
Bangkok's eclecting local and expat communities.


John also tells us about his own first experience as a
Bombyx speaker, and how terror quickly turned into pure
adrenaline when he learned how to properly shape a story for his
audience, how to prepare to entertain a bunch of strangers, and
how he finally cracked the sad:funny ratio when telling a
touching story.


Ed - as a Bombyx presenter multiple times himself - also
tells the stories behind his own stories, and Greg reveals that
he will give his first Bombyx presentation at the event that
happens on 24 May - two days after this episode drops! We hope to
see you there.


And yes, we do ask John why it's called Bombyx and what
exactly that means - you'll have to listen for the answer.
:)


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