Tell Me What Happened

by Jay Rehak

Season 5

Kim "Kid" Curry, radio personality and program director, details the beginning of his career and his later battle with Multiple Sclerosis

Kim Curry was a radio broadcaster for 33 years in some of America’s finest cities: Pueblo, Knoxville, San Antonio, Washington, D.C., Baltimore, and Miami. Curry was a DJ in different time slots and obtained the position of Program Director at two of America’s legendary stations: KTSA-AM San Antonio and Power 96, Miami. The diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis forced Curry to retire from broadcasting in 2005 resulting in relocation, the search for doctors, therapists, and emotional family strain.. Eight years of rapid physical decline was halted by the magic of modern medicine, chronicled in his memoir, “Come Get Me Mother, I’m Through.” Curry has continued his writing journey, with two other published books. “The Death of Fairness” and “Bonnie’s Law, The Return to Fairness" which was an “Amazon Number One Best Seller.” Tell Me What Happened features the music of Susan Salidor. More information about Susan Salidor can be found at her website Get Susan Salidor’s One Little Act of Kindness Children’s Book Get Susan Salidor’s I’ve Got Peace in My Fingers Children’s Book More Information about our sponsor's 10 x 10 Blackhole Chess game can be found at www.blackholechess.com

S5 · E8

Jun 2, 2026

25:23

Jennifer Griffith, Host of the "About your Mother" Podcast and Author of Both Sides of Then: Finding Love After Abandonment, recalls learning at the age of 13 that her mother had an 18 year old son she had given up for adoption.

Jennifer Griffith is an author, speaker, and host of the About Your Mother podcast, where she explores the relationships and defining moments that shape our lives. Her debut memoir, Both Sides of Then: Finding Love After Abandonment, is a candid reflection on motherhood, resilience, and the complexity of family. Through her work, she invites others to embrace both the beauty and the mess of their stories and find connection in shared human experience. Tell Me What Happened features the music of Susan Salidor. More information about Susan Salidor can be found at her website Get Susan Salidor’s One Little Act of Kindness Children’s Book Get Susan Salidor’s I’ve Got Peace in My Fingers Children’s Book More Information about our sponsor's 10 x 10 Blackhole Chess game can be found at www.blackholechess.com

S5 · E7

May 12, 2026

17:15

Dana Hall, award winning playwright and mental health therapist, recalls being 8 years old and watching a tree she loved get cut down.

Dana Hall (she/her) is a Chicago-based, award-winning playwright, actor, and mental health therapist whose work often explores trauma, resilience, and healing. Her plays have received recognition both nationally and internationally. She has been a semifinalist for the O’Neill National Playwriting Conference, a multi-time finalist for the Lanford Wilson New American Play Festival, a top finalist for AACT NewPlayFest, and a finalist for the Morecambe Fringe John Clarke Memorial Prize, and the Dramatists Guild Foundation National Fellows Program. A winner of the New Works of Merit Playwriting Contest, Dana is currently in residency with the Dramatists Guild Institute’s Certificate in Dramatic Writing program. Her plays have been published by Next Stage Press, Heuer Publishing, Smith & Kraus, Tiny Scripted, and Stage Plays.Dana is a proud member of the Dramatists Guild, Honor Roll!, the League of Professional Theatre Women, and the International Centre for Female Playwrights. She is committed to expanding representation for women and actors over forty, advocating for playwrights’ rights, and fostering community among emerging writers via the Facebook group The Playwright Connection. A collection of her comedic monologues is available on Amazon check out: Cue the Comedy. Link: Cue the Comedy: Monologues for the Stage: Hall, Dana: 9798286125531: Amazon.com: Books Learn more about her work at DanaHallCreates.com. Tell Me What Happened features the music of Susan Salidor. More information about Susan Salidor can be found at her website Get Susan Salidor’s One Little Act of Kindness Children’s Book Get Susan Salidor’s I’ve Got Peace in My Fingers Children’s Book More Information about our sponsor's 10 x 10 Blackhole Chess game can be found at www.blackholechess.com

S5 · E6

Apr 27, 2026

15:51

Allie Costa. actor, writer, director and singer, recalls being five years old and getting her first role without having to audition.

Allie Costa is an actor, writer, director, and singer working in film,TV, theatre, and voiceover. Her credits include Spring Awakening, 90210,Alien vs. Musical, and the Buffy the Vampire Slayer Audible seriesSlayers: A Buffyverse Story. Her work has been produced internationally,including the critically acclaimed Two Girls, Music of the Mind, BoxesAre Magic, and Can You Keep a Secret? Occasionally, she sleeps. Tell Me What Happened features the music of Susan Salidor. More information about Susan Salidor can be found at her website Get Susan Salidor’s One Little Act of Kindness Children’s Book Get Susan Salidor’s I’ve Got Peace in My Fingers Children’s Book More Information about our sponsor's 10 x 10 Blackhole Chess game can be found at www.blackholechess.com

S5 · E5

Apr 28, 2026

13:07

Will Sonheim, writer, filmmaker and improvisationalist, recalls a disastrous 8th grade birthday party where he tried to recreate and film his own "Whose Line is it Anyway?"

Will Sonheim is a filmmaker and performer from Arkadelphia, Arkansas now living and working in Chicago, Illinois. Most recently, he directed Claire McFadden's web series DENISE SELLS HOUSES which screened at the JUST FOR LAUGHS comedy festival in Montreal last summer. You can stay up to date with his work but subscribing to his Substack newsletter PILLOW FORT. Tell Me What Happened features the music of Susan Salidor. More information about Susan Salidor can be found at her website Get Susan Salidor’s One Little Act of Kindness Children’s Book Get Susan Salidor’s I’ve Got Peace in My Fingers Children’s Book More Information about our sponsor's 10 x 10 Blackhole Chess game can be found at www.blackholechess.com

S5 · E4

Apr 14, 2026

20:21

Rabbi Allen Secher recalls the early anti-semitism he suffered and how he consequently became a Civil Rights and Social Justice advocate.

Rabbi Allen Secher retired to Montana in 2000 and for many years was its Lone Rabbi. Ordained by Hebrew Union College, New York, in 1962, he subsequently earned his Doctor of Divinity degree. Rabbi Secher served pulpits in Chicago, Los Angeles, Mexico City, New York and to fill a void was part time in Bozeman and Whitefish,Montana. In Chicago, he and his wife, Ina, founded Makom Shalom, a Jewish Renewal congregation that explores both traditional and holistic paths toward building spiritual intimacy. Rabbi Allen is an Emmy Award winning Producer and Director, Among his Emmy-winning documentaries was the PBS special, "Choosing One’s Way: Resistance in Auschwitz-Birkenau". For 55 years, beginning with his first wedding on the day he was ordained, Rabbi Secher has officiated and co-officiated more than 2,000 weddings and other interfaith life cycle ceremonies. Dedicated to providing information and support to interfaith couples (both Christian and Jewish), he was a founder and longtime advisor to The Dovetail Institute, which at one time was the largest network for interfaith family resources in the nation, More about Rabbi Allen Secher can be found here. Tell Me What Happened features the music of Susan Salidor. More information about Susan Salidor can be found at her website Get Susan Salidor’s One Little Act of Kindness Children’s Book Get Susan Salidor’s I’ve Got Peace in My Fingers Children’s Book More Information about our sponsor's 10 x 10 Blackhole Chess game can be found at www.blackholechess.com

S5 · E3

Mar 31, 2026

18:37

J.S. Puller, Chicago playwright and author, recalls an early acting experience playing "Hans Solo" for a grade school production and how it inspired a lifetime of fan fiction and original storytelling.

J. S. Puller is a playwright and author from the Windy City, Chicago. She has a master's degree in elementary education and a bachelor's degree in theatre from Northwestern University. She is an award-winning member of the American Alliance for Theatre and Education and has written about the social-emotional benefits of arts education with the University of Chicago Consortium on School Research. When not writing, she can usually be found in the theatre. She is the author of two novels, CAPTAIN SUPERLATIVE and THE LOST THINGS CLUB, both published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. She also has several published plays, including: WOMEN WHO WEAVE (Playscripts, Inc.), PERSEUS AND MEDUSA - IT'S ALL GREEK TO ME! (Lazybee Scripts), THE DEATH OF ROBIN HOOD (Stage Rights), and five titles with Plays for New Audiences. Website: https://pullerwrites.wordpress.com/ Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/pullerwrites Tell Me What Happened features the music of Susan Salidor. More information about Susan Salidor can be found at her website Get Susan Salidor’s One Little Act of Kindness Children’s Book Get Susan Salidor’s I’ve Got Peace in My Fingers Children’s Book More Information about our sponsor's 10 x 10 Blackhole Chess game can be found at www.blackholechess.com

S5 · E2

Mar 15, 2026

14:28

David Kovacs, Co-founder of the Chicago Interfaith Family School, tells the powerful story of enduring the suicide of his father as a 14 year old boy, and finding strength through a loving partner and shared religious faith..

David Kovacs has been a Chicago-based writer of scripts for videos, films and plays for more than 40 years. He and his wife Patty have also been involved in interfaith dialogue, and are two of the founders of the Chicago Interfaith Family School. David has always been fascinated by how the media, spirituality and learning can intersect in ways that intrigue and involve audiences. One of his first script writing positions was in the 1970s with the Emmy-winning children's program The Magic Door, produced by WBBM-TV and the Chicago Board of Rabbis. In 2019, a documentary he co-produced, Leaps of Faiths, premiered on WTTW and at the Chicago Jewish Film Festival. Available online, it explores the joys, challenges and mysteries of interfaith marriage. Tell Me What Happened features the music of Susan Salidor. More information about Susan Salidor can be found at her website Get Susan Salidor’s One Little Act of Kindness Children’s Book Get Susan Salidor’s I’ve Got Peace in My Fingers Children’s Book More Information about our sponsor's 10 x 10 Blackhole Chess game can be found at www.blackholechess.com

S5 · E1

Mar 3, 2026

17:47

Season 4

Jim Kleinmann, Artistic Director and co-founder of the playwright incubator PlayGround, recalls driving the Staten Island Ferry as a ten year old.

JIM KLEINMANN, he/him, co-founded PlayGround in 1994, along with playwright Brighde Mullins and director Denise Shama, and has served as Artistic Director since 1996. For PlayGround, he has provided artistic and administrative leadership for the past twenty-four seasons, developing PlayGround’s unique array of new playwright and new play incubator programs, including Monday Night PlayGround, the PlayGround Festival of New Works, the full-length play Commissioning Initiative, the New Play Production Fund, Potrero Stage: PlayGround Center for New Plays, and most recently the Innovator Incubator. For PlayGround, he has directed more than one hundred short and full-length plays, including works by Garret Jon Groenveld, Aaron Loeb, Geetha Reddy, Lauren Yee, Katie May, and many others. Recent directing and dramaturgy credits include David Steele’s Vignettes on Love and Ruben Grijalva’s Value Over Replacement. He is a veteran arts administrator with more than thirty years of experience, including stints leading Traveling Jewish Theatre, Smuin Ballet and Berkeley Symphony, and received his MFA from the Yale School of Drama. Tell Me What Happened features the music of Susan Salidor. More information about Susan Salidor can be found at her website Get Susan Salidor’s One Little Act of Kindness Children’s Book Get Susan Salidor’s I’ve Got Peace in My Fingers Children’s Book More Information about other quality publications from our sponsor can be found on Sidelineinkpublishing.com

S4 · E20

Dec 10, 2024

10:04

Gaby Iori, publicist at Quirk Books, recalls how receiving the Sacrament of Reconciliation in front of her second grade classmates started years of OCD.

Gaby is a born and bred North Carolinian currently living in Baltimore with her partner and two cats. She is a publicist at Quirk Books and the digital projects coordinator for Witch Please Productions, where she is the video editor and associate producer for Making Worlds. She is a writer, home cook, and storyteller, and she wants to make you laugh. Tell Me What Happened features the music of Susan Salidor. More information about Susan Salidor can be found at her website Get Susan Salidor’s One Little Act of Kindness Children’s Book Get Susan Salidor’s I’ve Got Peace in My Fingers Children’s Book More Information about our sponsor's 10 x 10 Blackhole Chess game can be found at www.blackholechess.com

S4 · E19

Nov 25, 2024

15:59

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