Greg decides to spice things up on a boring visit to his grandfather’s house
Your next storyteller is Greg Salvesen. With an anniversary coming up soon, we’re feeling a little nostalgic—so today we’re sharing this story from all the way back in 2013. Greg is an astronomer, ultra-marathon runner, and long-time favorite of the show who now lives and works in Los Alamos, New Mexico. He shared this story in front of a live audience at the Deer Pile in Denver, Colorado; the theme of the show was “The Fall.”
Special thanks to Beau Beverage for today’s outro music.
All of the stories shared at The Narrators are true, or at least they’re supposed to be true, so it’s rare for one of our storytellers to reveal when they are lying. Today’s story, however, is almost entirely about lying—in this case, to total strangers. Greg Salvesen is an astronomer, ultra-distance runner, and a long-time friend of the show. His story was recorded live on 20 July 2016 at Buntport Theater in Denver, Colorado. The theme of the evening was “Pop!”
Thanks to everyone who attended our all-comedian special at High Plains Comedy Festival—we were honored to be part of the fest. You have two chances to catch one of our live shows this month: 13 September at Tiger!Tiger! Tavern in San Diego and 21 September at Buntport Theater in Denver. The theme will be “Change of Heart,” both shows start at 8pm, and both shows are totally free. Hope to see you there!
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The theme of our live show in June 2013 was “Insults & Grievances.” Folks packed into the Deer Pile—that tiny, gorgeous, sweltering box—listened to their peers tell tales of live beating them down. The story I remember the most vividly from that night came from Greg Salvesen, an economist who loves to run long distances. Back then, Greg recounted his greatest loss, and the damage that it did to him.
I’m sharing that story with you today because it’s a good prequel to Greg’s next story, which he will be sharing next week on July 15 at our monthly Denver show. A little more than a month ago, Greg competed in the granddaddy of all long jogs—the Infinitus, a rugged 888km footrace in the wilds of Vermont. That’s right, 888km, over 550 miles in a figure-eight loop. Against all odds, Greg won! Join us at Buntport Theater on Wednesday, 15 July at 8:00pm to hear Greg Salvensen share his new story, along with six other stories on the theme “Take a Hike.”
Bonus: Here’s the 46-second promotional video for the Infinitus, which is easily the weirdest, most unsettling video for a running race that I’ve ever seen:
This story was originally recorded on 18 June 2013 at the Deer Pile in Denver, Colorado and the theme of the evening was “Arguments & Grievances.” Our theme music is by our friend Whalehawk (aka the Grammy-nominated musician Jake Sanders).
Part two of our hard-hitting expose on “The Fall” features stories by Buntport Theater‘s Brian Colonna and ultra-runner Greg Salvesen. These stories were recorded at The Deer Pile on November 21st, 2013 by our good friends at The Denver Diatribe.
The intro and outro music was produced and graciously provided by Sans Seruf, and you can find more slick beats for your earholes over at his bandcamp page.
Our next show is coming up on December 19th and the theme will be “Toys.”
The Narrators are working with Off-Center at the Jones Theater on a show called Lived/Re-lived that will go into full production in March 2014. Even though that is waaaaayyyy into the future, tickets are now on sale. Snatch ’em up.
