{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2Fe6de2b67-48fb-4bd5-aa90-8ab57073f12d","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"<iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 200px;\" title=\"Episode 179: Your story is your story \u2013 Christopher Brune-Horan\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"clipboard-write\" seamless src=\"http://player.captivate.fm/episode/e6de2b67-48fb-4bd5-aa90-8ab57073f12d\"></iframe>","title":"Episode 179: Your story is your story \u2013 Christopher Brune-Horan","description":"We\u2019ve all got a story. It\u2019s our story. The good, the bad, and the ugly, but it\u2019s still our story. Too often though, we are afraid to tell our story, to share our truth. However, the reality is, our story is our truth and the foundation that should and can enable us to stand taller, and be our unique self in the world. And besides, who doesn\u2019t enjoy a good story\u2026even if the good story is full of some ugly parts.\r\n\u00a0\r\nMaster storyteller, writer, playwright, and just a sweetheart of a guy, Christopher Brune-Horan, joins the coming out lounge today to share his story, and his talent for telling your story in a way that connects people to you, so that even if coming out of the closet scares the crap out of you, you can still tell your story and stand tall and proud.\r\nShow Highlights\r\n\r\n* How do you you get to see the effect your story has on other people? Start by sharing\u2026\r\n* Growing up this guest\u00a0never told anyone he was gay, but others told him all the time\r\n* Every success Christopher\u00a0has had on stage was from him being 100% authentic!\r\n* Are you willing to be honest &amp; truthful to tell your story?\r\n* Step out and step towards where you\u2019re going!\r\n\r\nConnect with Christopher Brune-Horan\r\nChristopher Brune-Horan is a Los Angeles based writer, storyteller, and playwright.\u00a0 His work celebrates the uniqueness of the LGBTQ experience and explores the common threads that connect us all.\r\n\u00a0\r\nHis published essays and articles can be found on the Huffington Post, Nerve, and McSweeney\u2019s Internet Tendency.\u00a0\r\n\u00a0\r\nLast year Christopher workshopped different pieces with \u201cPlay-Collaborative Arts Venue\u201d in LA\u2019s Downtown Art\u2019s District and his ten-minute play \u201cNew American Parents\u201d was produced by Tiny Rhino Productions.\u00a0 He is currently working on the extended version of the same piece.\u00a0 He had the pleasure to study under playwright Luis Alfaro through the Oregon Shakespeare Festival last spring in San Francisco.\r\n\u00a0\r\nChristopher apprentices with 3-time Moth Grand Slam winner Cole Kazdin and solo-performer Lauren Weedman.\u00a0 He\u2019s performed his writing at The Moth, Tasty Words, Tattle Tales, Tell It, Story Worthy and was 1 of 10 local writers selected for The Story Pad\u2019s 2016 Story Lottery.\r\n\u00a0\r\nHe created, produces and hosts \u201cBada Bing Bada Boom \u2013 True Stories Told For Cash\u201d, a popular monthly storytelling event in West Hollywood that features local performers, writers and artists.\u00a0 His work is included in \u201cGet Jobbed\u201d, a coffee-table book that features his story published in McSweeney\u2019s popular segment \u201cPeople With Strange and Unusual Jobs\u201d.\u00a0 He was recently featured on Suzanne Yeagley\u2019s \u201cYou Got Jobbed\u201d podcast; one of many podcasts that has showcased his work.\r\n\u00a0\r\nChristopher sits on the Board of Director\u2019s for Inspire Spiritual Community, a LGBTQ non-profit spiritual center in Los Angeles.\u00a0 His work in the community not only nourishes his soul, it keeps his momentum as an activist moving forward at a steady pace.\u00a0 He is also on the Los Angeles Sheriff\u2019s LGBTQ Advisory Board and currently in the process of building a storytelling workshop curriculum to be brought to inmates in the Los Angeles County Jail.\u00a0\r\n\u00a0\r\nHe married his husband Jesse Brune Horan in 2014 and they live in Los Angeles with their son Kaidon and their dog Bodhi.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://christopherbrunehoran.com\">Website\r\n</a>\r\n<a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/christopher.brune.horan\">Facebook\r\n</a>\r\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/MrChrisHoran\">Twitter\r\n</a>\r\n<a href=\"https://inspirespiritualcommunity.org/\">Inspire Spiritual Community</a>\r\n\u00a0\r\n&lt;a class=&quot;a2a_button_facebook&quot; href=&quot;https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/facebook?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Frickclemons.com%2Fepisode-179-story-story-christopher-brune-horan%2F&amp;linkname=Episode%20179%3...","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/4b9b6c41-474a-4fd0-a374-cbb2a7aa23a4/1400x1400_uncloseted_artwork-01-573.jpg"}