The Naked Truth Road Trip Storytelling | Mill Valley

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Jack Kerouac wrote about it, Willie Nelson sang about it, Hopper & Fonda made it look dangerous and cool…and it has been the birthplace of countless favorite personal stories. Join us as Naked Truth takes a road trip, or at least welcomes captivating storytellers and their stories of perilous and prodigious journeys taken on roads.

Storytellers:

Jeff Greenwald is the author of six best-selling travel books, including The Size of the World and Shopping for Buddhas. He’s also the co-director of EthicalTraveler.org, an international alliance focused on human rights and the environment. Learn more about him at jeffgreenwald.com.

Doug Cordell is an NPR radio storyteller, performer and Emmy-nominated writer. His autobiographical radio stories air on Snap Judgment and Marketplace. Listen to his stories and find out about upcoming shows at dougcordell.com.

Justine Gubar is the author of Fanaticus:Mischief and Madness in the Modern Sports Fan. She is an Emmy award-winning investigative journalist. For almost two decades, she’s worked as a television producer for ESPN, where she has covered most major sporting events.

Irish Dave (David) is a best selling author, Inc. Columnist and the Founder of FunnyBizz. He has performed at some of California’s leading comedy clubs including Cobbs, the Comedy Store, and the Punchline and his writing has been featured in Inc., Fast Company, HuffPost, and Forbes.

Zahra Noorbakhsh is a comedian, writer/performer of the one-woman show “All Atheists are Muslim,” contributor to the anthology “Love Inshallah: The Secret Love Lives of American Muslim Women” and co-podcaster of “Good Muslim, Bad Muslim.”

Emcee: Matt Lieb is a comedian, writer, actor and street musician/Bone Thugs-N-Harmony cover band. He was named “one of my all-time favorite Bay Area performers” by the award-winning SF blog Courting Comedy and described as “extremely talented, charmingly dark and genuinely pleasant.” Matt has taken the San Francisco Bay Area comedy scene by storm, performing with the likes of Brent Weinbach, Moshe Kasher, and W. Kamau Bell. This year will mark Matt Lieb’s 5th year performing at SF Sketchfest.

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