It was part birthday party, part storytelling spectacle, and 100% Audacious!

We threw a live Show & Tell at Dead Language Beer Project in Hartford, and invited public radio fans to bring an object they love, and the story that makes it matter.

From a PEZ dispenser with family ties, to a holy (literally) beer mug, to walnut shell art that has mesmerized a family for generations, the night was full of big laughs, tiny treasures, and extraordinary moments.

Suggested episodes:

• Audacious Live! Show & Tell in Stamford
• Five years of Audacious: Where are they now?

GUESTS: 

• Chion Wolf: host of Audacious with Chion Wolf, who brought a Gracie Award
• Emily Tracy: Manchester resident, who brought one of many PEZ dispensers collected by her mother, Caryn
• Dr. David Shapiro: West Hartford resident, who brought a copy of a Hasbro comic book with a depiction of himself, in recognition of his work with Stop The Bleed
• Meg Fitzgerald: Senior Manager of Projects and Radio Programming at Connecticut Public, who brought a walnut that folds open and holds tiny art inside 
• Larry Klein: Meriden resident, who brought a puzzle mug made by a potter named Guy Wolff
• Pamela Morrison-Wolf: Farmington resident (and Chion's mother!), who brought a framed greeting card from her late husband, Guy Wolf
• Christy Kovel: Middletown resident and Director of Public Policy for the Alzheimer’s Association's Connecticut Chapter, who brought her cell phone containing two memorable images from the previous day
• Dave Mourad: Windsor resident, who brought a metal newspaper stand
• Robyn Doyon-Aitken: Deputy Director of Audio Storytelling and Talk Shows at Connecticut Public, who brought the cast her late mother had on her wrist
• Ashley Cook: Hartford resident, who brought a shadowbox of her hand x-ray and pins that the surgeons removed
• Michelle Horsley: Hartford resident, who brought her conductor's baton