Name: Tell Me Everything, Now Stop Talking with Misha Glouberman
Start: 2024-07-14T19:00:00-07:00
End: 2024-07-14T22:00:00-07:00
Location: The Alembic

Tell Me Everything, Now Stop Talking with Misha Glouberman

It takes a lifetime to know someone completely. But that’s if you’re doing it wrong. If you’re doing it right, it can take about twelve minutes.
This is the thesis behind “Tell Me Everything, Now Stop Talking”, a participatory show where we’ll speedrun each other and embrace the beautiful, heart-opening awkwardness of group intimacy. First, we’ll begin with the “Get to know this human show,” where facilitator Misha Glouberman will demonstrate how to perform this daring stunt. Then, we’ll break into groups and become a mutual soul-peering community. Finally, we will break into a sacred bonding ritual: a normal fun party with the people who just did this thing together.
Do you like people? Are you on the fence about them? Either way, you might enjoy this.
Part 1: A Show: “Get to know this human” (an hour or so)
A person is chosen from the audience. Anybody can ask them any question, they can refuse to answer if they want. We have 12 minutes per person, which is probably enough.
Part 2: An activity: Same thing, but with each other (another hour or so)
We put people into small groups and each and do that same activity.
Part 3: A party
Hang out in a room with a bunch of people who just did this thing together.
Misha did this event at the Alembic back in March. It was great! We’re doing it again!
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MISHA GLOUBERMAN is a communicator and an expert in maximizing human connection. He’s been called a brilliant moderator, a natural teacher, and a gifted negotiator—even running a negotiations course that’s been described as “life-changing.” Misha is an expert in how we can communicate more effectively with each other—even when emotions are fraught, stakes are high, or when we’re separated by physical distance.
Misha has worked at various times as a software developer, a performance artist, the head of a residents association, an improv teacher, a negotiation expert, a writer, and a conference speaker. Misha is the co-founder and host of the wildly popular Trampoline Hall, a lecture series that has sold out every show in its home city of Toronto since its inception, as well as toured North America. His book The Chairs Are Where the People Go , co-authored with Sheila Heti, is a collection of inventive, philosophical, often humorous essays that was promptly named one of the best non-fiction books of the year by The New Yorker., which was named one of The New Yorker's best non-fiction books of the year. To learn more about Misha, visit his web site at www.mishaglouberman.com