MEZRAB STORYTELLING
Episodes
Joep - Cacophony!
30 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In romance, too much success can be catastropic.
Grainne - Everybody Needs a Harriet
27 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Grainne's painful memory became an empowering one, thanks to one good friend that showed her revenge is best when it's shared.
Becky - Eccentric Dancing
25 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes there's nothing more healing than bit of eccentric awkwardness.
Joseph - Catch the Gay
15 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Tolerance and acceptance turn out to be contagious.
Evelien - Grandpa's Letter
31 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
After finding a letter, Evelien put together a piece of family history.
Amir - Dubstep
25 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Amir went looking for a party, and found the next phase of his life.
Natalino - The Impostor
11 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
We're all princes and princesses of some other planet, but it's best not to tell anyone.
Rashi - Are You Married?
27 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
If you were born with freedom, you've won the lottery.
Ghazaleh - Silk in the Ashes
23 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Ghazaleh’s happy childhood memory from Iran had resurfaced, for very sad reasons. But she will make new ones.
Joseph - Some Beef Went Down Mamma!
12 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
When Joseph ate the tart, he didn't know about the beef.
Phoebe - Why Don't You Want to be Attractive?
06 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Phoebe's grandmother had a way of saying things.
Sahand - The Hope of No Hope
27 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Sahand shares his father's life lessons from the prison in Iran.
Shayan - Accidental Dissidence
24 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Shayan remembers a protest in Teheran that he never even planned to join.
Jaro - Things You Find When All Is Lost
20 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In times of uncertainty, those who had moral clarity are missed the most.
Alborz - Ocean of Fabric
01 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Alborz remembers a trip to Iran, where he caught a glimpse of the fabric from which his family weaves stories and dreams.
Luana - Who the Fuck is Clarissa?
25 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Luana found out she was a character in the worst novel, and not the main.
Irina - The Language
13 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Irina reflects on the connection between home and language.
Rutger - The Dark
07 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rutger remembers his grandfather, and tries to shed some light on a life that was darker than anyone realized.
Amir - Lullaby
30 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
No one is coming to save you.
Dani - Celestial Encounters
21 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The universe sent Dani on a side quest to Hamburg, only to walk through a revolving door.
Sahin - Ertegun
16 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A short history of an American dream that starts and ends in Istanbul.
Anish - Coincidence
12 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Is it a coincidence then things come to you only when you let them go?
Grainne - Revenge with a Small r
31 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes we need to karate-chop the past.
Shayan - Panic in the Caspian Sea
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Drowning is forgetting what we know.
Kelly - Cat Mom
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kelly weighs up her feelings about motherhood through the adventures of her cat.
Joseph - Sally's Spice
13 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When you're calling for help, better turn on your Gaydar.
Maarten - Requiem (Working title)
30 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Maarten's heart wanted to sing, but he joined the wrong quire.
Dani - Light in Darkness
18 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dani had his metamorphosis at a psytrance festival.
Emily - Tragedy + Time
10 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Emily performs a number about the simple math of comedy.
Danni - Lunch in India
31 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Danni went east carrying her father's suspicions and came back with a whole lotta love.
Joost - Maurice
27 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Joost broke a few strings. It took three decades to tie them back on.
Rasha - Was Depression Designed for Me?
21 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rasha has a close look at depression.
Maras and Maelle - The Compliment Battle
09 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ever wondered how unemployed french poets settle disputes?
Ghinwa - The Weight of White
31 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Do dresses have feelings?
Osama - The Wedding Crashers
28 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Osama's been crashing weddings, and he wasn't looking for cake.
Kiki - Black Leather Jacket
21 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kiki's new jacket unleashed something completely different.
Aryeh - Jonny Greenwood Magic
11 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Aryeh lost his identity in Berlin and found it again.
Rashi - Person of Colour
29 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When you become a person of colour overnight.
Grainne - Memory Keeper: Letter to Tanya
26 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Grainne has few things to say to her best friend.
Dani - Marine Turtles
20 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Life is short when your'e not a turtle.
Isadora - The Gift
12 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What do you gift a Superdad that has it all?
Fer - The Endless Garden
31 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Some playdates will stay with us forever.
Anish - The Two Wolves
22 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Even the brightest light can not exist without the darkness.
Joseph - The Excellent Learner
16 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Joephe's hidden talent is, well... Literally anything
Irina - Bad Vibrations
09 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes the distance just kills the vibe.
Shikhar - Turning Dutch
28 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Shikhar chose his home, and he hopes this home keeps choosing him back.
Cansu - Echoes of Identity
21 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, Cansu decided to pave a third one.
Nora - My Best Friend Got a Boyfriend
09 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Nora's best friend wanted a different kind of spaghetti
Pratik - This Too Shall Pass
27 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
2024 was quite the odyssey for Pratik
Kadra - How To Make Babies…
19 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How to make babies... And other questions you should ask.
Raffaella - In Memory of Marco
13 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes the people we never knew are the ones we miss the most.
Joep - The Love Jacket
07 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes the friend zone is where you learn to love yourself.
Rapha and Mary - Slaves of Our Time (Myth Night Special)
28 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Storytelling master Raphael Rodan tells an ancient story followed by a conversation about traditions in story structure, and a beautiful Armenian lull...
Basak - Home Sweet Home
26 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Basak will open the jar for you, but keep away from the pickles.
Renske - In Between
20 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If a chance is always fleeting, perhaps it was never a chance at all.
Fer - Shopping for religions
12 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Fer shares a moment when life became too real.But please don't be weird about it.
Aryeh (Featuring Sahand) - The Blank Page
29 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes we want a story so bad we start plotting against ourselves.
Xina - Flipsides
23 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes the inciting event is someone not getting hit by a car.
Shayan - Mountain Thoughts (Special episode)
16 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Shayan wanted a spiritual moment but ended up being too busy surviving. This week we are also joined by the storyteller for a conversation about imm...
Luana - What I Did Last Summer
02 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Luana was too anxious to notice she's in love
Danni - Be a Clown
25 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Danni didn't get the clown she wanted, so she became the clown she needed.
Sjoerd - The Uber Driver
19 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sjoerd went for an Uber ride and arrived at the complicated truth about culture and belonging.
Marion - Dionysus and the Women of Thebes
12 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Marion with a harp and a myth that would make any man shiver.
Anish - What Would People Say?
05 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Anish can engineer the best french fries you ever had
Michael Jackson's Assistant
28 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Micha's picture is worth a thousand words.
Raffi - The Perfume
21 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
All his life Raffi followed his nose
Joseph - A Grimm Romance
14 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Joseph had a fairy tale date, at a cemetery.
Irina - The Kiss That Didn't Happen
07 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In order to go for the greener grass, Irina had to pay the arid land of the heart one last visit.
Aoife - Ayahuasca
23 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Aoife went on a journey to deal with her grief, but found herself looking for a thong.
Rory - He Who Watches
16 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Rory wanted so much to be good, he ended up conspiring against the high clergy.
Stefan - The Boy Who Lived
09 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Stefan was always afraid of the water; turns out he was right.
Basak - How to Become an Avoidant
03 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After a disappointing encounter with a firetruck, Basak decides to adopt a psychological complex that will help her avoid pain.
Fer - Latin Lover
26 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Following a major heartbreak and quickly falling in love again, Fer clashes with his therapist over their views on love.
Sanne - Kiss From A Rose
18 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sanne was done with arts and crafts, then she heard the voice of the siren.
Rutger - Parental Rights
11 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After an exhausting week of super parenting while performing magnificently at work, Rutger was ready to finally take his bath. But his kids had other ...
Sobhi - It's My Right
24 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A woman refuses to tell her grandson a story about their past. However, the grandson is relentless.
Joseph - Closing Doors
03 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Joseph's coming-of-age story involves shedding many versions of himself.
Marijn - Life After Death
19 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Marijn recalls an episode of bullying in his youth with existential implications.
Renske - Funeral Junkie
05 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Renske's mother is a funeral enthusiast. One day, her passion is put to the test.
Valentine - The Good Ones
22 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A street assault with a gun turns into an experience of love and empathy for Valentine.
Dom - Wannabe
15 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What if your favorite objects had a voice and a personality? What would your bike think of your riding skill? Would your journal be moved by your sad ...
Kiki - Gifted
02 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kiki possesses a gift that, although enviable to most of us, puts her in conflict with her idea of herself.
Bipin - Swimming
25 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Bipin's brush with death while learning to swim gave him a new outlook on life. Content warning: This story discusses suicidal thoughts. If you ar...
Salomé - Ageless
17 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For mortals like you and me, the only oasis of eternity is the moment we spend with each other. Enjoy Salomé's account of the instants she shared...
Rutger - Just a joke
10 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How long will you commit to a joke before it becomes your life? Rutger's edgy sense of humor took him far beyond his comfort zone. Despite our st...
Chidi - Coming of Age
02 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Growing up is more than just being allowed to consume mature content. It's revisiting and revalorizing the role of our parents in shaping us with ...
Olga - Fishbowl
24 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We all have these relationships in our lives that, for various reasons, we wonder why we put up with them. Instead of focusing of answering that quest...
Raffa - The Shlemiel of Chelm
13 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
If there's such a thing as different genres of stories among the ones we hear in Mezrab, a favorite is certainly "Grandmas' Stories."...
Phillip - Connection
06 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Phillip opens his mind and heart to us, delving into how he struggled to prepare a story to establish a deep connection with us. It makes me think of ...
Michael - True Story
28 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes I have the suspicion that certain events happen just so that someone can tell the story later. It is the case of Michael's experience. A...
Sinead - Saint Xena
23 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In one of our LGBTQ evenings, Sinead tells the story of Saint Brigid, the icon that inspired her childhood crush: Xena, the Warrior Princess. Despite...
Nadine - Grandma
14 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There are people in this world who seem to have figured out what it means to be a human being. When that person happens to be your grandmother, that&#...
Aryeh - Circle
07 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When it comes to avoiding the cycle of destruction, our only hope is in remembering the past. Aryeh intertwines the love story of his grandparents dur...
Asya - Love Language
31 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For most of us in Mezrab, English is a second language we use to connect quickly with each other. However, it's often the unique flavors that each...
Rasha - Home
24 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Rasha is Palestinian with an Israeli passport. Her family's story is one of displacement ever since her grandmother was expelled by the Israeli ar...
Sanne - Fish
18 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Every week, Mezrab welcomes hundreds of immigrants who came to The Netherlands by choice or by necessity to make a new home. The person writing this (...
Irina - Burglar
11 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When Irina discovered her house had been broken into and her possessions stolen, it initially seemed like a terrible crisis. Yet, when you're maki...
Farnoosh - Princess Taj
03 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever had a crush on a historical figure? Imagine being able to have a coffee with Napoleon, or exploring the countryside with Joan of Arc, or...
Violeta - Book Gift
29 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Every once in a while, we have a night in Mezrab called Off the Page, where we tell stories inspired by books. Violeta took a creative twist on the as...
Rod - Elders' Improv
20 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The best starting point for any project is the moment it begins. Picture this: you're on your way to a job interview at a senior retirement home. ...