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Memoir

    1. losing it (mind/virginity) 

          
   
    2. the most stupid relationship argument ever

        

Fiction
    
    3. the thing about jesus that no one will tell you

       

Travel Writing

    4. it's hard out here for a wimp (with dj king otto)

        

    5. take it off (with dj king otto)

Commentary

    6. stuck in my craw (supersaver card)
    
             

Hosting

    7. the science corner

        
    
    8. intro to themed radio show ('therapy' episode)
    
        

    9. intro to themed radio show ('advertising' episode)

        
  
10. the ten

        

tracks 1 & 2 recorded live with the Rockstar Storytellers
track 3 recorded live at the MPR StorySlam
tracks 4 - 10 recorded live at The Radio All Stars
    
Monologues:

    -  A video essay in 9 parts (for the literary magazine,
      The Smart Set)   
     -  Two monologues for MPR's Story Slam (Themes: "Escape" and "Losing")

Travel Writing:
These three pieces recently won Solas Awards for Best Travel Writing 2007:
   - Miami in Heat
   - Join the Club
   - Hardcore Pig Problem
Also, I have been involved in a mentorship with the longtime Star Tribune Travel Editor, Catherine Watson.  Here are a few further pieces, resulting from that process:
   - Hemingway's Key West
   - Driving Through Europe

Excerpts from the one-person play, This Love Train is Unstoppable and I am the Conductor
   -That Love Train
   -First Date
   -The Clinic
   -First Time

Dave's contributions to the cabaret/variety show, Sin Cities 7
    -Greed:  A Rant & A Giant Sandwich
    -Pride:  The Hair Show
    -Lust:  Miami Beach
    -Sloth: Trouble in the workout room
    -Gluttony: BBQ
    -Wrath:  Indianola, Mississippi
    -Envy:  Swizzle Stick

Selected sketches from A Prairie Home Companion
   -Ketchup: Lost Love
   -Rhubarb: The Phone