Christa Avampato shares how she created Secrets and Lies, a live storytelling game show that brings secret New York City history to life. After surviving an apartment fire, cancer, and COVID shutdowns, Christa relaunched her show at Climate Week NYC with a focus on nature in the city. In this conversation, we explore what it takes to bring a creative vision to life when you've never done it before, how to partner with organizations authentically, and why rejection can’t stop you. We get into:

• How Christa turned several loves at once into a sold-out live show (03:36)
• Taking random advice from strangers on LinkedIn (07:56)
• Becoming your own hype person (18:21)
• What passenger pigeons cost for dinner in 1900 (24:16)
• What happens when you almost die twice and how it transforms your relationship with creative risk (27:07)

Christa Avampato is a licensed New York City tour guide, storyteller, and the creator of Secrets and Lies, a live game show that explores the city's hidden history. After earning her master's degree in environmental management and surviving both cancer and COVID, she relaunched her show at Climate Week NYC 2025 with a focus on sustainability and community partnerships. Christa brings together her love of history, game shows, and environmental storytelling to make the weird and wonderful accessible to New Yorkers and visitors alike.

Find Christa:

• Website: doubleornothangmedia.com/secretsandlies
• Instagram: @christarosenyc | Threads: @christarosenyc | LinkedIn: @christaavampato
• Next show: December 10th at the Maritime Museum, NYC

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