Posts Tagged ‘mike pesca’
Listen to smart people plus me
I appeared on two podcasts recently that I really enjoyed. Both are hosted by people who I could talk to forever. You can find both podcasts wherever you get your podcasts, or you can click the links below to listen online. Slate’s The Gist with Mike Pesca Mike and I speak about storytelling, film, Bruce…
Read MoreIf you enjoy a glass floor, don’t forget to look down and thank your lucky stars
“But for a couple of bad breaks, especially visited upon vulnerable people, the outcome of life would be so different.” This is a sentence that Slate’s Mike Pesca spoke a couple months ago on his podcast The Gist in the midst of an interview. I wrote the sentence down immediately, and I’ve been thinking about…
Read MoreMike Pesca’s favorite sentences of 2015 (and mine)
Back in January, Mike Pesca of Slate’s The Gist discussed some of his favorite sentences of 2015. When Pesca attributed the sentence to someone., I included the attribution. Bill Raftery on how he enjoys learning something and immediately sharing it: “That’s why I went into broadcasting rather than espionage.” “It’s easier to condemn than to…
Read MoreA lesson on the importance of stakes in storytelling – Plus the story of the day I posed as a charity worker for nefarious reasons
In my most recent appearance on Slate’s The Gist, I discuss the importance of stakes in storytelling and some of the tricks that I use to build and maintain them throughout the story. Plus, I tell the story of a time when I posed as a charity worker for less-than-charitable reasons and got a lot…
Read MoreSleeping with goats on The Gist
I had the pleasure of appearing on The Gist this week. Host Mike Pesca interrogated me about my life story, and we talked about how you can take a life event and craft an interesting story from it. I talked about sleeping with goats, shotguns to my head, and being arrested and tried for a…
Read MoreStorytelling on The Gist
If you’re not already listening to Slate’s The Gist, the daily podcast hosted by Mike Pesca, here’s another reason to do so: I’ll be appearing on The Gist as a part of a new project that seeks to teach the art of storytelling to listeners. Whether you are telling stories at a dinner party or…
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