Tell Me A Story. Rise of the Digital Story Teller.
I recently put newspaper editor back on my LinkedIn profile.
I think it slipped off somewhere in Silicon Valley.
You don't want to be known as a story teller if you a woman in tech.
You want to be an innovator. You want to rely on things like algorithms and software, not ideas or words.
In my early 20's I ran a small independent newspaper for college students in Vermont that was circulated around the entire state.
We made our rent off of pizza coupon inserts as the papers were a vehicle of delivery but we told ourselves we were radicals. I would write the articles, sell the ads and deliver the papers. I was a triple threat.
I remember waiting on an icy country road while the cows meandered across the roads to get to some of the more remote colleges like Middlebury.
Another time the old Subaru Wagon almost hydroplaned on 10 thousand frogs that were hopping out of a primordial swamp. Don't worry animal lovers..I stopped just in time.
The rolling hills of Vermont is where I learned to love the craft of writing and expression but most of all story telling.
Story telling is an art as old as human nature.
Story telling gives us an image of people gathered around a fire scaring the piss out of each other at a camp out.
Or an old man with a white beard telling stories about the way things used to be.
We have always embraced this expression of humanity. The cult like popularity of "This American Life" and the "Ted Talks" are proof that people love to be told a good story.
The murder mystery "Serial" surpassed 5 million downloads, making it the fastest single podcast of all time to reach this milestone.
But why? What is it about story telling that draws us in and feeds our souls?
According to Wired Magazine, "stories are recognizable patterns, and in those patterns we find meaning. We use stories to make sense of our world and to share that understanding with others."
I guess stories give us order from the chaos.
In salute of the modern day story teller All Things Comedy is announcing an Author Series to praise and highlight those writers who have shared their art and brought us so much joy.
All Things Comedy's Tom Rhodes will be interviewing and reviewing books and authors to highlight the importance they have on our daily lives.
We will find out how they got started, how they evolved and what inspires them about writing.
The first interview is with Pulitzer Prize winning author (and former stand up comic) Gilbert King.
Tom and Gilbert talk about Kings Devil in the Grove which is the winner of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction.
Arguably the most important American lawyer of the 20th century, Thurgood Marshall was on the verge of bringing the landmark suit Brown v. Board of Education before the U.S. Supreme Court when he became embroiled in an explosive and deadly case that threatened to change the course of the civil rights movement in America.
Sometimes these standup comics clean up good.
Enjoy!
https://allthingscomedy.com/contents/8516/19-gilbert-king-podcast
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