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Crime and Punishment (Part 1)
"Would not one tiny crime be wiped out by thousands of good deeds?"
The Russians are coming...Fyodor Dostoevsky's unique brand of psychological thrill…
12 hours ago
8 Lessons For Protagonists in 2026
Launch into the new year with the best ideas learned from the stories of 2025. I've gone through 70+ lessons that I took from the stories of the last…
2 weeks, 2 days ago
How The Grinch Stole Christmas
Ho, Ho, Ho! here's a little holiday treat for you. In classic BTMC fashion, I took my lesson as serious as a car accident and found much more depth t…
4 weeks, 1 day ago
The Power of Story: Fiction vs Non-Fiction
On this show, I cover the greatest ficton ever written, but my larger goal is to get you to start looking at ALL stories as tools to understand how t…
1 month ago
Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice is a masterclass in how confidently we can be wrong about people.
The story of two people who mistake their first impressions for…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
The Sword In The Stone \\ King Arthur Origin Story
Disney did you dirty.
Because you probably think Arthur becoming king was as easy as pulling the sword from the stone. But the actual myth is way more…
2 months ago
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde \\ Beware Your Shadow
"Man is not truly one, but truly two."
It's one of the most famous gothic horror novellas, and it all started when Robert Louis Stevenson had a nightm…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
The Tell-Tale Heart \\ You Love To Lie To Yourself
Edgar. Allen. Poe.
The Master of Macabre. The tortured genius whose own life was almost as dark as the stories he wrote. Today, we dive into one of hi…
3 months ago
The Hound of the Baskervilles \\ Life Is Probabilities
The curse has plagued their family for hundreds of years. A spectral hound that preys only on those of the Baskerville name. Is Sherlock Holmes up ag…
3 months, 1 week ago
Arrival (Story Of Your Life) \\ Would You Change The Future?
Take in every detail, don't let a moment go unnoticed. One day it may all be a memory...
From master short story sci-fi writer Ted Chiang, today we're…
4 months ago