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Back to SearchSeth Godin Dissects a Signature Story
Episode 16
Today, it's a total treat as the one and only Seth Godin takes us into how he thinks about storytelling and the intersection of strategy and story, a…
1 year, 10 months ago
“Is this ANNything?” Ann Handley and Jay Acunzo Work Out New Drafts
Episode 15
This week, we’re joined by our first-ever recurring guest. The brilliant Ann Handley (WSJ bestselling author of Everybody Writes and globally touring…
1 year, 11 months ago
“We’re both the heroes and the villains in our own stories” | Chase Jarvis, Photographer + Entrepreneur + Author of Never Play It Safe
Episode 14
Why is candor essential for a good story? How brutally honest should you actually be in sharing a story with the world?
The great Chase Jarvis brings…
1 year, 11 months ago
"If all knowledge is experience, all wisdom is framework" | Laura Gassner Otting, Keynote Speaker & Author
Episode 13
What is a super-story? And how can you flex yours to fit different audiences, mediums, or conclusions? That’s what we dive into today with powerhouse…
1 year, 11 months ago
Working out a new TED Talk with Simone Stolzoff, Author & Journalist
Episode 12
Go inside the development of a brand new TED Talk, as Jay offers notes to friend Simone Stolzoff on his v1 draft. Simone is the author of The Good En…
1 year, 11 months ago
“A perfectly competent character is boring” | Nat Eliason, Author & Essayist
Episode 10
Telling stories about your life feels fraught. How do you weave together a story that is deeply personal to you and others, contains the right amount…
1 year, 11 months ago
Is This Anything? with Simone Stolzoff, Author & Designer
Episode 10
You know how a comedian will test out new material, and turn to their colleagues and ask, “Is this anything?”
Welcome to a new bonus episode series—a…
2 years ago
What it takes to craft a signature story | Susan Boles, CFO, Business Strategist & Podcaster
Episode 9
What should you include or omit to ensure your stories carry your message, resonate with others, and deliver something that could only come from you?…
2 years ago
To tell stronger stories, understand yourself first | Ryan Hawk & Brook Cups, Coauthors of The Score That Matters
Episode 8
Storytellers often face a paradox: to connect deeper externally, you have to turn deeper internally. You have to know yourself and get more honest wi…
2 years, 1 month ago
“You have to work against people assuming they know how this goes” | Danielle Bayard Jackson, Author of Fighting for Our Friendships
Episode 7
How do we compress our lifetime into their runtime? When we’re asked to explain our backgrounds and bios, we need a structure, some practice, and a f…
2 years, 1 month ago