It's a cold day on the Cosmic Streetcorner, at least in the Northeast. Jeff and Alan warm up with some discussion on: 

• Disney's new CEO Bob Chapek announced a striking vision for the 2nd century of Disney — Jeff weighs in on what it all means
• New narratives: streaming services, storyworlds, and metaverses
• Architecture for Dialogue — successful storyworlds must include the audience

For further reading:

Bob Chapek’s Memo to Staff: Disney Has Three “Strategic Pillars” Moving Forward
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/bob-chapek-2022-memo-storytelling-1235072324/

Superpositioning and the Collective Journey
https://blog.collectivejourney.com/superpositioning-fef1e10ff24c

Pervasive Communications
https://blog.intelligistgroup.com/lets-call-it-pervasive-communication/

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Jeff and Alan discuss a bit of the creator economy, reinvigorating dusty but at one time successful franchises, and finding ways to embrace fans and fan-generated content in your story world. As with everything Cosmic Streetcorner, it all goes back to Dungeons & Dragons. 

Jeff and Alan give an introduction and some framework for what's going on in the world today: the Cosmic Struggle. They also introduce the Collective Journey modality, an emerging model for storytelling. It doesn't replace Hero's Journey. Tune in to hear why. They then go into a bit of who's doing things well and who's doing things not so well in the entertainment biz

Jeff Gomez and Alan Berkson talk about what they've been talking about since college -- storytelling! The Cosmic Streetcorner is a place where we can all hang out and explore topics about media, entertainment, trends, and historical context for entertainment creators and consumers.