Episode 4: How stories survive

There are so many reasons that some stories survive and others don't. In this episode I talk to Thomas O'Mahony, podcaster, podcast producer, and digital conservationist about DVD rot and the importance of preserving physical media.

Some of Tom’s podcasts are https://linktr.ee/beneaththeskinpod and https://www.patreon.com/c/ThisGuySucked/posts?redirect=true

source list available at https://www.ourstoriesandourselves.com/

Get in touch on [email protected] or @ourstories.bsky.social

Music from https://pixabay.com/users/good_b_music-22836301/

The article that prompted the conversation:

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/03/they-curdle-like-milk-wb-dvds-from-2006-2008-are-rotting-away-in-their-cases/

The Pachiko album Tom mentioned including the ‘rot’ songs

https://open.spotify.com/album/2MASm01cgG0a0CgioQpe6Q?si=msVBNr5xSmyeMTHWLat5Bg

Why do people commit atrocities? What stories do people tell themselves to make it acceptable, and how can we understand this? Some of the studies taught in psychology 101 try to understand this, but sometimes, the pervading social stories told at the time of the studies also get in the way. This episode explores the Stanford prison experiment, the Milgram compliance experiments and what they do and don't tell us about the holocaust and abuses at Abu Ghraib.

source list available at https://www.ourstoriesandourselves.com/

Get in touch on [email protected] or @ourstories.bsky.social

Music from https://pixabay.com/users/good_b_music-22836301/

This episode is about Polio, and the stories about it that led to panics, stories that led to changes in the way medicine was practiced and stories about the vaccines. This may sound like a bit of a jumble, but stories and they way they shape our lives is a thread that pulls it all together.

Get in touch on [email protected] or @ourstories.bsky.social

Turns out my source list for this episode was too long for the episode notes section so you can find it at: https://ourstoriesandourse.wixsite.com/our-stories-and-our

Episode 1 The Power of Stories

Stories have been with us for as long as we’ve been human. We use them to entertain, to share information, to motivate and inspire. This episode is an introduction to the power of stories, and some of the ways they affect us. Get in touch on [email protected] or @ourstories.bsky.social

Turns out my source list for this episode was too long for the episode notes section so you can find it at: https://ourstoriesandourse.wixsite.com/our-stories-and-our