This week on the show, we examine what it takes to be a good storyteller, and how these tried-and-true patterns, which have shaped all of humanity regardless of culture, can affect your career, your relationships with others and your own journey to fulfillment and happiness.

We’re very passionate about these things and think they can add a lot of richness to everything you encounter.

This episode is sponsored by The Ungratefully Dead As A Duck Collection and everyone’s favorite AI assistant, My Sports Pal. We’ll take IOU’s in these trying times.

Timestamps:

Rags to Riches— 8:44 

Man in a Hole: Resilience and Recovery — 32:36 

Authenticity in Storytelling: Sharing the Lows — 36:32 

The Icarus Arc: Flying Too Close to the Sun — 45:19 

Cinderella Story Arc: Rising Again — 53:38 

The Oedipus Arc: Fall, Rise, and Fall Again — 1:01:16 

Breaking Cycles: Lessons from the Oedipus Arc — 1:05:51 

The Simplicity of Storytelling — 1:10:07 

Story Arcs in Everyday Life and Work — 1:12:21 

The Story's Not Finished: Hope and Possibility — 1:15:10 

More on Story Arcs 

Kurt Vonnegut’s Shape of Stories (Video)

This episode was produced and written by Brandon Barca and Andy Boggs.

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