When actress Lee Fierro slapped Chief Brody in the film Jaws, the audience became fully invested in the story. Because of her recent passing, I discuss the pivotal scene and how it relates to telling your own story through a method I often talk about: The Hero's Journey. This is The Story of Your Life Podcast.

Former ESPN video-editor, Michael Crane, finally got his cut at the bigs when he was chosen to shoot The Masters in 2007; he decided to rob a local bank instead. In this episode I talk about the robbery and what one change to his story might make it a hole-in-one for the big screen. The Story of Your Life Podcast is ready to tee off. Fore!

Something had been lurking under the surface of my mind ever since I talked about the movie "Outbreak" and how it was a lot like what we're witnessing today; hazmat suits and all. Yet the pandemic we're hearing so much about is a killer we can't see. The major news networks have their death counters in play and the powers-that-be are gathering to figure out how to hook the killer before it sinks its teeth into more people who go in the water. I mean ... the street. This is The Story of Your Life Podcast.

How do we do love in a time when we have this thing called Social Distancing? They figured it out in the film, Love in the Time of Cholera. After all, the fear of a virus spreads faster than the virus itself. And love conquers all. We make for happy endings here. This is The Story of Your Life Podcast.

Atypical, the Netflix show about a teen on the autism spectrum is a character-driven show that works no matter the typical story-lines. The adults have issues they can't seem to solve among themselves, and the children can discuss their issues just fine and work them out on their own. The characters here make me forget about the stuff I've seen a million times. And did Sam go to the Edward Norton School of Acting? This is a not so typical episode of The Story of Your Life Podcast.

Does one have to tell their personal story by tattooing it on their face? If you've lived long enough you have a powerful story to tell. It's what's underneath the skin that can rise to the surface for people to know and appreciate. This is The Story of Your Life Podcast, where I breakdown stories so you can learn how to tell your own story in a way that can be truly inspiring. Paint it blue why don't you and come join me now for a listen.

**This episode contains spoilers**

As the lights went off in the theater showing The Way Back, I said to myself: "I'll sit on my box of Red Vines if the first scene doesn't have Ben Affleck doing what he does best--shovel concrete." Thus, I kept the snacks in hand because he soon appeared in all his blue-collar glory, working on a construction site in the opening frame. The movie went on to surprise me, though, taking me away from my belief that it was a Hero's Journey I was watching with basketball as the sport of choice. Put on your flannel jacket and cancel your session with the therapist because The Story of Your Life Podcast is about to drop a big 'ol bucket of spoilers on your head.

Dave Matthews can now add "author" to his long list of accomplishments. If We Were Giants is a novel about a young girl who lives in a Volcano. Is she about to go on a Hero's Journey? It's this author's bet that she does. And that's a perfect segue into learning more about how to tell your own story from the classic storytelling perspective. The ants go marching in the forest on this episode of The Story of Your Life Podcast.  

Amanda Knox got married recently and I was thinking about what a good domestic thriller it would make. In this episode of The Story of Your Life Podcast, I talk about Tying The Knox, and the plot points thereof. As they like to say in the music business, the episode has "dropped." Join me, won't you?