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OrcusMcP
2015-03-31, 12:47 PM
Hi, I'm OrcusMcP! (Chuck McPhail)

You may remember me from such threads as Let's Play Crusader Kings 2: So Much for the Glory of Rome (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?383346-Let-s-Play-Crusader-Kings-2-So-Much-for-the-Glory-of-Rome) and GMR part 4: Needs salt! (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?351660-Civ-5-GMR-part-4-Needs-salt!)

Today I'm going to talk to you about a podcast I just launched: What's the Story? (http://whatsthestory.podbean.com/)

For a long time, I've been noticing around the internet and in the world that while people love stories, they don't really understand stories. This made little sense to me, as we are really, really good at responding to and recognizing stories from how our brains work. I saw people tearing down things they otherwise would love because of superficial reasons. I saw people praising things that had really broken or disturbing foundations. I've seen stories get used to tell the worst kind of lies, the best kind of truths and change people's lives.

So, I started up this podcast to talk about stories. What goes into them, what makes a story good or bad, and especially, how to better tell your own stories.

It's only up on podbean right now, but should be live on iTunes within the next couple days. It's free, episodes come out every 2 weeks, and if you have any feedback please feel free to pass it along. The GitP community has always been a place that really cares about stories, so I really hope this can resonate here.

Thanks!

Domochevsky
2015-04-08, 07:40 AM
Hm, 6 minutes long, so something that can be listened to pretty quickly. Solid start, but iunno if i'd call that a "podcast" just yet. :)
Do you plan on having guests/co-hosts and other conversation partners or is this gonna be a one man show?

OrcusMcP
2015-04-08, 07:01 PM
Hm, 6 minutes long, so something that can be listened to pretty quickly. Solid start, but iunno if i'd call that a "podcast" just yet. :)
Do you plan on having guests/co-hosts and other conversation partners or is this gonna be a one man show?

That's just the introductory episode, most I've prerecorded are around 15-20 minutes, next episode is Monday for a more typical example.

There will be occasional guests, but it'll mostly be me.

OrcusMcP
2015-04-29, 09:52 PM
Well, I've got a few episodes up now at Podbean (http://whatsthestory.podbean.com), and I'm also live on iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/whats-the-story/id980860969?mt=2) if people are interested. Next episode coming is an interview about Elegance.