Derailed Trains of Thought is your premiere podcast on storytelling for the creator and the consumer. Hosted by Nick Hayden and Timothy Deal, Derailed Trains of Thought discusses a wide range of storytelling topics, from the practical to the philosophical, in a engaging, conversational manner. It also includes bouts of fiction, brainstorming, Internet weirdness, puns, and a general enjoyment of the intersection between the written word, film, story, and meaning.
Some stories make you laugh. Others make you cry. And some can make you laugh, cry, cower in terror, and want a nice cup of tea with a friend. In this episode’s Story School Tim and Nick examine the range of emotions that some stories can carry and how cr
So, the Internet says that there’s a 1 in a trillion chance of you having a doppelganger somewhere on the planet. But that must be wrong, because characters in stories run into their lookalikes all the time. And if not their doppelganger, than their clone
A wise and weird man once said, “My, my, this here Anakin guy, May be Vader someday later, now he’s just a small fry.” Which raises the important question: How? How does the village coward become a brave knight? How does a fussy old Hobbit become an adven
IT’S HERE! CAN YOU BELIEVE IT!? IT’S REALLY HERE! EPISODE 99 OF THE WORLD’S MOST AMAZINGLY AWESOME PODCAST ON STORYTELLING! IT’S THE GREATEST! IT’S STUPENDOUS! AFTER YOU LISTEN TO THIS, YOUR LIFE WILL BE COMPLETE! Now take a breath. This episode in Story
Of the many stories never mentioned on Derailed Trains of Thought (your premiere podcast on storytelling), one is The Monster at the End of This Book: Starring Lovable, Furry Old Grover, where Grover tries to prevent the appearance of the monster at the e
While the entertainment world gives tons of coverage to movies, video games, and books, what about the stage? (And not just musicals?) Well, in today’s Story School the play’s the thing we discuss with special guest Lauren Nichols, Artistic Director for a
It might be a rant, a heartfelt reminiscence, a personal reflection, an exposition dump, or a rousing speech, but whatever it is, there’s something special about one character taking a minute (or ten) to share what’s on his mind. This episode, Nick and Ti
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