Where we revel in strange or interesting bits of the Internet.
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
Read MoreIT’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
Read MoreOf 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
Read MoreSound. It’s all around us–and it plays an important, if often overlooked, role in many of our stories. So Timothy and Nick decide to give sound its due. Then, because it’s our 90th episode, we share a aurally-enhanced Bit of Story and step into a especia
Read MoreSo, you’ve created something. Great job. Don’t you know that someone else has already done it better and that you’re a sorry excuse for an artist and that you’ll never compare with the greats out there? Truth is “creatives” always compare themselves to ot
Read MoreIf you’re reading this, chances are you have eyes. And if you have eyes, I’ll wager you tend to see things, you know, things like images. And while words are fascinating and important (see episode 79), we would be remiss if we didn’t discuss the power of
Read MoreHere at Derailed Trains of Thought, your premiere podcast on storytelling, we like to discuss, well, telling stories. So this episode we unpack the assertion that EVERYTHING is story…or, at least, it can be if looked at right. Then, in our second half,
Read MoreWe read all sorts of things everyday–tweets, emails, menus, Cracked articles, etc. But not all reading is equal. This episode Nick and Tim discuss “deep reading,” the act of engaging in a text (or, similarly, in a visual story) in a real and immersive wa
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