POW! WHAM! The hero slugs the bad guy. Unconscious henchmen lay sprawled everywhere. The city is saved! All in a day’s work for an average action-adventure protagonist. BUT–is there another way? Why do we enjoy violent endings and are there satisfying no
Read MoreWhat if…you decided to defy fate. Could you succeed? And what would it mean if you did? What if…whenever you made a choice, a new universe spun off? What does that mean for your alternate selves? What if…you listened to hosts Timothy Deal and Nick H
Read More“Did God really say…?” From the beginning, lies have been a central feature of the drama of mankind. Not surprisingly, they also fuel many of our stories. Hosts Timothy Deal and Nick Hayden dig into layers of deceit to determine why and how best to use
Read MoreMost people think they don’t want math in their mysteries, or numerals in Numenor. These people are wrong. Many times, numbers are integral to our enjoyment of stories. In the 1st half of episode 111, your favorite 2 podcasters, Timothy Deal and Nick Hayd
Read MoreSome stories are safe; some are nightmare fuel. Some stories reflect the world we live in; others subject us to worlds of pure imagination. Some stories present us with pleasant characters; other star David Bowie in tight pants. What is the appeal of thes
Read MoreWhat will the father do when his daughter is kidnapped? Whatever it takes. What will the detective do to clear his name from a wrongful accusation of murder? Whatever it takes. What will the group of superheroes do when half the world is wiped out by a ma
Read MoreSome 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
Read MoreSo, 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
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