Imagine you’re part of a hunter-gatherer tribe. Who do you value most? That awesome hunter dude who brings home the boar bacon? The guy with the big muscles who tore apart a lion with his bare hands? Or is it the storyteller who tells the myths of your people?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This episode, hosts Timothy Deal and Nick Hayden use an article that attempts to answer this exact question as a jumping off point for examining the role and worth of storytellers in our modern society. Do we value storytellers too little? Too much? And what does that say about us?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The second half follows with a rather silly Bit of Story featuring an unusual princess. Then, in It Came From the Intrawebs, we peruse of a series of unique “experiences” recorded in the newspaper The Guardian<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So, listen in to Episode 131 of Derailed Trains of Thought, your premier podcast about storytelling for the creator and the consumer. Because, well, we know you like storytellers, at least a little….<\/p>\n\n\n\n Show Notes<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Imagine you’re part of a hunter-gatherer tribe. Who do you value most? That awesome hunter dude who brings home the boar bacon? The guy with the big muscles who tore apart a lion with his bare hands? Or is it the storyteller who tells the myths of your people? This episode, hosts Timothy Deal and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"audio","audio_file":"https:\/\/podcasts.captivate.fm\/media\/99268b46-6f0a-4cf6-9f39-12867b50d6a5\/episode-131-the-desirability-of-storytellers.mp3","podmotor_file_id":"1028764","podmotor_episode_id":"1210349","cover_image":"http:\/\/derailedtrainsofthought.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/DToT-FLAT-02-copy.jpg","cover_image_id":"2530","duration":"01:05:32","filesize":"60 mb","filesize_raw":"62916987","date_recorded":"2022-07-28 01:01:58","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"full"},"tags":[52,90,100,51,783,63],"series":[29],"class_list":["post-2697","podcast","type-podcast","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-a-bit-of-story","tag-classical","tag-folk","tag-it-came-from-the-intrawebs","tag-once-upon-a-sentence","tag-philosophical","series-derailed-trains-of-thought"],"episode_featured_image":false,"episode_player_image":"https:\/\/derailedtrainsofthought.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/DToT-FLAT-02-copy.jpg","download_link":"https:\/\/derailedtrainsofthought.com\/podcast-download\/2697\/episode-131-the-desirability-of-storytellers","player_link":"https:\/\/derailedtrainsofthought.com\/podcast-player\/2697\/episode-131-the-desirability-of-storytellers","audio_player":"https:\/\/derailedtrainsofthought.com\/podcast-player\/2697\/episode-131-the-desirability-of-storytellers<\/a>","episode_data":{"playerMode":"light","subscribeUrls":{"apple_podcasts":{"key":"apple_podcasts","url":"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/derailed-trains-of-thought\/id394944756","label":"Apple Podcasts","class":"apple_podcasts","icon":"apple-podcasts.png"},"google_podcasts":{"key":"google_podcasts","url":"","label":"Google Podcasts","class":"google_podcasts","icon":"google-podcasts.png"},"spotify":{"key":"spotify","url":"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5b5J41VntMxdJtcmj7Qtl3?si=bd5ca17dd87849a0","label":"Spotify","class":"spotify","icon":"spotify.png"},"stitcher":{"key":"stitcher","url":"https:\/\/www.stitcher.com\/show\/derailed-trains-of-thought","label":"Stitcher","class":"stitcher","icon":"stitcher.png"},"youtube":{"key":"youtube","url":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/DerailedTrains","label":"YouTube","class":"youtube","icon":"youtube.png"}},"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/derailedtrainsofthought.com\/feed\/podcast\/derailed-trains-of-thought","embedCode":"Episode 131 – What’s a Storyteller Worth?<\/a><\/blockquote>