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Unthinkable is no longer running new episodes. Listen to the new show, How Stories Happen, wherever you get your podcasts.... more

Hear the trailer for my new show, How Stories Happen, where creators and communicators dissect their stories and drafts, piece... more

The planning fallacy plagues most people, regardless of profession. We under-estimate how long something will take in the near-term, i.e.... more

How do stories really happen?

What's the difference between creating content that others find and consume, and creating things that others adore?

A question to increase the power of your ideas which we're just not asking often enough.

An idea to embrace when you want or need to create, but you sense your work isn't quite where you... more

A holiday tradition on the show. I rewrote a class poem just for our purposes as content creators, storytellers, and... more

Inspiration is everywhere -- if you're paying attention.

Great stories aren't found and reported. They're built and practiced. Effective storytellers know how to imbue any moment with meaning.

Respect creatives. Respect writers. Respect artists. Pay creatives. Pay writers. Pay artists.

In our fourth episode of this mini-series, a prolific creator shares three different possible intros for a powerful new story... more

In our third episode of the mini-series "Signature Stories," we're looking at how a small story can create massive meaning.... more

In our second episode of the mini-series "Signature Stories," we're looking at the making of a tiny but powerful story... more

In a brand new mini-series, we're diving into signature stories from our favorite storytellers. Like Song Exploder but for stories,... more

In this one-shot, we explore taste - what it is, how we define it, and how we can continue to... more

It's our fourth episode hearing from creative people about their internal barriers. Specifically, we'll hear stories and ideas about the... more

The case for focusing on formats, specifics, and following your own interests.

In this one-shot, we explore how to to define quality through creating useful friction, asking 3 important questions, and adding... more