Add to ORKGWe all love a good story. But what is Story? In this podcast, Foundational Studies professor Clay Morgan answers that question and explores the background, evolution, and context of Story.Are we born with Story instincts, in the way we have instincts for language? Is Story necessary for us to be truly human? Morgan proposes that Story simulates human life, inside the human mind, by engaging the senses, triggering emotions and creating awareness of consequence and meaning. Story is shared, experiential, chronological thinking. It is the most primal, the most powerful, and the most subtle system of logic, persuasion and communication. Story is how humans inhabit Time, how cultures and individuals remember, and how we plan and dream. Morgan sh...
Storytelling has always played a central role in the formation of cultures and communities. All cult...
Motivating stories enkindle longing hearts. Stories thaw out frozen brains getting the creative juic...
The emergence of language and the capacity for storytelling can be considered fundamental to our bec...
Stories are immensely human. They help us learn and understand cultural and social contexts. The sto...
Stories are immensely human. They help us learn and understand cultural and social contexts. The sto...
The evolutionary advantage of humans is in our unique ability to process stories – we have highly ev...
Stories are central drivers of media today-not only do they propel plot-driven entertainment media, ...
Stories are central drivers of media today-not only do they propel plot-driven entertainment media, ...
To tell a story and to tell it well is a paramount function in human society. Whether the desired ou...
Stories, in their different forms such as folk tales, fairy tales, myths, fables and legends, etc., ...
Storytelling has always been part of the fabric of life. Myths and fables, heroic deeds, values and ...
Stories are the most valuable currency of human communication; a fact manifested in our social lives...
Stories are the most valuable currency of human communication; a fact manifested in our social lives...
Storytelling has always played a central role in the formation of cultures and communities. All cult...
Storytelling has always played a central role in the formation of cultures and communities. All cult...
Storytelling has always played a central role in the formation of cultures and communities. All cult...
Motivating stories enkindle longing hearts. Stories thaw out frozen brains getting the creative juic...
The emergence of language and the capacity for storytelling can be considered fundamental to our bec...
Stories are immensely human. They help us learn and understand cultural and social contexts. The sto...
Stories are immensely human. They help us learn and understand cultural and social contexts. The sto...
The evolutionary advantage of humans is in our unique ability to process stories – we have highly ev...
Stories are central drivers of media today-not only do they propel plot-driven entertainment media, ...
Stories are central drivers of media today-not only do they propel plot-driven entertainment media, ...
To tell a story and to tell it well is a paramount function in human society. Whether the desired ou...
Stories, in their different forms such as folk tales, fairy tales, myths, fables and legends, etc., ...
Storytelling has always been part of the fabric of life. Myths and fables, heroic deeds, values and ...
Stories are the most valuable currency of human communication; a fact manifested in our social lives...
Stories are the most valuable currency of human communication; a fact manifested in our social lives...
Storytelling has always played a central role in the formation of cultures and communities. All cult...
Storytelling has always played a central role in the formation of cultures and communities. All cult...
Storytelling has always played a central role in the formation of cultures and communities. All cult...
Motivating stories enkindle longing hearts. Stories thaw out frozen brains getting the creative juic...
The emergence of language and the capacity for storytelling can be considered fundamental to our bec...