Great Stories about Great Storytellers
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Great Stories about Great Storytellers

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GREAT STORIES about GREAT STORYTELLERS shares insights into storytellers whose names you no doubt recognize—names like Edgar Allen Poe, Steven Spielberg John Grisham and Walt Disney—but reveals the backstories you probably never heard about them. The podcast features different kinds of storytellers—authors, directors, playwrights and even a poet or two. In short 10-15 minutes episodes, this fun and sometimes funny podcast features anecdotes and tidbits about storytellers, with each episode spotlighting a modern storyteller like Tom Clancy or a classical name like Charles Dickens, but in a very different light.
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English
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56 episodes
since Feb. 9, 2022
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Langston Hughes--The Poet Laureate of Harlem

Langston Hughes--The Poet Laureate of Harlem

In this episode-- how Langston Hughes drew from his international travels  and experiences in different parts of the U.S. to create memorable poetry, novels, short stories, and plays how Langston Hughes' work earned his the title of "Poet Laureate of the Harlem Renaissance" how Hugh…
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Judy Blume, the Groundbreaking Children's and YA author

Judy Blume, the Groundbreaking Children's and YA author

In this episode, you discover-- How traumatic events in her early life contributed to her honest and frank approach to storytelling, even for children and young adults How Blume struggled to get recognized by publishers, like many emerging writers How her novel Are You There God? It's Me, Mar…
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Sara Paretsky--The Writer Who Broke Through

Sara Paretsky--The Writer Who Broke Through

In this episode, you'll learn-- how Paretsky became one of the first female writers to break into the "hard-boiled detective" genre how Paretsky has used her bestselling mysteries to highlight important social justice issues how Paretsky became one of the co-founders of Sisters in C…
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Thomas Paine--the Father of the American Revolution

Thomas Paine--the Father of the American Revolution

In this episode, you'll learn-- the struggles Paine went through before he found "his voice" the critical way Benjamin Franklin intervened to send Paine to America how Paine's writings persuaded the common man to the ideas of liberty and freedom how, despite Paine's tremen…
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Isaac Asimov--a Father of Modern Science Fiction

Isaac Asimov--a Father of Modern Science Fiction

In this episode, you'll learn how Isaac as young man struggled to achieve in academics because of discrimination against Jews how Isaac, while working in his parents' stores, devoured pulp science fiction magazines to learn his "trade" how Asimov became one of the most prolific…
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Patricia Cornwell, the Author Who Popularized CSI

Patricia Cornwell, the Author Who Popularized CSI

In this episode, you'll learn-- how Patricia went from a BA in English to an award-winning journalist in two years the remarkable learning journey Cornwell took to become schooled in forensics the long string of awards her writing has amassed as well as the tremendous success of her books wit…
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Nevada Barr--the mystery writer who takes readers to national parks

Nevada Barr--the mystery writer who takes readers to national parks

In this 50th episode, you'll learn-- how Nevada Barr began her working career as an actress of moderate success the unusual way Nevada became interested in the outdoors and specifically the national parks how Nevada remained committed to writing even though any success was slow in coming how …
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Louise Penny--from Alcoholic to the 21st Century Agatha Christie

Louise Penny--from Alcoholic to the 21st Century Agatha Christie

In thia episode, you'll learn-- how Louise Penny battled loneliness, alcoholism and isolation and turned her experiences into creating great cozy mysteries how Louise Penny struggled with her writing for years before producing her first novel Still Life\ how Penny's Three Pines series ha…
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James Cameron--the college dropout who became the pre-eminent director of our day

James Cameron--the college dropout who became the pre-eminent director of our day

In this episode, you'll learn-- how James Cameron went from school janitor to movie director how Cameron struggled and sacrificed to learn the ropes of movie making how Cameron was willing to do almost anything--even putting his life at risk--to make his movies how Cameron often gave up perso…
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The Surprising Genesis of the Literary Journey of Richard Paul Evans

The Surprising Genesis of the Literary Journey of Richard Paul Evans

Check out the backstories you never knew about the storytellers you love!
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