Derek Thompson: Finding Your People
Creative careers rarely begin with careers.
They begin with enthusiasm. With discovering the work that excites you, meeting people who share that excitement, and making things together before anyone knows—or particularly cares—where any of it might lead.
In this episode of the Story First Podcast…
Five Floors Up: The Heroic Family Story of Four Generations in the FDNY Audiobook by Brian McDonald
https://libranovo.com/free Listen to free audiobooks with a 30-day free trial! Title: Five Floors Up: The Heroic Family Story of Four Generations in the FDNYGenres: History, Biography & Memoir, North America, GeneralAuthor: Brian McDonaldNarrator: Brian McDonald, P.J. OchlanRelease date: 09-06-2022…
Gene Luen Yang: The Kid with the Comic
Years ago, Brian McDonald met a young Gene Luen Yang at a comic book convention in San Jose. Gene was hanging around a group of working professionals, listening, learning, and soaking up whatever he could. Before they parted, he gave Brian a little comic he’d made himself.
For years afterward, Bri…
Rehumanizing Ourselves — Jacky Power
What happens when we stop treating creativity, emotion, and healing as separate things?
Brian McDonald talks with poet and therapist Jacky Power about the surprising connection between poetry and therapy—and the ways both can help us make sense of the human experience.
Jacky describes poetry as …
You Are What You Eat
In this archive episode, Brian McDonald and Jesse Bryan talk about creative nutrition.
If you only consume what’s familiar, your sample size stays small—and you might not even know what you’re missing. Getting past barriers like “I don’t like black-and-white movies” or “that’s too old” can open do…
Five Floors Up: The Heroic Family Story of Four Generations in the FDNY
On this episode of Our American Stories, William M. "Bill" Feehan spent his life fighting fires in New York City. He rose through every uniformed rank in the FDNY, survived the department's brutal "War Years" of the 1970s, and became one of its most respected leaders. Firefighting was also a family…
Brian McDonald: Answers Listener Questions
People often reach out to Brian McDonald with questions about story and craft. This archive episode of Story First is an opportunity to answer some of those questions.
The questions may be specific, but the answers can be useful to anyone interested in becoming a better storyteller. Sometimes some…
Greenland, AI & Arizona's 2026 Race with Brian McDonald, Annie Chestnut Tutor & Jay Feely
This week on Breaking Battlegrounds, Chuck Warren is joined by Brian McDonald, Annie Chestnut Tutor, & Jay Feely for a packed show on the new Greenland agreement, China's control of critical minerals, Russia, NATO, artificial intelligence, data privacy, Arizona's water crisis, Social Security, the …
Nathan Engelhardt — “Everything Serves the Story”
What happens when every creative decision has to earn its place?
In this archive episode of Story First, Brian McDonald talks with animator and filmmaker Nathan Engelhardt about Forever Green, the animated short Nathan and his collaborators spent more than five years making with the help of roughl…
Storytelling Is a Service Job
Storytelling is one of the most important jobs there is because stories help human beings survive.
Stories allow us to learn from experiences we haven’t had, recognize dangers we haven’t faced, and understand people whose lives are different from our own. They help us navigate the world physically…
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