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The Narratologist

Humans don"t just tell stories. We ARE stories. We"ll be journeying from the big metanarratives that shape whole societies to taking a more intimate look at our personal stories, and how they shape and define us. From our primitive ancestors to us, the power of stories has formed our very essence. Curious to find out more?

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16:25

Conspiracy Comfort

The Narratologist ·

2025/06/21

When most of think of conspiracy theories, we think of people staring out between shuttered blinds, terrified of the world around them. Conspiracies actually make us feel safe. Want to find out more?

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16:26

Sam's Town

The Narratologist ·

2025/06/14

The LP was born almost a century ago, and there is reason to think it will soon be a relic of the past. In that light, I offer this elegy for the LP and one of my favoruite albums, Sam's Town by The Killers. If when you're done, if you do nothing else, listen to an album. From start to finish. It's a vibe.

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15:49

What We Measure

The Narratologist ·

2025/06/07

We often look at what we do. We often try to measure what we do. But we seldom look at the effect that our measuring has on the thing itself. It's a bit like Heisenberg, where the act of observing something changes the something observed. But with more numbers.

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13:48

The American Dream

The Narratologist ·

2025/05/31

What is the American Dream? Does it still exist? Is it a positive narrative? How has it changed?

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14:44

Countries

The Narratologist ·

2025/05/28

Someonce once said, "We used to live in counties ruled by counts, in kingdoms ruled by kings and in duchies ruled by dukes. Now we live in countries." Where we live is a fiction, and our attachment to that fiction can lead us into some pretty strange places. If you want to know more, have a listen. CORRECTION: It's 6, not 7. If you listen, and you know, you know. If not, just smile and wave.

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13:31

#notallmen

The Narratologist ·

2025/05/21

We are often confronted with the terrible statistics about how many women will be victims of sexual violence. But how many men will be perpetrators of sexual violence? And what does it mean for our narratives around sex?

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15:24

Political Parties

The Narratologist ·

2025/05/17

Do we shape our political parties, or do our political parties shape us? When our parties change their beliefs, what do we do? Are we the dog wagging our tail, or is the tail wagging the dog?

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13:41

Tribes

The Narratologist ·

2025/05/10

We all belong to tribes. Some are obvious, some less so. Some tribes are intensely aware of who we are, some don't even know we're members. But they shape us, our beliefs, and our sense of "us" and "them". They are the key to that primal human sense: belonging.

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14:22

Adolescence

The Narratologist ·

2025/05/03

The Netflix series Adolscence has inceased our awareness of the issues surrounding boys and men. It's an important topic, especially for those of us one or two steps removed. How do we relate to narratives that we aren't explicitly living out? How do we place ourselves in other people's shoes, to better understand what they are going through?

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13:38

An Ancient Narrative Root

The Narratologist ·

2025/04/26

Humans have used narratives to explain our existences for the entirety of recorded history, and we can be sure that some of those narratives stretch far back into prehistory. What might be more surprising is that fact that some of our most primal narratives - narratives many of us would assume we'd abandoned centuries ago - are alive and well in the 21st century. Sure, we dress them up in different clothes, but the role they fulfil - the job they do - hasn't actually changed at all. In this episode,

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15:43

Which You Is Really You?

The Narratologist ·

2025/04/19

We go through our lives talking about ourselves: me, myself, I. We seldom wonder whether the self we're talking about is the same as the self that is doing the describing, or if it's the same as the self that is living life. Surely "I" am a single, constant thing, right? Right? Strange as it may sound, that actually isn't the experience any of us has. So, if there are multiple "me"s living my life, then how are they different? What narratives can I use to navigate between them?

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14:02

Neoliberalism

The Narratologist ·

2025/04/12

Neoliberalism is a narrative like no other. It is not just a story. It is THE framework from which a huge number of other narratives hang. But where did it come from? And what does it say? And - most importantly - what's next?

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15:25

The Most Important Experiment

The Narratologist ·

2025/04/05

Do people all tell themselves the same sorts of stories? Or do rich and poor people, famous and unknown, actually tell themselves different stories? If our stories are meant to explain our realities to ourselves, it would make sense if different realities conjured up different narratives.

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19:04

The Success Story

The Narratologist ·

2025/04/05

The stories we use to explain what makes one person successful and another not are some of the most powerful stories we have. They are a way of reminding ourselves what the rules are. They tell us that our world functions as it should, and that people get what they deserve.

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14:14

We Are Stories

The Narratologist ·

2025/04/05

Welcome to The Narratologist. Who are we? How do we process reality? I believe that the answer to both questions is the same: stories. This is our first step on that journey, laying out some of the fundamentals that we'll build on in future episodes.

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