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The Chronicle

Charles Jameson

The Chronicle is a podcast about stories, creativity, and the incredible journey of childhood literacy—from the very first book a parent shares with their child to the moment a young reader discovers the magic of storytelling for themselves. Hosted by Charles "Dave" Jameson, founder of Chronicle Creations and creator of Dreambook, this show blends research-based insights into children"s development with real-life reflections on building an educational startup. Join Dave as he navigates the ups and

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All Episodes

45:58

Can Stories Make Kids Kinder? The Science Behind...

The Chronicle ·

2025/07/30

In this episode, we explore the surprising power of storytime to shape who children become. Grounded in rigorous research from Mar, Lee, Larsen, and Chen, we unpack how reading storybooks to children aged 3 to 8 can measurably boost empathy, honesty, and kindness. Through clever experiments — from broccoli vs. cookie mind games to sticker-sharing challenges and honesty tests inspired by George Washington — scientists have shown that stories aren't just entertainment. They're training grounds for the

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52:04

Why Boys Struggle With Reading — And What the Science...

The Chronicle ·

2025/07/18

In this episode, I explore why boys struggle with reading from an early age and what we can do to help. I unpack the science behind the gender gap, from brain development to classroom expectations, and share practical, research-backed strategies for parents and educators. We’ll cover phonics, movement-based learning, reading role models, screen time, motivation, and more — plus real-world success stories that prove change is possible. Have a book your boys love? Send it my way — I’m building a

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39:40

Wise Beyond Their Years: How Reading Nurtures...

The Chronicle ·

2025/07/08

Wise Beyond Their Years – How Reading Nurtures Children's Empathy In this episode, I explore the link between reading and empathy — and why some kids seem to carry emotional insight well beyond their age. It turns out, reading doesn’t just help with language — it reshapes the way we understand others, make decisions, and handle life’s challenges. I get into: The Sally-Anne test and the roots of perspective-taking How stories help kids recognize and name emotions The power of interactive

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01:05:40

What Is Dreambook & The History Of Chronicle...

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2025/06/16

Welcome to The Chronicle. A little over two years ago, I founded Chronicle Creations. Since then, we've defined our flagship product and assembled an incredibly talented team to bring it to life. That product is Dreambook — a story creation app that harnesses the power of generative AI to help children imagine, create, and explore their own narratives. In this reboot of the podcast, I want to share the journey that brought us here: how Chronicle began, how Dreambook took shape, and where we’re

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01:33:23

Franz Alvardo | 100 Million Downloads, What a Decade...

The Chronicle ·

2023/09/12

Franz Alvardo has watched the world of design evolve and along with it his career from the material to digital. Franz started at a jewelery story and over a ten year career now works as a principal designer at T-mobile and has amassed over 100 million downloads associated with the projects he's worked on. Many have heard of a full-stack developer, Franz is a full stack designer. Perhaps most evidently in his active desire to help others create. You can usually tell a true artist when they do what

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59:33

A New Business, Memories Of MY Father, Leaving Japan,...

The Chronicle ·

2023/08/12

I'm back after a half a year and ready to start this creative thing all over again. Let's get to work.

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55:36

Speaking Last, Insomnia, Christopher Nolan's...

The Chronicle ·

2022/10/20

On this episode of the podcast we get into a good idea I learned from the author, Simon Sinek. What follows is a discussion of the movie 'Insomnia' one of Christopher Nolan's first which followed the wildly successful 'Memento. Featuring an excellent performance from Al Pacino and Robin Williams it is without question a fantastic film. Then, we end it all of with a discussion of love, heart break, and how at one point I used to be involved with music production.

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59:40

Entrepreneurial Planning, Corporate Evil, Playing An...

The Chronicle ·

2022/10/15

From swimming with dolphins to a dicussion of corporate evil. The interstice podcast will not subject itself to things like being beholden to one particular range of topics.

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57:57

What Happens When We Die, The Wisdom Of Youth, Human...

The Chronicle ·

2022/10/12

Ever in search of the most light-hearted topics for the podcast this episode I chose to focus on the most cheery of all, death. Not only that of course, human evolution found its way in there as well. Finally we get into a discussion of what it takes growing older to avoid become embittered or left behind by life. You know, fun stuff.

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50:44

Ai Companions, AAA games vs Indy history, GRIS Indy...

The Chronicle ·

2022/10/08

I ran a social experiment on myself using a companion ai app. The results were very interesting. It will be a fascinating thing to see how ai companions and the relationships they have with us meat bags evolve over the next decade. If you thought life was weird now, just you wait. Other than that we go hard on the nerd discussion, touching on a great new indy game game I got to experience called 'Gris' as well we discuss the push pull history between aaa and indy games.

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01:28:07

Guest: Jason Mcnamar Artist On, Love Death And...

The Chronicle ·

2022/10/05

Moving to two episodes a week we have our first guest in some time. Jason Mcnamar is an accomplished texture artist and modeler who's work can be found in both summer blockbusters and netflix originals. He is currently living in Japan and took the time to share his life story with us and insights on his industry.

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59:43

Recent Success, Shorts, Don't Be A Turkey Theory,...

The Chronicle ·

2022/09/30

#davetrippin #theinterstice #podcast It's official we are moving to two episodes a week for the podcast. And we've got a lot to talk about in this one. It has now been three weeks since finally giving the full productive effort to creating the amount of content that I feel fits the standard necessary to grow and do this who creative thing full time. On that note I discuss a recent success, that while not necessary to keep me working as I have, feels great and is extra fuel on the fire. We then go

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01:02:39

Creating Your Own Path, Return To Tokyo, Ray...

The Chronicle ·

2022/09/26

After so much time away I finally got back to Tokyo. I think it's been over two years actually but there I was back in the ol.. I don't know if there's a nickname for it. I got a chance to meet up with a subscriber who's become a good friend over the years. His story was amazing. For anyone who is determined to carve their own path through life he is a great guy to model yourself after. We talk a bit more on photography and my failing to produce as much as I could from the visit but then we switch

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01:01:29

Hormesis, Post Traumatic Growth, Shell Shock, Terry...

The Chronicle ·

2022/09/19

Hormesis and Post Traumatic Growth, these are nearly completely new terms to me and they're both great for considering the idea of healthy stress. That's our opener for this episode but then we get into some juicy history details. I saw a clip on reddit of soldiers who had shell shock and it made me think of warfare and its evolving impact on us and our understanding of it in greater public consciousness. Then as I like to do sometimes we go on a rant about one of my favourite authors Terry

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46:47

The Shrink Next Door, The Name Of The Wind, Don Bluth...

The Chronicle ·

2022/07/19

Let's get to it EP.59. We are a little leaner this epsiode. For whatever reason I had a few less things to discuss. Perhaps a sign I need to crank up the adventure in my life. No biggy. I'll do it. That doesn't mean though what is here was not worth the talk. I have been reading and I have been watching a lot of great media recently which informed a lot of what comes up in this episode. Particularly a book called 'the name of the wind' known for being foundational as some of the best fantasy ever

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01:45:15

Guest: Joe Keating | Designer | The Interstice...

The Chronicle ·

2022/07/12

Joseph Keating is a fascinating man. Managing to develop a skill-set that expresses both his understanding of technical fields alongside the artistic is no simple task. We dicuss the kind of thinking that goes into creating the inside of retail stores as well as a his philosophy with it is for himself as opposed to a client. This was a good one. It may be the longest I've recorded to date.

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58:52

Hiroshima, The Nuclear Bomb Museum, Wakeboarding,...

The Chronicle ·

2022/07/03

I'd never been to anywhere in Japan more south than Kobe until very recently. I finally got a chance to go to Hiroshima for the purpose of filming a wakeboarding tournament taking place there. Come August our studio is filming a major tournament in Kyushu so this was a great opportunity to see what the realities on the ground were for filming this kind of content. Being there gave us a chance to go to the war memorial museum which remembers the tragedy of the nuclear bomb being dropped on Hiroshima

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01:08:35

Guest: Alan Algee | Director, Cinematographer,...

The Chronicle ·

2022/06/21

Alan is a friend who I've met since moving to Kyoto. This man has skill. When you look at his body of work it is self evident. Crisply composed and tuned to some of the best colouring you've ever seen, Alan is a pure pro. I particulary enjoyed in the course of our conversation getting into how Alan described his style having a melancholic quality to it. A quality which we both agreed does fit the Japanese aesthetic very well.

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01:10:11

Guest: Adam Valois | Syrian Refugee Crisis Logistics...

The Chronicle ·

2022/06/13

Adam and I grew up together on Vancouver Island. It has been incredible to reconnect with him and discuss the absolutely mad path that he has taken through life. Like myself he was bit with the desire to seek out new horizons but where my path took my to Japan, his took him all over the world. There is so much to Adam's story that we cannot nearly cover it in this one episode but that does not limit its scale. Adam started his career assisting the UN in Zimbabwe which offered him a totally new sense

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01:08:54

Guest: James Palmer | Mechanical Engineer | The...

The Chronicle ·

2022/06/06

Today's guest is James Palmer an old friend and mechanical engineer. He'll joined me to talk about mostly anything but then we ended up staying on the topic of education for quite some time. It will be fascinating to see how these systems develop going into the future as the freedom to information and education continues to grow.

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