#138 The Power of Story (Live from NCSL's 2019 Legislative Summit)
The Road to Now
Benjamin Sawyer
4.8 • 628 Ratings
🗓️ 12 August 2019
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
We make sense of our place in the world through stories. Our history as individuals & communities is always present, but the parts of the story we emphasize, as well as those we forget, are crucial in understanding the world today and in shaping the decisions we make going forward. In this episode, Bob, Ben and professional storyteller Donna Washington speak about the power of story and its potential for helping inspire action in a live forum hosted by National Conference for State Legislatures' Executive Director Tim Storey as part of NCSL's Legislative Summit held in Nashville, TN on August 7, 2019.
A special thanks to Tim Storey and everyone at NCSL for the invitation to participate in the summit, and to Donna Washington for sharing her wisdom with us and the crowd. We're also grateful to all those who attended the panel and took the time to speak with us afterward.
The Road to Now is part of the Osiris Podcast Network. For more on the podcast, visit our website: www.TheRoadToNow.com. This episode was recorded by NCSL and edited by Gary Fletcher.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Oh, Cyrus. |
| 0:09.3 | Hey, this is Godweed Evan. |
| 0:11.4 | We are a podcast where three friends force another friend, Evan. |
| 0:16.1 | Hi. |
| 0:16.9 | To listen to a band he doesn't want to listen to. |
| 0:19.4 | Ween. |
| 0:20.2 | It's a journey. |
| 0:21.5 | It's wonderful. |
| 0:22.7 | It's funny. |
| 0:23.5 | And it's filled with great music. |
| 0:25.5 | Except for the ween. |
| 0:27.9 | And the journey. |
| 0:29.8 | And the friends. |
| 0:31.2 | So listen to it. |
| 0:32.8 | Or don't. |
| 0:33.4 | That's what I wanted to do. |
| 0:35.0 | Only on the Osiris Podcast Network. |
| 0:38.1 | Dot com. |
| 0:48.5 | I'm Ben Sawyer, and this is the road to now. |
| 0:52.1 | This week's episode is a live recording of an event Bob and I did last week. |
| 0:57.6 | At a fantastic gathering, the National Conference of State Legislatures got together for their 2019 annual summit. |
| 1:06.9 | Turned out that it was in Nashville, Tennessee, right up the street from my house, |
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