38: The Reality Map (or The Faith Exam, Part 2)

Family Ghosts

Sam Dingman

True Crime, Society & Culture

4.8 • 4.9K Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2021

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Andrew tells the family ghost story behind a Family Ghosts story. Learn more about Andrew and hear more of his work at http://gildedaudio.org.

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0:00.0	You're listening to WALT.
0:01.7	HONG!
0:03.7	HONG!
0:04.7	HONG!
0:05.7	HONG!
0:06.7	Homemade radio.
0:09.8	Tell me a story.
0:11.8	In this century and moment of mania, tell me a story.
0:16.7	Make it a story of great distances and starlight.
0:20.8	The name of the story will be Time, but you must not pronounce its name.
0:26.4	Tell me a story of Deep Delight.
0:29.8	Those are the words of the writer Robert Penn Warren.
0:33.6	I have them taped up on the wall here in my studio.
0:36.6	Alongside those of a few other writers, who's wisdom, I try to keep close at hand.
0:41.5	I love that Warren quote.
0:43.4	Because to me, it speaks to the deep appeal of a great story.
0:48.0	I think he's telling us that the best stories aren't satisfying because of their plot.
0:53.7	I think Warren is tapping into our inherent sense that Time is the most precious resource,
1:00.0	and he's saying that the best stories and the worlds in which they immerse us are Time
1:05.4	well spent.
1:08.0	I find Warren's words to be particularly resonant when it comes to the kinds of stories we
1:12.3	tell on family ghosts, because unlike a story told in a book or a play or a movie, we usually
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