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We all know that a good story can move us, make us feel something, teach us something, help us be better at something.

But can a story literally move us? That is, get us to move and be healthy. Today we'll

learn the answer to this question and many other best practices for what makes a good story.

I'm Matt Abrahams and I teach strategic communication at Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Welcome to Think Fast, Talk Smart, the podcast. We are so lucky today to be joined by Paula Moya.

Paula is the Danalee and Laura Louise Bell Professor of the Humanities and a

professor of English at Stanford. She also is a recipient of the Dean's Award for Distinguished

Teaching. Paula has several books on the market, the most recent being the social imperative,

race, close reading, and contemporary literary

criticism. For the past two years, she's been part of a research project that investigates

and validates using narrative to encourage individuals to increase their activity levels to improve

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