86. The Power of Storytelling in Politics with Richard Fowler

Here's Where It Gets Interesting

Sharon McMahon

Government, History, Storytelling, Education

4.9 • 15.1K Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2022

⏱️ 37 minutes

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In this episode, Sharon is joined by FOX News and Forbes contributor, Richard Fowler, to talk about storytelling and how it shapes American politics. Richard shares how and why storytelling plays a powerful role in our democracy; people will not always remember the policy, but they will always remember the story attached to it. As well, Sharon and Richard explore how storytelling helps humanize others, enabling us to see them as an individual instead placing them in a collective category of people. Sharon and Richard discuss why polarizing issues do not have to be strictly black or white and why it is important to see the shades of gray. Join Richard and Sharon as they teach us how to empathize through listening to others’ stories and how we can spark change by telling our own.

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0:00.0	Hello friends welcome always delighted to have you here today I am chatting with
0:05.1	Richard Fowler who is the host of the Richard Fowler show he's a Fox News
0:09.0	contributor he is a contributor for Forbes and we are chatting about something
0:13.8	today that is going to really move the needle for some of you it is a strategy
0:18.2	that we can use to make change in our communities for the better and it might
0:24.6	be something you haven't thought of before it is way more than just calling your
0:27.9	elected representative so let's dive into my conversation with Richard Fowler
0:32.0	I'm Sharon McBan and welcome to the Sharon Says So Podcast Richard I am so
0:39.4	glad you're here today thank you so much for coming oh it's so good to be with
0:42.7	you Sharon thanks for having me I would love to hear more about your
0:46.2	background can you introduce yourself to everybody else so we can all get to
0:50.6	know you a little bit oh absolutely absolutely absolutely one I am a
0:54.6	storyteller so I love really good stories and I love helping people tell better
0:58.8	stories and that's really sort of how I got into this role I wanted you W
1:03.0	undergrad I trained as an economist but after sort of finishing school I
1:07.9	graduated during the Great Recession I realized that there weren't many jobs
1:11.2	out there and a friend of mine said you should get involved on a campaign and
1:13.8	when I got involved in the campaign I really wasn't good at being in the field
1:17.5	but I really found a knack for the communications department and one thing
1:22.0	led to another and before you knew it I was working with candidates and
1:26.5	working with teachers unions and working with folks all across the country to
1:31.2	tell better stories and also engaging in storytelling myself I started out in
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