Angus Fletcher - Change Your Story, Change Your Life

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Connor Beaton

Relationships, Education, Society & Culture, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.8 • 591 Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2022

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Forgive me while I geek out for the rest of the week about this fantastic conversation! After reading Angus' book Wonderworks: Literary Invention and the Science of Stories, I knew I had to get him on the show. Story, myth, and narrative are incredible tools for change, and knowing how they affect us down to the neurological level is Angus' specialty. Listen in for... -How narrative shifts not just our perspective, but our entire life.-How literature and apology are two of the oldest, most powerful human inventions.-A quick look at why AI will never surpass human intelligence-How we're losing narrative diversity—and why that's leading to polarization.-The function of anger. Angus Fletcher is a professor of story science at Ohio State's Project Narrative, the world's leading academic think-tank for the study of stories. He has dual degrees in neuroscience and literature, received his Ph.D. specializing in Shakespeare from Yale, taught Shakespeare at Stanford, and has published two books and dozens of peer-reviewed academic articles on the scientific workings of novels, poetry, film, and theatre. His research has been supported by the National Science Foundation, the Mellon Foundation, and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. He has done story-consulting for projects for Sony, Disney, the BBC, Amazon, PBS, and Universal, and is the author/presenter of the Audible/Great Courses Guide to Screenwriting. Connect with Angus -Website: https://www.angusfletcher.co/ -Book: Wonderworks: Literary Invention and the Science of Stories: https://amzn.to/3smnhjQ -LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/angus-fletcher-99713617/ Did you enjoy the podcast? If so, please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or Podchaser. It helps us get into the ears of new listeners, expand the ManTalks Community, and help others find the self-leadership they’re looking for. Are you looking to find purpose, navigate transition, or fix your relationships, all with a powerful group of men from around the world? Check out The Alliance and join me today. Check out our Facebook Page or the Men's community. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify For more episodes visit us at ManTalks.com | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Literature is the most powerful technology that humans have ever invented.
0:16.1	Why?
0:17.0	Because literature allows us to get more out of our brain.
0:21.0	And our brain is the most powerful thing on earth, for good or for ill.
0:25.6	With literature, you can make your brain its best possible self.
0:31.4	You can troubleshoot its emotional hitches, freeing it from anger and pessimism and grief.
0:37.0	You can boost its kindness and its hope.
0:39.9	You can make it more inventive, more adaptive, more resilient, more imaginative, more scientific,
0:46.3	more impartial, and more visionary. So that's a quote from my guest today, Mr. Angus Fletcher.
0:52.8	And before you skip ahead of the conversation, I really would
0:56.2	love for you to just hear this bio, to hear his biography, to get a sense of who this guy is,
1:01.6	because he's just done some really cool things. So Angus Fletcher is a professor of story science
1:07.4	at Ohio State's Project Narrative, the world's leading academic think tank for
1:12.4	the study of stories. He has dual degrees in neuroscience and literature, received his PhD,
1:19.0	specializing in Shakespeare from Yale, taught Shakespeare at Stanford, and has published
1:24.5	two books and dozens of peer-reviewed academic articles on the scientific
1:30.0	workings of novels, poetry, film, and theater. His research has been supported by the National
1:35.9	Science Foundation, the Mellon Foundation, and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences,
1:40.7	and he has done story consulting on projects for Sony, Disney, the BBC, Amazon, PBS, and Universal,
1:47.9	and he is also the author and presenter of the Audible Great Courses Story Guide to Screenwriting.
1:54.3	So he's done some phenomenal things.
1:57.2	And in this episode, we dive deep into the concept of how our stories, how the narratives
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