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Akimbo: A Podcast from Seth Godin

Confronting the Continuum

Akimbo: A Podcast from Seth Godin

Midroll Media

Society & Culture

4.81.9K Ratings

🗓️ 27 October 2021

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

It's all a wave


Akimbo is a weekly podcast created by Seth Godin. He's the bestselling author of 19 books and a long-time entrepreneur, freelancer and teacher.

You can find out more about Seth by reading his daily blog at seths.blog and about the workshops at akimbo.com .

To submit a question and to see the show notes, please visit akimbo.link and press the appropriate button.



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Transcript

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0:00.0

This podcast starts with my voice. My voice is analog. It's a wave, but along the way the preamp turns it into something

0:09.5

digital, and it's through the magic of bits that you're able to listen to this wherever you are.

0:16.1

Hey, it's Seth, and this is a Kimbo.

0:21.1

We'll be back in a second to confront the continuum, but first, here's a message from our sponsor.

0:35.7

Hi, it's Benedict, you and I'm here to talk to you about how you can become a better storyteller.

0:41.3

Storytelling is not an art reserve for the chosen few. It's a skill that you can learn,

0:46.9

just like the students have taken part in the story skills workshop have done.

0:53.2

Actually, I had a story to tell that was really important for me, but also was going to be very,

1:00.8

very important for people in the future. It's been absolutely life-changing for me to see stories

1:06.0

everywhere and to see my own stories. I was surprised that the learning was as much in the

1:11.9

giving as in the receiving. We got to not only learn about storytelling, we actually got to practice

1:19.6

using stories in our everyday life. If you're ready to become a better storyteller, I hope you'll

1:27.3

join us. I hope you'll check it out, visit a Kimbo.com slash go for all the upcoming workshops.

1:35.3

Go make a ruckus.

1:38.1

Forty years ago, when Sony came out with CDs, they promised perfect sound forever,

1:44.2

and people who were used to listening to vinyl were easily swayed, no pops, no crackles,

1:49.6

a bit is either on or it's off. And it took a few years for most people to figure out that CDs

1:55.7

just don't sound as good as vinyl records, at least until recently. Bits, on or off,

2:04.8

are the underpinning of the digital revolution. But it turns out we've been thinking about the world

2:11.7

in digital terms for a really long time. Either that ball is black or that ball is white. Either

2:19.6

you're able to be a three star restaurant or you're not. Either you have talent or you don't,

2:26.4

on or off, in or out, up or down, near or far. We are constantly putting things into categories

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