Graphs and charts
Akimbo: A Podcast from Seth Godin
Midroll Media
4.8 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 12 May 2021
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Lying in multiple dimensions
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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| 0:00.0 | 87% of all widely distributed statistics are poorly sourced or possibly inaccurate. |
| 0:09.0 | Hey, it's Seth, and this is a Kimbo. |
| 0:19.0 | We'll be back in a second with the world's first audio podcast all about graphs and charts. |
| 0:26.0 | But first, here's a message from our sponsor. |
| 0:31.0 | Hi, it's Benedict, you and I'm here to talk to you about how you can become a better storyteller. |
| 0:37.0 | Storytelling is not an art reserve for the chosen few. It's a skill that you can learn, |
| 0:43.0 | just like the students have taken part in the story's skills workshop have done. |
| 0:49.0 | Actually, I had a story to tell that was really important for me, |
| 0:54.0 | but also was going to be very, very important for people in the future. |
| 0:59.0 | It's been absolutely life changing for me to see stories everywhere and to see my own stories. |
| 1:04.0 | I was surprised that the learning was as much in the giving as in the receiving. |
| 1:10.0 | We got to not only learn about storyteller, we actually got to practice using stories in our everyday life. |
| 1:20.0 | If you're ready to become a better storyteller, I hope you'll join us. |
| 1:24.0 | I hope you'll check it out, visit Achimbo.com slash go for all the upcoming workshops. |
| 1:31.0 | Go make a ruckus. |
| 1:34.0 | Skis go on sale in the summer. They don't sell that well though because we're not thinking about skiing unless there's snow outside. |
| 1:42.0 | And graphs and charts and poles, well, all year round, we need to pay attention to how we are being sold ideas, |
| 1:52.0 | how ideas are represented and misrepresented. |
| 1:55.0 | But at least in my country in November is when we really notice just how badly they're being misused. |
| 2:05.0 | This is a podcast about graphs and charts and poles created without any graphs, charts, or poles. |
| 2:15.0 | And just so that it's easy to focus, we're doing it right in the middle of a non-election season. |
| 2:22.0 | Because it's always a good idea to know what is being said and why. |
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