LeVar Burton Believes the Stories We Tell Determine Who We Are
Curiosity Weekly
Warner Bros. Discovery
4.6 • 963 Ratings
🗓️ 3 April 2018
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
LeVar Burton has been a storyteller for decades. From his acting roles as Kunta Kinte in "Roots" and Geordi LaForge on "Star Trek: The Next Generation" to his decades of work with "Reading Rainbow," he's been a central figure in some of the most influential media in recent memory. Also a director, producer, and author, Burton has now turned his storytelling skills toward the world of podcasting with "LeVar Burton Reads." On this episode of the Curiosity Podcast, he discusses the power of literature and why books are such a meaningful tool for storytelling.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm curious, how have you maintained a passion for reading for such a long time? |
| 0:06.0 | I guess because I believe that's storytelling, right, in all of its forms and reading is I think one of the forms that has the most impact |
| 0:19.1 | because the narrative lives in our imaginations, it's created, it's formed and expressed in our |
| 0:26.1 | imagination. |
| 0:27.1 | It's the stories that we tell each other that really determine who we are, why we're here, and what our contribution is going to be on our uniquely human journey. |
| 0:39.0 | It's that elementally essential to the human experience, |
| 0:46.1 | reading and storytelling. Hi, I'm Cody Gough with the imaginative curiosity. |
| 0:59.4 | And I'm Ashley Hamer. |
| 1:00.6 | Today we'll boldly go into the world of storytelling with the legendary |
| 1:04.7 | LaVar Burton. Every week we explore what we don't know because curiosity makes |
| 1:08.5 | you smarter. This is the Curiosity Podcast with LaVar Burton. |
| 1:15.0 | Yes, the LaVar Burton. |
| 1:17.0 | You might know him as Kunta Kinte from the 1977 miniseries Roots or as Jory La Forge |
| 1:22.0 | from Star Trek The Next Generation. |
| 1:24.0 | Or maybe you know him from Reading Rainbow. |
| 1:26.7 | He's also a director, educator, and author, and he has a podcast called LaVar Burton |
| 1:31.2 | reads. |
| 1:32.2 | He's been an advocate of reading for decades and has been able to entertain and educate millions using the power of books. |
| 1:38.0 | Today we'll talk to LeVar Burton about technology, podcasting, and how to tap into the magic of storytelling. |
| 1:44.2 | Well, you've been a storyteller for years and I mean everyone knows you is, as a lot of different |
| 1:49.2 | roles in the storytelling pipeline, right? I mean, you're an actor actor you're a director you can you can |
| 1:54.8 | fill an entire audience of a thousand people in a church on a on a Friday night who |
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