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Akimbo: A Podcast from Seth Godin

Open big, open wide

Akimbo: A Podcast from Seth Godin

Midroll Media

Society & Culture

4.81.9K Ratings

🗓️ 16 November 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Akimbo is a weekly podcast created by Seth Godin. He's the bestselling author of 20 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 podcast at akimbo.link.

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

Open big, open wide.

0:02.7

No, we're not here to talk about dentistry.

0:06.8

Hey, it's Seth.

0:09.0

And this is a Kimbo.

0:16.3

We'll be back in a second to talk about making a splash,

0:20.8

hoopla and hype.

0:22.3

But first, here's a message from our sponsor.

0:26.6

This is for the storytellers.

0:28.5

The writers and filmmakers who feel called

0:30.8

to depict the future in their fiction.

0:33.2

I know it's exciting to show how things might fall apart,

0:36.4

but human beings have a habit of living into what they expect.

0:39.4

You can't ask people to desire things they can't imagine.

0:42.7

If all society imagines is dystopia,

0:45.4

they'll patiently accept it when the chance arrives.

0:48.5

So instead of provoking horror shows,

0:50.8

consider using your art to give the world better ideas.

0:55.3

Thanks for what you do and good luck.

0:58.9

If you take a look at the most successful movies

1:02.1

in the United States of all time,

1:04.3

almost every single one of them is a superhero movie.

1:08.9

Doctor, we're facing a potential global catastrophe.

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