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Ep 197: Storytelling and Conversation

The Seen and the Unseen - hosted by Amit Varma

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What's the Difference Between Storytelling and the Human Condition?

i think one ia there are, of course, many reasons behind the snobbishness of er the te literary thoughts and were da that could be coming from. One interesting a sort of distinction, and i'm just thinking aloud, is that whereas that kind of literary writing sets out to reflect the human condition, what you try to do in your story telling is also address the human condition. People crave or stories for whatever reasons, and you fulfil a certain kind of narrative craving within them. We know that people explain the world themselves through stories, but there is also a craving for a certain type of story which often baffles me. It's not just the stuff that is on news

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