storytelling

Osama Alomar’s Very Short Stories

Stories short as tweets, by Osama Alomar: “He was born with a silver knife in his mouth. And he was its first victim.”

Osama Alomar’s Very Short Stories

How Time-Travel Stories Borrow from Einstein

How Time-Travel Stories Borrow from Einstein

Aha Moment: I Am Hamlet

Aha Moment: I Am Hamlet

Voices from the Coal Mines in Julia Wolfe’s “Anthracite Fields”

Voices from the Coal Mines in Julia Wolfe’s “Anthracite Fields”

Watch: Studio 360 Live with Wyatt Cenac and The Story Collider

Watch: Studio 360 Live with Wyatt Cenac and The Story Collider
A tense moment during a game of "Mafia" in Kiev, Ukraine.

Entrepreneurs around the world love this Soviet-era storytelling game

The psychological game "Mafia" pits a well-connected minority against a civilian majority. It was invented in the Soviet Union as sort of spoof of KGB thinking, but it has gone global. The Russian government uses it to train spies, and would-be entrepreneurs around the world play it to practice their negotiating skills.

Entrepreneurs around the world love this Soviet-era storytelling game

Aha Moment: Cary Grant in “Holiday”

Aha Moment: Cary Grant in “Holiday”

Aha Moment: Star Trek

Aha Moment: Star Trek

Aha Moment: "The Searchers"

Aha Moment: "The Searchers"

Aha Moment: To Kill a Mockingbird

Aha Moment: To Kill a Mockingbird

Aha Moment: Pinocchio

Aha Moment: Pinocchio

Aha Moment: The Dream Syndicate

Aha Moment: The Dream Syndicate

Bonus Track: "Little White Horse"

Bonus Track: "Little White Horse"

Aha Moment: e.e. cummings

Aha Moment: e.e. cummings

Aha Moment: Sassoon and Bauhaus

Aha Moment: Sassoon and Bauhaus