Welcome to the Stanford Storytelling Project, a new initiative begun at Stanford University in the fall of 2007. Through a weekly, themed radio show, an audio-video podcast, and live events, we are showcasing some of the best storytelling happening at Stanford and looking closely at the craft of storytelling across genres and media. Have a look around, tune in, and enjoy.

Latest Shows



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05.12.08 Telling Other People's Stories


What's at stake when we try to tell another's person's story? We explore this question in two parts. First, "Doing Justice for Shake Girl" profiles one class as it worked to tell a real woman's tragic life story in graphic novel form, discovering huge challenges collaborating as a group and getting the story right. Second, in "A Portrait of War" Emily Prince takes on the overwhelming and somber task of drawing a portrait of every American soldier who has died during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Host: Micah Cratty
Authors: Dan Hirsch, Hannah Krakauer
Music: Dengue Fever, Cambodian Cassette Tapes vol.1, Brother
URLs: Emily Prince, Shakegirl



05.05.08 Science and the Supernatural


A special edition of the Stanford Storytelling Project about the relationship between science and the paranormal. A brief history of para-psychology and spiritualism at Stanford, interviews with three contemporary researchers who study psychic phenomena, and an analysis of the social aspects involved in the pursuit of scientific knowledge.

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Host: Bonnie Swift
Authors: Maggie Kimball, Robert Jahn, Brenda Dunne, Helen Longino and Dean Radin
Music: Noah Burbank, Ambika, Jimi Hendrix, Thelonius Monk, and Frank Zappa and the Mothers




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04.28.08 Mind Control


An exploration of mind control in its various forms. Discover how to lucid dream, explore the manipulation behind fairy tales, try out the methods behind the carefully calculated mystique of pickup artists, and listen to exquisite poetry of Emily Dickinson and Elizabeth Bradfield.
Host: Rachel Hamburg

Authors: Elizabeth Bradfield, Noah Burbank, Ellora Karmarkar, Amber Davis, Lea Yelverton, Emily Dickinson



Tune in Mondays at 6pm on

90.1 KZSU

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