Podcast | Learn the Secrets of Great Storytelling on Riveted — Amy Wallace

Award-winning writer-editors – and longtime collaborators – Amy Wallace and Mary Melton deconstruct the art of creating narratives that break through the noise.

2x Nominee, The Webby Awards 2024

Category: Creativity & Marketing

Category: Interview/Talk Show (Limited-Series & Specials)

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Podcast hosts, Amy and Mary, illustrated by Stanley Chow.

What makes a good story?

There’s a mystery to great storytelling. An alchemy, even. All of the elements have to come together, in perfect balance, to bring a story to life. How do the best storytellers do it? Amy Wallace and Mary Melton are on a mission to find out. Join them as they talk to every kind of storyteller – from journalists and filmmakers, to chefs and marketers – to deconstruct the art of creating narratives that break through the noise.

Podcast website: https://riveted.godfreydadich.com/ ⍈

Episode 1

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Heighten the Romance with Director Baz Luhrmann

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Episode 2

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Hold On to What’s Been Lost with Writer Jennifer Senior

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Episode 3

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Build New Worlds with Novelist N. K. Jemisin

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Episode 4

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Find Empathy with Journalist Robert Kolker

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Episode 5

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Get Weird with Pixar’s Domee Shi

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Episode 6

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Break the Code with Brand Genius Jon Iwata

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Episode 7

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Taste the Truth with Keith Corbin

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Episode 8

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Learn to Adapt with Cheryl Strayed and Liz Tigelaar

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