E32: E32: Shaun Cammack on how narratives and storytelling shape how humans see the world

Is it possible to ever see the world and its events free from your own personal distractions or biases? What is "political mindfulness" and how can we practice it in our day-to-day lives? In this episode of "Right Now with Stephen Kent," Stephen sits down with Shaun Cammack of The Narratives Project to discuss how social media skews our political and personal preferences; how narratives work and how they are different from facts; and why it's important to try to understand things from other people's perspectives Subscribe to Rightly and catch more details about the episode below. Make sure to sign up for Unfettered, our new newsletter, available now. Newsletter signup: https://www.getrevue.co/profile/rightlyaj/issues/right-now-unfettered-9-25-21-781263 ---- Content of This Episode ----00:00 Episode Start 00:05 If news organizations were people 04:42 The mission of The Narratives Project 06:15 Applying mindfulness to news & politics 09:40 Are you ignorant or brainwashed? 12:00 How social media skews our choices 17:19 It all started with a tweet 19:52 We don’t need facts, per se, to form a narrative 22:55 What is a narrative anyway? 25:10 Falling into blue v red traps 29:54 The case for diversity at a local level 31:55 The immigration “crisis” 39:50 What to do with our narratives 40:45 Good news about rocks ---- Plugs for our Guest ---- Follow Shaun Cammack and The Narratives Project on Twitter: https://twitter.com/shaunjcammack https://twitter.com/NarrativesProj