Once Upon Your Time

Today's episode marks the first in Season 4 as Sherry & Theresa dive into their tagline, Science & Stories (focusing perhaps a bit more on the story part).

This introduction to the season touches on stories as they reflect our respective cultures (2:07) as well as the stories we make from our personal observations (3:54). Stories take the listener on a journey (7:51) and remind us that we are always in flow - as the old saying goes that a person never steps into the same river twice (12:41). Theresa's full body yawn practice (14:54) moves the body and tells a story of its own.

Lin Manuel Miranda's epic, Hamilton, sings "who lives who dies who tells your story," leaving the listener with that existential question. Sherry & Theresa talk a bit about this - who tells our story? - which takes us back to S2 E17 - After the Because.

We are an anthology of stories (31:48) waiting to be lived & told. The hosts go on to talk about the intention of a story (39:56) and how easy it is to get sucked into good stories as Sherry reveals her bingeing on the show Supernatural. Our stories live on (47:25).

Referenced in the show:

How Your Body Tells the Story of Your Life (from Welldoing.org)

The Book, Sapiens - by Yuval Noah Harari

Why Stories Matter - British Council

TED TALK - Tim Goundry

Used by not referenced directly is a great article called, Why Do Stories Matter, by American Writers Museum.

Anecdotal Anatomy's Amazing Team:

Judith George - Editor (video & audio)

Keith Kenny - Music

Cindy Fatsis - Photography