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EPISODE · Dec 15, 2025 · 44 MIN

The Power of Story: Fiction vs Non-Fiction

from Becoming The Main Character · host Jameson Olsen

On this show, I cover the greatest ficton ever written, but my larger goal is to get you to start looking at ALL stories as tools to understand how to live a better life.So I got two of the most prolific readers I know, "Alex & Books", and Dylan O'Sullivan) to sit down and discuss the unique strengths of both Fictional stories and Non-Fictional stories to help you on your way to becoming a Protagonist.Special Thanks to O'Shaughnessy Ventures (OSV) for hosting this panel discussion.Edited by: Dilan Garcia Lopez (@brutal_dilan)--GET THE FREE NEWSLETTER: "THE SCHOOL OF PROTAGONISM"Substack: ⁠⁠⁠https://substack.com/@schoolofprotagonism⁠⁠⁠FOLLOW BTMC FOR MORE GREAT CONTENT:Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://instagram.com/becomingmain⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠X: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/becomingmain⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

On this show, I cover the greatest ficton ever written, but my larger goal is to get you to start looking at ALL stories as tools to understand how to live a better life.So I got two of the most prolific readers I know, "Alex & Books", and Dylan O'Sullivan) to sit down and discuss the unique strengths of both Fictional stories and Non-Fictional stories to help you on your way to becoming a Protagonist.Special Thanks to O'Shaughnessy Ventures (OSV) for hosting this panel discussion.Edited by: Dilan Garcia Lopez (@brutal_dilan)--GET THE FREE NEWSLETTER: "THE SCHOOL OF PROTAGONISM"Substack: ⁠⁠⁠https://substack.com/@schoolofprotagonism⁠⁠⁠FOLLOW BTMC FOR MORE GREAT CONTENT:Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://instagram.com/becomingmain⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠X: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/becomingmain⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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