The Open Mind is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet, Roku, Samsung Smart TV, and ...

Will Storr’s book “The Science of Storytelling” is intended to be read by fiction writers. Its messages, however, are very applicable to any other domain that uses the tool of storytelling to capture ...

Every time I pick up a novel, I am struck by the remarkable cognitive and emotional processes that unfold in my mind. “Just one more chapter,” I tell myself—only to find that I’ve been transported ...

It’s no surprise that many recent PhD graduates want to share their dissertations with the world. After all the sweat and tears they put into their research, who wouldn’t want to tell the world, or at ...

As a transfixed audience watched the House impeach Donald Trump for inciting a violent mob, one breathless broadcaster called it “exciting and engaging.” Of course it was. As storytellers, we know ...

A while back, we facilitated a strategy workshop for a leadership team at a law firm. We felt confident going in and opened by setting the context with facts and data. We moved through our slides and ...

"For a century now, Attenborough’s life has been intimately interwoven not only with humanity’s growing scientific ...